Telecommunications Technology Association
An Introduction to TTA Standardization Activities
Telecommunications Technology Association
1st CJK Standards Information Exchange Meeting26 June 2002, TTA, Korea
Hong Won KimDirector, International Cooperation
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Historical ReviewBriefs
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The latter of 1980’s, Global Transition of Telecommunication Market
moved fast forward to Privatization, Competition, and Deregulation
April 1988, Communication Technology Promotion Council examined
the feasibilities to establish a Civilian Standardization Organization
December 1988, Establishment of TTA ( by the Article 32, Civil Law )
August 1992, Establishment of TTA ( by the Article 30, The
Framework Act on Telecommunications )
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Major ActivitiesBriefs
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Establishment of Standards in the field of Info-Communication
Dissemination of Standards and the Result of Research in the area
of Info-Communication Standard and Technology
International Standardization Activities
- TTA was qualified ITU-T Standard Referenced Organization
- Collaboration with Standards Developing Organizations (GTSC/GRSC)
- 3GPP, 3GPP2, MESA Project
- MoU with ACIF, ETSI, ITU-AJ, TTC, ARIB, T1, TSACC
IT Testing and Certification Services
- Network equipment, Software, and Digital Broadcasting equipment
Telecommunications Technology Association
Status of TTA MembershipAs of June, 2002
13
9
32
90
Total117
Members
Telecom. Operators
Related Associationsand Academic circles
Research Institutes
Broadcasting Companies
ManufacturersRegular 88Observer 10Cooperative 7Associate 12
Categories Year 2002
Total 117
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Standardization ProceduresSimplified
Proposal of Standardization
Review and Preparation of Draft
Open Hearing(4 weeks)
Examination of Draft Standards (6 weeks)
Approval of TTAS
Proclamation of KICS
Telecom. Operators, Manufacturers, Research Institutes
TTA Standards
Technical Committee or
Project Group
Technical Assembly
Ministry of Information & Communication
National Standards
TTA Secretariat
KICS : Korean Information & Communication Standards
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Technical Committee or
Project Group
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Organizational StructureTechnical Assembly, Secretariat
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Technical AssemblyTechnical Assembly
StudyGroups(40)StudyGroups(40)
WorkingGroups(9)WorkingGroups(9)
TechnicalCommittees(11)TechnicalCommittees(11)
Project Groups(2)Project Groups(2)
Administration Dept.Administration Dept.
Standardization Dept.Standardization Dept.
Standardization Planning &Research Dept.
Standardization Planning &Research Dept.
Information & TelecommunicationsTesting Laboratory
Information & TelecommunicationsTesting Laboratory
Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors
Secretary GeneralSecretary General
SpecialCommittees(3)Ad-hoc (2)
SpecialCommittees(3)Ad-hoc (2)
Strategy & Operation Committee
Strategy & Operation Committee
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Standardization OrganizationTechnical Assembly, Technical Committees, Project Groups
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TC2 Telecommunication Network (4SGs)TC2 Telecommunication Network (4SGs)
TC3 Transmission (5SGs)TC3 Transmission (5SGs)
TC4 Network Operation & Management (4SGs)TC4 Network Operation & Management (4SGs)
TC5 Broadcasting (3SGs)TC5 Broadcasting (3SGs)
TC6 Radiocommunication (7SGs)TC6 Radiocommunication (7SGs)
TC7 Informatization (4SGs)TC7 Informatization (4SGs)
TC8 Data Engineering (3SGs)TC8 Data Engineering (3SGs)
TC9 Software Engineering (2SGs)TC9 Software Engineering (2SGs)
TC10 Information Security (3SGs)TC10 Information Security (3SGs)
PG1 IMT-2000 (6WGs, 2adhocs)PG1 IMT-2000 (6WGs, 2adhocs)
