david thompson mgr, global standards and technology t elecommunications i ndustry a ssociation

August 13-14, 2002Washington, DC

David ThompsonMgr, Global Standards and Technology

Telecommunications Industry Association

(703) [email protected]

TR41-02-08-013


Presentation Overview• TIA Overview

• TIA Standards Development Overview

• TIA SVoIP-related Activities• TIA Engineering Committee (TR)

Presentations


TIA OverviewOur Mission:

• TIA represents providers of communications and information technology products and services for the global marketplace through its core competencies in standards development, domestic and international advocacy, as well as market development and trade promotion programs.

• Facilitates the convergence of new communications networks while working for a competitive and innovative market environment.

• Strives to further members' business opportunities, economic growth and the betterment of humanity through improved communications.


• TIA Website: www.tiaonline.org • Full-service trade organization serving the

communications and information technology industry

• TIA facilitates business development and a competitive market environment for its more than 1100 member companies through:– Domestic and international advocacy– Market development– Trade Shows– Standards Development


• TIA is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited Standards Development Organization (SDO)

• TIA is ITU-T Approved and Qualified:– Rec. A.5 (referencing documents of

other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations)

– Rec. A.6 (Cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T and other SDOs)


TIA Standards Development

Overview


• Standards development dates back to 1920’s– As an ANSI-accredited SDO, TIA develops

consensus-based, voluntary industry standards for a wide variety of telecommunications products and systems

• 11 product-oriented Engineering Committees (TR/FO)

• Over 70 subcommittees and working groups– Over 1,400 individuals from nearly 20

countries work in these formulating groups– Representatives from academia,

manufacturers, service providers and end-users, including the government


• Standards projects and technical documents– Formulated according to guidelines est. in the

association's ANSI-approved Engineering Manual.

– Potential projects initiated by a technical contribution to a TR/FO or subcommittee• Request creation of a new standard or technical

document in a particular area of technology

• TIA has more than 600 standards documents in print– www.tiaonline.org/standards/search_n_order.c

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• TIA represents U.S. interests in the international standards arena– Active in ITU, IEC, ISO, JTC 1, CITEL, etc.

• Secretariat to:–Several Technical Advisory Groups

–Working Advisory Groups

– International Technical Groups

–Partnership Projects (e.g., 3GPP2)

– Organizational Partner w/ ETSI in Project MESA (Mobile Broadband Specs for Public Safety)


TIA SVoIP-related Activities


• TR-30, Data Transmission Systems and Equipment

• TR-34, Satellite Equipment and Systems– Develops standards and technical requirements for

space telecom systems (incl. earth segments)• Also multiple access and interfaces with other

systems, radiation phenomena, propagation characteristics and data transmission systems which are an integral part of the space system

– Involved in various IP-related activities– New WG: TR-34.1.7, "IP Over Satellite (IPoS)”

» Aspects that involve efficient IP services over satellite

» Specifically targeted for an IPoS solution that addresses residential markets

• Established ANSI accredited forum for future satellite based IP-related standards work


• TR-41, User Premises Telecommunications Requirements

• TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure

– Standards/technical requirements for customer premises wiring•Necessary for voice and data communications

and distribution of multimedia services• Including higher performance data

transmission used for many IP-based services


• TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure

– Examples of IP-related Work:– Copper: Category 6 [doubles Cat 5e

bandwidth] standard for telecommunications cabling recently approved for publication as TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1

» www.tiaonline.org/standards/whatsnew.cfm

– Fiber (w/FO-2.2): TIA/EIA-568-B.3-1 recently published

» Involving transmission performance specifications» Facilitates up to 2000 MHz-km bandwidth at 850

nm» Component and transmission requirements

supporting 10 Gb/s serial transmission up to 300 m (984 ft)

» Work initiated through IEEE 802.3 for 10 gigabit Ethernet


• TR-45, Mobile and Personal Communications Systems

• 3GPP2, Third Generation Partnership Project 2– TIA is a participant in and the Secretariat to

3GPP2• Develops global specifications for IMT-2000

networks supported by the ANSI approved TIA/EIA-41 family of standards


TIA Engineering Committee (TR) Presentations


TIA Engineering Committee (TR) Presenters

• TR-30 Chair: Fred Lucas• TR-41 Chair: Steve Whitesell• TR-45 Chair/

3GPP2 TIA HoD: Cheryl Blum

Supplemental material:Compendium of IP-related Activities within TIA


Fred LucasChair, TIA TR-30

Data Transmission Systems and Equipment

FAL [email protected]


