SESEI Seconded European Standardization Expert in India

Newsletter INDIA |OCTOBER 2015| ISSUE 09

www.eustandards.in | dinesh.chand.sharma@eustandards.in | M:+91 98 1007 9461 | Tel:+91 11 3352 1500

CEN - European Committee for Standardization CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EC - European Commission EFTA - European Free Trade Association

In this Issue

1. ETSI enables chain of trust for digital

signatures

2. European Standards for Energy Audits: helping companies to comply with requirements of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive

3. Better Regulation for Better Results – An EU Agenda

4. Low-cost LTE for M2M applications

5. Have your say on standards to help

achieve a Digital Single Market: Consultation

6. Multi-Vendor Interoperability Event

Validates oneM2M Standard for IoT

7. Global standards collaboration for a

smarter, safer world

8. CEN adopts at European level new

revised editions of international standards for management systems

9. GSM-R Radio System and Services

evolution towards IP 10. European Commission on air

pollutant car emissions 11. oneM2M Application Identifier (App-

ID) Registry Provides Essential Means for Interconnecting IoT Applications

12. White Papers/Publications

13. Events Calendar 2015

14. About Project SESEI

Greeting from SESEI Dear Colleagues, I take this opportunity to extend my warm welcome to you all with this 9th edition of our SESEI Newsletter- India. In this edition of the newsletter, we bring you the news about the new European standards published by CEN and CENELEC on Energy Audits. These standards set out requirements and provide guidance on how to carry out energy audits.

CEN has also adopted revised editions of three of the most successful and widely-used international standards in Quality Management Systems (EN ISO 9000 and EN ISO 9001) and Environmental Management Systems (EN ISO 14001). These standards are used at the European level for companies to deliver benefits in relation to performance, productivity, efficiency and savings (in terms of costs, energy and waste), leading to higher levels of satisfaction among customers and service-users, employees and other stakeholders. While Standards are considered as important tools for making different systems work together and stimulating the emergence of new eco-systems across a Digital Single Market of more than 500 million people in Europe, It is encouraging and inspiring to read about how the European Commission (EC) launched a public consultation on Standards for the Digital Single Market (DSM). There is also certainly a lot of learning from how the EC and EFTA collaborate on “Better Regulation Agenda “ to cut red tape and create a more business friendly environment, without lowering standards. In the field of ICT standards, ETSI has released a first set of European Standards to support the Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, or eIDAS. The digital signature makes document authentication easier, greener and more secure. Newsletter also covers an article on the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)/GSM-R. GSM-R, which is a digital radio communication system based on GSM is implemented in several countries and offers a portfolio of features, implemented to support Traffic management. In addition GSM-R as a bearer for ERTMS/ETCS, the European Train Control System, is gradually introducing a true intelligent traffic management system all over the railway lines in Europe and several

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countries worldwide as a recognized operating system. In this newsletter we also report about the interoperability testing event held jointly by oneM2M partners, ETSI and TTA, with the support from the European Commission. The participants successfully demonstrated interoperability of their oneM2M implementations across a number of different use cases validating the end-to-end functionality of the oneM2M Release 1 Specifications. Additionally, oneM2M Application Identifier (App-ID) Registry, has also been established which will provide the essential means for interconnecting Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The IoT and IMT-2020 along with critical communications were identified as the three strategic topics, crucial to building a smarter, safer society through the development of the ICT ecosystem at the 19th meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC). GSC-19 participants reiterated their commitment to maintaining harmonised standards in areas such as communications systems for public safety services, large-scale public warning systems, emergency calling systems and communications systems for disaster relief. Finally, the European Commission in keeping with a strict emission policy reiterated the message of zero tolerance and strict compliance with EU rules on pollutant emissions. I am also happy to inform all of our ICT experts and readers about ETSI’s 2nd edition of

the “Indo-European dialogue on ICT standards & Emerging Technologies”. Once

again ETSI, in the framework of its Project SESEI, will bring together on November 4th

2015, European and Indian ICT experts to share their views about the latest

standardization work of ETSI in New Delhi, India. We look forward to have your active

participation to the event. For more information including registration please click

here

We request you to kindly go through the detailed newsletter and provide us with your comments and suggestions. Best regards,

Dinesh Chand Sharma

(Seconded European Standardization Expert in India) Director – Standardization, Policy and Regulation

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ETSI enables chain of trust for digital signatures ETSI has published the first of a series of European Standards to support the European Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, or eIDAS (Regulation (EU) 910/2014). EN 319 403, developed by ETSI’s Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) technical committee, enables conformity assessment of trust service providers. More and more organizations today use digital signatures, stamps or certificates to authenticate their documents, whether they are banks, companies or government bodies. In today’s digital world, digital signature makes document authentication easier, greener and more secure. ETSI enables digital signature deployment through the work of its technical committee ESI, but also through interoperability events to cross-validate digital signatures in the formats standardized by ETSI, namely CAdES, XAdES and PAdES (based respectively on Cryptographic Message Syntax, Extended Mark-up Language and Portable Document Format) and Associated Signature Containers (ASiC). EN 319 403 is the first standard of its kind defining requirements specific to the conformity assessment and audit of trust service providers, thus strengthening the trust chain of digital signatures. It specifies requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of conformity assessment bodies auditing and certifying conformity of trust service providers (TSPs) and the trust services they provide. The EN supports the audit requirements of the eIDAS Regulation. The Regulation requires qualified Trust Service Providers to be audited by conformity assessment bodies after 1 July 2016. Riccardo Genghini, ETSI TC ESI chairman declares: “The Regulation recognizes the normative relevance of technical standards and provides a balanced coordination between legal and technical norms that has been praised even by The Economist, normally quite critical of EU “overregulation”. The extended and pervasive auditing of Qualified Trust Service Providers will create a transparent chain of trust that will trigger several new digital services which will thrive cross border in Europe and beyond”. To allow business stakeholders to more easily implement and use products and services based on digital signatures, as well as to facilitate mutual recognition and cross-border interoperability of signatures, ETSI TC ESI has released Technical Report TR 119 000 describing the general structure for digital signature standardization and outlining existing and potential standards for such signatures. Nineteen related European Standards are currently undergoing approval at ETSI. They cover general policy requirements for trust service providers, policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing time-stamps, certificate and time-stamping profiles and digital signature formats. Claire Boyer , Communications Manager, Article extracted from ETSI Website

