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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6 Liaison Report Date Submitted
20 July 2005 Source Ho-In Jeon, Dept. EE,
Kyung-Won University Address (461-701)
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jeon1394_at_kornet.net Re Abstract Liaison
Report of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6 to IEEE 802.15 Working
Group Purpose For the purpose of informing the
body. Notice This document has been prepared to
assist the IEEE P802.15 members to understand the
standardization activities of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6.
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ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6 Liaison Report

• July 20, 2005
• San Francisco, California

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Terms of References of SC6 WGs

• WG 1 Terms of Reference Services and protocols
  in the OSI Physical and Data Link Layer.
• WG 7 Terms of Reference Network and transport
  layer services and protocols.
• WG 8 Terms of Reference Directory services and
  protocols.
• WG 9 Terms of Reference Abstract Syntax
  Notation One (ASN.1) and Registration.
• SC6 is responsible for 284 published
  International Standards and 57 open project items

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Memberships and Liaisons (1/2)

• 16 Participating members and 22 Observer members
• Internal liaison within ISO/IEC JTC1
• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 17
• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 25
• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 29
• ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 31
• Internal liaison within ISO/TCs and IEC/TCs
• ISO TC 215(Health Informatics)

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Memberships and Liaisons (2/2)

• External-Category A liaison
• ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union
  -Telecommunication Standardization Sector)
• ECMA International (European Computer
  Manufacturers Association)
• ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards
  Institute)
• IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
• OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of
  Structured Information Standards)
• External-Category B liaison
• SITA (International Society for Airline
  Telecommunication and Information)
• External-Category C liaison
• IEEE 802 LMSC (LAN/MAN Standard Committee)
• ATM Forum
• FR Forum

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An Event Happened.

• At July 4, 2004, China NB submitted Chinese WAPI
  (Wireless Authentication and Privacy
  Infrastructure Chinese WLAN security standard)
  to JTC1 as an NP intending Fast Track.
• JTC1 issued the JTC1 number as 1N7506 in July
  2004.
• As soon as JTC1 found that WAPI, as an NP, did
  not go through SC6, it voided the 1N7506 in
  August 2004.
• China NB claimed the unfair treatment.
• SC6 and JTC1 decided to resolve the issue in the
  Orlando meeting, Nov. 8, 2004

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SC6 Plenary Meeting at Orlando

• Held in November 2004 at Orlando.
• China NB claimed
• Failure to notify China NB and correct the
  procedure.
• Unfair treatment by VISA denial to Chinese
  security experts
• Possible Conspiracy between IEEE and US
  Government
• Suspension of IEEE 802.11i Fast Track
• Decided to have Ad Hoc meeting at Frankfurt,
  Germany to have the technical discussion of WAPI
  and 802.11i

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SC6 WG1 Interim at Frankfurt

• 15 security experts from China.
• 5 security experts from IEEE 802.11.
• JTC1 Chairman
• 5 National Bodies
• China NB assumed that 1N7506 has been alive since
  last Orlando meeting.
• When they knew that it does not exist, they
  requested to make 1N7537 suspended indefinitely.
• The convener suggested 3 possible options, but
  not accepted by China NB.

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Time-Line for the Standardization
Aug. 11 2005
June 9 2005
Aug. 2004
July 2004
Aug. 29 2005
Aug. 2004
Nov. 8 2004
Mar. 11 2005
Feb. 21 2005
SC6 Plenary In France
Orlando Meeting Allowed Discussion of
Technical Maturity
Submit WAPI as the Fast Track
IEEE 802.11i Letter Ballot Ends
Frankfurt Meeting No Conclusion Made
WAPI Letter Ballot Ends
WAPI Submit as an NP and Got 1N7506
IEEE 802.11i Submit as a Fast Track 1N7537
5 Months
1N7506 Voided
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Chinese Sue to the SMB and TMB

• China NB sued the case to TMB and SMB, the higher
  hierarchy of JTC1 in the last April.
• Results
• ISO decided to hold resolution meeting on May 17
  (Tuesday), 2005 at Geneva.
• The Geneva meeting was overlapped with IEEE
  802.11, 15 Interim meeting at Cairns, Australia.
• So, IEEE security experts could not attend.

