Background of NGNeCO

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Background of NGN-eCO NGN overview

• CN Division

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Background

• A consultation process was initiated on NGN in
  Jan 2006 to deliberate on various issues.
• Based on the feedback of stakeholders and
  deliberation on issues, TRAI issued certain
  recommendations in March 2006.
• One of the decisions was regarding setting up of
  a committee named NGN-eCO

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TRAI Decision no 6.4

• .. There is a need for setting up joint
  consultative committee under the aegis of
  regulator involving industry to deliberate upon
  the various issues related to interconnection,
  QoS, Awareness building and migration time
  table for NGN. For this purpose, it is decided
  that
• An expert committee named NGN eCO will be
  constituted by TRAI co-opting experts from DOT,
  TEC, C-DOT, service providers, venders and
  Academicians.

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TRAI Decision no 6.4

• This committee will handle at least the
  following issues
• NGN awareness building program
• Time table for NGN migration in the country
• Back ground paper to be used for consultation on
  interconnection and QoS issues by TRAI.

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Present Status

• Based on the recommendations a group named Focus
  working Group on NGN was setup with in TRAI in
  May 2006 having representations from MN, FN,
  QoS, CN and Eco division to discuss NGN issues
  internally.
• Terms of the reference of the NGN eCO was made
  and circulated to various organizations seeking
  the representations.
• NGN eCO committee was formed in June 2006 having
  representations from 19 organization. There are
  total 30 members INCLUDING 5 members from TRAI.

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Terms of reference of NGN - eCO

• Scope of work
• NGN awareness building programme
• Closely interact with international bodies like
  ITU, ETSI, 3GPP2, Regulators abroad etc. for
  obtaining latest information and knowledge
  related to NGN
• Organize awareness programmes to educate other
  stakeholders in the country and make them aware
  of latest trends in NGN and its capabilities.
• Timetable for NGN migration in the country
• Prepare a detailed timetable for NGN migration in
  the country
• Provide an implementable, phased and
  business-driven roadmap/ action-plan for
  achieving this.

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Terms of reference of NGN eCO contd.

• Background information including best
  international practices for
• Interconnection,
• QoS,
• Reliability,
• Billing,
• performance measurements and monitoring in the
  NGN domain
• various regulatory options for enabling the same.
  
• Any other task assigned by Authority.

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Overview of NGN
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Definition of NGN (ETSI)

• NGN is a concept for defining and deploying
  networks, which due to their formal separation
  into different layers and planes and use of open
  interfaces, offers service providers and
  operators a platform which can evolve in a
  step-by-step manner to create, deploy and manage
  innovative services.

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What is NGN?(From Common mans point of view)

• Next Generation Services Converged (quad-play,
  voice, data, video, mobile)
• Next Generation Access High speed (Broadband)
  IP based connectivity (ADSL,VDSL, Wi-Max, Cable
  TV, FTTH.
• Next Generation Transport Ethernet, IP-MPLS
• Next Generation Architecture Service oriented,
  layered (transport, control, application)
• Next Generation Mobile 3G
• Next Generation Internet IPv6
• Next Generation Interconnect Capacity and
  Quality based
• Next Generation Licensing Unified

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Driving forces for NGNs

• Integration of network resulting in huge network
  cost savings
• Reduction in operational costs
• Reduced time to roll out new services
• Ease in offering new services (VoIP, IP-TV)
• Cost savings hence competitiveness advantage
• Fixed-mobile convergence,

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Next Generation Networks Technology
Present Day Networks
Next Generation Networks (NGN)
Wireless
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NGN v/s PSTN Components
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NGN a layered architecture distributing
intelligence at various layer
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Advantages of NGN

• NGN makes use of best of both the worlds
  (flexibility, efficiency Innovativeness of IP
  and QOS, Security, Reliability, Customer-friendly
  features of proven PSTN
• Advantages for service providers
• Reduced CAPEX due to integrated and efficient
  IP-based technology (Packetized Network)
• Reduced OPEX due to transmission cost saving,
  less power consumption, less space requirement,
  less OM costs
• Ability to offer increased range of services
• More flexibility increasing market penetration by
  offering personal service customization and
  management
• Single network layer for management
• There is no need for separate voice and data
  networks

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Advantages of NGN

• Advantages for subscribers
• Reduced call charges
• New innovative services
• Single connection and bill for voice, data,
  video, mobile (Quad play)
• Better QoS
• Faster speed
• Availability of BW on Demand

