Transcript Presentation by ATIS President at OBF #80 re

ATIS : A Plan for Change and
New Strategic Directions
Susan M. Miller
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ordering and Billing Forum #80
November, 2002
The Problem: The Current Environment
• Significant changes are occurring in the communications
industry:
– Pace of technological change;
– Capital harder to come by - investment has lessened;
– Record number of bankruptcies and business failures;
– Slow response from the regulatory arena; and
– A proliferation of standards forums, operating with no
coordination.
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The Question: What is New Role for ATIS
and its Committees in this Changing
Environment?
• The ATIS Board of Directors launched a strategic planning
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the communications and related information technologies
ATIS Board of Directors
SBC Communications - Ross K. Ireland - Senior
Executive Vice President, Services - ATIS Chair
CenturyTel - Clarence Marshall - Vice President,
Corporate Planning
Ericsson - Dr. Asok Chatterjee -VP, Public Affairs ATIS First Vice Chair
Ciena - Joseph Berthold - Vice President , Network
Architecture
Siemens - Susan Schramm - SVP, Sales & Marketing
ATIS Second Vice Chair
Cincinnati Bell - Dennis Hinkel - Senior Vice
President Network & Operations
VeriSign - Bruce E. Johnson - SVP, Operations &
Engineering - ATIS Treasurer
CISCO - Charlie Giancarlo - Senior Vice President,
Product Development
AT&T - P.J. Aduskevicz - Network Vice President
Infrastructure & Media Capacity
CommWorks - Sudhakar Ramakrishna - Vice
President, Product Management
Agilent - Larry Holmberg - Senior Vice President,
Sales, Marketing & Customer Support
Comstellar - Sanjiv Ahuja - Chief Executive Officer
Alcatel USA - Mike Quigley - CEO
CT Communications - Michael R. Nash - Senior Vice
President/COO
BellSouth - William Smith - Chief Product
Development & Technology Officer
D&E Communications - G. William Ruhl - President
& CEO
Billing Concepts - Jacquelene Mitchell - Chief
Administrative Officer
East Otter Tail Telephone - Allen R. Arvig President
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young - Chris Smith - Vice
President of Marketing
Epic Touch - Trenton D. Boaldin - President
Intrado - Ray Paddock - VP & General Manager
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ATIS Board of Directors (cont. . . . )
Juniper - James A. Dolce, Jr. - EVP, WW Field
Operations
Qualcomm - Dr. Mark Epstein - Senior Vice
President, Development
Lucent - Peter Lessek - President, e-Services Group
Qwest - Pieter Poll - Vice President, Emerging
Technologies
Marconi - David J. Smith - EVP, OSPP & North
American Broadband
Spirent Communications - Dave Gellerman - Vice
President - Technology & Corporate Development
NightFire - Venkates Swaminathan - EVP & Chief
Strategist
Sprint - Loren V. Sprouse - Vice President, Service
Operations
NOKIA - Chris Wallace - Vice President,
Technology Standards
T-Mobile - James Murrell - Vice President, Business
Development
North Pittsburgh Telephone - Frank D. Reese Director, Future Technology & Product
Planning
Telcordia Technologies - David E. Burns - Corporate
VP & Group President, Professional Services
Nortel Networks - Gordon Quinn - Vice President,
IP Communications
Telephone & Data Systems - Rudolph E. Hornacek Vice President, Engineering
nTelos - David Maccarelli - Senior Vice President,
Chief Technology Officer
Trendium - Hanafy Meleis - President & CEO
Underwriters Laboratories - Scott Griggs - General
Manager Network
Openwave - Jon Shantz - Senior Vice President,
Business Development, Acquisitions &
Investments
Verizon - Mark A. Wegleitner - Senior Vice President,
Technology & CTO
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The Answer: The industry is demanding
a new approach to standardization.
• This approach needs to achieve the following:
– Prioritization of needed standards work;
– Interoperable and implementable outputs;
– Coordination of priorities within ATIS and its Committees
as well as with other Standards Development Organizations
(SDOs);
– Elimination of duplicative efforts and creation of
cost/process efficiencies;
– Move “stuck” technologies forward and bring products to
market faster;
– Provide one voice for the U.S. in the global marketplace.
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What Will the Role of ATIS Be?
• ATIS is a United States-based body that is
committed to the rapid development and promotion
of technical and operations standards for the
communications and related information
technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic,
flexible, and open approach. (New Mission
Statement).
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What Will the Role of ATIS Be?
