1 Paolo Rosa: ITU Standardization Sector Riccardo Passerini: ITU Development Sector Development of the ITU Conformance and Interoperability Programme for the ICTs in the Arab Region Arab Regional Development Forum on Broadband in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities Hammamet-Tunisia, 17 September 2012
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1Paolo Rosa: ITU Standardization SectorRiccardo Passerini: ITU Development Sector
Development of the ITU Conformance and Interoperability
Programme for the ICTs in the Arab Region
Arab Regional Development Forum onBroadband in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Hammamet-Tunisia, 17 September 2012
Interoperability for a true Access to Broadband
ITU’s responsibility to
secure interoperable transport platforms Address growing concerns & rising frustration about
non-compliance, lack of legacy and interoperability reduce delay in the global digital economy to
improve social development opportunities Consider counterfeit imported products
ITU committed in facilitating quality market penetration, MRAs / MLAs considering regulatory and customer reactions and
private sector needs reduce the risks of non-compliance
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Lack of Interoperability: Network Integrator
Equipment Problem Reasons Effects
Analog Voice Gateway
Can’t forward dialed digits to next devise.
Feature not supported and not mentioned on Data Sheet although it is basic requirements for operation.
Use another device
Voice interface Card
Caller ID feature is not working on certain mode of operation although it is globally mentioned on Spec. Sheet that it is supported.
New hardware interface card should be used.
The customer changed vendor
Data Switch
Per Packet load sharing on multi-trunk lines is not working although it is mentioned in the Spec. Sheet
Function not available in current software release.
Buy and use additional devices
WiMAX Base-station
Antenna diversity should be supported... It is available on the configuration menu but not working.
The diversity is actually not working when it was enabled on the software
support Team stated that the diversity is not working in the current software and may be active in next version
3Source: ITU consultation mtg - Nairobi, Kenya, 30 – 31 July 2010
Authority for Action from all the ITU’s highest decision making bodies Resolution 76 ITU World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly (WTSA-08)
Resolution 47 ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10)
Resolution 177 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-10)
Resolution 62 Radiocommunication Assembly 2012
ITU Council Decisions (2009, 2010, 2012)
The ITU 4 “Pillars”
The Standardization Sector side Conformity Assessment
Interoperability Events
The Development Sector side Capacity building
Establishment of test centres in developing countries.
C&I testing and ITU Recommendations
Guidelines to Study Groups: test suites, recommendations’ clauses
What to test? eligible Recommendations/technologies “set of interoperability-related parameters”
Missing test suites Minimize external resources and expenses
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Four routes to populate conformity DB
ITU Conformity Database
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Supplier’s Declaration of
Conformity (SDoC)(ISO/IEC 17050)
Tests performed in a lab agreed by an
Accredited Certification Body
(ISO/IEC 17065)(Rec. ITU-T X.290)
Route 2
Conformity Certificate issued by the
Certification Body
Route 1
Tests performed by an accredited lab(ISO/IEC 17025)
(Rec. ITU-T X.290)
Recommendation(s) compliant test
results
ISO/IEC Assessment Procedures
Route 3
Tests performed in a lab selected by
an ITU-T A.5 agreed
SDO/Forum/MoUs (Rec. ITU-T X.290)
Recommendation(s) compliant test
results
Route 4
ITU Members Only
Tests performed in any lab
Self-Declaration of
Compliance issued by the
Supplier
Self-assessment Procedures
ITU Interop events
Two or more systems to fruitfully exchange information and mutually to make use of it.