TR-30, Data Transmission Systems and Equipment

• TR-30.1, Modems (including network interworking)• TR-30.2, Data Transmission Interfaces and Protocols• TR-30.3, Data Communications Equipment Evaluation and

Network Interfaces• TR-30.5, Facsimile Systems & Equipment

– Develops standards for Data Circuit Terminating Equipment (DCE) and the interfaces and protocols between DCEs and Data Terminal Equipment (DTE); the transmission media to which they are connected (e.g., the Public Switched Telephone Network); and other DCEs.

– Standards include functional, electrical, and mechanical characteristics.



• Relationship with ITU-T- TR-30 has a long standing close working

relationship with Study Group 16- TR-30 provides technical input and

recommended US positions to Study Group 16, Questions H, 11, 12, 13 and 14, and to Study Group 15, Question 4 on Phone Line Networking



• VoIP Signaling Related Work in ITU-T Study Group 16, Working Party 1- V.MoIP (Modem over IP)- V.FoIP (Fax over IP, ITU-T Rec. T.38)- V.ToIP (Text Telephony over IP)



• V.MoIP, Procedures for the End-to-End connection of V-series DCEs over an IP Network– Specifies the operation between two IP Network gateways to

facilitate the end-to-end connection of V-series DCEs over an IP network

– Support of a mechanism to allow the transparent transport of modem signals end-to-end (Voice Band Data (VBD))

– Support of mechanisms to allow the termination of modem signals at the gateways and the transport of the data between gateways (Modem Relay (MR))

– The definition of a transport protocols, suitable for the relay the data between gateways (example, Simple Packet Transport Protocol (SPRT))



– The definition of procedures to allow gateways to transition between Voice-over-Internet Protocol and Modem-over-Internet Protocol operation

– The definition of procedures to allow gateways to transition from Modem-over-Internet Protocol operation to Facsimile-over-Internet Protocol and Text Telephony-over-Internet Protocol

– Dependencies:The Recommendation is referencing existing IETF RFCs. New issues are being addressed in Annexes to the Recommendation.

– The first issue of V.MoIP is scheduled for Consent at the October meeting of Study Group 16



• Facsimile over IP– ITU-T Recommendation T.38, Procedures for real-

time Group 3 facsimile communication over IP networks

– Study Group 16, Question 14 is the responsible group for Facsimile Recommendations

– Input to this work is from TR-30.5– Areas of work: V.34 over T.38, consideration of

additional transport protocols, secure T.38 and interworking with V.MoIP



• V.ToIP, Text Telephony over IP– New work item being introduced by TR-30 into

Study Group 16– Provision in V.MoIP to transition to V.ToIP– TR-30 will provide the U.S. input to this new

work item


Stephen R WhitesellChair, TIA TR-41

User PremisesTelecommunications Requirements

Senior Technical Consultant – StandardsVTech Communications

[email protected] (732) 751-1079


• TR-41 Mission & Scope– Develop standards for telecommunications

terminal equipment and systems, specifically those used for voice service, integrated voice and data service, and Internet Protocol (IP) applications

– Address performance criteria for equipment, systems and networks, as well as the information necessary to ensure their proper interworking with each other, with public networks, with IP telephony infrastructures and with carrier-provided private-line services


• TR-41 Mission & Scope (cont)

– Also address criteria for preventing harm to the telephone network and the administrative aspects of product approval processes


• TR-41 Liaison Activities Related to VoIP– ETSI TIPHON (European

Telecommunications Standards Institute – Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization over Networks)

– ETSI STQ (Speech Processing, Transmission, and Quality or Speech, Transmission Planning and Quality of Service)

– IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)


• TIA TR-41 VoIP Standards– ANSI/TIA/EIA-810-A: Telecommunications -

Telephone Terminal Equipment - Transmission Requirements for Narrowband Voice over IP and Voice over PCM Digital Wireline Telephones

– TIA/EIA/IS-811: Telecommunications - Telephone Terminal Equipment - Performance and Interoperability Requirements for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Feature Telephones

– TIA-912: Telecommunications - IP Telephony Equipment - Voice Gateway Transmission Requirements


• TIA TR-41 VoIP Telecommunications Systems Bulletins (TSB)– TSB-116: Telecommunications - IP

