ETSI and Lawful Interception

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ETSI and Lawful Interception

• Robin GapeChair TC Sec WG LI

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About ETSI

• European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• A standards factory
• market driven
• Broad industry participation
• European and Global player

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PSTN Achievements

• Technical Handover Interface
• ES 201 671 v1 1999
• ES 201 671 v2 2001
• Plus supporting documents
• LEA Requirements (ETR 331)
• Network Elements (ES 201 158)

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A Major Success

• Started with 17th January 1995 Resolution
• Filled out LEA requirements 1996
• Network elements 1998
• Handover Interface 1999
• Revised Handover Interface 2001

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Structure of Handover

• Administration
• Intercept related information
• Content of communication
• Specifies the boundary only

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AP Access provider HI Handover interfaceIIF
internal intercepting functionINI internal
network interfaceLEMF Law enforcement
monitoring facilityMF Mediation functionNWO
Network operatorSvP Service provider
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Adoption of ES 201 671

• Manufacturers
• European Countries
• World-wide

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Mobile

• GSM Requirements
• TS 101 507
• GSM Internals
• TS 101 509 (03.33)
• Also TETRA
• EN 301 040

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Data Achievements

• GPRS Handover Interface
• TR 101 876
• ES 201 671 v2 2001
• GPRS Internals
• Annex B of TS 101 509
• Report Issues on IP Interception
• TR 101 944

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IP Report

• Describes data
• Structures problems
• Common understanding
• Way point to solutions

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Data Handover
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Why standardise?

• Market availability
• Low cost
• Speed to market
• Low hassle
• Efficiency
• Simplicity

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Players in ETSI

• Operators
• Manufacturers
• network
• LEMF
• Regulators Ministries
• Law Enforcement Agencies

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What is ETSI doing for data?

• UMTS
• TIPHON
• multimedia
• includes voice
• Other systems
• Market driven

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Where is the market going?

• Full steam ahead
• Where the demand is
• more and more data
• Detail not clear
• Growth will continue

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The Future

• Support ETSI
• Adopt ETSI standards
• simple
• cheap, for everyone
• Ferocious pace of change
• very hard to stop

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More info

• Web site
• www.etsi.org
• Publications
• http//webapp.etsi.org/pda/
• WG LI
• http//www.etsi.org/SEC/sec_li.htm