(Continuation of Question 1/15)
Background and justification
Within the ITU-T, the study and development of Recommendations
related to transport in the access network is being carried out in
a number of different Study Groups, e.g. SGs 9, 13, 15. Moreover,
ITU-R and other standards bodies, forums and consortia are also
active in this area.
Recognizing that without a strong co-ordination effort there is
the danger of duplication of work as well as the development of
incompatible and non-interoperable standards, the WTSC-96
designated Study Group 15 as Lead Study Group on Access Network
Transport within the ITU-T.
During the 1997-2000 study period an Access Network Transport
(ANT) Standardization Plan and a Work Plan has been developed. The
Standardization Plan contains in the area of Access Network
Transport a description of the "scenarios" currently
being developed and studied and a list of related Recommendations
and Standards from the various Standardization Bodies.
The Work Plan lists a number of Standardization Bodies active
in the ANT area with names and addresses for contact,
communication and collaboration as well as pointing to possible
"gaps" and "overlaps" and ongoing
standardization activities. Both Work Plan and Standardization
Plan are planned to be published using a web-based presentation.
Question
What further modifications and enhancements should be made to
the ANT Standardization Plan and Work Plan?
Study items
Study items to be considered include:
- Maintain and update the ANT Standardization Plan together
with other Study Groups and in conjunction with ITU-R and other
relevant organizations
- Maintain and update the ANT Work Plan, identify "gaps
and overlaps" by observing ongoing standardization
activities
- Maintain and update the ANT web presentation
- Maintain co-ordination across the relevant ITU-T Study Groups
to ensure all available expertise is utilized to best advantage
and in the establishment of priorities
- Serve as focal point to and provide co-ordination with other
standards organizations, fora and consortia to ensure that the
consolidation of work plans and priorities is based on a wide
range of business, market and technological inputs
- Operation and Maintenance related Standards activities
relevant to the Access Network
- Standards activities related to security and protection
mechanisms in the Access Network
- Extension of the scope of the ANT Work Plan to higher Layers
up to Layer 3 (e.g. IP related Layer 3 functionality)
Specific tasks
- Update the Standardization Plan (ongoing)
- Update the Work Plan (ongoing)
- Update the ANT web presentation corresponding to
the revisions of the ANT Standardization and Work Plans in order
to maintain easy access to the actual information.
Relationships
NOTE: It is recognized that some of the information
provided in the ANT Standardization Plan and Work Plan relates to
organizations that have not (yet) undergone the ITU-T evaluation
process described in ITU-T Recommendations A.4 and A.5.
- ITU-T SGs
- ITU-R SGs
- DSL Forum
- ATM Forum
- ATIS Committee T1
- CENELEC
- IEEE
- IETF
- ETSI
- ISO/IEC
- SC
- TE
- EIA
- TIA
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