[Corection: This article originally listed an incorrect date, February 6th is the correct date]

The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (U.S. TAG) to  the International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 204 (ISO/TC204) for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at TIA headquarters in Arlington, Va. The meeting will serve as an opportunity to strengthen the U.S. position on a number of ITS-related standards prior to the next international meeting of ISO/TC204 to be held this April in Munich, Germany.

As both the International Secretariat to ISO/TC204 and US TAG Administrator to ISO/TC204, TIA plays a central role in shaping standardization in this emerging and dynamic field.  Membership in the U.S. TAG is open to all materially affected organizations – both domestic and international – with a U.S. presence.  There is currently no fee to join the U.S. TAG. 

If you would like to participate in the technical work of either committee or are interested in attending the next meeting of the U.S. TAG as an observer, please contact Tyler Messa at: tmessa@tiaonline.org or +1.703.907.7743

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As previously approved, the TR-42 and FO-4 committees will merge at the February 4-8 meeting in Tampa, Fla., and there are several important housekeeping items to attend to for the meeting.

Officer elections will take place at the Tampa meeting for the full committee and even-numbered subcommittees; any members wishing to send a nomination should do so before this Friday, January 11. TIA would also like to remind TR-42 members to submit their meeting agendas by week's end as well.

This Friday, January 11, from 2-5pm EST, TIA will host a conference call to discuss comment resolution to ballot PN-33490-RV2-AD1. The following information has been posted to the TR42.2 web site:

• TR422-2008-01-001 Jan. 11 Interim Conference Call Agenda
• TR422-2008-01-002 TIA-570-B-1 Draft 4 Document
• TR422-2008-01-003 SP3 Compiled Comments with Editor Recommendations

The call-in info is as follows:

• Toll Free: 1-888-537-7715
• Toll Call: 1-334-323-9858
• Passcode: 36062943

We will also be using Web access, which is detailed in the posted agenda. TIA to looks forward to a robust participation rate, as the number of technical comments under review is high.

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TIA's TR-47: Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast Committee held its officer elections at its December meeting, as did two of its subcommittees.

TR-47 reelected Jerry Upton of J. Upton Consulting as its Chair and Marlis Humphrey of Harris Corp. as Vice-Chair. They began their two-year terms immediately.

The TR-47.1: Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast based on Forward Link Only Technology Subcommittee reelected Carl Stevenson of WK3C Wireless as its Chair, and the TR-47.2: Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast based on DVB-H TechnologySubcommittee elected previous Vice-Chair Thomas Derryberry of Dell Telephone Cooperative as its Chair.

A working draft of the meeting schedule for TR-47 and its subcommittees follows.

• March 11-12, Dallas, Texas. Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent for the full committee and all subcommittees.  More information to follow.
• April 8-10 or April 22-24 at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Subcommittees only, if needed; more information, including finalized dates, to follow.
• May 28-29, at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Company-sponsored meeting for the full committee and all subcommittees.
• July 8-10, at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Subcommittees only, if needed.
• August 5-7 or August 12-14 at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Company-sponsored meeting for the full committee and all subcommittees.
• October 14-16, at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Subcommittees only, if needed.
• November 4-6 or November 18-20 , at TIA offices in Arlington, Va. Subcommittees only, if needed.
• December 9-11, Hawaii. Full committee and all subcommittees.  More information to follow.

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The TIA TR-8: Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards Committee is holding its quarterly meeting in Mesa, Ariz., this week.  The TDMA working group convened this Monday as part of the larger meeting.  At this meeting a TDMA Task Group working se

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

New Project Numbers:
Project Number 3-4442 (if approved to be published as TIA-4720000-B) – if interested, contact Mike Kinard, OFS at (770) 838-5307, or via email at mkinard@ofsoptics.com 1/21

Project Number 3-4699-RV1 (if approved to be published as TIA-203-A) – if interested, contact Casey Shaar, Phton Kinetics at (503) 810-2955, or via email at casey.shaar@pkinetics.com 1/21

New Project Proposal Ballots:
Project Proposal No. 3-0095-RV1-1, proposed revision TIA standard, Enhanced Cryptographic Algorithms (if approved, to be published as TIA-946-A). 1/21

Project Number 3-0281, a proposed creation of a TIA Standard, Forward Link Only Media Adaptation Layer Specification, (if approved, to be published as TIA-1130) 1/21

 Project Number 3-3230-WD, a proposed withdrawal of a TIA Standard TSB-62-3, Mode Power Distribution and Mode Transfer Function Measurement 1/21

 Project Number 3-0277.513, a proposed creation of a TIA Standard, VoIP Supplementary Services Description: Message Waiting Indication, (if approved, to be published as TIA-1126.513) 1/21

New Documents Available:
TIA-1098, Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA) Framework 1/21

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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