ETSI

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ETSI Standards at Work Public Safety
Partnership Project Boston, MA. 11 August,
2000 Christopher Corbett ETSI Head of Marketing
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What is ETSI?

• A standardization body for
• - telecommunications and areas common to
• telecommunications, IT and broadcasting
• Non-profit organization - Created 1988
• Registered in France

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ETSIs purpose
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Membership

• 773 Members from 52 countries worldwide
• 594 Full Members from 35 European countries
• 51 Manufacturers (301)
• 17 Network Operators (101)
• 8 Administrations (48)
• 3 Users (19)
• 21 Service Providers Others (125)
• 57 Observers from 17 countries
• 122 Associate Members from 16 countries

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ETSI Structure
General Assembly
FinanceCommittee
Director General Deputy Dir Gen
Board
Secretariat
ETSAG
Technical Organization
OCG
ETSI Projects
JEEC
SAGE
ETSI TechnicalCommittees
User Group
ETSI Partner-ship Projects
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Working hierarchy
Technical Body (TC, EP, EPP)
Working Group
Specialist Task Force (STF)
Rapporteur
STF experts
Voluntary experts
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Status 2000-03-01
General Assembly
Legend Ch Chairman Act Ch
Acting Chairman CP Contact
Person Secr Secretary
BOARD
ETSI Projects
Technical Committees
TC EE Environmental Engineering Ch Maurizio
Grossoni STET CP Marcello Pagnozzi
EP BRAN Broadband Radio Access Networks Ch
Jamsid Khun-Jush Ericsson Eurolab CP Balazs
Kiacz
TC ERM EMC and Radio Spectrum Matters Ch Oliver
Wheaton DTI CP Mike Sharpe
EP ATA Analogue Terminals and Access Ch Nuno
Encarnaçao OFCOM CP Claire dEsclercs
EP DTA Digital Terminals and Access Ch David
Maxey BT CP Claire dEsclercs
TC HF Human Factors Ch Knurt Nordby Telenor
Research CP Helene Schmidt
TC SEC Security Ch György Endersz Telia AB CP
Harri Rasilainen
EP DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunicatio
n Ch Günter Kleindl Siemens AG CP Marcello
Pagnozzi
TC MTS Methods for Testing Specification Ch
Dieter Hogrefe IITB CP Helene Schmidt
EP EASI ETSI Project ATM Services Interoperability
Ch Mike Bexon BT CP Claire dEsclercs
TC SPAN Services and Protocol for Advanced
Networks Ch Mike Briggs BT CP Christian Julien
EP PLT PowerLine Telecommunications Ch August
Blunschi Ascom AG CP Olivier van de Wiel
TC SES Satellite Earth Stations Systems Ch
Alain Richard Alcatel NV CP Balazs Kiacz
TC TM Transmission and Multiplexing Ch Günther
Zedler Deutsche Telecom AG CP Olivier van de
Wiel
EP PTS Pay Terminals and Systems Ch Gerhard
Raimann FEEI CP Helene Schmidt
EP TETRA Terrestrial Trunked RAdio Ch Brian
Oliver RCC Consultants Ltd CP Harri Rasilainen
TC STQ Speech processing Transmission
Quality Ch John Horrocks DTI CP Claire
dEsclercs
ECMA TC32 Communication, Networks Systems
Interconnection Ch John Elwell Siemens CP
Christian Julien
EP TIPHON Telecommunications and
Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks Ch
Helmut Schink Siemens AG CP Laurent Vreck
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System Ch Pierre Perrichon Alcatel CP Adrian
Zoicas
TC Safety TelecommunicationsEquipment Safety Ch
Richard Hughes Nortel CP Claire dEsclercs

TC TMN Telecommunications Management
Networks Ch Franck Peeters Alcatel Telecom CP
Marcello Pagnozzi
JTC Broadcast EBU/CENELEC/ETSI Joint Technical
Committee Ch Philip Laven EBU CP Balazs Kiacz
SMG Special Mobile Group Ch Friedhelm
Hillebrand SMG Consortium CP John Meredith
Special Committees
ETSI Partnership Projects
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Special Committees
ETSI Partnership Projects
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project CP
John Meredith

