Telecommunications Technology Association An Introduction to TTA Standardization Activities Telecommunications Technology Association 1st CJK Standards Information Exchange Meeting 26 June 2002, TTA, Korea Hong Won Kim Director, International Cooperation

Telecommunications Technology Association Historical Review Briefs 2/18 The latter of 1980’s, Global Transition of Telecommunication Market moved fast forward to Privatization, Competition, and Deregulation April 1988, Communication Technology Promotion Council examined the feasibilities to establish a Civilian Standardization Organization December 1988, Establishment of TTA ( by the Article 32, Civil Law ) August 1992, Establishment of TTA ( by the Article 30, The Framework Act on Telecommunications )

Telecommunications Technology Association Major Activities Briefs 3/18 Establishment of Standards in the field of Info-Communication Dissemination of Standards and the Result of Research in the area of Info-Communication Standard and Technology International Standardization Activities - TTA was qualified ITU-T Standard Referenced Organization - Collaboration with Standards Developing Organizations (GTSC/GRSC) - 3GPP, 3GPP2, MESA Project - MoU with ACIF, ETSI, ITU-AJ, TTC, ARIB, T1, TSACC IT Testing and Certification Services - Network equipment, Software, and Digital Broadcasting equipment

Telecommunications Technology Association Status of TTA Membership As of June, Total 117 Members Telecom. Operators Related Associations and Academic circles Research Institutes Broadcasting Companies Manufacturers Regular88 Observer10 Cooperative7 Associate12 CategoriesYear 2002 Total117 4/18

Telecommunications Technology Association Standardization Procedures Simplified Proposal of Standardization Review and Preparation of Draft Open Hearing (4 weeks) Examination of Draft Standards (6 weeks) Approval of TTAS Proclamation of KICS Telecom. Operators, Manufacturers, Research Institutes TTA Standards Technical Committee or Project Group Technical Assembly Ministry of Information & Communication National Standards TTA Secretariat KICS : Korean Information & Communication Standards 5/18 Technical Committee or Project Group

Telecommunications Technology Association Organizational Structure Technical Assembly, Secretariat 6/18 Technical Assembly Study Groups(40) Study Groups(40) Working Groups(9) Working Groups(9) Technical Committees(11) Technical Committees(11) Project Groups(2) Project Groups(2) Administration Dept. Standardization Dept. Standardization Planning & Research Dept. Standardization Planning & Research Dept. Information & Telecommunications Testing Laboratory Information & Telecommunications Testing Laboratory Board of Directors Secretary General Special Committees(3) Ad-hoc (2) Special Committees(3) Ad-hoc (2) Strategy & Operation Committee

Telecommunications Technology Association Standardization Organization Technical Assembly, Technical Committees, Project Groups 7/18 TC2 Telecommunication Network (4SGs) TC3 Transmission (5SGs) TC4 Network Operation & Management (4SGs) TC5 Broadcasting (3SGs) TC6 Radiocommunication (7SGs) TC7 Informatization (4SGs) TC8 Data Engineering (3SGs) TC9 Software Engineering (2SGs) TC10 Information Security (3SGs) PG1 IMT-2000 (6WGs, 2adhocs) PG4 ITS (3WGs) SC1 Strategic & Planning SC2 Testing & Certification Strategy & Operation Committee Technical Assembly Chairman of TA Dr. Sang-Hoon Lee (Executive Vice President of KT) Vice Chairman of TA Dr. Ki-Shik Park (Director of PEC, ETRI) Vice Chairman of TSAG TC11 IC Card (2SGs) TC12 NGIS (3SGs) SC3 International Cooperation Adhoc#2 User Group

Telecommunications Technology Association Standardization Work Items Number of Work Items assigned to Technical Committees, Project Groups 8/18 AreasNo. of Items SC2 Testing and Certification4 TC2 Telecommunication Network103 TC3 Transmission43 TC4 Network Operation & Management8 TC5 Broadcasting11 TC6 Radiocommunication28 TC7 Infomatization110 TC8 Data Engineering13 TC9 Software Engineering23 TC10 Information Security25 TC11 IC Card20 TC12 NGIS21 PG1 IMT PG4 ITS14 Total952

Telecommunications Technology Association Priority Standardization Area Harmonization with GTSC/GRSC 9/18 Telecommunications Area - GTSC - Next Generation Network Architecture & Protocol, End to End QoS, Service Platforms, Network Mgt, Lawful/Legal Interception, Security Radiocommunication Area - GRSC - Identification & Location Services - Measurement Uncertainties in Radio and Terminal Equipment Joint Area - GTSC/GRSC - IMT-2000 (****) - Public Safety & Disaster Relief

Telecommunications Technology Association Status of Established TTA Standards As of December, /18 Yearly Status Classified by Areas Telecommunication 368(22%) Radiocommunication 837(50%) Information Technologies 480(28%) TOTAL 1,685(896) Total Accomplishment - Standards [Revised]1,685[56] - Technical Reports10 - Guidelines2

Telecommunications Technology Association Participating scheme in International Standardization 11/18 Provide contributions, participate to meeting in ITU, ISO, … ITU GTSC/GRSC ACIF, ARIB, ETSI, T1, TIA, TSACC, TTA, TTC MIC TTA ETRINCAKISA KISI ATS MOCIE ISO, IEC ISO/IEC JTC1 Telecommunications Operators, Manufacturers, Academic circles User Group CCPA, TIAK, RAPA, DPC International Standards National Standards Voluntary Standards Cooperation MIC Ministry of Information & Communication MOCIE Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy ATS Agency for Technology and Standards KISI Korean Industrial Standards Institute ETRI Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute NCA National Computerization Agency KISA Korea Information Security Agency CCPAK Computer & Communications Promotion Association of Korea RAPA Korea Radio Promotion Association DPC Korea Database Promotion Center Standardization Flow in Korea