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NGN Components

• NGN architecture breaks the hierarchy-based
  architecture of the Traditional Networks and
  advocates flat hierarchy for the NGN network.
• 1. Network Elements
• Converged IP/ MPLS Core (Soft switch/ media
  gateway controllers)
• Intelligent Provider Edge (PE) devices for
  service enablement (media gateway)
• Ethernet based Access infrastructure to aggregate
  business and residential users
• Diverse set of access architectures in the last
  mile
• Home gateway or CPE

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NGN Components

• 2. Service Control Elements
• Policy Control Framework for subscriber policy
  tracking and enforcement
• Application level policy enforcement
• AAA servers for billing and accounting
  Authentication
• 3. End User Devices (CPE)
• Converged devices can be intelligent TVs,
  combined Mobile/ PDA/ Pocket PC/IAD

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NGN Emerging Services
Unified Messaging
Voice over IP
BB High Speed Internet
PC to Phone
Phone to PC
IP VPN (data)
BW on-demand
QOS on demand
Triple play
Instant messaging/ presence management
MMS on fixed network
3G applications
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NGN Regulatory Challenges

• As per ITU-
• The move to NGNs represents an opportunity to
  establish in advance ground rules for ensuring
  the continued passage to effective competition
  and minimise damage during transition.
• It is in contrast to the regulation of the
  legacy network, which are actually in place. That
  is why, NGN is different.

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Security
Regulation of Plain Old Telephone Service
(POTS)
Privacy
Consumer protection
NGN
Quality of Service
Numbering
Emergency Access
Competition
Interconnection
Next Generation Longer term issues

• Core policy areas
• Competition (level-playing field),
  Interconnection
• Consumer (QOS, privacy, emergency access)
• Security legal interception
• Scope for self-regulation

Short term issues
Regulatory implications of NGN
Source ASTAP05_WS.IPNGN-09
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ISSUES FOR IPLEMENTATION OF NGN

• NGN eCO meeting

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NGN Regulatory Issues

• Migration from service based licensing to service
  neutral licensing regime
• Issues related with converged licensing
• Re-classification of the licenses
• Pricing issues to end users Migration from
  service based pricing to service neutral pricing
• Revenue settlement of the operators in NGN
  environment

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NGN Interconnect Issues

• Migration from service based interconnection to
  service neutral interconnection
• Reference interconnect offer (RIO) in NGN
  environment
• Point of interconnect between various operators
• Interconnection model
• Basis of charging
• Need for regulation of point of Interconnect both
  in NGN and Non NGN environment

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NGN QoS Issues

• Need to define Quality of services parameters in
  NGN environment
• Monitoring QoS in various networks and ensuring
  compliance to defined QoS parameters in NGN
  environment
• Ensuring End to End QoS across the networks
• Need to define unique service based priorities
• Reliability across diverse applications
• Encouraging network competition
• Mandating emergency numbers

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Other Issues

• Technical issues (To be addressed by TEC)
• Standardization of the interface for various
  services
• Backbone standardization and defining network
  parameters
• Management of security issues in NGN environment
• Protection from various protocol attacks
• Application attacks
• SPAM
• VIRUS
• Misuse of OS vulnerability
• Spoofing on different layers
• Unauthorized user introduction
• Unauthorized access to system data
• Denial of services (DOS) and Distributed Denial
  of services attacks (DDOS).
• Inter-operability

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Other issues

• Implementation issues
• Readiness of the NGN backbone
• Trail launch of NGN based services
• Defining point of Interconnect and Interface
• Definition of Uniform service based priorities
• Service authentication and Authorization
• Default service and routing requirement

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Other issues

• Work on ENUM
• Implementation of IPV6
• Legal Interception

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Awareness Building Plan

• the awareness about NGN and innovative services
  is not yet widely spread
• there is a great lack of awareness about various
  issues pertaining to NGN among stakeholders
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Way forward

• It is proposed to setup three core sub groups to
  deliberate on various identified issues.
• Regulatory issues
• Interconnect issues
• Quality of Service (QoS) issues
• Core sub groups will have representations from
  various sector of Industry.
• They will submit their paper on identified issue
  in two month time.

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Way forward contd.

• Need to closely interact with international
  bodies like ITU, ETSI, 3GPP2, Regulators abroad
  etc. for obtaining latest information and
  knowledge related to NGN
• Need to organize awareness programmes to educate
  other stakeholders in the country and make them
  aware of latest trends in NGN and its
  capabilities
• Stakeholders can give their inputs to core group
  through e-Mail published on TRAI website for
  different core groups

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Time frame for launch of NGN

• Should some time frame be defined for launch of
  NGN
• Should we concentrate policies on end to end NGN
  or limit it to core to start with.
• What should be mile stones
• Redefining the licensing issues
• Standardization of NGN standards by TEC
• Interconnect model
• Setting of core network
• Interoperability test

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