Telephony Equipment - Voice Quality Recommendations for IP Telephony

– TSB-122-A: Telecommunications - IP Telephony Equipment - Voice Gateway Loss and Level Plan Guidelines (superceded by TIA-912)


• ANSI/TIA/EIA-810-A (Narrowband Voice Transmission Requirements for Digital Telephones, Including VoIP)– Handset, headset, and hands-free audio

performance for 300 to 3400 Hz bandwidth– Covers frequency response, loudness

ratings, noise, distortion, acoustic echo path loss, and peak acoustic pressure

– Includes guidance on packet delay effects


• TIA/EIA/IS-811 (Performance and Interoperability Requirements for VoIP Feature Telephones)– Covers VoIP telephones using H.323,

Megaco, and SIP signaling protocols– Requires direct 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T

Ethernet connectivity– Includes requirements for displays,

keypads, acoustic performance, and telephone features ranging from hold and redial to call waiting, call forwarding, and calling party identification


• TIA-912 (Voice Gateway Transmission Requirements)– Provides a loss and level plan similar to

that in TIA/EIA-464-C for PBXs– Also includes a half-channel loss plan that

is harmonized with ETSI ES 202 020– Addresses impairments such as echo,

noise, and distortion– Supercedes TIA TSB-122-A loss and level

guidelines


• TSB-116 (Voice Quality Recommendations)– Provides general design recommendations

for achieving best voice quality performance– Shows how ITU-T Recommendation G.107

E-Model can be adapted for estimation of end-to-end IP voice quality

– Addresses primary IP impairments: delay, echo, speech compression, and packet loss

– Describes several connection scenarios and discusses how others may be created

– E-model and worked examples available at:• http://www.tiab2b.com/whitepapers.cfm?

manufacturer=Nortel


• Current TIA TR-41 VoIP Projects– PN-3-4705, Transmission Requirements for

Wideband Digital Wireline Telephones•Parallel document to ANSI/TIA/EIA-810-A, but

for wideband (150 to 6800 Hz) voice transmission performance

•Out for ballot to become TIA/EIA/IS-920 (ballot closes 8/18/02)


• Current TIA TR-41 VoIP Projects (cont)– PN-3-4462-URV, Performance &

Interoperability Requirements for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) Telephone Terminals•Revision and Upgrade of TIA/EIA-IS-811

– PN-3-4601, IP Telephony Gateways and Related Control Infrastructure •Collecting glossary of terms common across

TR-41 VoIP projects


• Current TIA TR-41 VoIP Projects (cont)– PN-3-4726, Location Identification and

Callback Procedures for IP Terminals•Describes network architecture elements

and their functionality needed for providing E-911 support for IP terminals in an Enterprise Network.

•Does not cover IP terminals connected through a gateway.

•Out for ballot to become TIA/EIA TSB-146 (ballot closes 8/16/02)


• Current TIA TR-41 VoIP Projects (cont)– PN-3-0061, IP Telephony Security

Framework •Project to examine IP network architectural

security, authentication, authorization, privacy, and governmental requirements

•Has identified a need for a security protocol suite tailored for devices with limited resources and brought this to the attention of IETF

•Expected to result in a TSB


• Additional TR-41 Information– Our VoIP documents are available for free

individual download from:• http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/ip/voip/

voiptable.cfm

– The TIA/EIA/IS-968 network harms standard has been adopted by the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA)•Contains mandatory criteria for compliance

with FCC Part 68• Includes some requirements applicable to VoIP

terminal equipment


Cheryl BlumChair, TIA TR-45Mobile and Personal

Communications SystemsTIA Head of Delegation 3GPP2

Lucent [email protected]


• TR-45, Mobile and Personal Communications Systems– Develops performance, compatibility,

interoperability and service standards for mobile and personal communications systems•TDMA, CDMA, AMPS-based systems

– Comprised of 6 Subcommittees– With the exception of TR-45.1 and TR-45.3

(analog/TDMA), majority of standards development closely aligned and coordinated with 3GPP2


• 3GPP2, Third Generation Partnership Project 2– Develops 3G global specifications for CDMA

evolving ANSI/TIA/EIA-41 networks– TIA is a partner in and Secretariat to 3GPP2 – Steering Committee Chair, Steve Dennett,

