Home Networking in ITU-T

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Home Networking in ITU-T
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
Andrew Nunn Convener ITU-T JCA-HN Former Chairman
WP1/SG15 Liaison Rapporteur to JTC1/SC25 in SG15
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Highlights of Current Activities (1)

• TSAG, at its April 2009 meeting, endorsed the
  continuation of the JCA-HN under revised terms of
  reference.
• SGs 5 (EMC), 9 (Cable TV), 12 (Performance), 13
  (NGN HN), 15 (Architecture Transceivers), 16
  (Home Terminals), and 17 (Security aspects) are
  involved in Home Networking studies with work
  currently underway on a total of 10 Home
  Networking related Recommendations.

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Highlights of Current Activities (2)

• In terms of co-operation with other bodies, the
  SG15 work on draft new Recommendations G.9960 (ex
  G.hn) - Next generation home networking
  transceivers and G.cx Co-existence of Home
  Networking implementations is particularly
  important. Careful co-ordination with other
  bodies is required to ensure co-existence with
  other systems.

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Strategic Direction

• ITU-T continues to develop a number of
  Recommendations in the Home Networking area.
• The JCA-HN continues to encourage co-operation
  with other Home Networking bodies.

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Challenges

• With the ever growing number of computers,
  audio/video devices and home automation products
  etc. deployed in the home environment, Home
  Networking is becoming increasingly important.
  The main challenge continues to be how to bring
  together the many standards bodies working on
  Home Networking in order to develop global
  standards in this area which would bring benefits
  to manufacturers, Network Operators and consumers
  alike.
• Network Provider Responsibility ends at UNI.
• Customer Expects QoS at service end point (STB)
  -gt Gap between formal responsibility and
  customers expectation.

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Next Steps/Actions

• Home Networking is becoming ever more important
  and will play a vital role in applications to
  reduce home energy consumption (e.g. smart
  metering) and hence help in the fight against
  climate change, but at the same time there is a
  proliferation of solutions. There must be an
  increased effort to encourage Home Networking
  standardization bodies to work together to bring
  about global solutions.

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Supplementary Slides
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Home Networking related Recommendations under
development within ITU-T Study Groups (1)
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Home Networking related Recommendations under
development within ITU-T Study Groups (2)
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Home Networking related Recommendations under
development within ITU-T Study Groups (3)
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Home Networking related Recommendations under
development within ITU-T Study Groups (4)
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External Home Networking bodies that have agreed
to co-operate with ITU-T (1)
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External Home Networking bodies that have agreed
to co-operate with ITU-T (2)