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European Standards for Energy Audits: helping companies to comply with requirements of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive

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CEN and CENELEC have published a series of European Standards that set out requirements and provide guidance on how to carry out energy audits. The EN 16247 series of standards is intended to help companies throughout Europe comply with the requirements of the European Union’s Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU). The Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) sets out a series of measures to help the EU reach its targets for reducing energy consumption by ensuring a more efficient use of energy at all stages of the energy chain. According to this Directive (Article 8), each Member State should ensure that large companies undergo energy audits carried out by qualified and/or accredited experts or implemented and supervised by independent authorities. Every large company (with more than 250 employees) should undergo an energy audit by 5 December 2015 and then on a regular basis (at least once every four years). Furthermore, Member States must develop programmes to encourage smaller companies (SMEs) to undergo energy audits and implement the recommendations from these audits. The European Standards of the EN 16247 series were developed by a Joint Working Group of CEN and CENELEC (CEN/CLC JWG 1 'Energy Audits'), which included experts from business and industry, public authorities and other stakeholders, in accordance with an official standardization request (M/479) from the European Commission. The first standard in the series (EN 16247-1), specifying the general requirements, common methodology and deliverables for energy audits, was adopted by CEN and CENELEC in June 2012. Three further standards, addressing the specific requirements, methodology and deliverables of energy audits in relation to buildings (EN 16247-2), processes (EN 16247-3) and transport (EN 16247-4), were adopted by CEN and CENELEC in May 2014. The fifth and final standard in the series (EN 16247-5), which relates to the competences of energy auditors and will support the development of national qualification schemes for energy auditors, was approved by CEN and CENELEC in March 2015. All of the European Standards in the EN 16247 series are published and distributed by the National Members of CEN and CENELEC [please see the CEN website and the CENELEC website]. Another way that companies can reduce their energy consumption and comply with the requirements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) is by implementing an Energy Management System (in line with the European/International Standard EN ISO 50001:2011) or an Environmental Management System (in line with the European/International Standard EN ISO 14001:2004). The Directive (Article 8) states that if a company is implementing an Energy or Environmental Management System, which has been "certified by an independent body according to the relevant European or International Standards", and which also includes an energy audit that respects the criteria set out in the Directive (Annex VI), then the company is not required to undergo a separate energy audit. Martin FRY, Chairman of CEN and CENELEC’s Joint Working Group on 'Energy Audits', says: "Energy audits have been part of the energy management process for many years. However, one of the challenges has been that audits could be carried out in different ways - from a quick walk around to a very detailed investment-based study. Now that the Energy Efficiency Directive requires large companies to undergo energy audits, the EN 16247 series of European Standards will be very useful in providing a clear framework for implementing these audits. On a similar basis, the international standard for Energy Management Systems (EN ISO 50001) can also help companies to comply with the Directive." Bernard GINDROZ, Chairman of the CEN-CENELEC Sector Forum Energy Management adds: "The Energy Union package launched by the European Commission in February has reinforced the role of energy efficiency in reaching the EU’s ambitious climate and energy goals. Meeting the agreed targets will be a major challenge for companies, consumers and public authorities. Standardization contributes to reaching these objectives by promoting best practices, supporting the introduction of new technologies, and providing companies, organizations and authorities with the tools they need to comply with relevant legislation, develop sound policies and improve energy efficiency." Notes For more information about European Standardization activities in the field of Energy Management, please see the CEN-CENELEC website. All European Standards that have been adopted by CEN and CENELEC (including the international standards EN ISO 50001 and EN ISO 14001) are published and distributed by the National Members of CEN and the National Members of CENELEC. The European Union’s Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 November 2012. For more information see the European Commission

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(Energy) website. Read the full press release (pdf version) Article extracted from CEN-CENELEC News section Back to contents

Better Regulation for Better Results – An EU Agenda 28 September 2015, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway submitted a joint comment on the European Commission’s Communication on Better Regulation for Better Results – An EU Agenda. The EEA EFTA States welcome the EU’s Better Regulation agenda, which corresponds to ongoing efforts in the EEA EFTA States to cut red tape and create a more business friendly environment, without lowering standards. In their comment, the EEA EFTA States emphasise the EEA dimension of the Internal Market, noting that a large portion of EU acquis to be adopted under the Better Regulation rules will also be incorporated into

the EEA Agreement. Given that citizens and businesses in the EEA EFTA States will generally be subject to the same conditions as their counterparts in the EU, it is important that stakeholders in the EEA EFTA States have the same possibility to contribute to policy making through the EU’s improved consultation processes. Furthermore, allowing the EEA EFTA States to participate in the newly established REFIT Platform would be beneficial to the further development of the Internal Market as a whole and strengthen the competence of the Platform. Article Extracted from EFTA Website - News section

