SG 2 Area of Responsibility (Study Period 2009-2012)

• 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 and management aspects of networks including network traffic management, designations, and transport-related operations procedures;
• 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;
• management of telecommunication services, networks, and equipment via management systems, including support for next-generation networks (NGN) and the application and evolution of the telecommunication management network (TMN) framework;
• ensuring the consistency of the format and structure of IdM identifiers; and
• specifying interfaces to management systems to support the communication of identity information within or between organizational domains.