Various manufacturers cross-connect
Interoperability: evaluation of all the stakeholders on a case by case basis
In case of different vendors common “interfaces”, interoperability testing may result in end to end performance both for commercial services that for network monitoring and maintenance from the points of view of QoS and QoE
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Basic C&I Concepts The ITU C&I Governing Rules Terminology and definitions (Accreditation, certification,
inspection, calibration) National Accreditation Bodies, MRAs and MLAs concepts Test only what is needed for interoperability with any recognized
test procedures
The ITU C&I Programme The ITU approach to C&I and to ITU Conformity Database The ITU Interop activities ITU Study Groups test suites development Worldwide Testing Labs & database Capacity Building and opportunities for Regional Test Centres
Cooperation with ITU-T A.5 SDOs, International Institutions and Organizations
ISO, IEC, (CASCO), ILAC/IAF, BIPM, UNIDO, WTO, Accreditation Bodies, Regulators, ITU Laboratories repository, best practices for conformity testing schemes and market surveillance
The ITU Global C&I Portal(one-stop shop)
The Telecommunication Development Bureau Side
Meetings with in-deep consideration for test centres and Capacity Building in the Regions
Held: Africa (Ghana) CIS (Moscow) Americas (Brasilia)
Next: Arab States ASP-CIS
Capacity building
Test centres in developing countries.
Questionnaire on the Status of Conformance and Interoperability in the
regions: Three main groups
Variety of Equipment, services and providers
Group 1 Limited
Group 2 Medium
Group 3 Wide
Questionnaire: Overall results
Highlighted lack of interoperability ITU to provide assistance and relief capacity building and access to expertise is
an essential ingredient initiatives to promote the use of global
testable standards test events for compliance and
interoperability welcome
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Status in the regions and needs Funding and Training Sources Criteria to establish Accreditation and
Economics and Cost Implications for ITTCs Roadmap for ITTC rollout
Guidelines for Developing Countries for Establishing Test Labs
in Different Regions
Conclusions from Guidelines
Members to: advise the ITU of interoperability problems Regulators to establish market access requirements assess legislation and regulations prioritize areas of concern for products and systems
Establishment of Accreditation Bodies and approach to MRAs and MLAs
Establishment of Test Centres on a regional basis, wide areas and possibly common infrastructures
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Brasil/Dhaka results of the interactive session
Questions/Pillar Pillar 1 Pillar 2
What are the main obstacles that need to be overcome?
Weak regulatory framework /Lack of Regulatory Framework with Lack of clear and unambiguous national standards
Poor availability of test suites (e.g. new tech)
Costs and complexity of testing in presence of very different network scenarios/configurations
Dealing with multiplicity of standards – no clearly defined set of parameters to be tested
What strategies/actions are needed LOCALLY and/or REGIONALLY?
Create discussion forums for Vendors/Regulators/labs/
Reluctance to accept test results from other countries/labs
Financial viability
What strategies/actions are needed LOCALLY and/or REGIONALLY?
Participation in national / international technical committees
Supply Contracts should include requirements for courses to be organized by vendors
Develop clear regional and national Business Plans / Promotion / Marketing / choice of technologies
Encouraging the signature of MRAs with other countries to avoid unnecessary duplication of testing services
What strategies/actions/assistance are needed from international organizations?
