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Standards and interoperability – Do they matter for ETPs?  If so, how far can we/should we go? Panel discussion

Dr. Roman Kužnar

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Relations between ETP and SDOsETP

Research

Devel. Validation

New knowledge New challenges

New prototypes

EU/world society

Societal, industry, policy challenges,,...

New technologies, products, services,applications, etc...

Multiple SDOs

StandardsIdent.

Standardsdevelopment

Standardsvalidation &publication

New standardization issues

Open standardsØDoes new products & applications

interop with existing technologies and with others produced from other initiatives?

ØAvailability of open (even draft) standards early in the development phase?

Ø Feedback to SDOs from ETP validation phase?

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Strengthening connections between ETSs and SDOs….

Test bed infrastructure&

Interoperability testing initiatives

ETP

Research

Devel. Validation

New knowledge New challenges

New prototypes

Multiple SDOs

StandardsIdent.

Standardsdevelopment

Standardsvalidation &publication

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Open for use (under well defined engagement rules), vendor-neutral, flexible (in terms of capabilities) networked test bed infrastructure, which will enable: ØExperimentation & Prototyping

(under as much as possible »real-world« conditions);

ØEarly standard validation & field test;

ØUse of standardized test methodologies well accepted by the industry;

ØFacilitate the cooperation and interoperability testing in multi-vendor, multi-SDO environment;

ØSpeed-up the production of testing standards;

ØFacilitate the exchange of the knowledge & expertise between ETPs and SDOs.

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Example: ETSI and Sintesio* initiatives for NGN interoperability testing infrastructure

VoIP terminals &Smart phone vendors

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Network equipment vendorsdomain

UTRAN/GERAN

WLAN AccessNetwork

Fixed AccessNetwork

(e.g. xDSL)IP Core

transport network

PTSN/ISDN Emulation Subsystem

(Emulated services)

Other Non-IMSNGN domain

(e.g. VoIP Internet)

Legacy PSTN/ISDN

Network

IMS domain N(Simulated services)

IMS domain 1

(Simulated services) SIP NNI

SIP/SIP-IIWF

SIP-I/ISUPIWF

SIP/ISUPIWFISUP ISUP

SIP

SIP

SIP

SIP-I

MGW

AGW

IMS domain 2

(Simulated services)

SIP NNI SIP NNI

* 1st ETSI-endorsed interop test site for NGN technologies. * 1st ETSI-endorsed interop test site for NGN technologies.

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Facilitating exchange of knowledge & expertise bw. ETPs and SDOs

Research Institutions

SDOs IndustryPartners

ü Knowledgeü Resources (human, laboratories, ü Education & trainingü ...

ü Testing methodologies,ü Testing specifications,ü Standardization process.ü ...

ü Industry practice,ü Technology development,ü Testing needs and requirements,ü ...

Human resources mobility

““Marie-Curie R&D Marie-Curie R&D mobility program” that will:

• facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences bw. Research Inst., SDOs and Industry partners

• enable more efficient use of resources (e.g. standardization experts, …)

• facilitate the use of standardized test methods. & industry practice at research inst. providing quality feedback to SDOs.

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Summary Key issues in ETP/SDO relationship: Key issues in ETP/SDO relationship:

Early detection and forward of standardizations scope; Early availability of open (even draft) specifications in the development

phase; Providing interoperability of new ETP deliverables with existing

technologies and deliverables from other initiatives; Providing ETP’s quality feedback about the validation/use of open

specifications; Proposals to address these issues: Proposals to address these issues:

Set-up of flexible, open, vendor-neutral networked testbed infrastructure for experimentation, prototyping, standard validation for complex ICT technologies (e.g. NGN/IMS);

Facilitating the RTD human resources mobility enabling more efficient utilization of RTD resources for production of open standards;

Actions taken:Actions taken: ETSI and SINTESIO initiatives to setup interoperability testing

infrastructure for IMS and NGN technologies (partnership program with ntw. operators, NGN equip. vendors, test equip.vendors, research institutions and SDos).