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Low-cost LTE for M2M applications As LTE networks start to be dominant, it is vital that they become suited to the M2M industry’s requirements. To achieve this, 3GPP has published a study on optimizing LTE for machine type communications (MTC) for devices that are cost competitive with existing 2G equipment. With the publication of a "Study on the provision of low-cost MTC User Equipment based on LTE" (TR 36.888) 3GPP has set the minimum requirements to ensure that 2G data rates, spectrum efficiency and coverage are respected and that MTC modules achieve good radio frequency coexistence with legacy LTE equipment on the same carrier. While LTE-based low cost machine-type communications will require optimizations for both FDD and TDD modes, it will re-use the existing LTE network architecture and LTE base station hardware, according to the new study. 3GPP Technical Specifications will now pave the way for operators to migrate MTC traffic from 2G to LTE networks via a new device category for low data rates and delay tolerant transmissions. The new device category (UE Category ‘0’) was introduced in Release 12 – setting the performance requirements to reduce complexity and power consumption. Further progress will also be achieved in Release 13, bringing in:

75% modem complexity reduction compared to Cat-1 UE

Reduced UE receive bandwidth to 1.4 MHz

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10+ years battery life

15-20 dB coverage enhancement with the completion of work on low-cost machine-type communications, LTE is set to be a major carrier for this type of data for the foreseeable future.

Claire Boyer , Communications Manager, Article extracted from ETSI’s Newsletter The Standards –Sept 2015

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Have your say on standards to help achieve a Digital Single Market: Consultation Today the European Commission launched a public consultation on Standards for the Digital Single Market (DSM). With this consultation, the Commission seeks input from Standards Development Organisations, companies, researchers, stakeholders' associations, public authorities and any interested party. The consultation is open until 16 December. Standards are important tools for making different systems work together and stimulating the emergence of new eco-systems across a Digital Single Market of more than 500 million people in Europe. They can boost innovation and reinforce the competitiveness of European industry.

Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, said: "We need common standards and interoperability to make the best of fast-growing sectors such as cloud computing and the Internet of Things. We also need them to promote e-government services around Europe and a more inclusive e-society. Systems must be able to connect and 'talk' to other digital devices – across countries and sectors. Europe should be on top of standard-setting worldwide." Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, said: "Standards are an essential component of the Single Market. For Europe to be at the cutting edge of innovation, our standards need to adapt quickly and effectively to the emergence of new technologies and to internationalisation."

Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, said: "Europe cannot be at the forefront of the digital revolution with a fragmented digital market. It is essential to have common standards and interoperable solutions throughout products and services. The digital economy should not be developed in locked environments and platforms." The Commission is gathering views on priorities for standards in key technology areas which are critical to achieving the DSM and which, once delivered, can constitute a technological foundation upon which other standards can be built. The Commission is looking for input on standards in:

5G communications

cloud computing

cybersecurity

data-driven services and applications

digitisation of European industry

eHealth

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

Internet of Things

Smart Cities and efficient energy use

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The contributions to this consultation will serve to build an ICT Priority Standards Plan, as set out in the Digital Single Market strategy presented by the Commission on 6 May. Public consultation on standards for the Digital Single Market Background The EU supports an effective and coherent standardisation framework, which ensures that high quality standards are developed in a timely manner. The European Commission funds the work of European Standardisation Organisations (ETSI, CEN, CENELEC), but does not interfere with the standardisation setting conducted by industry or National Standardisation Organisations. EU-funded research and innovation projects make their results available to the standardisation work of several standards-setting organisations. The EU Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation provides an overview of the activities to be undertaken in support of EU policies. As part of the ICT standardisation policy, a European Multi Stakeholders Platform (MSP) on ICT standardisation was set up in 2011. The MSP plays the role of advisor and guides on matters relating to ICT standardisation policy and to priority setting in support of legislation and policies. Furthermore, it advises on the identification of ICT technical specifications for use in public procurement elaborated by global ICT forums and consortia, and stimulates better cooperation between the actors. The Report of the Independent Review of the European Standardisation System (ESS) has issued recommendations on how to improve the strategic dimension of the ESS and operation planning by ensuring alignment and consistency between the strategies and planning activities of the various stakeholders. The new ICT Priority Standards Plan will set priorities to ensure that the most relevant standards are being developed exactly when needed.

Article extracted from EC, DG-GROWTH News Section

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Multi-Vendor Interoperability Event Validates oneM2M Standard for IoT oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine to Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), held an interoperability testing event from 14 to 16 September 2015. This was an important milestone to validate interoperability and end-to-end functionality of the oneM2M Release 1 Specifications. oneM2M partners ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and TTA (Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea) co-hosted the event at the ETSI headquarters, in Sophia-Antipolis, France, with support from the European Commission. 29 organizations and companies came together to test their equipment against each other. The result was a resounding success: the participants successfully demonstrated interoperability of their oneM2M implementations across a number of different use cases. Participants also fed back clarifications and enhancements to the oneM2M specifications – another important outcome. Dr. Enrico Scarrone of Telecom Italia, vice-chairman of oneM2M’s Steering Committee, stated: “With this successful event attracting so many companies, we have demonstrated multi-vendor interoperability which is so important for IoT service providers.” Dr. Omar Elloumi of Alcatel Lucent, oneM2M’s Technical Plenary Chair explains: “The industry is juggling between several IoT technologies, trying to guess which one will dominate. oneM2M doesn’t aim to pick winners. Our Release 2 specifications, currently under development, provide an interworking framework across IoT protocols, including OMA’s LightWeight M2M, AllSeen Alliance’s AllJoyn and the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC), preserving the investments

