ETSI Activities Related to IP and Multimedia

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ETSI Activities Related to IP and Multimedia

• Gerry Lawrence
• Marconi plc
• ETSI Representative on ICANN PSO
• ETSI Board Vice Chairman
• Chairman of ETSI Operational Co-ordination Group

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About ETSI

• 660 Full Members from 35 European Countries
• 174 Associate Members from 19 other Countries
• 55 Observers
• TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
• 889 members from 54 countries

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Membership

• FULL MEMBERS
• 50 Administrations
• 331 Manufacturers
• 106 Network Operators
• 151 Service Providers
• 22 User Groups

• ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
• 6 Administrations
• 100 Manufacturers
• 18 Network Operators
• 49 Service Providers
• 1 User Group

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Composition of ETSI
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ETSI Mission Statement

• ETSI shall, through international collaboration,
  including Partnership Projects, pursue the
  objective of developing globally applicable
  deliverables meeting the needs of the
  telecommunication / electronic communications
  community while still fulfilling its duty to
  support EU and EFTA regulation and initiatives.

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ETSI Structure
General Assembly
Director General Secretariat
Board
Operational Co-ordination Group
ETSI TechnicalCommittees
ETSI Projects
ETSI Partner-ship Projects
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Examples of TCs

• ETSI Technical Committees with IP/MM-related Work
  Items
• SPAN (Services Protocols for Advanced Networks)
• ISDN/IP impact on SS7, DSS1 over IP, Charging
  over IP, V5.2 internet access, Convergence
  IP/Telecommunications, IP over DTM
• AT (Access Terminals)
• IP and Multimedia Terminals, IP over Cable
  access protocols
• STQ (Speech Processing, Transmission Quality)
• PBXs connected to IP gateway, support QoS work
• SEC (Security)
• Trusted Third Party, Electronic Signatures,
  Lawful Interception over IP
• JTC BROADCAST (joint with EBU)
• IP Datagram tunnelling, Multimedia Object
  Transfer
• TM (Transmission Multiplexing)
• xDSL systems, radio interface to IP network

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Examples of EPs

• ETSI Projects with IP/MM-related Work Items
• TIPHON (Telecommunications Internet Protocol
  Harmonisation Over Networks)
• Many Work Items related to a multimedia call
  passing between conventional telecommunications
  networks and IP networks
• DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless
  Telecommunications)
• DECT access to IP networks, Multimedia Access
  Profile
• TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio)
• Voice Data interworking with IP networks

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Examples of EPPs

• ETSI Partnership Projects with IP/MM-related Work
  Items
• 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)
• Many Work Items relating to all IP Core Network
  and Multimedia Services
• MESA (Mobility for Emergency and Safety
  Applications)
• No Work Items yet, but can be expected to use an
  all IP Core Network and offer Multimedia Services
  since this is a future broadband Public Safety
  network

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Next Generation Networks

• 5 April 2001 ETSI Strategic Workshop on NGN
• 7 April 2001 GA agreed to set up an NGN Starter
  Group with the following specific tasks
• Review current NGN related standardisation
  environment both inside and outside ETSI
• Identify new NGN related technical areas
  requiring internationally agreed standards
• Propose an appropriate strategy and role for ETSI
  in the domain of NGN related standardisation
• Discuss with potential partners what role one or
  more "Partnership Projects" could play within the
  NGN environment