At its recent meeting in Qingdao, China, the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 204 for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); ISO/TC204 officially created Working Group 17; “Nomadic Devices in ITS Systems.”  WG17’s first project will be a technical report designed to:

…[investigate and] identify the Standardization requirements to enable nomadic devices as interfaces to support ITS Service provision and multimedia use into vehicles. The work to include the identification of which types of nomadic devices can be enabled to support ITS Service Provision; the identification of suitable extant Standards and protocols; the identification of any new interface protocol Standards required and guidance as to the types of ITS Service that may be suitable to be supported via nomadic devices.

The first meeting of WG17 will take place on 12 March 2008 at Jeju Island, Korea, and will focus on further refining the scope the technical report and kicking off its development. This meeting will take place in conjunction with the regular meeting of ISO/TC204/WG16 “Wide Area Communications for ITS."

Membership in the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is open to all organizations with established operations in the United States that have a material interest in Intelligent Transport Systems. It is not necessary to be a TIA member to join the U.S. TAG.

As both the International Secretariat to ISO/TC204 and the the administrator to the U.S. TAG to ISO/TC204, TIA plays a critical role in bringing these important technologies to market. 

If you would like to participate in the development of these proposed standards, or wish to receive additional information on the work of ISO/TC204 or the US TAG, please contact Tyler Messa at: tmessa@tiaonline.org or +1.703.907.7743

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TIA's TR-41 User Premises Telecommunications Requirements Engineering Committee met last week in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss issues of importance to the various subcommittees as well as to hold subcommittee elections.

The TR-41.3 Analog and Digital Wireline Terminals Subcommittee held its election. Al Baum of Uniden was elected Chair, while Jim Bress of AST Labs Inc., was chosen as Vice-Chair. This represents a switch; Baum was the former Vice-Chair while Bress was the former Chair.  The TR-41.7 Environmental and Safety Considerations Subcommittee held its election last week, as well. Randy Ivans of UL was elected Chair, and Phil Havens of Littlefuse was elected Vice Chair.

This week 3GPP2 and the TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards Committee's various subcommittees wrapped up a meeting in Osaka, Japan, that began last week.

The full TR-45 Committee will meet November 29-30 in Kauai, Hawaii.  The committee is chaired by Cheryl J. Blum of Alcatel-Lucent. The following week, December 3-7, TR-45's subcommittees will meet to discuss issues pertinent to their specific areas of responsibility.

For more information on TIA's Engineering Committees, please contact Stephanie Montgomery at +1.703.907.7735 or smontgomery@tiaonline.org.

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This week, the invoicing period for TIA's various Engineering Committees begins. TIA staff will notify committee participants of their 2008 dues via traditional and electronic mail.

This is an opportunity for participating companies to renew their commitment to developing and maintaining relevant, leading standards on an equal footing with potential competitors and business partners alike.

More than 1,100 individuals, representing manufacturers, service providers and end-users, including the government, serve on TIA's Engineering Committees. To ensure representation for the positions of U.S. telecommunications equipment producers in the international arena, TIA also participates in international standards-setting activities, such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

The submission deadline for 2008 dues payments is Jan 31, 2008. 

FO-4 Committee members should take note that as the committee merges with TR-42, 2008 invoices will be for TR-42. .

Those interested in participating in the standards process or wanting more information on the invoicing process, please contact Stephanie  Montgomery at +1.703.907.7735 or smontgomery@tiaonline.org.

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If you are interested in participating in the development of the standards listed below or in any of the TIA standards-development process, please complete an online application at http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/join/apply.cfm.

New Standards Proposal Ballots:
Standards Proposal No. 3-3590.371-RV5, proposed creation of a new ANSI standard Mobile Application Part (MAP) – Broadcast Teleservice Transport Capability (if approved, to be published as TIA-41.371-E) 11/12/07

New Projects Proposal Ballots:
Project Proposal No. 3-3648-RV3[SF], proposed creation of a new TIA standard Software Distribution for Software Distribution for Enhanced Variable Rate Codec (EVRC), Speech Service Options 3, 68, and 70, Minimum Performance Specification (MPS) (if approved, to be published as TIA-718-C [SF]) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-3648-RV2 [SF]-1, proposed revision of TIA standard Software Distribution for the C.S0018-B Ver1.0 EVRC Release-B Minimum Performance Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-718-B [SF]) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0253, proposed creation of a new TIA standard All-IP Network Emergency Call Support (if approved, to be published as TIA-1111) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0151.000-AD1, proposed revision of TIA standard Presence Overview (if approved, to be published as TIA-1032.000-1) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0151.002, proposed creation of a new TIA standard Presence Security (if approved, to be published as TIA-1032.002) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0151.003, proposed creation of a new TIA standard Presence Service using the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) Subsystem; Stage-3 (if approved, to be published as TIA-1032.003) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0151.004, proposed creation of a new TIA standard Network Presence (if approved, to be published as TIA-1032.004) 11/12/07

Project Proposal No. 3-0291.910, proposed creation of a new TIA standard AAA Dictionaries (if approved, to be published as TIA-1137.910) 11/12/07

NEW DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE:
American National Standards:
TIA-664.000-B-3[E], Wireless Features Description – Addendum 3

TIA-664.100-B, Wireless Features Description: Background and Assumptions

TIA-664.501-B, Wireless Features Description: Call Delivery (CD)

TIA-664.502-B, Wireless Features Description: Call Forwarding – Busy (CFB)

TIA-664.503-B, Wireless Features Description: Call Forwarding – Default (CFD)

TIA-664.504-B, Wireless Features Description: Call Forwarding – No Answer (CFNA)

To check the status of any ballot (PN or SP), go to the TIA web page in the Standards Section to obtain current information. The link for PN ballots is:
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/sfg/pn_report.cfm or for SP ballots
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/committees/ballots/sp_report.cfm.

Check the TIA Calendar for upcoming standards meetings or events.

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