• An “ATIS Standard” shall define frameworks for
service and performance requirements, interfaces
and physical characteristics for technologies,
systems, and business processes, and ensure
interoperability. (New Definition).
• ATIS will identify the industry’s priorities and
execute its plan to develop implementable, priority
standards - ATIS Standards.
• ATIS will actively promote its role within the
industry.
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How will ATIS Execute this Role?
• The ATIS Board formed the Technical Operations Council - the
TOPS Council.
– Comprised of 21 Board members charged with:
• Identifying the industry’s top technical/operational
priorities; and
• Defining the process for moving TOPS priorities to
resolution.
– Analyzed the industry’s priority standards needs including:
• When they are needed;
• Where they are being done; and
• If not being done, where they should be done.
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The TOPS Priorities
Initial Launch of Five:
• VoIP
• Wide Area Ethernet
• Mobile Wireless
Services
• Security Issues
Other:
• Optical Networks
• DSL Evolution
• Wireless Evolution
• IP Telecom Network
Management
• Reliability
Measurements
• Wide Area Storage
• Numbering
• ETS for IP
• CALEA
• E911 Evolution
• Priority Access
– Network Security
– 802.11 Security
– IP Network Security
• Data Interchange
(Billing)
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ATIS-TOPS Priority List
Issue & Sub-Issues
Digital Services -- Domain
VoIP network Architecture and interoperability. Evolve from TDM to packet. This includes TDM
interworking, speech processing, signaling and call control.
VoIP
Softswitch
VoIP/VoP
Issues
VoPacket
Sub-issues
VoPacket - TDM Transport
Interfaces
Packet Voice NNI (SIG)
Packet Voice UNI (SIG)
Packet Voice Transport
ENUM Architecture
Issues
Wide Area/xGbps Ethernet
Ethernet over Copper
(1 Gbps)
Ethernet via Fiber (10 Gbps)
E-PON
Link Layer Ethernet OA&M
Service Level Ethernet OA&M
Mobile Wireless Services
MMS (MultiMedia Messaging
Services)
Location-Based Services
GPRS Roaming
Issues
Description
Softswitch interface standards, including interfaces to media gateways, session managers, signaling
gateways, IADs, application servers and other softswitches.
Inter-provider billing mediation standards for IPDR/CDR exchange. Softswitch provisioning and
activation standards. Inter-provider QoS establishment/measurement standards. Inter-provider
provisioning standards.
Reference architecture for packet voice infrastructure including TDM gateways, gateway controllers,
IADs and other CPE, signaling gateways, feature servers/call agents, transport networks, etc. needs
definition.
Define the signaling interfaces, protocols and interworking functions for a TDM to packet voice
interface both large carrier scale and small CPE scale.
Define the interface between two packet voice carriers for signaling and bearer interworking,
performance, traffic management, QoS, etc.
Define interface between a packet voice carrier and a customer for signaling and bearer interworking,
performance, QoS, etc.
Define the requirements and protocols for packet voice transport, both signaling and bearer.
Define the architecture in the U.S. for implementing ENUM under E164.arpa. ENUM maps
telephone numbers to other addresses, e.g. IP.
Ethernet brand name well recognized in industry as a LAN standard, will need for WAN as well.
Needed
When
Now
Late 2003,
Now
2003
Late 2003
2003
2003
2005
Now
For Businesses desiring L 2 services.
High-Speed Ethernet via Direct Fiber Access.
Full Service Gigabit/10 Gig Ethernet via PON infrastructure (ATM PON Standards are ready now).
Management of Ethernet Network Elements.
2003
2004
2003
Management of Ethernet End-to-End Services.
2003
Now
rd
3 Generation expansion of current SMS offerings.
2003
Potential source of new wireless revenue.
Partial System roaming, and GPRS blocking.
Now
Now
ATIS-TOPS Priority List
Issue & Sub-Issues
Security -- Domain
Interface Standards are needed for next generation equipment interfacing with SS7 networks.
802.11 wireless security. 802.11 capturing market share, needs security for business deployment.
Security for all services; SIP, Web-services, firewall/NAT Transparency.
Issues
Network Security
802.11 Security
IP Network Security
SIP
Web-services
Firewall/NT Transparency
Description
IP Telecom Network Management
Issues
Issues
Issues
Data Interchange (Billing)
VoIP/VoP
Now
Now
Required to meet regulatory mandates, and to compare system capabilities.
Now
Wide Area Storage Networking. New services to leverage transport capacity & eBusiness centers.
