JNEG Discussion NGN Pilot Standardisation Project

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JNEG Discussion NGN Pilot StandardisationProjec
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• Peter Darling
• Rapporteur NGN Expert Group

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Joint Network Expert Group Discussion

• The JNEG held two sessions discussing the
  possibility of a Pilot Project in the area of
  NGN. This presentation reports the agreed views
  from the JNEG.
• There is a very high level of activity on NGN
  standards, especially in the ITU-T (NGN-FG, SG
  13, SG 11.) and in ETSI (TISPAN)
• There is a general agreement to use the mobile IP
  core network (IMS) as the base network (involving
  3GPPs and IETF)

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JNEG Views

• There is very significant involvement from our
  Region in NGN standards development
• There is strong pressure to complete Release 1 of
  NGN standards
• The JNEG concluded that there is no significant
  role for ASTAP in developing the details of the
  central NGN standards (everyone is already very
  busy)!

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JNEG Views

• The initial Release 1 standards will be basic,
  and will soon be extended to cover other
  requirements (in Release 2, 3, )
• There may be some (limited) areas where ASTAP
  Experts can add value to Release 1 (for example
  extensions to the IMS)
• ASTAP could provide very useful input to ongoing
  work on NGN standards, by working to define
  requirements that should be in implementable
  future networks

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JNEG Views

• It is very difficult, even for people directly
  involved, to determine in detail what the first
  NGNs will provide.
• Equipment is already available claiming to be
  NGN. Release 1 equipment (ETSI or ITU-T?)
  should be in the market from 2006
• The JNEG believes that one of the most useful
  areas of work will be to help ASTAP members
  understand what will be available, both through
  EG work and future Workshops

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JNEG Views

• When more information is available on the agreed
  global NGN standards, we could carry out work
  including
• Broad outlines of network architecture(s)
  according to NGN standards
• Interoperability of the different network
  elements (using facilities such as those offered
  by India)
• Interworking with current networks
• Identification where user requirements are met,
  and where more facilities are needed.

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NGN Pilot Project Consideration

• The view of the Network JEG is that it is too
  early for an NGN Pilot Project, but that work on
  the broad areas of NGN should continue in EGs and
  the NJEG
• There should be improved facilities to assist
  electronic exchange of views and to identify user
  requirements between meetings
• The proposed Workshop in October should start to
  look at implementing NGNs

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Possible future approaches

• Areas of NGN work, particularly on the
  implementation of standards-based NGN, are likely
  to form the basis of future work trialling the
  new ways of ASTAP working a Pilot Project.