Next Generation Networks NGMM Expert Group

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Next Generation NetworksNGMM Expert Group

• Peter Darling
• ASTAP, August 2003

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Introduction

• The meeting was held in conjunction with the RLG
  Expert Group on the morning of Wednesday 6 August
  2003
• The meeting was Chaired by Peter Darling, ACIF,
  Australia
• The meeting noted the major international
  activity associated with NGN, and the forthcoming
  NGN Workshop

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International Activity

• The meeting looked at two recent major meetings
  on NGN
• The Global Standards Collaboration Group (GSC)
  had met in April, 2003 in Ottawa Canada, with
  input from standards development organisations
  including (from our region)
• ACIF, ARIB, TTA, TTC
• The meeting used the GSC 8 Resolution on NGN as a
  guide to current work on NGN

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ITU-T NGN Work

• The ITU-T held an NGN Workshop in July 2003,
  followed by a meeting of the NGN-2004 Project
  Group
• We reviewed the outcome summary of the ITU-T
  Workshop, and noted that many of the issues would
  be discussed further at the APT NGN Workshop
  following ASTAP.
• We agreed the importance of network work (by the
  ITU-T) and protocol work (by the IETF), based on
  agreed requirements developed in the ITU-T

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Areas of Work

• Major standardisation work is needed to develop
  end-to-end, interoperable next generation
  networks
• Work is needed for arrangements to support
  services across future networks, and between NGNs
  and existing networks. These would have to cover
• Current services (e.g. telephony, web surfing)
• Future services

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• NGN deployment is currently occurring (and has
  already occurred)
• There are many longer-term plans for NGN
  implementation
• This region is leading the push for NGN
• To support broadband roll-out
• To extend existing networks
• For the development of new networks
• in both developed and developing economies.

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• The meeting agreed the importance of the
  transition from current network to next
  generation networks.
• The meeting agreed that much further work was
  needed on the requirements for the transition
  from current to next generation networks
  (including regulatory requirements).
• Countries in our region are taking a leading role
  in the development of next generation networks
  and services, and ASTAP could play an important
  role in defining these requirements and providing
  them as input to the international
  standardisation process