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Al Vincent, DirectorAVincent@its.bldrdoc.gov

September 27, 2005APNOMS – Okinawa, Japan

“The Convergence of Public Policy and Technology in the

Ubiquitous Network Environment”

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Thanks• For your kind invitation.

• For listening to information you might already know, but perhaps with a different emphasis.

• For allowing me to merge Telecommunications Technology Trends with Public Policy Issues

• For allowing me to express my personal opinion and not that of the U.S. Government.

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This Talk is about How Technology Interacts with Policy• NGN is the phrase I will use for the “Ubiquitous

Network Environment”• Some NGN Technology sources

– ITU-T, R– ETSI– 3GPP– Regional and Economic Technology Bodies

• Some NGN Policy sources– OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Development)– APEC TEL (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,

Telecommunications and Information Working group

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What are We Talking About?a packet-based network able to provide

telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies.

It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

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Services

ServiceControl Functions

TransportControl Functions

ServiceManagement Functions

TransportManagement Functions

Infrastructural, Application, Middleware and Basic Services

NGNService

NGNTransport

Transfer Functional Area

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The Engineer’s View of NGN

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The Service Provider View of NGN

networkpacketSG

Softswitch

MG

voiceSwitch

Switched networkSS7

LayerServices

DNS

Locationbased services

MGC

ENUM

Locationserver

IN IN Messagingunified

Data BaseCustomers

Dat a BaseCustomers

Control

Transport

WebServices

Accessnetwork

Layer

Layer

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The Enterprise View of NGN

NGN are Packet based (IP, MPLS …)Without inbuilt QoSMulti service

CUSTOMER PROVIDER

QoSAchieved

QoSOffered

QoSPerceived

QoSNeeds objectivesobjectives

realityreality

(Cf. G

.1000)

• Customer perceived QoS is end to end, related to reliability and security• QoS in NGN presents complex issues, including correlation with charging• NGN QoS standards should allow for incremental deployment

NGN Core NGN Core

802.xxAccess

2G/3GWireless

Cable

DSL

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The Engineer should Understand• NGN will change the telecommunications

landscape profoundly.

• The individual economies have an interest in that. They will stress public policy goals, prohibitions, emphasis, and limitations in your work.

• The engineers that understand that will be more successful and attuned to their company’s and economy’s needs.

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The Engineer must Understand 2• The networks will get more and more

interconnected.– Problem resolution and service guarantees will “span

the globe”– All services will become “multi-carrier”.

• The customer and the regulators will focus more on the services and less on the underlying technologies. The regulators will still have to consider issues of spectrum access, power requirements, rights of way etc.

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The APEC TEL View • International trade focus• Pro-competitive economies with market forces

as the primary mechanism• Support for the private sector in technology

development • Business environment supportive of both

domestic and foreign investment• Open, free trade across the region• Freedom of technology and product choice• Rapid expansion of ICT for economic and

societal development

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The APEC TEL View 2• Improving network access, especially in underserved

urban, rural and remote area• Strengthening human resource development• Creating digital opportunities• NGN development issues:

– interconnection/interoperability; trade facilitation; NGN security, reliability and confidence; and capacity building for developingeconomies. relation to the needs of developing economies, emerging technical and financial considerations, a variety of technology platforms, and potential implications for trade and investment. Development Support of policies of and regulatory frameworks that promote innovation and competition in conducive to the development of NGNs

• Security of networks and flow of information• Global Distance Learning Network

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The OECD View

Allowing nascent markets to develop, while ensuring that competition is able to develop

The scope of competition policy will be expanded from competition among networks to services

Identifying the Control points related to; - Network Capabilities- Elementary Services- User Access Capabilities- Individual User Information, etc.

Policy Issues for Open, Fair and Competitive Markets (Control points)

Different regulatory frameworks of ICT applications/services

Promoting partnerships or strategic alliances

Consumer protection

Ensuring proportionality of regulation

Encouraging innovation and long-term investment, and removing barriers to emerging markets

Maintaining the open, fair and competitive marketOverall Policy Challenges

ItemsCategory of Policy

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The OECD View 2

Technical development and standardization

Efficient Spectrum Management

Intellectual property rights

Possible issues arising from extraterritorial service providersOther Policy Issues

Lawful intercept

Security and network resilience

Consumer protection: privacy and content issues Policy Issues for Consumer Protection, Privacy and Security

Numbering, Naming and Addressing (NNA)

Future definition of Universal Service Obligations

Access to NGN services and systems

Interconnection: the openness of services and networks to third party suppliers

Location independence and emergency access

The division into local, long and international calls

Classification of the NGN applications/servicesPolicy Issues for Telecommunication Services provided over the NGN

ItemsCategory of Policy

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Some Critical Technical Turning Points

• Spectrum Management and Efficiency• The Merger of Telecom and Business

Process• Technology Choices to Improve

Developing Economies. (“Universal Access”)

• Emergency Services Issues• Open Research

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Spectrum Technology Issues• New Technologies

– WiFi, WiMAX– Broadband over Power Line (BPL)– Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

• Spectrum Policy– Efficiency– Sharing– Interference

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Telecom & Enterprise Process

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Universal Access• To aid developing economies• To aid in education• To aid in access by the disabled and

elderly

• With “Lawful Intercept”• With privacy

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Emergency Services Issues• Priority service to emergency responders• Protection of the network from disasters

– Guaranteeing constant service.• Interoperability (radio/data/voice)• Lawful intercept.

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Open Research• The newest hardware and software

technologies can come from anywhere.• They should be encouraged and adapted

regardless of their place of origin.• The international and regional standards

process along with certain propriatarystandards will suggest how NGN services and technologies interoperate

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Conclusions• The pace of change is accelerating and it’s a

great time to be in the telecommunications field.

• However being an engineer is no longer a task in isolation

• As NGN becomes more critical to economic and company goals, the policy direction of NGN must be understood and engineering practice must encompass those goals and constraints.

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