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already made in each. This is the ‘missing link’ which will help accelerate IoT deployments.” Prof. JaeSeung Song of Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), oneM2M’s Test Working Group Chair, outlined plans for future events: “With high demand from many vendors worldwide, oneM2M plans to hold two interoperability events per year. The next interoperability event will be held May 2016 in Korea, also co-hosted by TTA and ETSI.” Participants at this first oneM2M Interoperability Test Event included: Actility, ANRITSU, Cisco Systems, eDevice, EGM – eglobalmarket, ETRI - Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Fraunhofer FOKUS, FSCOM, HandySoft, HERIT Corporation, HP, Huawei Technologies, iconectiv, III - Institute for Information Industry, InterDigital Communications, KEPCO - Korea Electric Power Corporation, KETI - Korea Electronics Technology Institute, KT, LAAS-CNRS, Modacom, LG U+, nTels, NTT - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Qualcomm Germany, Radisys, Ricoh, Sierra Telecom, TTA - Telecommunications Technology Association, TTC - Telecommunications Technology Committee. Extracted from onem2m Website News section

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Global standards collaboration for a smarter, safer world ETSI participates in Global Standards Collaboration 19th meeting: Critical communications, the Internet of Things (IoT) and IMT-2020 – commonly referred to as 5G – were in focus at the 19th meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), a high-level gathering of the world’s leading information and communication technologies (ICT) standards bodies, hosted by ITU in Geneva, 15-16 July 2015. These three strategic topics are crucial to building a smarter, safer society through the development of the ICT ecosystem. Critical communications, a recurring GSC agenda topic, continues to receive sustained attention from ICT standards bodies in response to the evolving needs of public safety entities and society’s growing dependence on ICT infrastructure. GSC-19 participants noted their commitment to maintaining harmonised standards in areas such as communications systems for public safety services, large-scale public warning systems, emergency calling systems and communications systems for disaster relief. IoT technologies are connecting people and objects around the world. Gathering some of the key standards bodies in this area, GSC-19 agreed to collaborate further for the benefit of the development and deployment of IoT technologies in the marketplace. The standards community is leveraging existing initiatives such as oneM2M to increase the relevancy of IoT to other industry sectors and these sectors’ access to IoT solutions. 5G will be a crucial part of our future. The research and development of potential 5G technologies is being tackled by a broad spectrum of industry and public sector bodies. GSC-19 participants recognized the importance of an ecosystem view of 5G technologies, standardization, implementation and operation, stressing the need for efficient and effective collaboration between all interests involved. GSC-19 participants agreed that strong collaboration will be essential to meeting the targets of the 5G standardization timeline. The next GSC meeting will be held in April 2016, hosted by TSDSI in India, where ISO and IEC will be welcomed as new GSC members. For more information, please consult the ITU repository of information on past GSC meetings at www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc. About GSC Formed in 1990, the aim of GSC is to maintain effective collaboration between standards bodies in the interests of

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delivering coordinated standards for today’s converged ICT ecosystem. GSC meetings provide a platform to strengthen collaboration on high-priority standards efforts of mutual interest to GSC participants, with the intention of identifying and capitalizing on synergies. The GSC includes the following standards bodies, all of which were represented at GSC-19: ARIB - Association of Radio Industries and Businesses - Japan ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions - U.S. CCSA - China Communications Standards Association ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute IEEE-SA – IEEE Standards Association ITU - International Telecommunication Union TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association - U.S. TSDSI - Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India TTA - Telecommunications Technology Association - Korea TTC - Telecommunication Technology Committee – Japan Claire Boyer , Communications Manager, Article extracted from ETSI Website

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CEN adopts at European level new revised editions of international standards for management systems CEN has adopted at European level new revised editions of three of the most successful and widely-used international standards. These standards, which are also recognized as European Standards, may be used by businesses and other organizations wishing to implement Quality Management Systems (EN ISO 9000 and EN ISO 9001) and Environmental Management Systems (EN ISO 14001). Applying these standards can deliver benefits in relation to performance, productivity, efficiency and savings (in terms of costs, energy and waste), leading to higher levels of satisfaction among customers and service-users, employees and other stakeholders. EN ISO 9001 is the international standard that sets out requirements for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It is the most widely-recognized standard in the world, and more than a million organizations around the world have been certified to show that they are applying it correctly. The 2015 edition of EN ISO 9001 supersedes the previous edition that was published in 2008 (and with an amending corrigendum in 2009). The revision process was carried out by an international team of experts in the framework of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The new edition of EN ISO 9001 takes account of ongoing changes in the ways businesses and other organizations are working – with new technologies, greater access to information, higher customer expectations, etc. It provides guidance to organizations on how to build a QMS that meets their needs – without imposing unnecessary requirements that add no value. EN ISO 9000 is an international standard that provides definitions of technical terms, which will help interested parties to fully understand the requirements set out in EN ISO 9001. The 2015 edition of EN ISO 9000 supersedes the previous edition that was published in 2005. EN ISO 14001 is the international standard that sets out requirements and provides guidance for the implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). More than 300,000 businesses and organizations around the world are using this standard in order to manage their environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner and comply with relevant regulatory obligations. The 2015 edition of EN ISO 14001 supersedes the previous edition that was published in 2004 (and with an amending corrigendum in 2009).