PG4 ITS (3WGs)PG4 ITS (3WGs)
SC1 Strategic & PlanningSC1 Strategic & Planning
SC2 Testing & CertificationSC2 Testing & Certification
Strategy & Operation CommitteeStrategy & Operation Committee
Technical AssemblyTechnical Assembly
Chairman of TA• Dr. Sang-Hoon Lee (Executive Vice President of KT)
Vice Chairman of TA• Dr. Ki-Shik Park (Director of PEC, ETRI)• Vice Chairman of TSAG
TC11 IC Card (2SGs)TC11 IC Card (2SGs)
TC12 NGIS (3SGs)TC12 NGIS (3SGs)
SC3 International CooperationSC3 International Cooperation
Adhoc#2 User GroupAdhoc#2 User Group
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Standardization Work ItemsNumber of Work Items assigned to Technical Committees, Project Groups
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Areas No. of ItemsSC2 Testing and Certification 4
TC2 Telecommunication Network 103
TC3 Transmission 43
TC4 Network Operation & Management 8
TC5 Broadcasting 11
TC6 Radiocommunication 28
TC7 Infomatization 110
TC8 Data Engineering 13
TC9 Software Engineering 23
TC10 Information Security 25
TC11 IC Card 20
TC12 NGIS 21
PG1 IMT-2000 529
PG4 ITS 14
Total 952
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Priority Standardization AreaHarmonization with GTSC/GRSC
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Telecommunications Area - GTSC - Next Generation Network Architecture & Protocol, End to End QoS, Service Platforms, Network Mgt,
Lawful/Legal Interception, Security
Radiocommunication Area - GRSC
- Identification & Location Services
- Measurement Uncertainties in Radio and Terminal Equipment
Joint Area - GTSC/GRSC
- IMT-2000 (****)
- Public Safety & Disaster Relief
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Status of Established TTA StandardsAs of December, 2001
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Yearly Status Classified by Areas
Telecommunication 368(22%) Radiocommunication
837(50%)
Information Technologies480(28%)
TOTAL1,685(896)
Total Accomplishment - Standards [Revised] 1,685[56] - Technical Reports 10 - Guidelines 2
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Participating scheme in International Standardization
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Provide contributions, participate to meeting in ITU, ISO, …
ITU
GTSC/GRSC
ACIF, ARIB, ETSI, T1,
TIA, TSACC, TTA, TTC
MIC
TTA
ETRI NCA KISA
KISI
ATS
MOCIE
ISO, IECISO/IEC JTC1
TelecommunicationsOperators, Manufacturers,Academic circles
User Group
CCPA, TIAK, RAPA, DPC
InternationalStandards
NationalStandards
VoluntaryStandards
Cooperation
MIC Ministry of Information & CommunicationMOCIE Ministry of Commerce, Industry & EnergyATS Agency for Technology and StandardsKISI Korean Industrial Standards InstituteETRI Electronics & Telecommunications Research InstituteNCA National Computerization Agency
KISA Korea Information Security Agency CCPAK Computer & Communications Promotion Association of KoreaRAPA Korea Radio Promotion Association DPC Korea Database Promotion Center
Standardization Flow in KoreaStandardization Flow in Korea
2000-6-31
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TTA WebElectronic Support for Standardization, http://www.tta.or.kr
Standardization Activities
- Committee’s Activities (Electronic Balloting), Proposal of Standard, etc.
Standard Information
- View/Download of Standards, Electronic Dictionary (30,000 Words)
Meeting Document Services
- Meeting Notification, Meeting Docs, Participants, Minutes, etc.
Standardization Work
Item’s Record Handling
- Keeping a historical
record of each Stan-
dardization Work Item
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Electronic Information Dissemination ServiceStandard Free Downloading, IT Standard Weekly News
Number of Standard Monthly Free Downloading since Year 2000 ( Number of Stored Standards in Server: 1,894 Standards, Full text )
IT Standard Weekly Service – Selected Dissemination Information Service (Jun. 2001) - Providing IT Technology & Standardization Information via TTA Web, Mailing Group.
