International Telecommunication Union ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group, March...

International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group, March 2005

ITU-T TSAG

Newbie Session:Newbie Session:A Participant’s A Participant’s

Guide to the ITU-TGuide to the ITU-T

2ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group, March 2005

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Contents*Slide

4. ITU Structure

5. ITU-T Study Groups and WPs

Others Activities:

6. Lead Study Groups, Focus Groups, Intersector Coordination Groups (1/2)

7. Workshops/Seminars, Special Projects (2/2)

8. Study Group Chairmen

9. Questions, Rapporteurs and Editors

10. ITU-T Recommendations

11. Approval of Recommendations

12. AAP sequence

* With special appreciation to TSB staff who have produced Participant Guides for use of the ITU-T Study Groups, from which these slides have been adapted


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ContentsSlide

Meeting documentation:

13.Contributions “Normal and Delayed”, Reports (1/2)

14.Temporary Documents (2/2)

15.Circulars, Collective-letters, AAP Announcements

16.Submitting Contributions (1/2)

17.Submitting Contributions: General Directives and IPR (2/2)

18.Copyright (Extract of Rec. A.1 for contributions)

19.Access to documentation: Web and iFTP (1/2)

20.Access to documentation: LAN (2/2)

21.E-mail Reflectors

22.Additional Information

23.TSB


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ITU Structure

• ITU-T: Telecommunication standardization on a world-wide basis on technical, operating and tariff Questions(The Secretariat of ITU-T (TSB) provides services to ITU-T Participants)

• ITU-R: Radiocommunications and wireless

• ITU-D: Use and deployment of telecom networks and services in developing and least developed countries

• General Secretariat: Coordinates the Union's activities and the overall management of the Union

TSBTelecommunication

StandardizationBureau

Plenipotentiary Conference

ITU Council

ITU-TWorld

Telecommunication Standardization

Assembly

ITU-RWorld

Radiocommunication Conference

Radiocommunication Assembly

ITU-D

World Telecommunication

Development Conference

GeneralSecretariat

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ITU-T Study Groupsand Working Parties

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONSTANDARDIZATION ASSEMBLY

TELECOMMUNICATIONSTANDARDIZATIONADVISORY GROUP

WORKINGPARTY

R

STUDY GROUP X STUDY GROUP Y

WORKINGPARTY

WORKINGPARTY

R R R

R = RAPPORTEUR GROUP

RECOMMENDATION EDITORS

R R R R

(WTSA)

(TSAG)

(WP)

WTSATSAGStudy Groups STUDY GROUP

teTELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDIZATION

BUREAU


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Other Activities (1/2)

• Lead Study Groups (Res 1, 2.1.7)Manage and coordinate ITU-T studies forming a defined programme of work involving a number of SGs

• Focus Groups (Rec. A.7)Work on well-defined topic and time-schedule for completionEx.: Focus Group for Full Service-Very High Speed Digital

Subscriber Line (FS-VDSL) Focus Group for Next Generation Networks

(Participation of non-member experts welcome)

• Intersector Coordination Groups (Res 18)Established by joint meeting of TSAG and RAG. Coordinates work across Sectors, shall not develop Recommendations, shall prepare reports to the Advisory Groups.

ICG-SAT on Satellite matters ITU-T, ITU-R (and ITU-D), see Q.10/13 and http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/othergroups/icg-sat/index.asp


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•Workshops/SeminarsCover the most important topics in modern telecommunication technology and applicationsSpeakers are renowned telecommunication expertsUsually free of charge and open to public

• ITU-T Special ProjectsStudy on a major topic, involving multiple Questions from one or several SGs

IMT-2000 Network Aspects http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/imt-2000/network.html

Other activities (2/2)


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Study Group Chairmen

SG Management

SG 2….M-T Alajouanine SG12….J-Y Monfort

SG 3….K Park SG13….B Moore

SG 4….D Sidor SG15….Y Maeda

SG 5….R Pomponi SG16….P-A Probst

SG 6….F Montalti SG17….H Bertine

SG 9….R Green SG19….J Visser

SG11….Y Hiramatsu TSAG….G Fishman

Plus 68 Vice Chairmen


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Questions, Rapporteurs and Editors

• Questions: Approved by Study Groups or WTSA, reviewed by

TSAGDefine a particular project to be studied

~175 Questions in ITU-T

• Rapporteurs:Appointed by the SG or WP to a Question, or to part of a Question or to multiple QuestionsEnsure progress of the group of experts towards RecommendationsLead, moderate debates and coordinate progress Chair the meetings of the experts (Rapporteur Group meetings)

• Editors:Proposed by Rapporteurs, appointed by the WP or SG, prepare and follow-up draft Recommendations

Questions, Rapporteurs and Editors

Authors'Guide for drafting ITU-T Recs


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ITU-T RecommendationsAre our main product

- Managed by 13 Study Groups divided into themed series and by TSAG: Rec A.12 gives list of Recommendation letter Series, A to Z (see also Resolutions)

For Example: A-Series covers operations of the ITU-T Sector

- On-line access, CD-ROMs or paper copies.- One free account for unlimited downloading

of Recommendations for a member- Up to three Recommendations downloaded free of charge per year for non-members

Bookshop

Catalogue ofPublication

Publication on CD-ROM


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Approval of Recommendations

• Traditional Approval Process (TAP)For Recommendations with policy or regulatory implicationsSG or WP DETERMINES text is sufficiently mature, requires formal consultation of Member States, with final approval at the subsequent SG meeting (Res. 1)