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The new edition of EN ISO 14001 is intended to support the integration of environmental considerations within the framework of the overall strategy of a company or organization. There is a greater emphasis on the responsibility of senior management and the role of pro-active initiatives to protect the environment, such as sustainable resource use and climate change mitigation. The revised standard also highlights the importance of effective communication and 'Life-cycle thinking' – considering every stage of a product or service, from development to end-of-life. CEN is actively promoting the use of these three international standards in Europe by adopting them at European level, and giving them the status of European Standards. This means that the standards will be published and distributed by CEN’s members – the national standardization bodies of 33 European countries (which are also members of ISO). CEN hopes that the new editions of these international standards for management systems will be used by millions of businesses and other organizations throughout Europe, bringing benefits to these organizations and their stakeholders, as well as to the wider society and environment. Notes Both of these standards were developed by the 'Quality systems' sub-committee of ISO’s Technical Committee for 'Quality management and quality assurance' (ISO/TC 176): EN ISO 9000:2015 Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems – Requirements For more information about EN ISO 9000 and EN ISO 9001, please see the ISO website. This standard was developed by the 'Environmental management systems' sub-committee of ISO’s Technical Committee for 'Environmental management' (ISO/TC 207): EN ISO 14001:2015 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use. For more information about EN ISO 14001:2015, please see the ISO website. All CEN publications, including the above-mentioned standards, can be purchased from CEN’s National Members. For a full list of CEN Members, see: www.cen.eu/go/members Ben Carlin , Communication Unit, Article extracted from CEN News Section

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GSM-R Radio System and Services evolution towards IP ABSTRACT ERTMS/GSM-R offers a portfolio of features, implemented to support Traffic management as well as Operational Staff work and the applications to enhance the Service to Passengers. This system is being rolled out all over European countries and is becoming an international standard with implementations projects in five continents. It is the basis for transport services migration toward Smart Public Transport System. INTRODUCTION The European new generation digital radio communication system based on GSM, called GSM-R is implemented in several countries. It entered full nationwide commercial service in most of the Western European countries and partial operational service in several additional Eastern European countries.

In Asia Indian Railways as well as China Railways, in Middle East Saudi Arabia, all North Africa Railways and several outside Europe are either in the planning phase or considering its introduction in their networks. In addition GSM-R is the bearer for ERTMS/ETCS, the European Train Control System, gradually introducing a true intelligent traffic management system all over the railway lines in Europe and is extending to several countries worldwide as a recognised operating system. This

Fig. 1 ERTMS Components

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system is a corner stone of sustainable transport system. It allows Transport Services to migrate towards a User’s oriented system and services. This evolution driven by services and cost improvement is the basis allowing for an evolution towards an IP based Transport Systems and Services (TSS). THE DRIVERS FOR EVOLUTION TOWARD ERTMS With its stable specifications and tested products, ERTMS/ETCS is seen as the right answer when renewing signalling equipment. The obsolete nature of the traditional signalling systems, their high costs, especially as regards maintenance, and their non-interoperability led most of stakeholders to see ETCS as the only signalling option for the future trans-European rail networks. ERTMS integrates (Fig. 1) the components necessary for an evolving Rail traffic management system composed of GSM-R, ETCS, ETML and Euro-Interlocking functions.

Fig. 1 ERTMS Components THE EVOLUTION OF GSM-R TOWARDS IP -From the legislative point of view A Memorandum of Understanding ERTMS was signed between the European Commission, European Railway Agency and the Rail Sector Organisations stating in particular that: “The Parties note the commitment of the GSM-R Industry Group members to the long-term support of GSM-R technology, at least until 2025”. Today the support of GSM-R is extended until at least 2030. It was noted that “Nevertheless telecommunications systems usually have a much shorter life cycle than signalling systems. For this reason, it should be possible to replace the 'telecommunications part of on-board equipment without this having an impact on the 'safety critical signalling path”. Today ETCS applications work with GSM-R circuit-switched services. It does seem possible, however, to use packet-switch systems (e.g. GPRS) and, in the longer term, other IP-based standards, without impacting on the ETCS specifications. From the European mandate perspective A mandate was notified and endorsed by CEN/CENELEC and ETSI. Mandate M/483 – Mandate for programming and standardization addressed to the European Standardization Organizations under Directive 2008/57/EC in the field of the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union. This system is a corner stone of a sustainable transport system. These basic assumptions led to start working not only on GPRS and EGPRS for ETCS but also to pave the way for an evolution of the network components by introducing an architecture based on Release 4 Bearer Independent Core Network (BICN) in the EIRENE Radio specification. It was intended to allow addressing the present as well as the future needs through software and hardware evolution. It allows evolution with the introduction of modern systems as well as offering the availability of secure information system to develop new applications aiming at improving operation of Railways. IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Today, the status of GSM-R implementation in Europe is given in the following picture (Fig.2). As far as ERTMS/ETCS is

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concerned the next picture gives the planned corridors planned in the EU (Fig.3)

Fig. 2 GSM-R Roll out status in EUROPE Fig. 3 ERTMS Corridors planned in EU The phased evolution of GSM-R features and functions - The current status The GSM-R benefits from the GSM data transmission and includes already General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) which allows efficient adding of new operational services such as logistics, diagnostics, remote control, passenger services through access of railway staff to data bases through intranet, time scheduling and tariffs, automatic seat reservation to existing applications mainly based on voice transmission. Location dependent addressing feature allows geographic segregation when several dispatch areas are implemented in the operational network (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4 Current applications GSM evolution (Fig.5) includes operational applications for rolling stock maintenance, optimised freight load management through tracking and tracing features as well as development of other on-board applications for passenger services such as basic ticketing.

