The International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 204 (ISO/TC204) for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) has announced the upcoming publication of ISO/Technical Specification 14823: Traffic and Travel Information (TTI) — Messages via media independent stationary dissemination systems — Graphic data dictionary for pre-trip and in-trip information dissemination systems. Adopting unified graphic data, the specification is expected to improve the understandability of the graphic information by users to increase the convenience of TTI systems.

Developed in cooperation with the European Committee for Standardization’s Technical Committee 278 (CEN/TC278) for Road Transport and Traffic Telematics, the new specification calls for development of a Graphic Data Dictionary (GDD) to create a common basis for transmitting data that, irrespective of language or regional differences, can be decoded and understood by the users who obtain TTI (pre-trip and in-trip information) service through system operators such as traffic management centres (TMCs), traffic information centres (TICs) and value-added service providers (VASPs), adding value to the TTI.

As both the ISO/TC204 International Secretariat and the Administrator of the U.S. TAG – the domestic mirror committee – to ISO/TC204, TIA plays a central role in helping shape standardization in this emerging and dynamic field. Membership in the U.S. TAG is open to all materially affected organizations with a U.S. presence. Currently there is no fee to join the U.S. TAG, although sponsorships are welcome. If you would like to participate in the technical work of either group, 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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TIA's TR-30 Multi-Media Access, Protocols and Interfaces Committee will hold its next meeting at TIA headquarters in Arlington, Va.,  July 14 - 16.

The agenda for the committee and subcommittee meetings includes IP gateways, home networking over power lines, testing criteria for IP networks, terminal interfaces, network and terminal accessibility, and international issues resulting from the recent ITU-T Study Group 16 meeting.

For more information, contact Ronda D. Coulter at rcoulter@tiaonline.org.

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TIA has issued a new bulletin, TSB-88.3-C, Wireless Communications Systems Performance in Noise and Interference – Limited Situations, Part 3: Performance Verification, to help wireless companies meet compatibility needs. The bulletin addresses the increasing spectrum allocation complexity, such as the FCC’s “spectrum refarming” of frequency bands, as well as various and new entities involved in a wireless communications system.

The update provides guidance in establishing standardized methodology of modeling the various interference mechanisms to support frequency coordinators in determining the best assignments for the available pool of frequencies and to validate and quantify the performance and compatibility of wireless communications systems that have varying modulations, geographic operating areas and applications. This empirical validation and quantification is integral to proof-of-performance and acceptance testing, as well as to quantify the actual interference environment, versus simulated predictions in interference-limited systems.

TSB-88.3-C specifies conformance testing to determine whether a wireless communications system meets a user’s expectation of design reliability over the service area.

It is anticipated that the document will serve as a recommended best practices reference for developers and suppliers of land mobile communications system design, modeling, simulation and spectrum management software, and automated tools.

TSB-88.3-C was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-8, Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards Engineering Committee Subcommittee TR-8.18, Wireless Systems Compatibility.

To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International at 1.800.854.7179 (United States and Canada); +1.303.397.7796 (international) or visit http://global.ihs.com.

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TIA has revised standard TIA-168-A, Telecommunications – Telephone Terminal Equipment – Labeling Requirement. The new version, TIA-168-B, Telecommunications Telephone Terminal Equipment Labeling Requirements, specifies approved standards for labeling telephone terminal equipment and eliminates the ringer equivalence number (REN) “ZZ” and ringer type “Z” labeling information from the pool of valid equipment codes.  Grandfathering provisions were made for existing equipment using those codes.

 The equipment-labeling standard was revised to reflect TIA-968-A-4,Technical Requirements for Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network, which eliminated use of the conditional “Z” ringer type for new telephone terminal equipment after August, 2007.

TIA-168-B was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-41, User Premises Telecommunications Requirements Committee Subcommittee TR-41.9, Technical and Administrative Regulatory Considerations.

To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International at 800.854.7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com.

For technical information, please contact Ronda Coulter at rcoulter@tiaonline.org.

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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.

New Standards Proposals Ballots:
Standards Proposal No. 3-3590.335-RV5 proposed creation of ANSI standard Mobile Application Part (MAP) – Voice Feature Scenarios: Calling Name Presentation, Calling Name Restriction (if approved, to be published as TIA-41.335-E). (07-02-08)

New Project Proposals Ballots:
Project Proposal No. 3-0286 proposed creation of TIA standard Inter-Technology Handoff for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Radio Access Network Interfaces (if approved, to be published as TIA-1135). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0157 proposed creation of TIA standard Signaling Conformance Test Specification for cdma2000 Location Services (if approved, to be published as TIA-1038). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-4426-RV3-A, proposed creation of a new TIA standard Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard Part 2: Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components (if approved, to be published as TIA -568-C.2) (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0322 proposed creation of TIA standard Signaling Conformance Specification for Ultra Mobile Broadband Air Interface (if approved, to be published as TIA-1151). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.000-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Overview for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.000-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.001-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Physical Layer for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.001-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.002-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard MAC Layer for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.002-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.003-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Radio Link Layer for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.003-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.004-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Application Layer for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.004-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.005-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Security Functions for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.005-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.006-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Connection Control Plane for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.006-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.007-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Session Control Plane for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.007-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.008-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Route Control Plane for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.008-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0272.009-AD1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Broadcast-Multicast Upper Layers for Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) Air Interface Specification (if approved, to be published as TIA-1121.009-1). (07-02-08)

Project Proposal No. 3-0231-RV1 proposed addendum to TIA standard Voice Call Continuity between IMS and Circuit Switched Systems (if approved, to be published as TIA-1093-A). (07-02-08)

New Documents Available:
TIA-1878-A, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Packet Control Function (07-02-08)

TIA-1878-B, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Packet Control Function

TIA-1878-C, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Packet Control Function (07-02-08)

TIA-878-B, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Access Network (07-02-08)

TIA-878-C, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Access Network (07-02-08)

TIA-1878-1, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Packet Control Function (07-02-08)

TIA-1037, Recommended Minimum Performance Standards for cdma2000® Spread Spectrum Repeaters (07-02-08)

TIA-1878-A-1, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) Radio Access Network Interfaces with Session Control in the Packet Control Function (07-02-08)

To obtain copies of these documents, contact IHS Inc. at 1.800.854.7179 (United States and Canada) +1.303.397.7796 (international) or visit http://global.ihs.com.

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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