TIA, a Trade Association, an SDO, and a Secretariat

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TIA, a Trade Association, an SDO, and a
Secretariat
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Sheraton Hotel New Orleans, LA March 2, 2000
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TIA - A Trade Association

• TIA is a Trade Association representing US
  Suppliers and Manufacturers of communications and
  information technology products
• Over 1,000 members, large and small
• Normal Trade Association Activities
• Public Policy to Congress
• Public Policy to Regulators
• Trade Shows, e.g., SUPERCOMM, SUPERCOMM Mexico,
  etc.
• US Pavilions in other shows, e.g., Americas
  Telecom, TELECOM99, etc.

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TIA - A Trade Association

• Normal Trade Association Activities
• Education for members, (Seminars, Conferences)
• International Offices, i.e., Sao Paolo, Moscow,
  Brussels, Beijing
• International trade support, e.g., trade
  missions, reverse trade missions, Distributor
  program
• Communications, WWW.TIAONLINE, Industry Pulse,
  Industry Beat
• Market statistics
• Meeting Planning, 1-50,000
• Offices in Arlington, VA Washington, DC and San
  Jose, CA

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TIA - A Trade Association

• Represent industry on FCCs North American
  Numbering Council (NANC), Network Reliability and
  Interoperability Council (NRIC), Public Safety
  National Coordinating Committee (NCC)
• Represent industry on DoS International
  Telecommunications Advisory Committee (ITAC)
• Chaired ACCESS Boards Telecommunications Access
  Advisory Committee
• Chosen by DoC as Sector Coordinator for
  Information and Communication Sector for Critical
  Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
• Business-to-Business web page, www.getcommstuff.co
  m

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TIA - A Standards Developer

• As a Standards Developer, activities open to
  participation worldwide, not North America only
• Accredited by American National Standards
  Institute (ANSI)
• Over 1,300 experts participate
• 12 Engineering Committees, about 70 Formulating
  Groups
• Over 400 companies/organizations participate
• Active in CITEL, NAFTA Consultative Committee
  Telecommunications (CCT), ITU, APEC
• Recognized by ITU-T under Recommendations A.5 and
  A.6

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TIA - A Standards Developer

• TIA standards form part of ITU-R IMT-2000
  Recommendation
• Participant in Global Standards
  Collaboration/RAdio STandardization (GSC/RAST)
  meetings
• Use electronic working methods, i.e., E-mail,
  list servers, web, FTP, wireless LANs
• Standards available over Internet from publisher,
  CD-ROM, hard copy

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TIA Engineering Committees

• TR-8Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards
• TR-14Point-to-Point Communications Systems
• TR-29Facsimile Systems and Equipment
• TR-30Data Transmission Systems and Equipment
• TR-32Personal Radio Equipment
• TR-34Satellite Equipment and Systems

• TR-41User Premises Telephone Equipment
  Requirements
• TR-42Telecom. Cabling Infrastructure
• TR-45Mobile and Personal Communications Systems
• TR-46Mobile and Personal Communications
• FO-2Optical Communications Systems
• FO-6Fiber Optics

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Who Validates the TIA Standards Process?

• TIA has been accredited to develop standards by
  ANSI since 1992. Before that used EIA
  accreditation.
• ANSI is a non-profit, non-governmental body that
  sets guidelines for and accredits standards
  developers
• ANSI accredits standards developers for
  everything from automobiles to zinc oxide
  coatings
• ANSI focuses on the process being open, fair,
  similar to a Roberts Rules of Order

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Who Validates the TIA Standards Process?