Telecommunication Services - ASCI

Railway Specific Features

Railway Applications

Public GSM

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Trackside Maintenance

Wide Area Communications

Vehicle Radio

Diagnostics

Remote Control

Shunting radio

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Railway Applications

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Wide Area Communications

Wide Area Communications

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Fig. 5 Additional applications with GSM-R Users requirements study UIC launched a study on Railway Mobile communications System Users Needs which resulted in a Report showing that Mission critical Communications such as Train Radio, ETCS, Operation and Maintenance Teams, Train Maintenance crew applications are Narrow band where future evolution might imply wide band systems for Driver Look Ahead CCTV or Real time passenger video information. It should be noted that Mail access on board, WEB for passengers are Public Operators licensed applications.

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The first phased allowed to specify and introduce BICN architecture based on an MSC Server and Media Gateways according to the ETSI TS 103 066 in order to ensure the full compatibility of features for Railways applications. The decision was also taken developing a new specification defining the interface between the Network Sub System (NSS) and the Fixed Terminal System (FTS) using Session initiation Protocol (SIP) according to TS103 389. This standard evolved to accommodate for SIP Voice Recording System interface and introducing supplementary Services. The introduction of EGPRS as a bearer for ETCS will be specified within a future TS defining the features necessary for operation with ETCS.

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CONCLUSION ERTMS is based on digital communication for voice and data. Present Railway applications are now available on an integrated and standardised platform able to evolve with the users needs. The system is able to perform all the existing day to day operations and offer a platform for evolution towards IP. High performance data transmission features of GSM-R allow new applications, such as IT systems for passenger’s information, on-board ticketing, diagnostics, maintenance and so forth. Introduction of this system represents for most of the transport organisations:

A Reduction of operating costs

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The transport organisations aiming at renewing their current costly to maintain equipment, should consider the alternative of using GSM-R/GPRS as the answer to their present and future needs. This system is widely deployed in Europe far demanding railway environment. The GSM-R equipment are developed and several industries are able to offer it from the shelves provided that the frequency range is within the overall GSM 900 Extended frequency range 873-915 MHz coupled with 918-960 MHz and now in the 1800 MHz frequency range. Claire Boyer , Communications Manager, Article extracted from ETSI’s Newsletter The Standards –Sept 2015

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European Commission on air pollutant car emissions European Commission calls for full disclosure, zero tolerance and strict compliance with EU rules on pollutant emissions. In the wake of revelations that car manufacturer Volkswagen used a 'defeat device' software to circumvent emissions standards for certain air pollutants, the Commission calls on national authorities to look into the implications for vehicles sold in Europe and ensure that EU pollutant emission standards are scrupulously respected. Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, responsible for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, said: "Our message is clear: zero tolerance on fraud and rigorous compliance with EU rules. We need full disclosure and robust pollutant emissions tests in place." The Commission invites all Member States to carry out the necessary investigations at national level and report back. The Commission is offering to facilitate the exchange of information between Member States. We need to have a full picture of how many vehicles certified in the EU were fitted with defeat devices, which are banned by the Euro 5/6 Regulation 715/2007/EC. We will discuss this matter in detail with the national Type Approval Authorities in the coming days. Looking ahead, we count on Member States to swiftly agree on the final measures needed so that measurements of air pollutant emissions used for the delivery of a vehicle's type approval reflect emissions in real driving conditions and cannot be fooled by deceitful applications. A new Real Driving Emission (RDE) test procedure will be phased in from early 2016, complementing the current laboratory based testing. But we still need to find agreement on the type approval treatment in case of major divergence between the results of the laboratory and real driving pollutant emissions tests. The agreement on this package, in addition to the already adopted RDE test procedures, will allow the EU to have ambitious and robust real driving emissions testing scheme in place. In addition, Commissioner Bieńkowska has invited the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council to put the issue on the agenda of the 1 October Competitiveness Council. Article extracted from EC, DG-GROWTH News Section

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OneM2M Application Identifier (App-ID) Registry Provides Essential Means for Interconnecting IoT Applications The oneM2M Application Identifier (App-ID) Registry, Managed by ATIS and Powered by iconectiv, Provides the Essential Means for Interconnecting IoT Applications

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oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine to Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), has designated ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions), a oneM2M founding partner, as the initial Registry Management Authority for an Application Identifier (App-ID) registry powered by iconectiv. In this role, ATIS, in coordination with iconectiv, will oversee the market launch and availability of the oneM2M App-ID Registry. The oneM2M App-ID Registry enables delivery of globally unique software application identifiers based upon oneM2M specifications and application identifier management to support developers and enterprises within industry verticals. With the rapid growth in oneM2M solutions across industry verticals, there is an explosion of applications and devices that need to interoperate within and across service provider networks. This has created a critical need for unique identification of software applications to ensure seamless interconnection with devices and networks for service delivery. The current use of non-standard identifiers and proprietary formats for identifying software applications makes interconnection extremely difficult. It also prevents effective tracking and reporting necessary for service fulfilment and billing. The oneM2M App-ID Registry solves the problem by providing a central source for application registrations and subsequent lookups. The registry enables:

Generation of unique standards-based identifiers

Centralized App-ID data management through a robust, fault-tolerant registry

Processing of thousands of concurrent transactions

With the establishment of the oneM2M App-ID Registry, key security processes can utilize App-IDs to streamline oneM2M deployments across service provider and vendor platforms. Clearly defining the oneM2M applications paves the way for industry-wide interoperability, where all players understand exactly which applications are running within their respective domains. “ATIS sees its role as the oneM2M Management Authority as vital to ensuring oneM2M’s consensus-driven specifications are put into use to enable connectivity for the Internet of Things,” said ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller. “The oneM2M App-ID Registry furthers the oneM2M vision of open access and device interconnections across M2M business verticals,” said Richard Marano, Executive Vice President of Information Solutions, iconectiv.