Performance of multimedia terminals and networks; SLAs for VoMIS; QoS class definitions.
Now
2003
2004
SLAs for VoIP
Numbering
ENUM implementation in USA
Intn’l and shared codes in E.164,
CICs in USA
Wireless Number Portability
Now
Now
Now
Now
2003
2003
Now
Issues
Reliability Measurements
Outage measurements for
wireline, wireless, cable, and
Internet
Reliability/Accuracy for E911
Location
Wide Area Storage
IP Reliability & QoS (End-to-End)
Service Management -- Domain
Best practices in management of IP network Infrastructure. Helps to operate a converged
infrastructure more efficiently. IP Routing and traffic engineering.
For wireline, Wireless, Satellite, Cable and Internet E911 Location.
Needed
When
ENUM, National Issues, Num portability, Intn’t and shared codes in E.164, CICs in USA.
Standards must be closely worked with regulatory bodies, includes wireless.
Now
2005
Although careful monitoring is required, no current high-priority standards issues.
Currently, a regulatory issue; not a standards issue.
2003
Data interchange interfaces between IP element management systems and network management
systems. SNMP or CORBA based. New IDL's will be required.
Now, Late
2003
Inter-provider billing mediation standards for IPDR/CDR exchange. Softswitch provisioning and
activation standards. Inter-provider QoS establishment/measurement standards. Inter-provider
provisioning standards.
Issue Development Process
TOPS Priority Issues
Examine Issue:
- Form an Issue Focus Group
- Expand Issue to include all
aspects (sub-issues)
- Clearly "define" Issue and
Sub-issues
Set Critical Issue
Comprehensive
Definition of
Issue
Assessment of Issue:
Work-areas
clearly specified
Develop Work-Plan:
TOPS Approved
Work-Plan
- Focus Group proposes actions,
work-plans, and timelines
- TOPS Members Approves
Work-Plan
Work-Plan Implementation:
Issue Tracking
- Issues to be "committee-driven"
Worksheet
- Technical/Operational
contributions developed
- Work-efforts consolidated
- Liaisons est. with relevant SDO/
consortia
Follow-Up:
- Periodic Reports Issued to
TOPS
- Work-Plan adjusted accordingly
- Determine what Issues are and
are not being worked
- Internal "bottom-up" review
- Perform "gap" analysis
- Create "vehicle" to get work
done
TOPS Approval
Coordinate/Manage Sub-issue resolution to achieve implementable standards
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Next Steps by the TOPS Council
• Further Development of the Priority Issue Process.
• Further Definition of the Priority Issues (e.g., VoIP
Summit, Security Summit).
• Process for establishing and strengthening
relationships with other SDOs to support and
coordinate work on the TOPs-identified priorities.
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Ongoing Strategic Discussions by the
ATIS Board
• Are ATIS and its Committees structured correctly to
produce ATIS standards and address the identified
priorities?
• Is there a need for an alternative funding model to
support these activities?
• What stakeholders do we need to bring to the table?
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What Does this Mean for the OBF?
• Communications To Date:
– “Pilot Interface” Program for September/October TOPs Council
meeting with OBF and Committee T1 leadership.
– Letter from ATIS Board Chairman and ATIS President.
– This presentation.
• Communications Forthcoming:
– Internal ATIS Member Company communications, including committee
participants and mid-level management.
– External roll-out.
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What Does this Mean for the OBF?
• Goal: That the ATIS Committees and their work are aligned
with and support the objectives and priorities of ATIS.
– That the OBF will become the premier forum where the
communications and the related information technologies
industries address business process standards.
– That the OBF will be supported in its efforts by the senior
executives of the industry who need these priority issues
addressed and standards developed to move business
forward.
– That the OBF will be doing the work which will maximize
its value to the industry, thereby enhancing value to your
company.
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What Does this Mean for the OBF?
• Opportunities and Challenges:
– That the OBF position its process and structure to
address and support resolution of the priority
issues;
– That the OBF’s ultimate approach address the
priorities in a timely manner; and
– That the OBF remain flexible and responsive, and
execute based on this new direction and the
identified priorities.
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The Value Proposition
• That the companies through ATIS, representing a
broad cross-section of the industry, will realize the
opportunity to:
– Influence the strategic direction of the industry;
– Determine, prioritize, and execute the top technical and
operational priorities for the industry;
– Achieve cost and process efficiencies;
– Optimize company investment and resources allocated to
standards development; and
– As a result, enhance their bottom-line.
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