Finance Committee Secr Wil Dekkers
ETSAG European Telecommunications Standards
Awareness Group Ch Roland Strauss Siemens Secr
Christopher Corbett
TSG-CN Core Network Ch Stephen Hayes Ericsson
(T1) CP David Boswarthick
TSG-RAN Radio Access Networks Ch Yukitsuna
Furuya NEC (ARIB) CP Hans van der Veen
JEEC Joint ETSI/ECMA committee Ch Jan van den
Belt ECMA Secr Christian Julien
OCG Operational Co-ordination Group Ch Gerry
Lawrence Matra Communications Ltd. Secr Julian
Pritchard
TSG-SA Services and System Aspects ChNiels
Andersen Motorola (ETSI) CP Maurice Pope
TSG-T Terminals Ch Sang-Keun Park Samsung
(TTA) CP Michael Sanders
User Group Ch Pierre-Yves Hébert EDF CP
Victoria Gray
SAGE Security Algorithms Group of Experts Ch
Gert Roelofsen KPN CP Helene Schmidt
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rent.ppt Terms of reference etc. at
http//webapp.etsi.org/tbhomepage/Home.asp
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ETSI Projects (EP)

• Activity focused on set of Work Items
• Self-managed
• Approves own results
• Justified by market requirements
• Contribution Full and Associate members
• May sub-contract to Technical Committee

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ETSI Partnership Projects (EPP)

• Co-operation with other bodies
• Forum-like
• Specific deliverables
• May contract work to Technical Organization
• Need not follow all ETSI rules

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Technical Committees and Working Groups

• Internal programme management in each TC
• TCs operate where EP not appropriate
• Technical area rather than market sector
• Sub-contracted work from EPs
• Contracts from EPPs
• TC approves and validates own deliverables
• Participation Full and Associate members, plus
  reciprocal arrangements

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Specialist Task Force (STF)

• Previously called Project Teams
• Small group of specialists (ETSI members, full or
  part time)
• Single task, fixed (short) period
• Funding from members of TC, EP, EPP and/or Funded
  Work Programme budget
• EC/EFTA standardization mandate (funded)
• For more details see http//www.etsi.org/stfs/

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ETSIs Standards Making Process
Widely used standard
Inception
Conception
Adoption
Promotion
Drafting
Market need for standard
Published standard
Technical Body
Work programme
Draft
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Approved and adopted by the Technical Body
ETSI TS ETSI Technical Specification ETSI TR ETSI
Technical Report
Approved by the Technical Body and adopted after
voting by Members
ETSI ES ETSI Standard ETSI EG ETSI Guide
Approved by the Technical Body and adopted after
voting with national standards body involvement
ETSI EN European Standard
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ETSI TS
ETSI ES
ETSI EN
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Fully electronic working at all levels of
the organization with all external bodies ...
during the whole standards making process
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ETSI production as of end 99
4225 Published 14 Adopted, awaiting
publication 367 In process of adoption

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3rd generation mobile project
Recommendations
Partners
PCG
OP
MRP
ITU
Support
IMT-2000
TSG
TSG
TSG
TSG
OP
Specifications
Standards
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3GPP Partners
Organization Partners SDOs ETSI T1 Committee
1 - Telecommunication ARIB Association of Radio
Industries and Businesses TTC Telecommunication
Technology Committee TTA Telecommunication
Technology Association CWTS China Wireless
Telecommunication Standards
Market Representation Partners - MRPs UMTS
Forum GSM Association GSA Global Mobile
Suppliers Association UWCC Universal Wireless
Communication Consortium
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Annual production
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The future is built through partnership
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www.etsi.org
More information at

• Technical Body home pages
• Technical Activities
• Free access to all standards
• Press releases, directives,
• Working documents (some open access)
• InfoCentre,
• and a lot more

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Past Future success stories
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GSM

• Global System for Mobile Communications
• Digital cellular system for voice, fax, data
• gt200 million customers
• gt320 networks
• 137 countries
• Annual growth rate of 100 - 200
• 4 new customers every second
• Greater presence than MacDonalds!

