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On behalf of European network operators,
service providers, users and
industry, the European
Telecommunications Standards
Institute (ETSI)
work out standards and
recommendations as
a basis for implementation
of telecom
equipment in
Europe. Today,
ETSI have members
from 30
countries, and the
ETSI results have
great impact on the
development of
telecommunications
infrastructure. In
recent years many have
criticised the lack of
speed in standards development.
In a competitive environment,
telecom companies are reluctant
to wait many years for access to
standards. In the first paper
provided by Mr. Trond Ulseth,
we take a closer look at the
different types of documents
and results emerging from
ETSI, different types of
approval procedures and the
weighted voting used to obtain
agreements. An ETSI standard
will be approved when the
percentage of positive votes is
at least 71 % of the votes cast.
In the second paper Mr. Harald
Pettersen presents some
ongoing ATM (Asynchronous
Transfer Mode) traffic activities.
The first generation of
Broadband
Intelligent
networks
Teletraffic and
dimensioning
Service
definitions
TMN
Introduction
BY ENDRE SKOLT
Radio
communication
Terminal equipment
and user aspects
Data networks
Transmission
and switching
Health care
informatic standard
Signal processing
Table 1 List of contributions to the Status section
Issue Study area Editor
No.
ATM switches has already been
released commercially, but they
have limitations with regard to
efficiency and capabilities.
In order to improve
customer requirements,
robustness
against network
Message handling and
electronic directory
overload, and high
network utilisation,
several
activities have
been set up world
wide to investigate
these issues.
In RACE a Special
Interest Group
(SIG) on traffic control
and ATM performance
started last year.
Mr. Pettersen presents
more in detail three projects
that are part of the study program
under SIG.
Languages for
telecommunication
applications
Security
4.93 Service definitions Ingvill H Foss
4.93 Radio communications Ole Dag Svebak
4.93 Transmission and switching Bernt Haram
4.93 Intelligent Networks Endre Skolt
4.93 Broadband Inge Svinnset
1.94 Terminal equipment and
user aspects
Trond Ulseth
1.94 Signal processing Gisle Bjøntegaard
1.94, Telecommunications
Management Network (TMN)
Ståle Wolland
1.94 Teletraffic and dimensioning Harald Pettersen
1.94 Data networks Berit Svendsen
2.94 Languages for telecommunication
applications
Arve Meisingset
2.94 Message Handling and
Electronic Directory
Geir Thorud
2.94 Security Pål Spilling
3.94 UPT – Service concept and Frank Bruarøy,
standardisation and the
Norwegian pilot service
Kjell Randsted
3.94 Status report from ITU-T, SG 1 Elisabeth Tangvik
3.94 Future mobile communications Ole Dag Svebak
3.94 The CIO project Gabriela Grolms
4.94 Eurescom work on ATM
network studies and the
European ATM pilot network
Inge Svinnset
4.94 Termina equipment and user
aspects
Trond Ulseth
4.94 Telecommunications Management
Network
Ståle Wolland
The third paper is a brief presentation
of a security related
study called “The Public Network
Operator (PNO) Cipher
project” which started February
1 of this year. The objective of
the study is to develop a cryptographic
algorithm for confidentiality
and integrity protection
of network management
data. Mr. Øyvind Eilertsen presents
the project background,
usage of the algorithm, functional
requirements and the
“PNO cipher project” work
plan.
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