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“The DSL Forum” Activities & View On Cooperation With ITU-T

“The DSL Forum” Activities & View On Cooperation With ITU-T. William V. Rodey Chairman & President, DSL Forum also Sr. Vice President, Marketing & Engineering, HyperEdge Corporation brodey@hyperedge.com. The DSL Forum. Organization Forum founded 1994 Nearly 3 45 members, December 2001

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“The DSL Forum” Activities & View On Cooperation With ITU-T

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  1. “The DSL Forum”Activities & View On Cooperation With ITU-T William V. Rodey Chairman & President, DSL Forum also Sr. Vice President, Marketing & Engineering, HyperEdge Corporation brodey@hyperedge.com

  2. The DSL Forum • Organization • Forum founded 1994 • Nearly 345 members, December 2001 • Members include: • Telecom Operators • Internet Service Providers • Semiconductor Suppliers • Network Equipment Suppliers • System Suppliers and Integrators • Test Equipment Suppliers • Other Interested Parties and Companies

  3. Vision: Enable broadband service delivery through a global mass market for DSL. Mission: Facilitate and drive global DSL growth. Strategy: Identify areas where the DSL Forum can provide added value and deliver that value. Anticipate and identify all obstacles to a DSL mass market, and facilitate the removal of those obstacles. Game Plan

  4. The DSL Forum’s Role • Stimulate A Mass Market For DSL • Technical References • Educational Services • Foster Interoperability • End-To-End Networks • Service Architectures • Market Awareness • User Focus Remove the Obstacles to the Mass Deployment of DSL Assist in Rapidly Bringing New Applications to the Market

  5. Our Area Of Focus > > Enabling all xDSL • ADSL • SHDSL • HDSL • VDSL Enabling new applications • Interactive Multi-Service Applications • Voice over DSL • VPNs and other business services

  6. How DSL Forum works Four meetings per year Upcoming in 2002:Rome, Italy March 4-8 Chicago, May 20-24 Prague, August 26-30 San Francisco, December 9-13 • Between meeting conference calls • Summits, open to members & special guests • Lead by a Board of Directors • Liaisons with key organizations

  7. How DSL Forum works Two segments w/ multiple Working Groups Technical (6 WGs)Marketing (6 WGs) Work is facilitated by;ContributionsProjects Technical ReferencesWhite papersMaster Requirements Documents

  8. DSL Forum-Technical Focus Today’s technical work groups are- • Architecture & Transport • Autoconfiguration • Voice over DSL • Operations & Network Management • Testing & Interoperability • Emerging DSLs Support

  9. DSL Forum-Technical Focus • Drive Interoperability-Providing neutral labs, interoperability demonstrations, and exhibits • Facilitate/Aid In Standards CreationVia contribution driven discussions and collective approval process which result in Technical References • Enable New Broadband Applications • Liaisons With Global Standards Groups

  10. DSL Forum-Marketing Focus Today’s Marketing work groups are- • Strategic Communications (Steering Committee) • Deployment Council • Mindshare • MarCom • PR • Ambassador Program • Tradeshows & Events • Summit & Best Practices • SHDSL

  11. DSL Forum-Marketing Focus • Drive DSL awareness, and education • Vehicles-Consumer website www.dsllife.comDSL Ad campaignTelevision ProgrammingTradeshow exhibits and speakersEditorial PR campaign • Promote DSL Forum initiatives and technical developments

  12. DSL Forum-Marketing Focus • Drive technical development & innovation via collective Market Requirement Documents (MRDs) to focus efforts on • Deployment advancementsSecurity communicationsSupport of key applicationsEnd-To-End QoS • Create a common language and efficient industry messages via- • Glossary/ Industry Categorizations FAQsFree web content for members adoption

  13. The DSL Forum Special Conference SessionsBoF (Birds of a Feather)-Evening technical interactive sessions, open to allService Provider Action Council-Monday sessions that focus on bringing the Provider voice and audience to give attention to key issues regarding meeting the needs of the mass market.Best Practices Sessions-Interactive discussion of developing excellence in areas of DSL deployment, marketing, etc.

  14. Membership in the DSL Forum • Principal Members • Small Company Principal Member • Auditing Members • Associate Members • To Get More Information Contact DSL Forum 39355 California Street, Suite 307 Fremont, CA 94538, USAPhone: +1 (510) 608 5905Fax: +1 (510) 608 5917E-Mail: info@dslforum.orgwww.dslforum.org/www.dsllife.com

  15. DSL Mass Market Issues • Interoperability • Flow-Through Provisioning • Auto-Configuration • Security • Multimedia Applications • Content Delivery • End-To-End Architecture

  16. DSL Forum External Relations • Help at the front end – Industry Consensus • Fill in the gaps – Work across the stack • Acceleration of work • Education/Marketing • Interoperability • Formal Liaisons • Relationship Manager (Full-time person)

  17. IETFGigi Karmous-EdwardsECI TelecomPhone: +1.919.513.1603Gigi.Karmous-Edwards@go.ecitele.com ANSI T1E1.4Neal KingInfineon / SiemensPhone: +1.408.501.6754Neal.King@infineon.com ATM ForumGreg WetzelCovad CommunicationsPhone: +1.408.844.7516gfwetzel@covad.com ETSI TM6Bernard DugerdilMotorolaPhone: +41.22.799.1385tte004@email.sps.mot.com ITU SG15 Q4Tom StarrSBCPhone: +1.847.248.5467tom.starr@ameritech.com TR30.3Jack DouglassConexantPhone: +1.949.579.5135jack.douglass@mindspeed.com T1M1Bryan Waye-SitePhone: +1.714.665.9300bryan.way@e-site.ws OBFMarcille SibbittNightfirePhone: +1.510.500.1170msibbitt@nightfire.com Current DSL Forum Liaisons

  18. Thank You! Questions?

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