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Standardization to ensure

Interoperability

Georg Lütteke, Philips CEChairman EICTA Interoperability Task Force

ETSI SOS Interoperability Workshop, 20 February 2006

2EICTA Interoperability Task ForceETSI SOS Interop 3, 20 Febr. 2006

Focus Area Interoperability

Interoperability White Paper

Convergence and Interoperability

Standardization and Interoperability

• Published in summer 2004

• Interoperability as business enablement

• Focus on public sector / governments

• Continuation of white paper with focus on two aspects

• Activities started in summer 2005

• Stronger technical focus


EICTA and Interoperability

EICTA has long advocated interoperability in specific contexts: eEurope, software, mobile communications, digital broadcasting

Interoperabiliy Task Force set up in September 2003

Task force produced generic “White Paper on Interoperability” approved by Executive Board on June 21, 2004: systematic analysis, policy summary


EICTA definition: Interoperability

The ability of two or more networks, systems, devices, applications or components to exchange information between them and to use the information so exchanged

The ability of two or more networks, systems, devices, applications or components to exchange information between them and to use the information so exchanged

• EICTA focus here: technical capability• note: other important factors influence actual ability to access and consume a service


Interoperability more important than ever

Digital Technologies promise a world of any content, any service - anytime and anywhere Without sense and simplicity this promise will fail

do not force consumers to care about underlying technologiesif it only works “sometimes”, ever more functionality amounts practically to ever less use

No mass markets without seamless interoperability between devices and services


Convergence


Business in Converging Environments

Convergence caused by digital technologies offers new opportunitiesEnd-to-end interoperability makes value chains happenConvergence of networks and services (fixed and mobile) is about combining existing value chains and their traditions into new onesMaintaining interoperability in this process is the key challenge

Interoperability decisive for how rapidly we get to mass market benefits of convergence


Content Circulation in Converging Environments

Transport Interoperability: Network delivery, passing from one network to anotherRights and Protection: Transferring rights

from one domain to anotherContent Repurposing: Adapting content to

the various delivery channels


Multimedia Value Chain

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content production

content presentation

content distribution

content aggregation(services)

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MPEG2-Network Operators

MPEG2-Network Operators

IP-Network Operators


ServiceProviders

ServiceProvidersBroadcastersBroadcastersDistributorsDistributorsContent

Producers

ContentProducers

Content Flow in a Convergent Multimedia World

Consumers in networked homes and on the move

ContentProducers

DistributorsSupportingServices

Cont. Services (Aggregators)


Broadc. Network Operators

Broadband

Internet

Mobile Comm.

Innovative

Dig. Broadcastmobile /fixed

wireless/ wired


Kabel, Satellit,TerrestrikTerminals

Breitbandkabel,

DSL

CE – stationär, mobil

Mobil-,

Festnetz

horizontalconvergence

Convergence of Services, Networks and Terminals

Networks

Broadcast

A/V Media

Terminals

Networks

InternetServices

TerminalsNetw

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Communi-

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e.g. Mobile TV

functionalconvergence

e.g. VoIP



e.g.. IPTV, VoD, mp3 download

Handy, Smartp

hone

Telefon, FAXPC, Laptop


Standardization

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Aspects in Standardization and Technology Development

Collaboration Com

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Standards Development

Ex-ante

Technology Development

Ex-post

Proliferation of Standards Communities

De jure standardsDe facto standards

Communication / Coordination

Propriatary standards

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Actors in Standardization

Standards Communitie

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Developers Implementers Users

Standards Communitie

sStandards

BodyTechnical contribution

(may contain IPR)

Agree on common denominator

Requirements

IPR declaration

SpecificationsTest casesIPR declaration

Requirements

Product/Services Sales

Conformance / Interoperability issues

IP licensingPrototypes

Products

Conformance Claim

Implementation Feedback

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Interoperability Imperative for Standards Development Process

Identification of need

PartneringDevelopment of technical specs

Initial implementn / testing

Incremental enhancemnt

Final / Maint.

PreparationPhase

DevelopmentPhase

ImplementationPhase

Agreed / common design principles for reaching interoperability

Need Initiator Core Group Standards Body


Towards Agreed Design Principles

Agreed industry position on the benefits of interoperability for technology development and innovationthe need for overcoming challenges to interoperability in the standards development process

Identify best practices and methods


Facilitating Interoperability

Standards Developme

nt

Scoping and requirements

Openness

Testing, conformanc

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Maintenance, bug fixing

Awareness

IPR policy and

licensing


Synergies with Parallel Actions, e.g.

ETSI SOS-Interoperability initiative Links: http://www.etsi.org/sos_interoperability/ , http://sos-interop.orgInitiative of ETSI to promote Open Standards and Interoperability and trigger a wide discussion about methodologies and best practices. Focus on technical interoperability.

DLNA Digital Living Network AllianceLink: http://www.dlna.orgVision of a wired and wireless interoperable network of Personal Computers (PC), Consumer Electronics (CE) and mobile devices in the home enabling a seamless environment for sharing and growing new digital media and content services.

ATHENA Link: http://www.athena-ip.org EU FP6 Research project with focus on interoperability

Enterprise Interoperability Center (EIC) Link: http://www.eu-eic.org Institute to be established as outcome of ATHENA project. User organization for identifying interoperability requirements and for proposing mappings to existing standards and/or submitting requirements to standards organizations.

CEN/ISSS eBIF Link: http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/businessdomains/businessdomains/isss/activity/ebif.asp Focus on semantic interoperability

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Documents

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advocated interoperability

seamless interoperability

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exchanged eicta

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adapting content

content repurposing