Assess the type of training needed including “hands-on” activities
negotiate partnerships with regional laboratories and other institutions in a position to deliver training for specialists from the region
ITU and other partners (in cooperation with membership) need to identify policy and regulatory imperatives to accelerate the creation of C&I test centers and/or facilitate the establishment of MRAs in order to put in place the most appropriate C&I regime for each country
BDT Activity on C&I
Action Plan (Council-12)
ITU-T works in collaboration with SDOs for specifications and test suites to achieve interoperability
Conformity and Interoperability section (main body/ annex/ appendix/supplement) as part of all those Recommendations for which the SG decides test specifications are needed
ITU-T to consider about dropping of route 4 (self-assessment) to populate the ITU Conformity database
ITU-T to run a pilot of the conformity assessment programme for key technologies
ITU-T study groups to identify further technologies for which there is a market demand for a conformity assessment programme (availability or preparation of test specifications)
Pillar 1 – Conformity Assessment (1/2)
Action Plan (Council-12)
Test specifications to be possibly developed in a no-cost approach (already available, developed by SGs or in partnership with SDOs)
TSB to produce a report on measures against counterfeiting
Cooperation with resources available worldwide that can be harnessed to assist in developing a suite of tools to promote conformity assessment aimed at achieving interoperability
Strengthen relationship with ILAC/IAF/IECEE to develop guidelines/best practices to assess test labs technical competence on ICTs
ITU Mark: postponed until Pillar 1 has reached a more mature stage of development. ITU to assess the potential impact on the market, the possible legal and regulatory implications and to evaluate if the ITU Mark programme may be supported
Pillar 1 – Conformity Assessment (2/2)
Action Plan (Council-12)
Pillar 2 – ITU Interop
Study groups should clearly define interoperability requirements as part of ITU-T standards development activities, in advance of initiating the standards development and implementation
Study groups to develop system roadmaps, identify and define the interfaces across which interoperability is needed
TSB to consult study groups to identify areas to organize future events, based on continuous surveillance of market and technological developments and on probing of members’ needs,
Action Plan (Council-12)
Pillar 3 – Capacity building
BDT, in collaboration with TSB, to continue to offer C&I training courses for testing key technologies
BDT in cooperation with TSB to train technical staff and policy makers
Action Plan (Council-12)
Pillar 4 – Creation of test labs in the regions
Establishment of an appropriate conformity and interoperability regime in developing countries
To Create a network-like test centres in the regions, building up on existing labs (to reduce costs), and to encourage agreements to assign to each centre a specific technology in order to cover most of them among all the participating labs
Establishment, when possible, of MRAs (Mutual Recognition Agreements) to be discussed at regional and sub-regional levels
You and ITU Cooperation Be part of the C&I Programme
Involvment of Conformity Assessment, Certification and Accreditation bodies within the scope of ICTs
Sharing of information about parameters and test suites aimed at achieving interoperability
Promotion & Population of the ITU Conformity Databases
Participation in Capacity Building activities, accreditation and certification
Participation in the creation of regional test laboratories
Copper: Hundreds of millions use ITU’S XDSLUp to 200Mbit/s aggregate with VDSL 2
Optical access: ITU’s GPON allows
up to 2.5Gbit/sNew types of optical
fibre for access networks
BP: Preparation Strategy
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Need of Conformance to Standards
Conformity key to increase the probability of interoperability
Improve quality of standards to increase quality of services/experience
increase market opportunities
reduce costs for operators, service providers, end users
The ITU Conformity Database
Informative and voluntary database open both to members and non-members for conforming products
Adoption of international ISO/IEC standards and guidelines or self-assessment approach
On-line entries directly made by Companies
ITU Liability: ITU is not participating in any testing/certification activities
Conformance increases the probability of interoperability
Route 3: Laboratories recognized by ITU-T A.5 qualified organizations or MoUs signatories
Route 4: for ITU members only
ITU Approach: ISO/IEC assessment & self-assessment procedures.
