Technical Committee Meeting October 7 , 2003 Report of TIA Board Meeting August 5, 2003

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Technical Committee MeetingOctober 7 ,
2003Report of TIA Board MeetingAugust 5, 2003

• Anil Kripalani,
• Technical Committee Chair
• Dan Bart, TIA

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Background

• Organizations have been reviewing technical
  directions for the future, and ways to minimize
  overlap among technical bodies
• Many fora/consortia have been created and
  standards are being done in other fora
• Standards leadership needs to anticipate customer
  needs and be proactive rather than reactive
• Input from the leadership of TIA standards groups
  was sought before the Board meeting
• At the recent TIA Board meeting, the Chairman of
  the Board requested 3 breakouts to review
  priorities and strategies for the core TIA
  resources.
• One breakout was a Standards Strategies and
  Priorities Breakout
• Policy and Trade Shows and Marketing were
  also analyzed with
• linkages between breakout
  areas noted

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Background

• The Standards Strategies and Priorities Breakout
  met and reported its findings and conclusions to
  the full Board with a request to move forward on
  implementation of the Breakout Plan, basically,
• Review current structure and technical work areas
• Determine ways to continue acceleration of the
  standards development processes
• Determine any new technical areas or other
  initiatives such as accelerating conformity
  assessment, that should be pursued
• The TIA Board concurred

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Goal of the TSSC Activities

• The first step in the process was briefing TIA
  Division and Engineering Committee leadership on
  the findings of the Standards Strategies and
  Priorities Breakout
• Additional work and conference call meetings were
  scheduled over the next few weeks
• TIA Standards and Technology Department staff
  assisted the Chairs in following through on the
  action items

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Standards Strategies and PrioritiesAd-Hoc
Group 3Report to the Board August 5, 2003

• Anil Kripalani,
• Technical Committee Chair
• Dan Bart, TIA

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Standards Ad-Hoc GroupGoals

• Complete a critical look at where TIA standards
  are and where we need to be
• Propose a structural context for the next five
  years
• Get buy-in at all levels (Board, Eng Cmte)
• Execute to Achieve Global Recognition of TIA
  Standards Excellence

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Standards Ad-Hoc Group Group 3 Participants

• Larry Aiello, Corning
• Pereira Armando, Centillium Communications Inc.
• Dan Bart, TIA
• Mike Donovan, Marconi
• Dan Gatti, Bigbangwidth
• Greg Jones, TI
• Gerry Kennedy, Bechtel
• Anil Kripalani, QUALCOMM, Chair
• Fred Lucas, UPED Chair
• Peter Lessek, Lucent
• Paul Vishny, Legal Counsel

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Standards Ad-Hoc Group Immediate Actions Thus
Far

• Presented overview of Engineering Committees
  structure, some history
• Listed Industry Priorities, customers hot
  buttons
• Made available detailed list of technical areas
  from TIA-wide Engineering Committee survey
• No discussion yet since too much detail in survey
  for time-limited activity this week
• All participants volunteered to participate in
  systematic and pragmatic assessment of standards
  work

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Current TIA Standards Structure

• Currently Eight (8) Engineering Committees and
  approx. 70 Subcommittees (called Formulating
  Groups)
• TR-8 (Private Radio Systems, e.g., Public Safety)
  
• TR-14 (Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint
  Microwave)
• TR-30 (Data Fax and Modems)
• TR-34 (Satellites, Space and Ground)
• TR-41 (Customer Premises Eqpmt, e.g., telephones,
  PBXs, VoIP)
• TR-42 (Wiring Distributions Systems)
• TR-45 (Mobile Communications, e.g., cellular,
  PCS, 3G)
• FO-4 (Fiber Optics, components and systems)

Technical Committee / TSSC manages structure/
proc. Contribution-driven process - 1200 active
participants
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Key Observations From the Team

• TIA may be recognized globally for several
  reasons, but there are unflattering perceptions
  of our Standards Committees
• Inadequate awareness in industry of TIAs unique
  environment for technical standardization
• Macro-level Engineering Committee structure has
  been static for a long time, except for some
  dissolutions
• Committee names may be dated and not reflective
  of current customer needs
• Procedures were updated, but not enough to speed
  up output in keeping with industry pace, generate
  enthusiasm, and attract new work areas
• Even key Board members are not fully aware of
  unique work being done here

Potential fora are not making TIA their home
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Action Plan to AchieveTIA Standards Excellence

• Create Board-level Ad-Hoc Committee (current
  team/-) to manage redefinition proposal
• Describe current and planned work of TIAs
  existing Engineering Committees
• What are we delivering? What customers want this?
• List what other SDOs are doing
• Conduct Gap Analysis for meeting customer service
  needs with standards-driven systems
• Reinforce support for existing customer-driven
  work and identify possible new areas TIA
  Standards can target
• e.g., Internet 2, Grid Computing, Gig-Ethernet,
  Softswitch / Intelligent Switching, others

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Action Plan to AchieveTIA Standards Excellence

• Reaffirm Global Applicability for TIA Standards
• Rename and recast technical work areas to capture
  the new areas and technologies
• Propose new processes for aggressive standards
  development, (keeping IPR and other guidelines in
  mind)
• Present details for Board review and approval to
  proceed
• Get buy-in from Engineering Committee leadership
  in TSSC
• Aggressive industry communications activities
  with clear message about TIA standards program
• Maintain linkages to other legs of TIAs
  foundation
• Task TSSC to Execute Strategic Standards Plan

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Specific Sequence of Activities

• TSSC Conference Call to go over plan and define
  information needed from Committees
• Compile data from Chairs
• Board Ad-Hoc group discusses input with Committee
  Chairs in 3 teleconference sessions
• TR-8 and TR-45, Mobile Wireless / Priority Access
• TR-30, TR-41, TR-42, FO-4, Enterprise and
  Distribution Systems
• TR-14 and TR-34, Backhaul and Satellite-based
  Wide-Area
• Another TSSC call before October 7 discussion at
  Technical Committee meeting
• Report at November Board Meeting

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Questions?Discussion