Telecommunications Technology Association TTA Web Electronic Support for Standardization, Standardization Activities - Committee’s Activities (Electronic Balloting), Proposal of Standard, etc. Standard Information - View/Download of Standards, Electronic Dictionary (30,000 Words) Meeting Document Services - Meeting Notification, Meeting Docs, Participants, Minutes, etc. Standardization Work Item’s Record Handling - Keeping a historical record of each Stan- dardization Work Item 12/18

Telecommunications Technology Association Electronic Information Dissemination Service Standard Free Downloading, IT Standard Weekly News Number of Standard Monthly Free Downloading since Year 2000 ( Number of Stored Standards in Server: 1,894 Standards, Full text ) IT Standard Weekly Service – Selected Dissemination Information Service (Jun. 2001) - Providing IT Technology & Standardization Information via TTA Web, Mailing Group. 13/18

Telecommunications Technology Association The Result of Survey on the Utilization of Standards In Year 2001 Outstanding Queries and it's Responses (Total 2,300 respondents) 1)Recognition and Utilization of Standards - Recognition: ITU(43%)>TTA(36%)>ISO(22%)>IEEE(18%)>IETF(14%) - Utilization : Forum(26%)>ITU(26%)>ISO/IEC(22%)>TTA(18%)>Others(5%) 2)Priority using Standard(s) in area: Local Loop(56%), Security(24.4%), Transmission(23.3%), Broadcasting(22.2%), Networks(19.5%) 3)Quality of Standard(s): Satisfied(24.5%), Medium(52%), Not-satisfied*(6%) * Uncleared expression(17.8%), Not properly maintaining in time(13.9%) 4)Required area of Standard(s) development: IMT-2000 Core Networks, Wireless Home LAN, Security, Internet Web Appl., Hi-Speed Data Comm, etc. 5)Required area of Conformance Testing: IMT-2000 System/Service, Security/ETS, Internet, Multimedia Terminals, ATM, D-Broadcasting, etc. 14/18

Telecommunications Technology Association Rules of Procedures, Guidelines 15/18 Articles of Association of TTA Rules of Membership in TTA Rules of Composition and Management of Organizational Structure and Procedures for Standardization Process and Activities of TTA Guidelines for the Handling of IPR in Connection with TTA Standards Elaboration and presentation of texts and development of terminology and other means of expression for TTA Standard (Korean language version only) Transposition of foreign standard into TTA Standard as English TTA Standard (Korean language version only)

Telecommunications Technology Association Cooperative Relationship with domestic fora Selected 30 fora for promotion of de facto standardization 16/18 Areas Domestic Fora No. of Forum Internet IPv6 Forum Korea, VoIP Forum, URI Forum, Korea Wireless Internet Standardization Forum, Internet Appliance Standardization Forum 5 eCommerce & Security Internet Security Technology forum, Korea Electronic Payment Forum, Integrated Forum on Electronic Commerce, Korea PKI Forum 4 Multimedia Advanced Digital Broadcasting Standardization Forum, MPEG Korea Forum 2 Network and Transmission Technology Next-Generation Open Network Forum, Korea Optical Network Forum, High speed wireless LAN Forum, Korea Bluetooth Forum, Korea xDSL Forum, Integrated Network Management Forum, Next Generation Consolidation Network, Korea Ethernet Forum 8 Software Software Component Standardization Forum 1 Semiconductor System on Chip Forum 1 Information Logistics Information Forum, ITS Forum, IAB Forum, Grid Forum Korea, Wireless Internet Content Selection Standardization Forum, Korea Biometrics Association, Speech Information technology Forum 7 Digital Contents DRM Forum, Electronic Book Standardization Forum 2

Telecommunications Technology Association IT Testing and Certification Services Objectives - Maximizing the practical use of Standard(s) - Securing Compatibility, Interconnectivity, Interoperability, and the quality of the IT products, etc. Major Activities - Providing IT Testing, Certification Services, Open Testing Lab Testing & Certification Service Area - Network Equipments (Ethernet NIC, Router, WLAN, ADSL, VoIP, VDSL, etc) - Softwares (Component, Mobile, Embedded, Web-based S/W, etc) - D-Broadcasting Equipments (DVB-MHP, ATSC-DASE, Digital TV, etc) - Cell Phone (D-Cellular Phone Charger, I/O Connection Interface) Open Testing Lab Service - Providing Testing environment for Network Equipment testing (Ethernet, ATM, MPLS, IPv6, VoIP, ADSL, etc.) 17/18

Telecommunications Technology Association IT Testing and Certification Services.. continue 18/18 Certifying that the product has met the requirements specified in the Quality Certification Standards of Software Verifying that the product has met the requirements requested by the client Confirming that the product has been tested in accordance with the test spec. prepared by the TTA and the client Verifying that the product has met the requirements set forth by the ‘Up- to-Spec’ standards of the Tolly Group Certifying that the product has met the certification criteria prepared by the local/foreign standardization organizations Verifying that the product has met the requirements set forth by the ‘Tolly verified’ standards of the Tolly Group