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     ITS Standards Work in FY 2007
        Standards Leadership Roles and Membership in Standards Development
                                    Organizations

David J. Atkinson, Vice-Chair of the APIC Vocoder    Teresa Rusyn, Member of Working Party 3K and
Task Group affiliated with TIA TR-8.                 3M, ITU-R Study Group 3; CCV Rapporteur for
                                                     Working Parties 3J, 3K, 3L, and 3M.
Christopher J. Behm, Member of Working Party 3L
and 3K, ITU-R Study Group 3.                         Frank Sanders, Chair of ITU-R Radar Correspond-
                                                     ence Group (radar technical spectrum issues);
Randall S. Bloomfield, Vice-Chair of the ISSI Task   Delegate to ITU-R Working Party 8B (radar spec-
Group (ISSI TG) and Vice-Chair of the P25 Systems    trum allocation and sharing) and Joint Rapporteur
Architecture Working Group (PSAWG) (both within      Group 1A-1C-8B (radar spectrum efficiency issues).
the APCO Project 25 Interface Committee); Editor
of Project 25 Statement of Requirements (P25 SoR).   Neal B. Seitz, Vice Chair of ITU-T Study Group 13
                                                     (Next Generation Networks); Chair of ITU-T Study
Carolyn Ford, Member of Video Quality Experts        Group 13 Working Party 4 (OAM and QoS); Vice
Group (VQEG); Member IACP DVS Minimum                Chair of ATIS Network Performance, Reliability,
Performance Specification Project.                   and Quality of Service Committee (PRQC); Chair of
                                                     PRQC's Quality of Service Task Force (PRQC-QoS).
Paul M. McKenna, U.S. Chair of ITU-R Study
Group 3 (Radiowave Propagation); Working Party       Bruce R. Ward, Co-Editor (TIA TR8.19), TIA.102-
3J, 3K, 3L, and 3M; Chair of (international) Sub-    CACA, "ISSI Measurement Methods for Voice
group 3K.2.                                          Services," and TIA.102-CACB, "ISSI Performance
                                                     Recommendations for Voice Services."
Margaret Pinson, Independent Lab Group member
for Multimedia test and Co-chair of HDTV effort,     Arthur Webster, Co-chair of Video Quality Experts
Video Quality Experts Group.                         Group (VQEG); Rapporteur for Question 14/9
                                                     (Objective and subjective methods for evaluating
Patricia J. Raush, Member of Working Party 3J and    perceptual audiovisual quality in multimedia ser-
3K, ITU-R Study Group 3.                             vices within the terms of Study Group 9) in ITU-T
                                                     Study Group 9 (Integrated broadband cable networks
Timothy J. Riley, Member of Alliance for Telecom-    and television and sound transmission); Chair of
munications Industry Solutions (ATIS) commit-        Joint Rapporteur Group on Multimedia Quality
tee WTSC-G3GRA (Wireless Technologies and            Assessment (JRG-MMQA); Chair of ATIS PRQC's
Systems Committee -- Radio Aspects of GSM/3G         Security Task Force. Study Group 9's Liaison Offi-
and Beyond) and issue champion and editor for        cer for the ITU's Telecommunications for Disaster
development of a document addressing interference    Relief and Mitigation - Partnership Co-ordination
issues affecting wireless communication systems.     Panel (PCP-TDR); Chair of the ATIS Joint Ad-Hoc
Member of the US delegation to Working Party 5D      Technical Committee for Issues PRQC A0029 and
(IMT Systems), ITU-R Study Group 5 (Terrestrial      TMOC 95. Co-Chair of ITU-T Study Group 9's
Services) (formerly Working Party 8F (IMT-2000       Working Group 5 "Quality Assessment"; Head of
and systems beyond IMT-2000), ITU-R Study Group      U.S. Delegation to ITU-T Study Group 9.
8 (Mobile, radiodetermination, amateur and related
satellite services)).




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                             Representative Technical Contributions
Contributions listed below are a sample of the extensive standards work that ITS does each year. More details
                 of this work can be found in the individual write-ups throughout this report.



Emergency Telecommunications Service Projects           High-power Radars and Spectrum Sharing

·   "Proposed Draft New Recommendation
    J.prefrm `Roadmap for implementing                  ·    "Measuring HF (2-30 MHz) Radars Using ITU-
    preferential telecommunications in IPCablecom            R M.1177 and Time Sampling Techniques,"
    networks' " ITU-T Study Group 9, Contribution            ITU-R Joint Rapporteurs Group 1A-1C-1B on
    48 (USA) (A. Webster and G. Bain (NCS/                   Radar Unwanted Emissions and ITU-R WP-8B
    DHS))                                                    (now WP-5B), Feb. 2007 (F.H. Sanders and R.
                                                             Sole)

·   "Revisions to draft new Recommendation
    J.pref ­ `Specifications for preferential           ·    "Comparison of Frequency Domain
    telecommunications over IPCablecom                       Measured Radar Emissions to Time- Sampled
    networks.' " ITU-T Study Group 9, Contribution           Waveforms," ITU-R Joint Rapporteurs Group
    49 (USA) (A. Webster and G. Bain (NCS/                   1A-1C-1B on Radar Unwanted Emissions and
    DHS))                                                    ITU-R WP-8B (now WP-5B), Feb. 2007 (F.H.
                                                             Sanders and R. Sole)