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Agenda of the Geneva Meeting

• Welcome and introductions (0930)
• Review of JTC1 related events and procedures
• Review of SAC concerns and objectives
• Perspectives and expectations from IEEE, BSI,
  JTC1 (ANSI), IEC and ISO
• Review key issues and possible solutions
  (including way forward on suspended ballot of
  ISO/IEC 8802-11 Amd No. 6)
• Develop procedural action plan
• Adjournment (1630)

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The Resolutions (1/3)

• To establish a special group, to be convened by a
  person appointed by the ITTF, and comprising
  representatives of the national bodies of ISO/IEC
  JTC1/SC 6, representatives of IEEE and
  representatives from the JTC1 Secretariat and the
  Central Secretariats of ISO and IEC,
• The special group will review the technical
  content of the two proposals, i.e. IEEE 802.11i
  and the Chinese WAPI-proposal and make
  recommendations to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 6 on how best
  to proceed.
• A desired objective of the special group is to
  develop a single technical solution acceptable to
  all parties,

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The Resolutions (2/3)

• The recommendations shall be developed at a
  meeting prior to the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 plenary
  meeting in August 2005, tentatively planned for
  25-29 July 2005 in Beijing, China and submitted
  to the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 6 Secretariat prior to the
  committees meeting in August 2005.
• decides that the current ballot of Amd 6 to
  ISO/IEC 8802-11 shall continue to be suspended
  until the August 2005 plenary meeting of ISO/IEC
  JTC1/SC 6,
• prior to the SC6 meeting, SAC shall submit a
  document for potential fast-track ballot to ITTF
  to allow, if needed, initiation of a fast-track
  ballot on 07 September 2005,

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The Resolutions (3/3)

• should SC6 not be able to provide a
  recommendation acceptable to the ISO and IEC
  Secretaries-General, then the fast-track ballot
  on Amd 6 shall restart on 07 September 2005 with
  the SAC fast-track document simultaneously
  initiated for fast-track ballot and to close at
  the same date,
• at the conclusion of the fast-track ballots, a
  joint comment resolution meeting shall be held to
  review the comments received on both proposals,
• IEEE and the JTC 1 secretariat note that
  exceptional steps are being taken outside the
  existing policies and procedures of the JTC
  1-IEEE cooperative agreement,

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Current Status

• The meeting has been determined to be held on
  August 8 12, 2005 at Beijing.
• No more than 6 SAC members from China.
• No more than 6 IEEE 802 members.
• No more than 2 delegates from P-member countries.
• Mr. Jan Van den Beld has been chosen as the
  convener of the Beijing meeting
• 1991 today Secretary General of ECMA
• 1983-1990 Philips co-ordinator for IT
  standardization
• 1980-1982 Manager of the development centre and
  the information centre in the main computer
  centre of Philips in Eindhoven.

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Agenda of the Beijing Meeting

• Review of meeting objectives
• Presentation of Chinese WAPI project (document
  N....)
• Presentation of IEEE 802.11i (document N....)
• Examine possible technical solutions
• technical elements that may be harmonized into
  single approach
• elements that may co-exist in ISO/IEC 8802-11
• Possible drafting of a single proposed amendment
  to IEEE 802.11
• Recommendations to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 6
• Close of meeting

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Fundamental Limitations of the Beijing Meeting

• No conclusion can be made if China NB and IEEE
  agree upon a single consensus.
• This ad hoc meeting is not allowed to make any
  decision based on any voting procedure.
• The decision is rather based on consensus than
  voting.
• The final decision is validated only at the
  plenary meeting.
• Most probably, separate independent standard will
  be generated.

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Next Step of SC6

• Related mostly with Internet Infrastructure
  Technologies.
• Specifications on LAN, MAN and WAN
• QoS and Speed Enhancement for the Infra
• Routing protocols (IS-IS and Inter Domain)
• Message Handling Systems
• Directories, and ASN.1
• The work scope of WG1 on PHY and DL Layer is not
  enough for the future market including
  technologies supporting Ubiquitous Networking
  Environment.
• Ubiquitous Networking Environment requires not
  only the infrastructure but also the terminals
  which contains all the layers.

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Proposal and Rationale to Extend

• Revised SC6 WG1 Terms of reference
• Physical and data link layer services and
  protocols, and additional services and protocols
  running over these layers
• Rationale
• WG1 Project Scope needs to be extended to cover
  diverse and fast changing market requirements in
  various IT areas including ubiquitous networking
  applications.
• Since WG1 deals with network issues of Physical
  and Data Link Layer, it is rather easy to extend
  the scope to higher layers including application
  layers and services that require hardware
  specifications across the entire layers.

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Next Meeting of SC6 Plenary

• August 29 September 2, 2005 at Saint-Paul de
  Vence, France.

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• Any Questions?