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Countries with GSM
with GSM
no GSM
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DVB

• Digital Video Broadcasting
• a partnership project (ETSI, EBU, CENELEC)
• supports Internet services at high speed
  (gt6Mbits/s)
• covers all media (satellite, cable, terrestrial,
  SMATV)
• mobile DVB tests have also been successful
• future developments include software radio to
  allow download of latest decoders
• www.dvb.org

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DVB on the air
Not planned
DVB-Satellite in use or planned
DVB-Terrestrial adopted
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DAB

• Digital Audio Broadcasting
• a partnership project (ETSI, EBU, Worlddab Forum)
• digital radio giving spectrum efficiency and CD
  sound quality
• supercedes AM/FM in terrestrial or satellite
  modes
• data/text transmission (e.g. traffic information,
  stock market information, programme details etc.)
  
• www.etsi.org/broadcast/dab.htm or
  www.worlddab.org

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DECT

• Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
• cordless telephones for voice and data (up to
  552kbit/s)
• 1.5 million business systems in Europe
• 21 million residential systems in Europe
• 50 million worldwide
• most widely used digital cordless standard, being
  deployed in 100 countries over 5 continents
• www.etsi.org/dect

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TETRA

• Terrestrial Trunked Radio
• for Private Mobile Radio (emergency services) and
  Public Access Mobile Radio (taxis, sports arena)
• voice, data (up to 28.8 kbit/s), paging , group
  calls
• being deployed in 19 countries (Europe,
  Singapore, USA, Israel, New Zealand)
• Market size
• 2001 - 360 M
• 2003 - 2.3 B
• www.etsi.org/tetra

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3GPP

• 3rd Generation (mobile communications)
  Partnership Project
• based on GSM core networks
• new radio interface (UTRA - UMTS Radio Access)
• full global coverage and roaming
• support a full range of services including IP,
  with rates up to 2Mbit/s
• partners are ARIB, TTC, TTA, T1, ETSI, CWTS,
  GSA, GSM Association, UMTS Forum, UWCC IPv6
  forum
• agreement with the WAP Forum
• www.3gpp.org

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xDSL

• x Digital Subscriber Line
• x A (Asymmetric) x H (High-speed)
• existing copper networks to be re-used for
  high-speed services
• ADSL - up to 640kbit/s upstream and up to 6Mbit/s
  downstream (Internet, VoD)
• HDSL - 2 Mbit/s symmetric (e.g. GSM base
  stations)
• commercial ADSL services launched this year
  throughout Europe, USA and Japan
• 5 million lines by 2003
• developed in partnership with T1 of the USA

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TIPHON

• users of PSTN, ISDN, GSM and PCs (ITU H.323) will
  all be able to communicate (voice/data/fax) over
  IP Networks
• low cost international calls
• working in co-operation with ITU, IETF and IMTC
• regular interoperability tests (ETSI/IMTC) are
  run to ensure speed to market
• agreement with the IPv6 Forum
• www.etsi.org/tiphon

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BRAN

• wireless access system with rates gt25Mbit/s
• both business and residential environments - 3
  main standards
• HIPERLAN2 (short range/cordless)
• HIPERACCESS (up to 5km)
• HIPERLINK (155 Mbit/s for interconnection of
  HIPERLAN and HIPERACCESS)
• independent of existing infrastructures (new
  operators)
• partnership with IEEE (US), IETF, MMAC-PC (Japan)
• Working closely with the H2GF
• www.etsi.org/bran

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Powerline Telecommunications

• Powerline Telecommunications
• transport of telecoms over powerlines (access
  network)
• up to 1Mbit/s (Internet)
• interesting competition for traditional telecomms
  operators
• partnership with the International Powerline
  Communications Forum (IPCF) - 50 power companies
• www.etsi.org/plt

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ETSI production -end 99-
4413 Published 71 Approved, awaiting
publication 384 In process of adoption

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Collaboration with industry forums
IEEE
UMTS Forum
IETF
IMTC
GSM Association
DVB
UIC
ETSI
TETRA MoU
EBU
DECT Forum
ECMA
ATM Forum
IPv6
WAP
Bluetooth
Check latest partnerships on www.etsi.org
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More information at
www.etsi.org

• Technical Bodies home pages
• Technical Activities
• All standards free of charge
• Press releases, directives,
• Working documents (some open access)
• InfoCentre_at_etsi.fr
• and a lot more