ITU-T Standardization Activities and Conformity and Interoperability

1. Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap(Chisinau, 7 October 2011 ) ITU-T Standardization Activities and Conformity and Interoperability Vijay Mauree, Programme Co-ordinator, TSB, ITU

2. ITU standards enabling international communications since 1865 1865 2015

3. ITU-T developsglobal standards • ITU-T produces ICT and telecommunication standardson globally used technologies e.g. G992.1 on ADSL, G993.1 on VDSL • ITU-T coordinates with other standards bodies to avoid overlap Emmy award for ITU-T/ISO/IEC standard on Advanced Video Coding (Rec. ITU-T H.264 ) Malcolm Johnson TSB Director

4. Importance of Global Standards • Drive competitiveness, for individual businesses and world economy • Lower prices • Reduce technical barriers • Foster interoperability • Manufacturers, network operators and consumers benefit

5. Standards proven economic tool Standards make annual contribution of 2.5 billion £ - British Standards Institute (BSI) Economic benefits of standardization about 1% GDP - German standards body (DIN) Standards have a significant effect on limiting the undesirable outcomes of market failure The work of ITU has smoothed the more economical introduction of new technologies

6. ITU-T work groups • 10 Study Groups (SG) • 10 Regional Groups under some Study Groups • 8 Joint Coordination Activities (JCA) • 3 Global Standards Initiatives (GSI) • 5 Focus Groups (FG)

7. 900 work items in study groups • SG 12: 64 • SG 13: 88 • SG 15: 213 • SG 16: 146 • SG 17: 136 SG 2: 39 SG 3: 4 SG 5: 99 SG 9: 33 SG 11: 72

8. Coordinating and cooperation 8

9. Numbering Resources • ITU-T Recommendation E.164 • “International public telecommunication numbering plan” SG2 Moldova +373 Current Issues: • Misuse/misappropriation of numbers • WTSA Resolution 61 • Cell Broadcasting

10. Tariff and Accounting Wanted: Principles for the harmonization of global interconnection rates • Current Issues: • International Internet connectivity (IIC) • International Mobile Roaming SG3 Photo by Steve Schroeder, CC BY-NC 2.0

11. ICTs and Climate Change SG5 Standard Methodology to measure impact of ICT on CC Universal charger: e-waste reduction Human exposure to and measurement of electromagnetic fields

12. NGN & Future Networks History of studies in SG13 ISDN I series Recommendations GII Y.100 series Recommendations SG13 IP-based Networks Y.1000 series Recommendations Y.2000series Rec NGN Y.1900series Rec IPTV Future Networks IMT 2000 Q.1700 SeriesRec Y.300x Series

13. ITU Internet Broadband Access &Transport Standards • Access: • ADSL: ITU-T G.992 • PLT: ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn) • FTTX: • GPON ITU-T G.984 • Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657 • Optical Transport: • SDH: ITU-T G.707 • Carrier Ethernet: ITU-T Y.1731 • Synchronization: Mobile Backhaul SG15

14. Multimedia • Advanced video coding: ITU-T H.264 • Used to compress billions of clips on YouTube, but also high-definition content on Blu-ray Discs • New work on the way: • Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (ITU-T, ISO/IEC) to reduce H.264 data rate by 50% SG16

15. Cybersecurity & Identity SG17 The Economist, July 2010 • Strengthen the confidence and security in the use of ICTs • Strengthen cybersecurity and combat cyber threats • Identity Management • ITU X.509 compliant services • Child Online Protection

16. Identity Management – Foundation and core for all security • Future directions in ITU-T IdM standards: • Interoperability of identity management • Trust of identity management • Discovery of of identity management information • Protection of personally identifiable information

17. Internet of Things (IoT) ITU’s Global Standards Initiative on IoT started May 2011 Includes M2M, RFID, USN

18. ITU-T Cloud Computing • From own to lease • Growth opportunity for Telcos • Security, Audit, and Privacy • Inter-Cloud • Load sharing • Disaster recovery The Economist, Oct 2009