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The Result of Survey on the Utilization of StandardsIn Year 2001
Outstanding Queries and it's Responses (Total 2,300 respondents)
1) Recognition and Utilization of Standards
- Recognition: ITU(43%)>TTA(36%)>ISO(22%)>IEEE(18%)>IETF(14%)
- Utilization : Forum(26%)>ITU(26%)>ISO/IEC(22%)>TTA(18%)>Others(5%)
2) Priority using Standard(s) in area: Local Loop(56%), Security(24.4%),
Transmission(23.3%), Broadcasting(22.2%), Networks(19.5%)
3) Quality of Standard(s): Satisfied(24.5%), Medium(52%), Not-satisfied*(6%)* Uncleared expression(17.8%), Not properly maintaining in time(13.9%)
4) Required area of Standard(s) development: IMT-2000 Core Networks, Wireless
Home LAN, Security, Internet Web Appl., Hi-Speed Data Comm, etc.
5) Required area of Conformance Testing: IMT-2000 System/Service, Security/ET
S, Internet, Multimedia Terminals, ATM, D-Broadcasting, etc.
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Rules of Procedures, Guidelines
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Articles of Association of TTA
Rules of Membership in TTA
Rules of Composition and Management of Organizational Structure and
Procedures for Standardization Process and Activities of TTA
Guidelines for the Handling of IPR in Connection with TTA Standards
Elaboration and presentation of texts and development of terminology
and other means of expression for TTA Standard(Korean language version only)
Transposition of foreign standard into TTA Standard as English TTA
Standard (Korean language version only)
http://www.tta.or.kr/HDnewenglish/rule_of_procedure/rule1-down.htm
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Cooperative Relationship with domestic foraSelected 30 fora for promotion of de facto standardization http://www.tta.or.kr/HDnewenglish/main/index.htm
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Areas Domestic Fora No. of Forum
InternetIPv6 Forum Korea, VoIP Forum, URI Forum, Korea Wireless Internet Standardization Forum, Internet Appliance Standardization Forum
5
eCommerce & Security
Internet Security Technology forum, Korea Electronic Payment Forum, Integrated Forum on Electronic Commerce, Korea PKI Forum
4
MultimediaAdvanced Digital Broadcasting Standardization Forum, MPEG Korea Forum
2
Network and Transmission Technology
Next-Generation Open Network Forum, Korea Optical Network Forum, High speed wireless LAN Forum, Korea Bluetooth Forum, Korea xDSL Forum, Integrated Network Management Forum, Next Generation Consolidation Network, Korea Ethernet Forum
8
Software Software Component Standardization Forum 1
Semiconductor System on Chip Forum 1
Information
Logistics Information Forum, ITS Forum, IAB Forum, Grid Forum Korea, Wireless Internet Content Selection Standardization Forum, Korea Biometrics Association, Speech Information technology Forum
7
Digital Contents DRM Forum, Electronic Book Standardization Forum 2
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IT Testing and Certification Services
Objectives
- Maximizing the practical use of Standard(s)
- Securing Compatibility, Interconnectivity, Interoperability, and the quality of
the IT products, etc.
Major Activities
- Providing IT Testing, Certification Services, Open Testing Lab
Testing & Certification Service Area
- Network Equipments (Ethernet NIC, Router, WLAN, ADSL, VoIP, VDSL, etc)
- Softwares (Component, Mobile, Embedded, Web-based S/W, etc)
- D-Broadcasting Equipments (DVB-MHP, ATSC-DASE, Digital TV, etc)
- Cell Phone (D-Cellular Phone Charger, I/O Connection Interface)
Open Testing Lab Service
- Providing Testing environment for Network Equipment testing
(Ethernet, ATM, MPLS, IPv6, VoIP, ADSL, etc.)
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IT Testing and Certification Services.. continue
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Certifying that the product hasmet the requirements specified in the Quality CertificationStandards of Software
Verifying that the product has met the requirements requested by the client
Confirming that the product has been tested in accordancewith the test spec. prepared by the TTA and the client
Verifying that the product has met the requirements set forth by the ‘Up-to-Spec’ standards of the Tolly Group
Certifying that the product has met the certification criteria prepared by the local/foreign standardization organizations
Verifying that the product has met the requirements set forth by the ‘Tolly verified’ standards of the Tolly Group