an introduction to tta standardization activities

Telecommunications Technology Association

An Introduction to TTA Standardization Activities


1st CJK Standards Information Exchange Meeting26 June 2002, TTA, Korea

Hong Won KimDirector, International Cooperation


Historical ReviewBriefs

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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 )


Major ActivitiesBriefs

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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


Status of TTA MembershipAs of June, 2002

13

9

32

90

Total117

Members

Telecom. Operators

Related Associationsand Academic circles

Research Institutes

Broadcasting Companies

ManufacturersRegular 88Observer 10Cooperative 7Associate 12

Categories Year 2002

Total 117

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Standardization ProceduresSimplified

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

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Technical Committee or

Project Group


Organizational StructureTechnical Assembly, Secretariat

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Technical AssemblyTechnical Assembly

StudyGroups(40)StudyGroups(40)

WorkingGroups(9)WorkingGroups(9)

TechnicalCommittees(11)TechnicalCommittees(11)

Project Groups(2)Project Groups(2)

Administration Dept.Administration Dept.

Standardization Dept.Standardization Dept.

Standardization Planning &Research Dept.

Standardization Planning &Research Dept.

Information & TelecommunicationsTesting Laboratory

Information & TelecommunicationsTesting Laboratory

Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors

Secretary GeneralSecretary General

SpecialCommittees(3)Ad-hoc (2)

SpecialCommittees(3)Ad-hoc (2)

Strategy & Operation Committee

Strategy & Operation Committee


Standardization OrganizationTechnical Assembly, Technical Committees, Project Groups

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TC2 Telecommunication Network (4SGs)TC2 Telecommunication Network (4SGs)

TC3 Transmission (5SGs)TC3 Transmission (5SGs)

TC4 Network Operation & Management (4SGs)TC4 Network Operation & Management (4SGs)

TC5 Broadcasting (3SGs)TC5 Broadcasting (3SGs)

TC6 Radiocommunication (7SGs)TC6 Radiocommunication (7SGs)

TC7 Informatization (4SGs)TC7 Informatization (4SGs)

TC8 Data Engineering (3SGs)TC8 Data Engineering (3SGs)

TC9 Software Engineering (2SGs)TC9 Software Engineering (2SGs)

TC10 Information Security (3SGs)TC10 Information Security (3SGs)

PG1 IMT-2000 (6WGs, 2adhocs)PG1 IMT-2000 (6WGs, 2adhocs)

PG4 ITS (3WGs)PG4 ITS (3WGs)

SC1 Strategic & PlanningSC1 Strategic & Planning

SC2 Testing & CertificationSC2 Testing & Certification

Strategy & Operation CommitteeStrategy & Operation Committee

Technical AssemblyTechnical 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)TC11 IC Card (2SGs)

TC12 NGIS (3SGs)TC12 NGIS (3SGs)

SC3 International CooperationSC3 International Cooperation

Adhoc#2 User GroupAdhoc#2 User Group


Standardization Work ItemsNumber of Work Items assigned to Technical Committees, Project Groups

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Areas No. of ItemsSC2 Testing and Certification 4

TC2 Telecommunication Network 103

TC3 Transmission 43

TC4 Network Operation & Management 8

TC5 Broadcasting 11

TC6 Radiocommunication 28

TC7 Infomatization 110

TC8 Data Engineering 13

TC9 Software Engineering 23

TC10 Information Security 25

TC11 IC Card 20

TC12 NGIS 21

PG1 IMT-2000 529

PG4 ITS 14

Total 952


Priority Standardization AreaHarmonization with GTSC/GRSC

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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


Status of Established TTA StandardsAs of December, 2001

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Yearly Status Classified by Areas

Telecommunication 368(22%) Radiocommunication

837(50%)

Information Technologies480(28%)

TOTAL1,685(896)

Total Accomplishment - Standards [Revised] 1,685[56] - Technical Reports 10 - Guidelines 2


Participating scheme in International Standardization

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Provide contributions, participate to meeting in ITU, ISO, …

ITU

GTSC/GRSC

ACIF, ARIB, ETSI, T1,

TIA, TSACC, TTA, TTC

MIC

TTA

ETRI NCA KISA

KISI

ATS

MOCIE

ISO, IECISO/IEC JTC1

TelecommunicationsOperators, Manufacturers,Academic circles

User Group

CCPA, TIAK, RAPA, DPC

InternationalStandards

NationalStandards

VoluntaryStandards

Cooperation

MIC Ministry of Information & CommunicationMOCIE Ministry of Commerce, Industry & EnergyATS Agency for Technology and StandardsKISI Korean Industrial Standards InstituteETRI Electronics & Telecommunications Research InstituteNCA National Computerization Agency

KISA Korea Information Security Agency CCPAK Computer & Communications Promotion Association of KoreaRAPA Korea Radio Promotion Association DPC Korea Database Promotion Center

Standardization Flow in KoreaStandardization Flow in Korea

2000-6-31


TTA WebElectronic Support for Standardization, http://www.tta.or.kr

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

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Electronic Information Dissemination ServiceStandard 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.

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The Result of Survey on the Utilization of StandardsIn 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/ET

S, Internet, Multimedia Terminals, ATM, D-Broadcasting, etc.

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Rules of Procedures, Guidelines

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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)

http://www.tta.or.kr/HDnewenglish/rule_of_procedure/rule1-down.htm


Cooperative Relationship with domestic foraSelected 30 fora for promotion of de facto standardization http://www.tta.or.kr/HDnewenglish/main/index.htm

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Areas Domestic Fora No. of Forum

InternetIPv6 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

MultimediaAdvanced 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


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.)

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IT Testing and Certification Services.. continue

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Certifying that the product hasmet the requirements specified in the Quality CertificationStandards of Software

Verifying that the product has met the requirements requested by the client

Confirming that the product has been tested in accordancewith 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

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