Future Watch Group International Electotechnical Commission Sector Board 4

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Future Watch Group International Electotechnical
CommissionSector Board 4

• Jim Matthews
• Standards Engineering Director
• Corning Incorporated

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What is the IEC?

• International Electrotechnical Commission
• Geneva, Switzerland Based, Founded 1906
• Original Purpose - Electrical Safety
• Sister Organization to ISO (International
  Standards Org.)
• Shared Directives and Processes
• Very Different Cultures and Operation
• Members (and Funding) are National Committees
• US National Committee of IEC (An ANSI Committee)
• Approximately 56 Countries
• Work Organized by Subject Groups (Technical
  Committees)
• Work Done In Working Groups
• Each Subcommittee in US has a TAG (Tech. Advisory
  Group)

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What Are Sector Boards?

• IEC Members are National Committees
• Need for Input Directly From Industry
• Advisory in Nature - No Formal Decision Powers
• Reports To The Standardization Management Board
• Made Up Of Industry Representatives
• Cover a Specific Technical Area
• Groups of Technical Committees
• IEC Currently Has Three
• Sector Board 1 Medical Instrumentation
• Sector Board 3 Power Systems
• Sector Board 4 Telecommunications Infrastructure
• Each is Unique and Different From the Others

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Sector Board 4 Telecommunications Infrastructure

• Member Groups
• TC46 Coax and Waveguides
• TC48 RF Connectors
• TC86 Fiber Optics
• TC100 Multimedia
• JTC1 / SC25 Wiring Systems
• Representatives from ACET and ITU-T
• Approximately 13 Members
• US, Germany, France, UK, Japan, Italy, Finland,
  Sweden
• Corning, Lucent, Alcatel, Pirelli, Nokia, Draka,
  NEC, .
• US Members
• Matthews(Corning), Santana(Lucent), Hoyler (TIA)

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SB4 Future Watch

• Sub-Group of the Sector Board
• Chair Albert Grooten, NKF Kabel, Netherlands
• Goal Look Ahead of The Current Work - 3 to 5
  years
• Provide Guidance To TCs and SCs On Market Needs
• Original Publication SB4/18B/INF
• First Published 1999
• Updated 3/2001
• Outline of Market Conditions
• Identify Areas Of Market Growth
• Emphasis on
• Access Services and Traffic over xDSL, PON,
  Other
• Long Haul Optical Networking

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Future Watch Today

• Meeting Last Week In Geneva
• Organizing An Umbrella Document (Master)
• Telecommunications Landscape
• Future Market Conditions
• Market By Applications
• Market by Technologies
• Guidance to Formulating Groups
• Specific Areas Of High Importance
• Specific Documents for Each Area Of High
  Importance
• Optical Networking, Access, Dynamic components,
  Cable Installation Techniques, etc
• Timing For Next Version - October 2002

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Your Input

• Future Watch - A Work In Progress
• Inputs Welcomed (matthewsje_at_corning.com)
• Sector Boards One Way For Direct Industry
  Involvement
• Open To Additional Participants
• Documents For Your Review
• Original Report (SB4/18B/INF)
• Current Draft (SB4(0204/Matthews)14
• Thanks For Your Input