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Lecture 2: Introduction To Communication Standards: Networks Standards and Compliance-Dhanesh More

This document provides an overview of communication standards and standard development bodies. It discusses: 1) The key roles of standards in facilitating interoperability, reliability, and management in networking. Important standard development players include vendors, clients, and standards bodies. 2) The standard development process involves requirements input, draft agreements, comment resolution, and approval leading to interoperable standards. 3) Important standards bodies that develop communication standards on international, national, and regional levels including ISO, ITU, IEEE, ANSI, and others. 4) Forums like the Frame Relay Forum and ATM Forum were formed to ensure interoperability and application of new standards through testing and education.

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Lecture 2: Introduction To Communication Standards: Networks Standards and Compliance-Dhanesh More

This document provides an overview of communication standards and standard development bodies. It discusses: 1) The key roles of standards in facilitating interoperability, reliability, and management in networking. Important standard development players include vendors, clients, and standards bodies. 2) The standard development process involves requirements input, draft agreements, comment resolution, and approval leading to interoperable standards. 3) Important standards bodies that develop communication standards on international, national, and regional levels including ISO, ITU, IEEE, ANSI, and others. 4) Forums like the Frame Relay Forum and ATM Forum were formed to ensure interoperability and application of new standards through testing and education.

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LECTURE 2: INTRODUCTION

TO COMMUNICATION
STANDARDS
Networks standards and compliance- Dhanesh More
Agenda
 Role of standards in networking
 Important players who define standards
 What goes in developing a new standard
 Standards and specification bodies
 How do these bodies interface with each other
 Important Forums and their Operations
Role of Standards in networking
 Why should I follow any standard?
 Regulatoryrequirements
 Adapt Industry best practice
 Ease of management
 Branding

 Why do we need standards in networking?


 Facilitate communication
 Interoperability
 Reliability and Ease of management
 Quality Assurance
Broad Classification of standards

Communicati management Regulatory


on standards standards standards

Open Proprietary Quality Best practice Industry


stanrdards standards assurance based Global Regional Specific
frameworks

General(Applicable to all)

Industry specific standards


Key Players in communication standards

 Vendors

 Clients

 ISP

 Standard bodies
Generic Standardization Process
Clients Vendors ISP
Requirement input

Work Plan
Charter
Meetings
Review Agreements
Problems Drafting Comment resolution
Completions
Voting and approval
Approved
Acceptance and
Interoperability
Accepted and interoperable

Successful standard or specification


Standard bodies
Standard Body Standards Issues Covered Sphere of Influence
ANSI Electronic and Industrial Standards Regional
T1 Standards Committee Data Communications National
IEEE General engineering, computer and International
communications, LANs and MANs
ISO/IEC Data Communications, NM, Information International
Technology
ITU-T Telecommunications, data communications, International
telegraph, and telephone
U.S. State Department Telecommunications, data, National
communications, telegraph, and telephone
FCC Regulatory for communications National
CBEMA Computer and business hardware National
ETSI Telecommunication issues, Data European
communications
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

 Voluntary international standard body made up of representatives from


140+ countries
 Made up of Tech comm.Sub-commWG
 Standards are first published as Draft Proposals (DPs) from WG
 Once approved they become Draft international standards, post approval
they become international standards
 Data communication standards are handled by ISO technical committee
number 97
 Website: www.iso.ch
ATIS T1

 T1 is amongst the most important standards committee in


telecommunications dealing with data communications and
telecommunications in U.S.
 Established in 1984
 Sponsored by Alliance for telecommunication industry solutions(ATIS)
 Accredited by ANSI
 Standards are developed in close co-ordination with ITU-T
 Focuses on Inter-connection and Inter-operations of
telecommunication networks
 Open membership and balanced participation safeguards integrity
and efficiency of standards formalization process
 Currently has six technical sub-committees that are advised and
managed by T1 Advisory Group( T1AG)
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

 Formed in 1963 by merger of AIEE and IRE


 Worlds largest professional engineering society
 Standard guides, practices and reference manual
are developed by IEEE to define standards
 Anyone who is sponsored can become a member of
this body which represents engineer community
 E.G: IEEE 802.X standards (Defined by IEEE LAN
Standards committee)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

 Acts as an official interface to all international standard


bodies
 Ensures standards are impartial by relying on non-profit, non
governmental organizations such as IEE, EIA.
 ANSI standards define both electronic and industrial standards
for the national and international communities
 Number scheme format: ANSI/NNNN/ XXXX-20XX
 Website: http://www.anis.org
International Telecommunications Union(ITU)

 Formally known as CCITT


 Founded in 1948
 International organization within United Nations system
 Until 1988, ITU published approved recommendations once every four
years in the form of set of books
 After 1988, an accelerated standardization process was adopted
 During study period, questions are assigned to one of 14 study groups
 The Study group is responsible for producing working documents and draft
recommendations
 For ex: Study group 7 is involved with data networks and open
communications, Study group 9 is responsible for broadband cable
networks
 Website: htttp://www.itu.int
Standards Organization

ITU
ISO
TSS RSS
JTC1 IEC

Worldwide
IEEE CEPT

UNSC

Regional
ETSi ANSI
T1 National

US State Department
Current Forums
 Role of Forums
 Emerged in 1990s
 Not formal standard committees but independent groups
formed by vendors, clients and industry experts
 Ensures interoperability but avoids implantation details
 Essential for success of any standard
 Emphasize on application of new standards
 Generally responsible for testing new standards
 Provides training centers, seminars and interoperability
test labs
Frame Relay Forum
 Formed in January 1991 as a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting the acceptance and implementation of frame relay based
on National and international standards
 Gang of four- CISCO, Digital equipment corp., Northern telecomm
and StrataCom, Inc. developed frame relay Local Management
Interface specifications
 Organization is divided into 3 groups- Technical, Organizational
and marketing
 Forum submits all its work to ISO which ensures worldwide
interoperability
 Forum is used by frame really users to discuss implementation issues
and drive the standard bodies to implement what users (and
vendors) really require
ATM Forum
 Formed in Oct., 1991by four companies- NorTel, Srint, Sun and DEC
 Membership was opened to industry in 1992
 There are five categorize of membership
 Principal
 Auditing
 User
 Small business
 University affiliate
 Only principal members can participate in techincal and marketing
committee meetings
 Three types of committees are techincal, Marketing and End user
 Branches function in North America, Europe, and Asia
 Website: http://www.atmforum.com
IETF
MPLS Forum
Stumps !!!

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