ITU-T Products & Services Greg Jones ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) greg.jones@itu.int

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Overview ITU-T working methods ITU-T studies ITU-T products & services ITU-T strategy and priorities Conclusion ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Working methods Recommendation A.1 Contributions Delayed Contributions Temporary Documents Email reflectors Informal FTP areas Physical meetings SG, WP, Rapporteur, Editor Recommendation A.9 for SSG ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Approval methods TAP – traditional approval process (Res. 1) Determination at physical meeting Approval at physical meeting Text available before approval meeting AAP – alternative approval process (Rec. A.8) Consent at physical meeting Last call period Approval if no substantive comments Additional review or revert to SG or TAP Non-normative texts approved at Study Group level e.g. Appendices, Supplements, Handbooks ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Approval time for ITU-T Recommendations Before 1988 4 years 1989-1993 2 years 1993-1996 18 months 1997-2000 9 months (5 months in exceptional circumstances) 2000  Minimum 4 weeks (AAP) 9 months (TAP) AAP = Alternative Approval Procedure TAP = Traditional Approval Procedure ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Cooperation A.4 – Communication with forums/consortia A.5 – Organizations qualified for referencing A.6 – Communication with SDOs MoUs MoU ICANN Protocol Supporting Organization, 14 July 1999 MoU between IEC, ISO, ITU and UN/ECE Concerning Standardization in the Field of Electronic Business, 24 March 2000 MoU between ITU and ETSI, 14 June 2000 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Migration towards an IP-based backbone network ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

GII: Technology convergence (based on Figure 5-1/Y.110) ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Ensuring global interoperability Quality of Service (QoS) Numbering and routing Security Tariffs and Accounting rates Interworking ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ITU-T publications Recommendations WTSA Resolutions Appendices Supplements Handbooks Directives ITU Operational Bulletin ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Free and discounted ITU-T publications Discounts of 15% and one free online subscription are granted to Member States and Sector Members participating in the work of ITU. A discount of 80% of the catalogue price on all ITU publications is granted to Administrations of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), as well as to libraries of educational institutions (for online subscriptions and CD-ROM publications only). ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ITU-T Series (A-L) Organization of the work of ITU-T Means of expression: definitions, symbols, classification General telecommunication statistics General tariff principles Overall network operation, telephone service, service operation and human factors Non-telephone telecommunication services Transmission systems and media, digital systems and networks Audiovisual and multimedia systems Integrated services digital network Transmission of television, sound programme and other multimedia signals Protection against interference Construction, installation and protection of cables and other elements of outside plant  ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ITU-T Series (M-Z) TMN and network maintenance: international transmission systems, telephone circuits, telegraphy, facsimile and leased circuits Maintenance: international sound programme and television transmission circuits Specifications of measuring equipment Telephone transmission quality, telephone installations, local line networks Switching and signalling Telegraph transmission Telegraph services terminal equipment Terminals for telematic services Telegraph switching Data communication over the telephone network Data networks and open system communications Global information infrastructure and Internet protocol aspects Languages and general software aspects for telecommunication systems ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Handbooks & Directives (recent examples) Protection of telecommunication buildings from fire (SG6) Construction, Installation, Jointing and Protection of Optical Fibre Cables (SG6) Application of Computers and Microprocessors to the Construction, Installation and Protection of Telecommunication Cables (SG6) Handbook on Marinized Terrestrial Cables (SG6) Handbook on interference measuring techniques Handbook on Telephonometry (SG12) Guide to the use of ITU-T publications produced by Study Group 5 aimed at achieving electromagnetic compatibility and safety (SG5) Directives Concerning the Protection of Telecommunication Lines against Harmful Effects from Electric Power and Electrified Railway Lines (SG5) ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002

Freely accessible web resources ITU-T patent database International numbering resources A.4, A.5 and A.6 recognized organizations Terms and definitions List of ITU-T Recommendations ITU-T Work programme ASN.1 module database – new ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 24 July 2002