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Study Group 2 |
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Operational aspects of service provision, networks and performance
Areas of study
SG 2 is responsible for studies relating to:
- principles of service provision, definition and
operational requirements of service emulation;
- numbering, naming, addressing requirements and resource
assignment including criteria and procedures for reservation and
assignment;
- routing and interworking requirements;
- human factors;
- operational aspects of networks and associated
performance requirements including network traffic management,
quality of service (traffic engineering, operational performance
and service measurements);
- operational aspects of interworking between traditional
telecommunication networks and evolving networks;
- evaluation of feedback from operators, manufacturing
companies and users on different aspects of network operation.
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Study Group 3 |
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Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues
Areas of study
SG 3 is responsible for studies relating to tariff and accounting principles
for international telecommunication services and study of related telecommunication economic and
policy issues. To this end, Study Group 3 shall in particular foster collaboration among its members
with a view to the establishment of rates at levels as low as possible consistent with an efficient
service and taking into account the necessity for maintaining independent financial administration
of telecommunication on a sound basis. |
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Study Group 4 |
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Telecommunication management
Areas of study
SG 4 is responsible for studies regarding the management of
telecommunication services, networks, and equipment, including support for next generation networks (NGN) and the
application and evolution of the telecommunication management network (TMN) framework.
Additionally, it is responsible for other telecommunication management studies relating to
designations, transport-related operations procedures, and test and measurement techniques and instrumentation. |
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Study Group 5 |
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Protection against electromagnetic environment effects
Areas of study
SG 5 is responsible for studies relating
to protection of telecommunication networks and equipment from interference and lightning.
Also responsible for studies related to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), to safety and to
health effects connected with electromagnetic fields produced by telecommunication installations
and devices, including cellular phones. |
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Study Group 6 |
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Outside Plant and related indoor installations
Areas of study
SG 6 is responsible for studies relating
to outside plant such as the construction, installation, jointing, terminating, protection from corrosion
and others forms of damage from environment impact, except electromagnetic processes, of all types of
cable for public telecommunications and associated structures. |
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Study Group 9 |
Integrated broadband cable networks and television and sound transmission
- Lead Study Group on integrated broadband cable and television networks
Areas of study
SG 9 is responsible for studies relating to:
- Use of cable and hybrid networks, primarily designed for television and
sound programme delivery to the home, as integrated broadband networks
to also carry voice or other time critical services, video on demand,
interactive services, etc.
- Use of telecommunication systems for contribution, primary distribution
and secondary distribution of television, sound programmes and similar
data services.
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Study Group 11 |
Signalling requirements and protocols
- Lead Study Group on Signalling and Protocols
- Lead Study Group on Intelligent Networks
Areas of study
SG 11 is responsible for studies relating to
signalling requirements and protocols for Internet protocol (IP) related functions, some mobility related functions,
multimedia functions for networks including convergence toward NGN, and enhancements to existing Recommendations
on access and internetwork signalling protocols of BICC, ATM, N-ISDN and PSTN. |
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Study Group 12 |
Performance and quality of service
- Lead Study Group on Quality of Service and performance
Areas of study
SG 12 is responsible for Recommendations on the end-to-end transmission performance of terminals and networks,
in relation to the perceived quality and acceptance by users of text, data, speech, and multi-media applications.
Although this work includes the related transmission implications of all networks and all telecommunication
terminals, a special focus is given to IP QoS, interoperability and implications for NGN, and also includes
work on performance and resource management. |
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Study Group 13 |
Next Generation Networks
- Lead study group for NGN and satellite matters
Areas of study
SG 13 is responsible for studies relating to the architecture, evolution and convergence of next
generation networks including frameworks and functional architectures, signalling requirements
for NGN, NGN project management coordination across study groups and release planning,
implementation scenarios and deployment models, network and service capabilities,
interoperability, impact of IPv6, NGN mobility and network convergence and public
data network aspects. |
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Study Group 15 |
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Optical and other transport network infrastructures
Areas of study
SG 15 is the focal point in ITU-T for the development of standards on optical and other transport
network infrastructures, systems, equipment, optical fibres, and the corresponding control plane
technologies to enable the evolution toward intelligent transport networks. This encompasses the
development of related standards for the customer premises, access, metropolitan and long haul
sections of communication networks. |
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Study Group 16 |
Multimedia terminals, systems and applications
- Lead Study Group on multimedia terminals, systems and applications
- Lead Study Group on ubiquitous applications (“e-everything”, such as e-health and e-business)
Areas of study
SG 16 is responsible for studies relating to multimedia service capabilities, and application capabilities
(including those supported for NGN). This encompasses multimedia terminals, systems (e.g., network signal
processing equipment, multipoint conference units, gateways, gatekeepers, modems, and facsimile), protocols
and signal processing (media coding). |
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Study Group 17 |
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Security, languages and telecommunication software
Areas of study
SG 17 is responsible for studies relating to security, the application of open system communications
including networking and directory, and for technical languages, the method for their usage and
other issues related to the software aspects of telecommunication systems. |
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Study Group 19 |
Mobile Telecommunication Networks
- Lead study group on mobile telecommunication networks and for mobility
Areas of study
SG 19 is responsible for studies relating to network aspects of mobile telecommunications networks,
including International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000) and beyond, wireless Internet,
convergence of mobile and fixed networks, mobility management, mobile multimedia functions,
internetworking, interoperability and enhancements to existing ITU-T Recommendations on IMT-2000. |
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TSAG |
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group
TSAG reviews priorities, programmes, operations, financial matters and strategies for the Sector,
follows up on the accomplishment of the work programme, restructures and establishes ITU-T Study Groups,
provides guidelines to the Study Groups, advises the Director of TSB, elaborates A-series Recommendations
on organization and working procedures. |
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