·   "Proposed text for inclusion into a new Draft
    New Recommendation to support Priority              ·    "The Effects of Zero-Padding FFTs and the
    treatment in IPCablecom2 networks." ITU-T                Windowing Function on Time- Sampled
    Study Group 9, Contribution 66 (USA) (A.                 Waveforms," ITU-R Joint Rapporteurs Group
    Webster and G. Bain (NCS/DHS) )                          1A-1C-1B on Radar Unwanted Emissions and
                                                             ITU-R WP-8B (now WP-5B), Feb. 2007 (F.H.
                                                             Sanders and R. Sole)
·   "Draft Revision of T1.TR.79-2003 `Overview
    of Standards in Support of Emergency
    Telecommunications Service (ETS).'" ATIS            ·    "Synthetic Airborne Radar (SAR) L-Band
    PRQC-2006-014R8 (A. Webster and A. Nguyen                Emission Data," ITU-R Joint Rapporteurs
    (NCS/DHS), editors)                                      Group 1A-1C-1B on Radar Unwanted
                                                             Emissions and ITU-R WP-8B (now WP-5B),
                                                             Feb. 2007 (F.H. Sanders and R. Sole)
·   "Security for Next Generation Networks ­ An
    End User Perspective." ATIS PRQC-2007-008,
    Draft Technical Report (A. Webster, editor)
                                                        APCO Project 25
·   Revised T1.523-2001 TELECOM
    GLOSSARY." ATIS PRQC-2007-009 (A.
                Recent Publications                     ·    NIST/OLES Letter Ballot Comments on Draft
    Webster, J. Colombo (Verizon), editors)                  TIA-102.CACA (ISSI Measurement Methods
                                                             for Voice Services), TR8-19, Feb. 2007 (R.
                                                             Bloomfield, B. Ward, N. Walowitz (Protiro for
·   PRQC Security Task Force Presentation to                 ITS)).
    3GPP. ATIS PRQC-2007-120 (A. Webster)

                                                        ·    NIST/OLES Letter Ballot Comments on
                                                             Draft TIA-102.CACB (ISSI Performance
                                                             Recommendations for Voice Services), TR8-
                                                             19, Feb. 2007 (R. Bloomfield, B. Ward, N.
                                                             Walowitz (Protiro for ITS)).


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                                                       Quality of Service
·    ISSI Interoperability Test Procedures Standards
     Development White Paper: Summary of
     Conclusions and Recommendations, CAPP TG,         ·   "SIP-based call processing performance," ITU-
     Aug. 2007 (B. Ward, N. Walowitz (Protiro for
                     Outputs                               T Study Group 12 C 73, Aug. 2007 (N. Seitz).
     ITS)).
                                                       ·   "Interworking guidelines for transporting
·    ISSI Interoperability Test Procedures Standards       assured IP flows," ITU-T Study Group 12 C 72,
     Development White Paper, CAPP TG, Aug.                Aug. 2007 (N. Seitz).
     2007 (B. Ward, N. Walowitz (Protiro for ITS)).

                                                       Video Quality
·    ITS Response to Motorola Comments on ISSI
     Interoperability White Paper, CAPP TG, Oct.
     2007 (R. Bloomfield, B. Ward, N. Walowitz
     (Protiro for ITS)).                               ·   "Draft American National Standard for Trial
                                                           Use: Reduced Reference Video Calibration
                                                           Estimation Method," PRQC-2007-061R1, Sep.
·    ITS and NIST/ANTD Questions on ISSI                   2007 (A. Webster, S. Wolf, and M. Pinson).
     Messages and Procedures Document (TIA.102-
     BACA), TR8.19, Feb. 2007 (B. Ward, M.
     Ranganathan (NIST/ANTD), N. Walowitz              ·   "Draft New Recommendation J.vcrr, Video
     (Protiro for ITS)).                                   Calibration-Reduced Reference." ITU-T Study
                                                           Group 9, Contribution 50 (USA) (A. Webster
                                                           and M. Pinson).
·    ITS and NIST/ANTD Comments on ISSI
     Conformance Test Document (07-019), ISSI
     TG, Mar. 2007 (B. Ward, M. Ranganathan            ·   "Proposed changes to Preliminary Draft new
     (NIST/ANTD), N. Walowitz (Protiro for ITS)).          Recommendation J.cal `Calibration methods for
                                                           constant misalignment of spatial and temporal
                                                           domains with constant gain offset.` " ITU-T
                                                                             Figure
·    ITS and NIST/ANTD Comments on ISSI                    Study Group 9, Contribution 67 (USA) (A.
     Conformance Test Document (07-019-R3),                Webster, M. Pinson, and S. Wolf)
     ISSI TG, Oct. 2007 (B. Ward, M. Ranganathan
     (NIST/ANTD), N. Walowitz (Protiro for ITS)).
                                                       ·   Proposed Draft New Recommendation J.trv
                                                           "Subjective video quality assessment methods
·    Working Document ­ Issue F, Identification of         for recognition tasks," Sep. 2007 (A. Webster,
     P25 SoR Requirements for Updating of Current          C. Ford, M. McFarland).
     (March 9, 2006) P25 SoR, P25 UNS, July, 2007
     (R. Bloomfield).
                                                       ·   "Video Quality Work in ITU-T Study Group 9,
                                                           JRG-MMQA, and VQEG." ATIS PRQC-2006-
·    P25 Statement of Requirements (Approved               160, (A. Webster)
     Aug. 4, 2007), P25 UNS and P25/34 Steering
     Committee, Aug. 2007 (R. Bloomfield).




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