1. Hot Standardization Topics
ITU Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap
(Yangon, Myanmar, November 2013)
Hot Standardization Topics
Vijay Mauree
ITU
Yangon, Myanmar, November 2013

2. Traditional areas of strength
Network infrastructure: optical transport
Access technologies
Quality of Service (QoS) and network management
Numbering
Economic and policy issues
Emergency telecoms
Multimedia codecs (voice, video)
NGN and Future Network Architecture and Requirements

3. ITU-T should strengthen presence in certain areas
e-Health
Internet of Things/M2M
Intelligent Transport Systems
Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery
Software Defined Networking
Accessibility
Conformity and interoperability

4. Technology Watch: Identifying the Hot Topics
Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups, Study Group Questions, workshops, discussions, etc.
Widely recognized inside and outside ITU
Open to contributions and topic proposals

5. 50 Active Groups TSB provides secretariat services :
10 SGs, TSAG, RevCom
12 Regional Groups
6 Focus Groups
10 JCAs
2 GSIs
TSB Dir AHG IPR, TSB Dir AHG Stds Education
CITS, SCV, CTO Group, Submarine JTF

6. 6 Focus Groups Smart Sustainable Cities Smart Water Management
Smart Cable
Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards
M2M Service Layer 
Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery 

7. 10 Joint Coordination Activity
Smart Grid and Home Networking 
Cloud Computing
Internet of Things   
ICT and climate change  
Accessibility and Human factors
Identity Management  
Conformance and Interoperability Testing  
IPTV  
NGN 
COP

8. SG Highlights TSAG: Cooperation & Collaboration (Res. 81)
RevCom: Action Plan, Questionnaire (Res. 82)
SG 5: Eco-ratings; EMF app; smart sustainable cities
SG 9: Smart Cable TV (IPTV-like); HiNOC (G.fast-like)
SG 11: C&I, Software Defined Networking
SG 12: QoS for mobile, multimedia, broadband IP networks
SG 13: Cloud Computing; Big Data; Smart Work
SG 15: G.Fast 1Gbps over copper twisted pair
SG 16: e-Health Info, device interop. (Continua, Platform H)
SG 17: Cybersecurity, cloud computing security, identity

9. Internet Access through ITU standards
ADSL: ITU-T G.992
Powerline Transmission:
ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)
G.Fast
FTTX
GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networks) ITU-T G.984
Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657
Fiber cable can be very flexible, but traditional fiber's loss increases greatly if the fiber is bent with a radius smaller than around 30 mm. This creates a problem when the cable is bent around corners or wound around a spool, making FTTX installations more complicated. "Bendable fibers", targeted towards easier installation in home environments, have been standardized as ITU-T G.657.

10. Optical Transport
95% of all international traffic runs over fibre = ITU-standards
Carrier Ethernet: ITU-T Y.1731
Handbooks
Optical Transport Networks from TDM to Packet
Optical fibres, cables and systems

11. Cybersecurity & Identity
Strengthen the confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Strengthen cybersecurity and combat cyber threats
Identity Management
Child Online Protection
Cybersecurity Information Exchange Framework (CYBEX)
The Economist, July 2010
Bank of America recently became ITU-T Sector member to benefit from ITU-T work on identity management

12. Multimedia: Prime Time Emmy Award for ITU standards
SG6
Advanced video coding: ITU-T H.264
Used to compress billions of clips on YouTube, high-definition content on Blu-ray Discs
New work H.265:
Joint Collaborative Team (ITU-T, ISO/IEC) to reduce data rate by 50%

13. Smart Grid
Electric Grid Transport & Distribution Communication Standards
Optimization of facility usage
Integration of renewable energy sources, which are distributed and less stable

14. ICTs and Climate Change
ITU-T Universal charger: future versions to cover ICT devices other than mobile phones
ITU-T Methodologies to assess ICT carbon footprint
Standard on guidelines for recycling rare- metals in ICT products
Joint task force with WMO and UNESCO on the use of submarine cables to monitor climate and provide tsunami warning
ITU Green ICT Apps Challenge

15. Accessibility
PP-10 Res 175 … accessibility for persons with disabilities…
ITU provides accessibility to ICTs, and to ITU facilities for participants with visual, hearing or physical disabilities
Voluntary fund to assist disabled participants
Focus Group Audio Visual Media Accessibility

16. Internet of Things (IoT)/ Machine-to-Machine communications
ITU’s Global Standards Initiative on IoT started May in 2011
ITU-T Focus Group M2M Service Layers created Jan 2012
Focus initially on e-health
WHO/ITU Workshop on e-health standards and interoperability
The first meeting in May 2011 of ITU’s new Inter-net of Things Global Standards Initiative (IoT-GSI) ended with industry and government participants agreeing on a solid work plan. IoT-GSI will act as an umbrella for IoT standards development world-wide.

17. e-Health Chief Technology Officer (CTO) request to accelerate work
Protocol to relay biometric info, connecting doctors with patients in remote locations 
Requirements and network capabilities for e-health monitoring applications
Workshop with World Health Organization (WHO) April 2012

18. Intelligent Transport Systems
In-Vehicle Multimedia applications and services
Climate Change
Electric Vehicles
Road Safety
Driver Distraction

19. Cloud Computing Growth opportunity for Telcos
Opportunity for developing countries
Security, Audit, and Privacy
Cloud Computing picks up a lot of activity in ITU
Position existing network infrastructure capability as bundled offers combining Network and IT resources. Service providers can leverage network asset to address network availability and performance for secure end to end cloud services. Evolve network resource allocation and control to more dynamic in order to meet the needs to provision on-demand cloud services.
Enterprises – need standards to source cloud services from more than one vendor
How do I migrate in-house workload to cloud without standards?
How do I change my CSP without overhaul?
Service Providers – how I prevent vendor-lock-in?
Service Provider preference for holistic “systems approach”
The Economist, Oct 2009

20. Disaster Relief
Focus Group on standards for Network Resilience and Recovery from disasters
Focus:
(1) disaster relief for individuals (to notify the damage situation from victims to their relatives, friends, or employers)
(2) disaster relief guidance (to show victims the routes to evacuation shelters, home, etc.).
The first meeting in May 2011 of ITU’s new Inter-net of Things Global Standards Initiative (IoT-GSI) ended with industry and government participants agreeing on a solid work plan. IoT-GSI will act as an umbrella for IoT standards development world-wide.

21. Thank You