ASTAP Pilot Standardisation Projects

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ASTAP Pilot StandardisationProject(s)

• Peter Darling
• Rapporteur NGN Expert Group

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ASTAP Objectives

• (from Mr R.B. Kumarapathirana at ASTAP 8)
• To establish regional cooperation on
  standardization
• To harmonize standardization activities in the
  region
• To enhance the level of expertise on
  standardization among the membership
• To expand contribution to global standardization
  activities, through cooperation on
  Standardization

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ASTAP Objectives (continued)

• (from Mr R.B. Kumarapathirana at ASTAP 8)
• To foster appropriate institutional arrangements
  for promotion of telecommunications
  standardization in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Upward and downward dissemination of information
  on standardization
• Collaboration with RD organizations and SDOs
• Preparations for ITU WTSAs and Plenipotentiary
  Conferences

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Current ASTAP Work

• Carried out by Other Groups OWMG, IRG, ITU-T,
  RLG CGS and Expert Groups HAPS, IA, IMT,
  IRT, IS, ITS, NGN, NGW.
• Supported by Seminars and Workshops on particular
  subjects (including Conference preparation)
• Some of the work is carried out by email, much at
  face-to-face meetings.

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Further Ways of Working?

• A Group was established at ASTAP 7 (Seoul) to
  discuss issues raised by Dr Horton in a paper
  discussing a future ATSI.
• Discussion continued up to and during ASTAP 8
  (Hyderabad). There was agreement that for the
  need to identify regional standardisation
  requirements, and to establish procedures to
  establish authoritative statements of these
  requirements

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Future Working Methods

• There was general agreement that there would have
  to be many things done before a concept like ATSI
  could be considered in detail.
• Changes such as those just presented, which went
  to the APT MC, are steps on this path. These
  changes are independent of any decision to move
  to an ATSI.

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The Pilot Project Concept

• The group that looked at this issue for ASTAP
  suggested we couldselect a small number of areas
  on which there is an immediate need to identify
  regional requirements that could be the basis of
  regional proposals or other authoritative
  regional documents.
• This would provide a trial, or Pilot, of new ways
  of working and new forms of ASTAP output

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The Pilot Project Concept

• Any Pilot Project would have to involve a much
  greater level of work, electronically as well as
  face-to-face
• After discussion in the Network JEG, the ASTAP 8
  Plenary suggested that NGN could form the basis
  for such a Pilot Project.
• The Network JEG is continuing to look at what
  might be in an NGN Pilot Project, defining some
  appropriate part of this wide area of activity
  for ASTAP work.

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Criteria for Pilot Project Choice

• The points raised at ASTAP 8 to help select
  future regional work included
• a suitable global standard does not exist, and is
  unlikely to be developed in an appropriate
  time-frame, or
• special regional requirements are not met within
  current international standards, or
• there is a proven need for a regional option to
  be developed within an international standard
  and
• benefits are clearly greater than costs,
  including development resource costs, compliance
  costs, delays or disputes.

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We Have Work to Do!

• The ASTAP Discussions were reported to the last
  APT Management Committee, and there appears to
  have been some detailed discussion.
• The MC Report says the concept of Pilot Project
  was agreed and its details will be discussed in
  the Next ASTAP meeting and back forward to the MC
  for its approval.
• What do we want to do?