Extracted from onem2m Website News section

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White Papers/Publications

ETSI White Paper - Mobile Edge Computing A key technology towards 5G: Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a new technology which is currently being standardized in an ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) of the same name. Mobile Edge Computing provides an IT service environment and cloud-computing capabilities at the edge of the mobile network, within the Radio Access Network (RAN) and in close proximity to mobile subscribers. The aim is to reduce latency, ensure highly efficient network operation and service delivery, and offer an improved user experience. Mobile Edge Computing is a natural development in the evolution of mobile base stations and the convergence of IT and telecommunications networking. Based on a virtualized platform, MEC is recognized by the European 5G PPP (5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership) research body as one of the key emerging technologies for 5G networks (together with Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)) [1]. In addition to defining more advanced air interface technologies, 5G networks will leverage more programmable approaches to software networking and use IT virtualization technology extensively within the telecommunications infrastructure,

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functions, and applications. MEC thus represents a key technology and architectural concept to enable the evolution to 5G, since it helps advance the transformation of the mobile broadband network into a programmable world and contributes to satisfying the demanding requirements of 5G in terms of expected throughout, latency, scalability and automation. For the White Paper

ETSI White Paper - Maturity and field proven experience of millimeter wave transmission: Equipment for fixed service point-to-point communication using millimetre waves has been used in trials and commercial telecom grade installations for more than ten years. A wealth of data and experience have been gained during this period and the technology has matured to be stable, reliable and well understood, ready for supporting current and next generation high capacity mobile networks. The present document is a white paper prepared by the ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) on millimetre Wave Transmission (mWT) [1] summarizing the experiences gained in some of these trials and installations. The document covers experience and measurement results from fourteen independent trials; seven Eband (71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz), six V-band (57-66 GHz), and one mast sway trial. The E-band is typically used for traditional point-to-point high capacity applications while the V-band is characterized by high oxygen absorption and an unlicensed spectrum making it susceptible to interference from other V-band installations. The trials have various ambitions and scopes ranging from long-term, km range Eband deployments to short term installations using e.g. V-band in short reach, street-level deployments for small cell backhaul applications. For White Paper

CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Coordination Group ‘Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities’ (SSCC-CG) Report: The final report CEN-CENELEC-ETSI SSCC-CG Final Report was approved by the CEN and CENELEC BTs and ETSI Board. The present report has been produced by the CEN-CENELEC-ETSI Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities' Coordination Group (SSCC-CG) as a first overview of standardization issues at a European level. The present summary also contains a list of the specific recommendations the Group has made, cross-referenced to the individual sections of the report. The SSCC-CG participants represent the three European Standardization Organizations, their members, partner bodies and stakeholder representatives of some relevant specific standardization activities. The first section of the report provides essential background considerations concerning the group and the context to its work. What constitutes smart and sustainable cities is defined, and the added value for standards in the domain is outlined, together with some basic city and community objectives that standardization can help achieve. The range of different standards topics that are within the potential scope of a coherent and coordinated approach is specified. The second part of the report goes into more detail on the city context, and provides information on an overall model for city and community systems, assessing the added-value of standards in terms of city operations. A third section outlines the various stakeholders that are potentially involved in smart/sustainable-city/community standards issues and reviews different stakeholder category perspectives. It is to be noted that in general, cities (or indeed local authorities) will not be represented currently in standardization activities, so awareness measures will be needed in order to gain their participation. Individual citizens, as the city residents and consumers of goods and services, must remain at the core of the standards work and their interests protected. Report - full version (pdf format) , Report - summary (pdf format)

ETSI White Paper - E-Band and V-Band - Survey on status of worldwide regulation: Microwave1 is undergoing fast and deep transformation. Current and future mobile networks impact backhauling in several ways. The main drivers for change are the huge increase of capacity and enhanced coverage, together with new topologies where access and backhaul platforms should cope with ultra small hot-spots, strengthening the need to exploit available spectrum as much as possible and in the most appropriate way. In particular, the first two drivers, in urban and sub-urban environments, lead to a new and revolutionary approach for microwave backhauling. Backhauling needs to satisfy apparently conflicting requirements such as increase of capacity and spectrum efficiency, very low power consumption, very low environmental impact, in short, to reduce total cost of ownership to a minimum to make the business case of operators turn positive. Capacity is increasing more and more while distances decrease and base stations

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get nearer to subscribers. Current traditional frequencies below 50 GHz are already very crowded and exploited, hence the need to use higher frequency bands in future-proof networks. For the White Paper

ETSI White Paper - Quantum Safe Cryptography and Security An introduction, benefits, enablers and challenges: Recent research in the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory has brought about a credible threat to the current state-of-the-art for information protection. The current data protection mechanisms that typically comprise cryptographic systems rely on computational hardness as a means to protect sensitive data. This is to say that there are cryptographic problems that are difficult or impossible to solve using conventional computing. Because of recent advances in quantum computing and quantum information theory, the quantum computer presents a serious challenge to widely used current cryptographic techniques. This is because some of the same cryptographic problems, which are difficult or impossible to solve using conventional computing, become fairly trivial for the quantum computer. For the White Paper

CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2015:

The CEN and CENELEC Work Programme 2015 provide an overview of our most important standardization activities that will be developed this year. It covers all of the different fields and sectors that CEN and CENELEC are dealing with, and it also includes information about other activities related to international cooperation, SME participation, societal stakeholders' involvement, education about standardization, etc. Those standardization activities respond to market needs, and in particular to the demands of European industry. They also correspond to the European Union’s annual work programme for European standardization for 2015, which was published by the Commission last summer. As we hope that the Work Programme will help our community and other interested stakeholders be actively involved in European standardization activities, this year’s edition includes specific details about the relevant Technical Bodies and the number of standards and other deliverables that have been published by CEN and/or CENELEC. It also highlights how many standardization requests (Mandates) from the European Commission have been accepted by CEN and/or CENELEC, and identifies the most relevant corresponding elements of the EU Work Programme for European standardization 2015. For More Information

ETSI Work Programme 2015-2016:

ETSI Work Programme 2015-2016 provides an overview of the ongoing work in our technical bodies and ISGs, structured according to our clusters. It presents the full extent of our forthcoming standardization activities to readers who may not wish to navigate our online database. Since ETSI’s work never stops and our work programme is never frozen, the electronic format of the brochure contains links to the online work programme on the portal, for the latest status of our work. For More Information

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Events Calendar 2015

Workshop on Telecommunication Quality beyond 2015, Vienna, Austria, 21-22 October 2015: ETSI TC STQ is organising a workshop on "Telecommunication Quality beyond 2015". The event, hosted by A1 Telekom Austria, will take place in Vienna, Austria, on 21-22 October 2015. TC STQ is responsible for standardization relating to terminals and networks for speech and media quality, end-to-end single media and multimedia transmission performance, Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for networks and services and Quality of Experience (QoE) descriptors and methods. This workshop on "Telecommunication Quality beyond 2015" aims at connecting experts working in this area and providing them the opportunity to present their work and share their experiences. Find out more here

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2nd ETSI « Indo-European dialogue on ICT standards & Emerging Technologies », New Delhi, India - 4th November 2015:

In view of the resounding success and positive feedback of its first event held on March 13-14 2014 in India, ETSI, led by its Director-General, Luis Jorge Romero Saro, will be organizing the 2nd edition of the “Indo-European dialogue on ICT standards & Emerging Technologies”. Capitalizing on the achievements of the first event and the work performed under its Project SESEI, ETSI once again brings together technical experts from its community and Indian stakeholders for sharing and learning from each other. Strengthening the existing dialogue further in key ICT standardization areas and by hearing from the Indian perspective, their specific requirements and specifications will help us bridging the two regions even more and create a true and long lasting Indo-European dialogue. Once again the topics identified for this 2nd dialogue are consistent and in-line with key ongoing ICT trends and short-term policy needs for India and Europe. Find out more here.

UCAAT 2015 - ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing, ETSI Headquarters, 20-22 October 2015: UCAAT is ETSI’s annual conference on test automation focusing on both automated test design and test execution automation. UCAAT 2015 will take place on 20-22 October 2015 at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. Book your agenda right now! The conference brings together experts from industry and academia to share their experience in advanced test automation techniques, methods and tools. The aim is to create a dialogue between users and develop a community to exchange best practices. Recently, many advances have been made in test automation. These include a standardized test specification and implementation language from the telecommunication area, test driven development from the agile development school, crowd testing from the cloud community, and model-based testing from the formal testing approaches. The 2015 UCAAT conference examines how these emerging test automation practices change the testing world. Read more...

53 shades of RE-D: how to place compliant radio equipment on the European market, Sophia Antipolis, France, 4 November 2015: ETSI, R&TTE CA and ADCO R&TTE are pleased to announce the workshop "53 shades of RE-D: how to place compliant radio equipment on the European market". The new Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (on making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC) has been published in May 2014 and will replace the current R&TTE Directive. It will be applicable from 13 June 2016. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) together with Notified Bodies Association (R&TTE CA) and Administrative cooperation group between market surveillance authorities in the field of R&TTE (ADCO R&TTE) invite National regulatory authorities (spectrum regulators and market surveillance authorities), industry representatives, Notified Bodies and other experts and professionals to discuss the new regime and what it is bringing to the market. The workshop is addressed to those familiar with the R&TTE Directive, to discuss the implications of moving from the R&TTE Directive to the Directive 2014/53/EU (often called Radio Equipment Directive or RE-D). Read more...

World Standards Day - Tweetchat on 'Standards & the EU Single Market' , Making the European standardization voice heard on World Standards Day - #speakstandardsEU Together with the European Commission – DG GROWTH, the European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC And ETSI) are organizing a tweet chat on the theme of “Standards and the EU Single Market”. Standardization brings an important asset to the business competitiveness in the European Single Market and we take the opportunity of World Standards Day to highlight the importance of standardization and showcase our best practices. The tweet chat will be held on 14 October at 11am (CET) and will last 1 hour. The hashtag for the event is: #SPEAKSTANDARDSEU

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About Project SESEI

SESEI stands for “Seconded European Standardization Expert in India” and is a project based in New Delhi, India, with an objective to increase visibility of European and Indian standardization and promote EU/EFTA-India cooperation on standards and related issues. The Project is managed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an EU recognized Standards Organization for the ICT Sector and is further supported by the other two recognized EU Standards Organizations CEN and CENELEC. The other two Project partners include the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. It is a Standardization focused project, with priority sectors for this phase of the project as ICT, Automotive, Machinery, and Electronic Appliances including Consumer Electronics. For further information, please visit: http://eustandards.in/

Webinar on Adoption of EN standards by non-European countries , 10 December 2015 at 10am CET (30 minutes long) Learn how CEN and CENELEC support the global dissemination of European Standards (ENs) by promoting the adoption of identical standards by national standardization bodies around the world. We will also look at how CEN and CENELEC monitor the uptake of international and European standards in key countries, regions and sectors, and use these results to support their international cooperation strategies. Register

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