• When a standard developer applies for
  accreditation, ANSI reviews its guidelines for
  key principles and then, if appropriate, grants
  accreditation. ANSI also audits the process.
• ANSI does NOT develop standards but accredits
  developers, much as a Good Housekeeping seal of
  approval indicates a product is recognized for
  certain excellence
• Following the ANSI process helps protect the
  standards developers and participants from
  antitrust or collusion claims

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Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA

• Openness of the process
• Anyone with a direct and material interest can
  participate in the process
• Consensus
• Agreement by all participants is desired but not
  required if a certain approval threshold is
  reached and a reasonable attempt has been made to
  resolve all comments
• Appeals process

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Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA

• Balanced Representation
• No one interest group is allowed to dominate
• One organization/one vote
• Small company and large company have the same
  clout when it comes to voting
• Minority Voice Heard
• Rigorous process, including complaints and
  appeals, established to hear any dissenting
  opinions
• Extra measures built in so that a dissenter is
  given a fair opportunity to outline reasons for
  voting against

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Standards for Cellular and for Personal
Communications Services (PCS) at 1900 MHz

• TIA developed, AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA and TDMA,
  ANSI-41
• Related standards for local number portability,
  location, emergency services, etc.
• ESN Administration at request of FCC

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Original Joint Technical Committee (JTC) PCS
Standards

• J-STD-007 Personal Communications Services -
  PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification
• J-STD-008 Personal Station-Base Station
  Compatibility Requirements for 1.8 to 2.0 GHz
  Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Personal
  Communications Systems
• J-STD-011 PCS IS-136 Based Air Interface
  Compatibility 1900 MHz Standard

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Original JTC PCS Standards (continued)

• J-STD-014 Personal Access Communications System
  Air Interface Standard
• J-STD-017 Composite CDMA/TDMA Air Interface
  Compatibility Standard for Personal
  Communications in 1.85 - 1.99 GHz for Licensed
  Applications
• J-STD-015 W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division
  Multiple Access) Air Interface Compatibility
  Standard for 1.85 to 1.99 GHz PCS Applications

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After issuance of Original JTC PCS Standards, TIA
or T1 assigned as lead SDO to maintain and evolve
standards

• Standards assigned to Standards Development
  Organizations (SDO), based on expertise and
  interests of materially interested parties.
• Some standards evolved to become standards of
  only one of the SDOs (i.e., TIA or T1)

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely
deployed

• TIA/EIA-95-BMobile Station-Base Station
  Compatibility Standard for Wideband Spread
  Spectrum Cellular Systems
• ANSI Approved, April 1999
• This standard defines the requirements for a
  PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations
  using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
  technology while also maintaining compatibility
  with AMPS analog technology.

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely
deployed

• TIA/EIA-136TDMA Cellular PCS
• ANSI Approved, April 1999
• This is a multi-part standard that when taken in
  total, defines the requirements for a
  PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations
  using Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
  technology while also maintaining compatibility
  with AMPS analog technology.

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely
deployed

• J-STD-007 PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification
• ANSI Approved, February 1999
• This Standard describes in detail air interface
  suitable for Personal Communications Services
  (PCS operating in the licensed U.S. Emerging
  Technologies bands. The purpose of this standard
  is to give operator, manufacturers and users
  information which will ensure interoperability
  between equipment, which is compliant with the
  draft standard.

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TIA Standards used for IMT-2000

• cdma2000
• UWC-136
• WP-CDMA influenced ETSI proposal

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TIA as Secretariat

• USA Secretariat to NAFTA CCT
• Secretariat to Third Generation Partnership
  Project 2 (3GPP2)
• Secretariat or TAG Administrator to USA TAG ISO
  TC-204, WG 16, wide area Intelligent
  Transportation Systems
• Secretariat to US TAGs for 23 IEC TCs/SCs
• International Secretariat to 11 IEC TCs/SCs
• Secretariat to US ITU Association (USITUA)
• Secretariat to Global Telecom Action Committee
  (GTAC)
• Interim Secretariat to IFAST

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All TIA Standards available electronically on
Internet, CD-ROM, Hard copy

• To find TIA standards, visit TIA web site
  www.tiaonline.org or www.ihs.com

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Questions??

• Contact Dan Bart, dbart_at_tia.eia.org