TIPIA Overview

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TIPIA Overview

• Ayse Dilber, Michael Blaschitz
• TIPIA Vice-Chair, TIPIA Chair
• adilber_at_att.com, michael.blaschitz_at_infonova.at

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TIPIA Goals

• Mission
• To provide harmonized framework to deploy global,
  seamless and interoperable IP Telephony and
  Multimedia Services based upon ETSI TIPHON
  Technical Specifications.
• Goals
• To promote, encourage and facilitate
  interconnection of interoperable IP telephony and
  multimedia services among members, worldwide
• To initiate and support global interoperability
  trials among TIPIA members
• To define and publish technical requirements and
  common service definitions for global network
  service interoperability
• To develop Interoperability Implementation
  Agreements
• To provide a forum for the open exchange of ideas
  among members to achieve the purposes of TIPIA

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TIPIA Organisation / Membership Classes

• Organisation
• Not for profit organization registered in
  Delaware, US
• Membership Classes
• A Full Member is a member who is a IP Telephony
  and Multimedia Service Provider and who either
  will interconnect and interoperate at least one
  Designated Service with at least one other IP
  Telephony and Multimedia Service Provider in
  compliance with applicable Association
  Specifications, or has entered into a written
  agreement with another IP Telephony and
  Multimedia Service Provider to do so,

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TIPIA Membership Classes

• An Associate Member is a Member who publicly
  announces (or allows the Association to publicly
  announce) the Member's commitment to the
  Association, and who is an IP Telephony and
  Multimedia equipment vendor provides a
  substantial portion of the functionality of an
  interoperable IP Telephony and Multimedia
  Services or that is integral to the operation of
  interoperable service by providing the
  Association compliant equipment.
• An Observer Member is any Member who publicly
  announces (allows the Association to publicly
  announce) the Members commitment to the
  Association, and who does not qualify as either
  a Full Member or an Associate Member, or who has
  elected not to be a Full Member or an Associate
  Member despite qualifying as such. This includes
  Standards Bodies, Research Organizations and
  other related organizations

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Structure
Board
Chair
Vice Chair Liaisons
Administrative Officer Finance, Marketing,
Strategies
Secretariat
Vice Chair Membership nominations
ETSI TIPHON chair
Technical Officer
FT 1 Chair
FT 2 Chair
FT n Chair
TMC (Technical Management Commitee)
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TIPIA Working Structure

• Six Focus Teams
• FT 1 IP Telephony and Real Time Multimedia
  Services
• FT 2 System Integration and Deployment
• FT 3 Billing, Accounting, and Settlement and
  Fraud
• FT 4 QoS Implementation
• FT 5 Security
• FT 6 Operation, Administration, Maintenance
  Provisioning

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FT 1 IP Telephony and Real Time Multimedia
Services

• The scope of FT1 is to define interoperable IP
  Telephony and Real Time Multimedia Services. This
  group will liaise with ETSI -TIPHON, ITU-T and
  IETF to drive the rapid, harmonized development
  of technical specifications and standards.
  Furthermore, this group will develop service
  implementation phases. The initial focus will be
  on IP Telephony.
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment FT1
  will
• Define the global TIPIA inter-domain architecture
  and solution
• Identify and select of relevant networking
  standards, recommendations, and protocols
  required to implement the TIPIA architecture for
  the service layer
• Define the required services
• Develop detailed technical service descriptions
  i.e. define the general technical requirements
  for the different principles for billing,
  accounting principles and security, etc.
• Work with TIPIA FTs to align Implementation
  Phases and priorities in the roll-out

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FT 2 System Integration and Deployment

• The scope of FT2 is to provide harmonised
  framework for the deployment of IP Telephony and
  Multimedia Services. This group also defines
  system integration and testing procedures for
  TIPIA networks, systems and applications
  including verification/certification/conformance
  and compatibility tests. It is also responsible
  for defining the requirements for
  interoperability testing . Furthermore, this
  group initiates and conducts Multimedia and IP
  Telephony Services interoperability trials. It
  also develops a Project Management Plan with
  specific milestones
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment FT2
  will
• Work with FT 1 to define Implementation Phases
  and priorities in the roll-out
• Select of relevant networking standards,
  recommendation and protocols required to
  implement the TIPIA architecture for the
  transport layer
• Initiate and conduct interoperability trials
• Develop the Project Management plan including
  Milestones
• Define and co-ordinate the relevant test and
  trials to be carried out
• Address access issues (e.g., wireless, cable,
  etc.)

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FT3 Billing, Accounting, and Settlement and Fraud

• The scope of FT3 is to define different business
  models of billing and accounting and settlement
  for IP Telephony Services and analyze different
  types of IP Telephony fraud risks and recommend
  cost effective fraud solutions. It develops the
  administrative, operational, and performance
  specifications to support billing, accounting,
  and settlement for inter-domain calls, including
  billing and accounting and exchange of
  call-related data.
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment FT3
  will
• Develop inter domain billing/ accounting models
• Develop settlement models for IP Telephony
  Services
• Investigate fraud issues

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FT4 QoS Implementation

• The scope of FT4 includes all aspect of QoS
  implementation for the IP Telephony Services. It
  develops requirements to support deployment of
  inter-domain services with defined QoS levels.
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment WG4
  will
• provide an inter-domain QoS implementation
  framework
• choose QoS relevant options within the TIPHON
  specifications for TIPIA deployment and may
  contribute on such topics within TIPHON

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FT5 Security

• The scope of FT5 includes all aspects of inter
  domain and intra domain security such as
  intercept and data privacy, authentication,
  access control, non-repudiation, confidentiality
  and integrity.
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment FT5
  will
• develop the different Security Policies and
  specify a minimum level of security
• choose security relevant options within the
  TIPHON specifications for TIPIA deployment and
  may contribute on such topics within TIPHON
• be responsible for lawful interception issues
  within TIPIA in cooperation with EP TIPHON
• select solutions and standards (where necessary)
  to keep the whole IP-Telephony system deployed by
  TIPIA secure

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FT6 Operation, Administration, Maintenance
Provisioning

• The scope of FT6 is to provide OAMP functions
  for service providers to manage IP network
  elements, services and networks.
• For all phases of TIPIA service deployment FT6
  will
• Define network management model
• Define operation methods and procedures
• Define service and network provisioning
• Define service and network maintenance
  requirements (alarms, ticketing, etc.)
• Define OSs interfaces (Qx, Q3, etc.)

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Membership Application

• Membership Application Package and the Bylaws can
  be downloaded from
• www.tipia.org/membership
• TIPIA will be operational from the next meeting
  (June 16-18 in Heildelberg, Germany)

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TIPIA Contact Details

• Next Meetings
• June 16-18 in Heidelberg, Germany
• July 14-16 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• September 29 - October 1 TBD
• December TBD
• In addition, there will be an overview session at
  every TIPHON meeting.
• Contacts
• Michael Blaschitz
• michael.blaschitz_at_infonova.at
• TIPIA Chair, Infonova
• Ayse Dilber
• adilber_at_att.com
• TIPIA Vice Chair - Liaisons - ATT
• TIPIA URL Address
• http//www.tipia.org

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TIPIA Officials Elections

• The following intermediate TIPIA positions will
  be appointed in June
• interim Vice-chair Asia/Pacific
• interim Administrative Officer
• FT1-6 interim Chairs
• Nominations for interims positions are solicited
  to office_at_tipia.org by June 1, 1999
• The first election of the TIPIA Board and the TMC
  will take place in the September meeting
• Nominations for TIPIA Board and TMC positions are
  solicited to office_at_tipia.org.