• Alternative Approval Process (AAP)For Recommendations without policy or regulatory implicationsSG or WP reaches CONSENT that text is sufficiently mature, no formal consultation of Member States required, submitted for Last Call, and Additional Review if necessary (Rec. A.8)

AAP

TAP


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AAP sequence

SG orWP

)

LC: Last Call

AR: Additional Review

meeting(1

Editedtext

for LC(2)

Approved

4(b)

(c)

9 11

(a)

(a) (b)

(a)(b)

Director'sannouncementand postingfor LC

(3)

Editedtext

for AR(8)

Director'sannouncementand postingfor AR

(10)

Director'sannouncement

and posting(5)

SGMeeting

(6)

Director'snotification

and publication(see Rec. A.11)

(12)

3 weeks Approved

Approved

Commentresolution

AR3 weeks

LC4 weeks

(7)

See Figure 1 (Rec. A.8)


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Meeting documentation (1/2)

• Contributions

- “Normal”

or “COM-N” documents, submitted at least

2 months before the meeting (N=SG number)(to be translated if necessary)- “Delayed”

Must be submitted at least 7 working days before the meeting

• ReportsOfficial records of SG or WP meetings. To be available shortly after the closure of the meetings (Rec. A.1)


TSAG•Temporary Documents

Submitted by a meeting ‘official’ (a member of the SG Mgt. Team, Rapporteur, Editor, etc.) or TSBIncludes, for example:

• Reports of interim Rapporteur meetings or other activities (Workshop, Seminar, etc.)

• Latest draft text for Recommendations

• Inputs from other SGs known as “Liaison Statements”

• Inputs from other Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), forums and consortia, also known as “Liaison Statements”

• Group Reports generated during the meeting

Meeting documentation (2/2)


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Other documentation

• CircularsInformation of general interest- Annual ITU-T meetings schedule- Announcement of Workshops- Announcement of Approval and deletion of Recommendations and Questions- Questionnaire

• Collective-lettersInvitation to a specific SG/WP meeting

- with agenda, registration forms, etc.

• AAP AnnouncementsInformation on Recommendations under AAP process

- posted on 1st and 16th of every month (e-version only)


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Submitting Contributions (1/2)

Any ITU-T member 1) may submit 2) contributions using the Templates,

preferably electronically

- e-mail to EDH [email protected] e-mail to SG xx [email protected] FTP via the Web (requires TIES account)

1) and ITU-T Associate 2) Please consult your home organization for national approval processes

Helpdesk

WHWHO?O?

HOHOW?W?


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Submitting Contributions (2/2)

• Documents are concisely and clearly written to be universally understood

• They are directly related to one or more Questions (not of purely theoretical interest)

• Contributors are reminded that early disclosure of patent/software copyright information is desired- Patent Statement and Licensing Declar

ation Form

- Software Copyright Statement and Licensing Declaration Form

General Directives (Rec. A.1; Rec. A.2)

ITU-T Patent

Database

ITU-T Software Copyright

Database

Director’s Ad Hoc IPR Group


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Copyright

Rec. A.1 Clause 3.1.5:

“Material such as text, diagrams, etc., submitted as a contribution to the work of ITU‑T is presumed by ITU to have no restrictions in order to permit the normal distribution of this material for discussions within the appropriate groups and possible use, in whole or in part, in any resulting ITU‑T Recommendations which are published. By submitting a contribution to ITU‑T, authors acknowledge this condition of submission. In addition, authors may state any specific conditions on other uses of their contribution.”


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Access to documentation (1/2)

• TIES registered users can access Documents (Contributions, Temporary Documents, Reports) related to ITU-T SGs and TSAG on the Website

- Possibility of Bulk/download documents, and- Search for a specific subject (or document)

- Search for the recently posted documents - New! Sorting by source or Question

• Informal FTP areas are available to the Study Groups for their correspondence work e.g., http://ties.itu.int/u/tsg19/sg19/


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Access to documentation (2/2)

• Wireless LANIEEE 802.11b wireless network covers ITU main conference areas and CICG buildingWireless LAN cards available at ITU Bookshop

• Wired LANEthernet (10baseT) LAN available in some ITU-T conference rooms and cyber-cafés

• CYBER-CAFÉITU‑T provides PCs, Printers and Ethernet ports

- in the second basement of the Tower building

- on level 2 of the Montbrillant building - on level –1 of the CICG


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E-Mail Reflectors

• Each SG provides individual e-mail reflectors for WPs or Questions (Rapporteur’s Group)

• A TIES account is needed to subscribe/unsubscribe to the Reflector

• Experts can sign up for their areas of interest

Records of discussion available


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Additional information on ITU-T website

• ITU-T & SG Work Programmes

• Schedule of ITU-T Meetings

• Meeting Registration

• Allocation and Access Plan of Meeting rooms

• Hotels

• ITU-T Guide for beginners

Databases

ITU-T Sitemap

Work Programme


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TSAG Secretariat

Reinhard Scholl Room M 512Tel:+41 (0)22 730 5860From ITU 5860 (fixed)

795860 (mobile) e-mail: reinhard.scholl@itu

.int Judith Quist Room M 511

Tel:+41 (0)22 730 5869From ITU 5869e-mail:

[email protected]

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