Route 1: Accredited Testing Laboratories
Route 2: Accredited Certification Bodies
IPTV Interop event
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Photos taken during the 1st event, Geneva July 2010 Kick-off meeting
Preparation Strategy (KPMG)
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What To Test ? Only Parameters that may impact
interoperability requirements of functionalities as needed by the end users and the market:Reducing time to approvalReducing testing costsMutual recognition to widen protfolio and
market opportunities ITU Study Groups to establish a minimum
set of parameters as needed
ITU Customized Services for Interop Events
Event Management: Local arrangements (arranging sites with hosts,
Needs in Developing Countries for Test Labs Conformity Assessment Bodies to contribute to
create an orderly telecom apparatus mktplace
Once standards and test suites are in place, test labs can check equipment for compliance
Sharing test labs resources amongst countries and regions may lowering overall costs while continuing addressing regional priorities
A robust framework (following international procedures – ISO/CASCO) needed for trust and confidence in test results and among test labs
Questionnaire: Fixed & Mobile networks
Group 1 Limited variety of equipment, services and providers
Internet/IP Gateway services
2G and 3G GSM network services
No equipment listed in response, referred/deferred to service provider for detailed information
Group 2 Medium variety of equipment, services and a few providers
TDM voice, fax, international voice, dataInternet/IP ADSL, Cybercafe, VoIPNGN Softswitch voice, data2G voice, SMS local and international, prepaid 3G international SMS, local SMS, data and Internet
Tended to have a dominant equipment supplier
Group 3 Wide variety of equipment, services and providers
TDM voice, data, ISDNInternet/IP VoIP, data, email, wimax, metro ethernetNGN Softswitch voice, fax, ISDNNGN IMS VoIP, digital fax2G GPRS/EDGE, circuit switched data, voice, SMS3G HPSA + mobile broadband, voice, AMR-WB voice, CS video call, SMS, R99 PS data
Tended to have a wide mix of suppliers
Questionnaire: C&I issuesGroup 1 Limited variety of equipment, services and providers
Reported no problems – likely single operatorType Approval regime reported in placeNo Type Approval responsible bodyMarking – recognized either a body recommended by service provider or well known Mark such as EC, FCCNo national accreditation, certification bodies or test labs, No MRAs, No market surveillance , No ICT labs
Group 2 Medium variety of equipment, services and a few providers
New equipment can affect legacy systems - Lists of interoperability problems such as: signalling in core networks, CDR equipment malfunctions, problems implementing new features on all platforms - Impact of interoperability problems high, affects QoS, customer satisfaction and loss of business - Pre installation activities carried out to mitigate interoperability problems - Half of this Group have Type Approval regimes - Half have Type Approval bodies -No national accreditation and certification bodies, No MRAs -No market surveillance
Group 3 Wide variety of equipment, services and providers
Longer lists of interoperability problems such as: MSAN-Softswitch conformity, ISDN support, IMS core, software features in generalLists of economic impacts such as: additional costs, company image, QoS, project delay, upgrade costs, extra testing costsPre installation work always done to mitigate interoperability problems - Type Approval regimes in place -Type Approval Bodies in place - Recognize EU, or FCC , or IC or all three Accreditation and certification bodies in place as well as test labsMRAs active - Market surveillance in place
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Funding and Training Sources
UNIDO, major Banks in each region, specialized funding agencies for telecoms projects and others
Requirements to access funds vary from low interest loans, to grants, seed funding and cost underwriting
Repository of international telecom training organizations
Costs of training may vary from travel to government and supplier subsidized training, to private for-profit fully charged training.
Training and Capacity Building
Group 1 Limited variety of equipment, services and providers
Interested in follow-up training/capacity building related to WTDC 2010 Res 47, WTSA 2008 Res 76, PP-10 Res177
Would participate in development of regional program in capacity building and expert tutorials
Interested in opportunities to establish national, sub-regional and regional test centres
Availability of ICT Labs to host test events or ITU activities
Group 2 Medium variety of equipment, services and a few providers
Group 3 Wide variety of equipment, services and providers
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Interop Events and promotional events
IPTV Testing
1st Event: Geneva, ITU headquarters, 20-23 July 2010
2nd Event: Singapore, 23-24 and 27 September 2010
3rd Event: Pune, India, 14-17 December 2010
4th Event: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-22 July 2011
G.hn Testing: Geneva, Switzerland, 23-27 May 2011
Promotional Events:
Showcasings: Dubai, UAE, 20-22 September 2011 and Telecom
World-2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 24-27 October 2011
1st IPTV Application Challenge
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The “ITU Conformity Mark” issue
• Mark and labels, as well as conformity databases, are helpful to give immediate visibility of the “goodness” of “certified” products available on the market, independently from the mandatory or voluntary aspects of requirements:
• The use of an ITU conformity mark may be granted when a product is demonstrated to have been successfully tested and certified against ITU Recommendations according to international conformity assessment procedures
• The ITU conformity mark could be a general one or “dedicated” to a specific technology or recommendation
• The ITU is not involved, and not liable, in any step of the accreditation, testing and/or certification process.