19. ITU-T Smart Grid • Electric Grid Transport & Distribution Communication Standards • Optimization of facility usage • Integration of renewable energy sources, which are distributed and less stable • Integration of electric vehicles

20. Intelligent Transport Systems • In-vehicle multimedia apps • Road Safety: Focus Group on Driver Distraction • ISO/ITU Joint Task Force on ITS Communications in the making

21. What is the challenge today that FG AVA is tackling?To make Audiovisual Mediaaccessible for all, not only few, including persons with disability, senior citizens, first-time users

22. Application Challenges

23. CONFORMANCE and INTEROPERABILITY • How to ensure that equipment interoperates in the market? • Probability of interworking increases if • Conformity tests • Interoperability tests have been performed

24. Interoperability: Key to participation in the 21st century global digital economy • Developing countries experiencing huge interoperability problems and rising frustration • Results in delays in full participation in the global digital economy • Impacts economic and social development • Delivery of e-services requires global standards and secure interoperable transport platforms • Developing countries demanding action by the ITU to redress the interoperability dilemma

25. Authority for ITU Action WTSA-08 Res. 76 WTDC-2010 Res. 47 Plenipotentiary 2010 Res. 177 ITU Council Decisions 2009, 2010

26. The ITU Conformity Program • Conformity assessment: • The first step to interoperability, • Testing: certification / SDOs-Forums recognized labs • Creation of ITU conformity database • Use of Current international procedures (ISO/IEC 17025, 17050, ISO Guide 65 - CASCO toolbox) • Establish a database of conforming products and systems with robust credentials for participants • Develop a long-term business plan

27. ITU Conformity Database • Enables manufacturers and service providers to make a visible declaration that their equipment conforms to ITU-T Recommendations and to referenced standards, if any, from SDOs recognized according to Recommendation ITU-T A.5. • The Database is open both to members and non-members of ITU • The Database contains only information entered directly by companies by means of an on-line tool: the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC). • ITU is not in a position to verify the accuracy of the information submitted by companies, who, in signing the SDoC take the full responsibility for its contents.

28. Three Conformity Testing Options to populate the ITU Conformity databasehttp://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/cdb/cdb.aspx Companies will directly populate the conformity database by submitting to conformity@itu.int, a Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) available on-line. One of the following three “Routes” for testing can be chosen: • Route 1: Testing performed in an accredited laboratory according to ISO/IEC 17025; or • Route 2: Test results approved by an Accredited Certification Body (ISO/IEC Guide 65) (any lab); or • Route 3: Testing performed in laboratories recognized by an SDOs, Forum or Consortium qualified in accordance with Recommendation ITU-T A.5.

29. Industry Consultations and Interoperability Events 2010 • ITU as facilitator for interoperability events to: • identify the interoperability problems • develop Interoperability test suites as needed • Creation of ITU interoperability database • First ITU Interoperability Event on IPTV, Geneva, 20-23 July 2010 • Second ITU Interoperability Event on IPTV, Singapore, 23-24 and 27 September 2010 • Second CTO Consultation, Paris, 29th October 2010 • 3rd ITU Interoperability Event on IPTV, Pune, India, 14-17 December 2010 • 3rd CTO Consultation Meeting planned for 25 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

30. ITU Interop Events • IPTV Interop: • 2010: Geneva, Singapore, India; • 2011: July: Brazil; Sept: Dubai • Home Networking (G.hn) Interop: May 2011

31. Technology Watch • Surveys the ICT landscape to capture new topics for standardization • Previous topics include • Smart Water Management • Cloud Computing • Intelligent Transport Systems • Biometrics • eHealth • Expert authors wanted, see http://itu.int/techwatch

32. ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference • International events bringing academia and industry together • Brainstorming on future ICT networks and services • Rigorous, double-blind, peer-review process • Top 3 papers win prize money totaling USD$ 10,000

33. Past Kaleidoscope Conferences • Kaleidoscope 2010 – Beyond the Internet? - Innovations for future networks and services Pune, India • Kaleidoscope 2009 – Innovations for Digital Inclusion Mar del Plata, Argentina • Kaleidoscope 2008 – Innovations in NGN Geneva, Switzerland

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