Question	Title	Rapporteur
1/15 (WP1/15)	Access network transport	R. Feigel (D) Bosch Telecom GmbH Dept. UC-ON/EMY D-71522 Backnang Germany Tel: +49 719 113 3496 Fax: +49 719 113 2092  Email: rfeigel@bk.bosch.de
2/15 (WP1/15)	Characteristics of optical systems in local access networks for transport and distribution	T. Finegan (G) BT Labs. B67/205 Martlesham Heath Ipswich I P5 7RE United Kingdom Tel: +44 147 364 4580 Fax: +44 147 364 4607 Email: tim.finegan@bt.com
3/15 (WP1/15)	DCEs for digital leased circuits	R. Damm (D) Deutsche Telekom AG NI1522al D-64307 Darmstadt Germany Tel: +49 615 183 2247 Fax: +49 615 183 4645 Email: Ralf-Rainer.Damm@telekom.de
4/15 (WP1/15)	Transceivers for subscriber access systems		R. L. Stuart (USA) 3COM Suite 900 10440 Little Patuxent Pkway Columbia, MD 21044 USA Mobile: +1 410 615 9875 Pager: +1 888 629 7023 Tel: +1 410 884 4017 Fax: +1 410 884 4018 Email: dick_stuart@3com.com
5/15 (WP2/15)	Operation and administration aspects of signal processing network equipment		C. Balogh (FNL) Tellabs Operations, Inc. 1000 Remington Blvd. Balingbrook, 1L 60440 USA Pager: +1 888 358 4425 Tel: +1 630 378 6206 Fax: +1 630 378 6721 Email: chuck.balogh@tellabs.com
6/15 (WP2/15)	Circuit Multiplication Equipment (CME) and Systems (CMS)		Y. Naito (J) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 5-1-1 Ofuna, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247 Japan Tel: +81 467 41 24 49 Fax: +81 467 41 21 36 Email: naitoy@isl.melco.co.jp
7/15 (WP2/15)	Network echo control and interaction of acoustic echo controllers and network equipment
8/15 (WP2/15)	Speech, voiceband and audio transmission in ATM/B-ISDN systems		H. Kullmann (D) Deutsche Telekom AG Zentralbereich Netzinfrastruktur NI1531a3 D-64307 Darmstadt Tel: +49 6151 833229 Fax: +49 6151 834828 Email: harald.kullmann@telekom.de
9/15 (WP3/15)	Transport equipment and network protection/restoration		S.J. Trowbridge (USA) Lucent Technologies 11900 N. Pecos St. Room 31G56 Denver, Co. 80234 USA Tel: +1 303 538 4120 Fax: +1 303 538 4995 Email: sjtrowbridge@lucent.com
10/15 (WP3/15)	ATM and Internet Protocol (IP) Network Element (NE) Functions	Luc Le Beller (F) France Telecom - Branche Développment CNET DAC/NTR Technopole Anticipa - 2,  av. Pierre - Martin 22307 Lannion Cédex-France Tel: +33 2 9605 1257 Fax: +33 2 9605 1852 Email: luc.lebeller@rd.francetelecom.fr
11/15 (WP3/15)	Signal structures, interfaces and interworking for transport networks	G. Joncour (F) France Telecom R&D DTD/TRE Technopole Anticipa - 2,  av. Pierre - Martin 22307 Lannion Cédex-France France Tel: +33 2 96 05 24 69 Fax: +33 2 96 05 32 98 Email:gilles.joncour@francetelecom.fr
12/15 (WP3/15)	Muldexes and statistical muldexes for telegraphy and data transmission using digital bearer channels
13/15 (WP3/15)	Management functions and services of transport systems and equipment	P. Lamy (USA) Lucent Technologies 1600 Osgood St. North Andover MA. 01845 USA Tel: +1 978 960 6557 Fax: +1 978 960 6635 Email: plamy@lucent.com
14/15 (WP3/15)	Management of transport equipment from the element level view	H. Kam Lam (USA) Lucent Technologies Room 29, Holmdel Corporate Plaza 2139, Route 35, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA Tel: +1 732 332 2454 Fax: +1 732 332 2464 Email: hklam@lucent.com
15/15 (WP4/15)	Characteristics and test methods of optical fibres and cables	W.B. Gardner (USA) Lucent Technologies 2000 NE Expressway, 1H31 Norcross, GA, 30071 USA Tel: +1 770 798 2674 Fax: +1 770 798 4654 Email: wbgardner@lucent.com
