Standardization in the area of Internet of Things and Digital Twin, including their related technologies.
Standardization in the field of removable digital storage media utilizing optical, holographic and magnetic recording technologies, and flash memory technologies for digital information interchange, including:
Produce and maintain standards for meter data exchange protocols, for use over short range wireless networks with meshing functionality. Note: Work will be based on existing ZigBee specifications.
We create standards related to testing and specification languages and provide frameworks and methodologies to enable the other ETSI committees to achieve this goal. Work is performed very closely with ETSI’s Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI) to develop the background material which they then use in their support of other ETSI committees as well as other relevant standardization bodies such as ITU Study Group 17. Much of work done by TC MTS has also been adapted and used beyond ETSI by other organizations, fora, and industry globally.
We are responsible for standardization to support the development and implementation of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) service provision across the network, for transport networks, vehicles and transport users, including interface aspects, multiple modes of transport and interoperability between systems.
We are helping to accelerate the introduction of ITS services and applications and to maximize their benefits by developing common European standards and technical specifications to enable interoperability. TC ITS is leading the drive to achieve international standards.
We develop test specifications to test interoperability, conformance, performance and security. The methodology used is end-to-end (e2e) and includes verification of both the control and user plane. The test specifications are based on 3GPP specifications which enable network operators to test their network for services for both fixed and mobile customers.
We produce test purposes, test descriptions, and TTCN-3 test cases to enable interoperability testing of the core network elements and covering the single-network, interconnect and roaming scenarios. Use Cases and requirements specified by ETSI for Automated and Autonomic Management and Control (self- management) of Networks and Services are tested via “industry standards-anchored” Proof of Concepts (PoC) events.
The Focus Group, intends to study the capabilities of networks for the year 2030 and beyond, when it is expected to support novel forward-looking scenarios, such as holographic type communications, extremely fast response in critical situations and high-precision communication demands of emerging market verticals. The study aims to answer specific questions on what kinds of network architecture and the enabling mechanisms are suitable for such novel scenarios.
A Focus Group on Vehicular Multimedia (FG-VM) has been established to identify the need for new vehicular multimedia standards based on space and terrestrial networks integration. The study will analyze and identify gaps in the vehicular multimedia standardization landscape and eventually draft technical reports and specifications covering, among others, vehicular multimedia use cases, requirements, applications, interfaces, protocols, architectures, and security, leveraging from previous work done by ITU in this field. See more details in the FG-VM terms of reference below.
Quantum information technology (QIT) is a class of emerging technology that improves information processing capability by harnessing principles of quantum mechanics. It has promoted the booming of the second quantum revolution and will have a profound impact on ICT networks.
The ITU-T Focus Group on Quantum Information Technology for Networks (FG-QIT4N) was established in September 2019 to provide a collaborative platform for pre-standardisation aspects of QIT for networks. Its main objectives are:
IoT devices represent a wide variety of non-traditional devices that are increasingly implemented in organizations due to the numerous benefits. These unique devices often pose a security challenge due to the limited size and lack of innate security making them difficult to secure with traditional security controls and methodologies. It is a combination of these factors that has rendered many devices vulnerable to attacks like the Mirai botnet. The IoT Working Group's mission is dedicated to understanding relevant use cases for IoT deployments and defining actionable guidance for security practitioners to secure their IoT ecosystem. This includes outlining best practices for securing IoT implementations, identifying gaps in standards coverage for IoT security, and identifying threats to IoT devices and implementations.
Prepare a standard for the lower layers for uni and bi-directional meters data exchange by radio frequency communication. (see resolutions 2& 3/1999).
Maintain EN 1434-3, preparing a draft revision, taking into account: - to improve the reference to the ISO/OSI physical- and linklayer; - to enable CEN/TC 294 DLMS-Protocol to be used on the physical- and linklayer of EN 1434-3; - to ensure consistency with the work done on other WGs of CEN/TC 294; - to prepare the draft for enquiry as soon as possible (see resolution 3/1998)