Motorola– Collaborative relationship between the TR-

45 Subcommittees (TR) and 3GPP2 Technical Specification Groups (TSG) for the development of 3G standards•TR-45.2, TR-45.4, TR-45.5 and TR-45.6•TSG-N, TSG-A, TSG-C and TSG-P


• 3GPP2/TR-45– Develop IP-related standards

•Provide the infrastructure and transport to support VoIP and Multi-Media services

– Network Architecture Model (NAM) for All-IP Core Network developed in TSG-S, System and Service Requirements [incl. architectures] •3GPP2 Doc SP-0037

– Established relationship with IETF•Work on IP relies heavily on use of IETF

protocols– Program Management Teams developing

work plans and release plans to address IP-related standards development


• TR-45 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.3, Time Division Digital Technology

•TIA/EIA-136, “TDMA 3G Wireless”– Supports the Radio Transmission

Technology (RTT), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) backbone for IP traffic

»based on GSM protocol specifications– Interest in evolution to UMTS and VoIP

based on specifications developed in 3GPP


• TR-45/3GPP2 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.2/TSG-N, Core Network Technology

•TIA/EIA/IS-880 “TIA/EIA-41-D Based Network Enhancements for CDMA Packet Data Service Phase 1”

– Supports handoff enhancements for CDMA packet data service in conjunction with Legacy ANS-41 circuit mode network

•PN-4934 (TIA/EIA/IS-872) “IP Core Network Legacy MS Support Domain Step 1”

– To be published 3Q2002

•PN-4935 (TIA/EIA/IS-873) “IP Core Network Multimedia Domain”


• TR-45/3GPP2 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.4/TSG-A, Radio Access Network

•Develops interface standards for the RAN•Utilize mobile IP in specific interfaces to

the PDSN (Packet Data Switching Network)– TIA-2001-B “cdma2000 Access Network

Interface”»Published May 2002. Supports

concurrent voice and data calls– Future revisions will support end to end

QoS and QoS negotiation and support for all-IP phase 1 network application of the RAN


• TR-45/3GPP2 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.5/TSG-C, Spread Spectrum Digital

Technology•TIA/EIA/IS-2000 cdma2000 Air Interface•TIA/EIA/IS-856-1 “cdma2000 High Rate

Packet Data Air Interface Specification”– Published Nov. 2000. Provides IP packet

transport over a CDMA2000 air interface. Maximizes IP-based packet data throughput and capacity.

•TIA/EIA/IS-707-B “Data Service Options for Wideband Spread Spectrum”

– Packet data transport service– Revision to be published EOY


• TR-45/3GPP2 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.6/TSG-P, Wireless Packet Data

Technology– Develops standards to support transport

of packet data•TIA/EIA/TSB-115 “cdma2000 Wireless IP

Architecture Based on IETF Protocols”– Published Dec. 2000. Provides native IP

datagram transport on cdma2000 systems

•TIA/EIA/IS-835 “cdma2000 Wireless IP Network Standard”

– Supports Simple IP and Mobile IP, AAA, and QoS capabilities based on Diff-Serv protocols


• TR-45/3GPP2 IP-Related Work Activities– TR-45.6/TSG-P, Wireless Packet Data

Technology•TIA/EIA/IS-835-A, “cdma2000 Wireless IP

Network Standard”– Published May 2001. Provides support for

additional capabilities and more robust operation

•TIA/EIA/IS-835-B– To be published by 3Q02. Supports

RTP/UDP/IP header reduction schemes, Differentiated Services QoS Policy, Fast Handoff for packet data calls, IP Reachability with dynamic DNS updates, Simple IPv6, etc.


• Security (IP & Packet Data) Issues– TR-45 Ad-Hoc Lawfully Authorized

Electronic Surveillance (LAES)• Joint standards development effort with T1

– PN-4465-RV1: Development of J-STD-025-B

»Requirements for support of surveillance of packet mode communications

– TR-45 Ad-Hoc Authentication Group (AHAG) and 3GPP2 TSG-S, WG4•cdma2000 packet data security•Responsible for Security Assessment Issues

(incl. IP)


Thank you for your time• TR-30 Chair: Fred Lucas

• FAL [email protected]

• TR-41 Chair: Steve Whitesell• Senior Technical Consultant-Standards

VTech [email protected]

• TR-45 Chair/HOD to 3GPP2: Cheryl Blum• Technical Manager

Lucent Technologies, Inc. [email protected]

• TIA Contact: David Thompson• Manager, Global Standards and Technology

[email protected]

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