16/15 (WP4/15)	Characteristics of optical systems for interoffice and long distance networks	J. Eaves (USA) Rm. 1C-240 Tyco Submarine Systems 250 Industrial Way West Eatontown NJ 07724 USA Tel: +1 732 578 7471 Fax: +1 732 578 7502 Email: jeaves@submarinesystems.com
17/15 (WP4/15)	Characteristics of active and passive optical components and subsystems	H. Okamura (J) NTT 1-1, Hikari-No-Oka Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa Japan Tel: +81 468 59 3219 Fax: +81 468 59 3396 Email: okamura@trd.tmg.nec.co.jp
18/15 (WP4/15)	Characteristics of optical fibre submarine cable systems	M. Ohashi (J) NTT Access Network Systems Laboratories Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, 319-1193 Japan Tel: +81 29 287 7263 Fax: +81 29 287 7389 Email: ohashi@ansl.ntt.co.jp
19/15 (WP4/15)	Reliability and availability of optical systems
20/15 (WP4/15)	Characteristics of optical networking	P. Di Vita (I) CSELT Via G. Reiss Romoli, 274 I-10148 Turin Italy Tel: +39 0 11 228 5278 Fax: +39 0 11 228 5085 Email: pietro.divita@cselt.it
21/15 (WP 2/15)	Transport Network Equipment for Interconnecting GSTN and IP Networks	J.Skene (UK) Director, International Standards Tellabs, Inc. 45085 University Drive Ashburn, VA 20147 2745 Tel: +1 703 724 7302 Fax: +1 703 724 7202 Email:  jerry.skene@tellabs.com

Function	Area	1997-2000
EDH Rapporteur	Advise SG 15 on EDH matters. Represent SG 15 in WP EDH of TSAG (Res. 10).	D. Sparrell (USA) AT&T, Suite 400 9160 Guilford Road Columbia, MD 21046 USA Tel: +1 301 369 7878 Fax: +1 301 369 4807 Email: duncan.sparrell@ties.itu.int
SG 15 representative	Joint Rapporteurs’ Group on Global Information Infrastructure (JRG on GII and on IP issues (SG 13)	Mr. G. Bonaventura (I) Direction Strategy and Innovation Telecom Italia Viale Europa 190 00144 Roma Italy Cell: +39 33 538 2905 Tel: +39 06 3687 5740 Fax: +39 06 3687 5164 Email: gastone.bonaventura@telecomitalia.it
SG 15 representative	B-ISDN Correspondence Group (SG 13 is lead SG)	A. Szpaizer (CAN) Nortel Networks MS 47D/11/F02 P.O Box 3511, Station C Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4H7 Canada Tel: +1 613 765 167 Fax: +1 613 763 8385 Email: Janele@nortelnetworks.com
SG 15 representative	Quality of standards correspondence group. Represent and advise SG 15 on quality matters.	M. Yamashita (J) Director NTT Geneva Representative Office ICC bat. G 20, route de Pré-Bois P.O. Box 1893 1215 Geneva 15 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 798 38 40 Fax: +41 22 798 38 73 Email: yamashita@nttgva.ch
SG 15 representative	TMN project management team (ITU-T SG 4)	P. Lamy (USA) see Table 1 Q.13/15
SG 15 representative	Communication Systems Security (CSS) (ITU-T SG 7)	P. Wery (CAN) Nortel Networks P.O. Box 3511, Station C Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4H7 Canada Tel: +1 613 763-7603 Fax: +1 613 763-2697 Email: wery@nortelnetworks.com
SG 15 representative	TSAG Correspondence Group on Interconnection/Interoperability (IC/OC)	Y. Naito see Table Q.6/15
SG 15 representative	ICG on Satellite Matters	G. Bonaventura Telecom Italia Via della Vignaccia 167 00163 Roma Italy Cell: +39 335 382905 Tel: +39 06 3687 5740 Fax: +39 06 3687 5164 Email: gastone.bonaventura@telecomitalia.it
SG 15 representative	IMT-2000	A. Nunn BT 1 Andrew Close Leiston Suffolk, IP164LE United Kingdom Tel: +44 1728 83 04 62 Fax: +44 1728 83 04 62 Email: andrew.nunn@btinternet.com
SG 15 representative to IETF	Optical Transmission	J. Eaves see Table 1 Q.16/15
SG 15 representative to IETF	Network Signal Processing	J. Skene see Table 1 Q.21/15
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