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Bridging the Standardization Gap: ITU-T Overview Workshop

Explore ITU-T's strategic goals, collaboration with standards organizations, and focus on areas like green data centers, cloud computing, smart grid communication, multimedia, cybersecurity, and more.

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Bridging the Standardization Gap: ITU-T Overview Workshop

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  1. ITU Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap”(Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012) Overview of ITU-T Vijay Mauree, Programme Co-ordinator, TSB, ITU vijay.mauree@itu.int

  2. ITU: UN Agency for ICTs

  3. ITU : enabling communication since 1865 18652015

  4. ITU: a unique Membership • 193 Member States and regulatory bodies 700 companies Business associations International organizations NGOs 41 Universities Research Establishments

  5. Leading Private Sector Members Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  6. ITU’S network of academia members 41universities in 27 countries Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  7. ITU truly International and has Global presence ITU 5 Elected Officials 760 Staff from 80 Countries 6 UN Official Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish HeadquartersinGeneva with Liaison Office in New York Regional offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Brasilia, Cairo Area offices in Bridgetown, Dakar, Harare, Jakarta, Moscow, Santiago, Tegucigalpa, Yaoundé Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  8. ITU 3 Sectors ITU-T Standardization ITU-D Development ITU-R Radiocommunication

  9. ITU-T’s strategic goals • To develop interoperable, non-discriminatory international standards (ITU-T Recommendations) • To assist in bridging the standardization gap between developed and developing countries • To extend and facilitate international cooperation among international, regional and national standardization bodies Malcolm Johnson TSB Director Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  10. ITU-T collaborates with standards organizations to avoid overlap 44 formal partnerships

  11. ITU-T workareas

  12. ITU-T StudyGroups SG2 Operational aspects SG3 Economic and policy issues SG5 Environment and climate change SG9 Broadband cable and TV SG11 Protocols and test specifications SG12 Performance, QoS and QoE SG13 Future networks SG15 Transport and access SG16 Multimedia SG17 Security

  13. Numbering Resources • ITU-T Recommendation E.164 • “International public telecommunication numbering plan” Current Issues: • Misuse/misappropriation of numbers • WTSA Resolution 61 • Cell Broadcasting • Management SG2 Lao +856

  14. Tariff and Accounting • Current Issues: • International Internet connectivity (IIC) • International Mobile Roaming SG3 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012 Photo by Steve Schroeder, CC BY-NC 2.0

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

  16. Recommendation ITU-T L.1300Best Practices for Green Data Centers

  17. What is the problem?

  18. Recommendation ITU-T L.1000 Universal Mobile Charger Saves 82,000 tons of waste per year

  19. Recommendation ITU-T L.1100 Recycling Rare Metals in ICT Products • 20 Rare Metals in a mobile phone • 1 ton gold ore  5 grams • 1 ton of used mobile phones  400 grams

  20. ITU-T Cloud Computing • From own to lease • Growth opportunity for Telcos • Security, Audit, and Privacy • Inter-Cloud • Load sharing • Disaster recovery • New Working Party on Cloud Computing SG13 The Economist, Oct 2009 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  21. Cloud Computing

  22. Internet of Things Miniaturization and cost per unit Time “The Internet of Things” (ITU, 2005) www.itu.int/internetofthings

  23. 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 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  24. Smart Grid Communication Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  25. 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 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  26. Cybersecurity & Identity • 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 SG17 The Economist, July 2010

  27. ITU-T Focus Groups • Smart Cable Television NEW! • Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards • Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery • M2M Service Layer • Audiovisual Media Accessibility • Driver Distraction • Car Communication Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  28. ITU-T Output • 3500 ITU-T Recommendations available in PDF for free download • ITU Workshops • Handbooks and Manuals • Technology Watch Reports • ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference

  29. Handbooks

  30. TechWatch to publish your research • TechWatch Reports identify ICT hot topics • Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups, Study Group Questions, workshops, discussions, etc. • Widely recognized inside and outside ITU tsbtechwatch@itu.int Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 30-31 July 2012

  31. Past Kaleidoscope Conferences Kaleidoscope 2011 - The fully networked human? - Innovations for future networks and services Cape Town, South Africa Kaleidoscope 2008 – Innovations in NGN Geneva, Switzerland Kaleidoscope 2010 – Beyond the Internet? - Innovations for future networks and services Pune, India Kaleidoscope 2009 – Innovations for Digital Inclusion Mar del Plata, Argentina

  32. Next Kaleidoscope • Building Sustainable Communities • Kyoto University, 22-24 April 2013 Call for Papers Deadline: 10 September 2012 • 3rd Jules Verne’s corner • Local University Exhibition • 25th April - workshop on Standards Education http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2013

  33. 2nd ITU Green Standards Week 17-21 September 2012 – Paris, France • Jointly organized with Microsoft and TechAmerica Main Purpose: • to raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of using ICT standards to build a green economy and to improve sustainable energy management.

  34. Global Standards Symposium (GSS) • 19 November 2012 GSS, WTSA, WCIT • World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) • 20-29 November 2012 • World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) • 3-14 December 2012

  35. Thank YOU xx.xxx@itu.int Vijay.Mauree@itu.int

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