TIA, a Trade Association, an TIA, a Trade Association, an SDO, and a SecretariatSDO, and a Secretariat

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TIA - A Trade Association TIA - A Trade Association TIA is a Trade Association representing US Suppliers and

Manufacturers of communications and information technology products

Over 1,000 members, large and small Normal Trade Association Activities

– Public Policy to Congress– Public Policy to Regulators– Trade Shows, e.g., SUPERCOMM, SUPERCOMM

Mexico, etc.– US Pavilions in other shows, e.g., Americas Telecom,

TELECOM99, etc.

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TIA - A Trade AssociationTIA - A Trade Association Normal Trade Association Activities

– Education for members, (Seminars, Conferences)– International Offices, i.e., Sao Paolo, Moscow, Brussels,

Beijing– International trade support, e.g., trade missions, reverse

trade missions, Distributor program– Communications, WWW.TIAONLINE, Industry Pulse,

Industry Beat– Market statistics– Meeting Planning, 1-50,000– Offices in Arlington, VA; Washington, DC; and San Jose, CA

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TIA - A Trade AssociationTIA - A Trade Association Represent industry on FCC’s North American Numbering

Council (NANC), Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC), Public Safety National Coordinating Committee (NCC)

Represent industry on DoS International Telecommunications Advisory Committee (ITAC)

Chaired ACCESS Board’s Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee

Chosen by DoC as Sector Coordinator for Information and Communication Sector for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)

Business-to-Business web page, www.getcommstuff.com

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TIA - A Standards DeveloperTIA - A Standards Developer

As a Standards Developer, activities open to participation worldwide, not North America only

Accredited by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Over 1,300 experts participate 12 Engineering Committees, about 70 Formulating Groups Over 400 companies/organizations participate Active in CITEL, NAFTA Consultative Committee

Telecommunications (CCT), ITU, APEC Recognized by ITU-T under Recommendations A.5 and A.6

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TIA - A Standards DeveloperTIA - A Standards Developer

TIA standards form part of ITU-R IMT-2000 Recommendation

Participant in Global Standards Collaboration/RAdio STandardization (GSC/RAST) meetings

Use electronic working methods, i.e., E-mail, list servers, web, FTP, wireless LANs

Standards available over Internet from publisher, CD-ROM, hard copy

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TIA Engineering CommitteesTIA Engineering Committees TR-8

Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards

TR-14Point-to-Point Communications Systems

TR-29Facsimile Systems and Equipment

TR-30Data Transmission Systems and Equipment

TR-32Personal Radio Equipment

TR-34Satellite Equipment and Systems

TR-41User Premises Telephone Equipment Requirements

TR-42Telecom. Cabling Infrastructure

TR-45Mobile and Personal Communications Systems

TR-46Mobile and Personal Communications

FO-2Optical Communications Systems

FO-6Fiber Optics

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Who Validates the TIA Standards Who Validates the TIA Standards Process? Process?

TIA has been accredited to develop standards by ANSI since 1992. Before that used EIA accreditation.– ANSI is a non-profit, non-governmental body

that sets guidelines for and accredits standards developers

– ANSI accredits standards developers for everything from automobiles to zinc oxide coatings

– ANSI focuses on the process being open, fair, similar to a Robert’s Rules of Order

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Who Validates the TIA Standards Who Validates the TIA Standards Process? Process? When a standard developer applies for

accreditation, ANSI reviews its guidelines for key principles and then, if appropriate, grants accreditation. ANSI also audits the process.– ANSI does NOT develop standards but

accredits developers, much as a “Good Housekeeping” seal of approval indicates a product is recognized for certain excellence

Following the ANSI process helps protect the standards developers and participants from antitrust or collusion claims

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Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA

Openness of the process– Anyone with a direct and material interest

can participate in the process Consensus

– Agreement by all participants is desired but not required if a certain approval threshold is reached and a reasonable attempt has been made to resolve all comments

Appeals process

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Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA Underlying Principles of ANSI/TIA

Balanced Representation– No one interest group is allowed to dominate – One organization/one vote

» Small company and large company have the same clout when it comes to voting

Minority Voice Heard– Rigorous process, including complaints and

appeals, established to hear any dissenting opinions

– Extra measures built in so that a dissenter is given a fair opportunity to outline reasons for voting “against”

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Standards for Cellular and for Personal Standards for Cellular and for Personal Communications Services (PCS) at 1900 Communications Services (PCS) at 1900 MHz MHz

TIA developed, AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA and TDMA, ANSI-41

Related standards for local number portability, location, emergency services, etc.

ESN Administration at request of FCC

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Original Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Original Joint Technical Committee (JTC) PCS StandardsPCS Standards

J-STD-007: Personal Communications Services - PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification

J-STD-008: Personal Station-Base Station Compatibility Requirements for 1.8 to 2.0 GHz Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Personal Communications Systems

J-STD-011: PCS IS-136 Based Air Interface Compatibility 1900 MHz Standard

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Original JTC PCS Standards Original JTC PCS Standards (continued)(continued)

J-STD-014: Personal Access Communications System Air Interface Standard

J-STD-017: Composite CDMA/TDMA Air Interface Compatibility Standard for Personal Communications in 1.85 - 1.99 GHz for Licensed Applications

J-STD-015: W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) Air Interface Compatibility Standard for 1.85 to 1.99 GHz PCS Applications

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After issuance of Original JTC PCS After issuance of Original JTC PCS Standards, TIA or T1 assigned as lead Standards, TIA or T1 assigned as lead SDO to maintain and evolve standardsSDO to maintain and evolve standards

Standards assigned to Standards Development Organizations (SDO), based on expertise and interests of materially interested parties.

Some standards evolved to become standards of only one of the SDOs (i.e., TIA or T1)

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployedbeing widely deployed

TIA/EIA-95-B:Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular Systems – ANSI Approved, April 1999

» This standard defines the requirements for a PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology while also maintaining compatibility with AMPS analog technology.

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployedbeing widely deployed

TIA/EIA-136:TDMA Cellular PCS– ANSI Approved, April 1999

» This is a multi-part standard that when taken in total, defines the requirements for a PCS/Cellular system and mobile and base stations using Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology while also maintaining compatibility with AMPS analog technology.

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Current TIA Air-Interface Standards Current TIA Air-Interface Standards being widely deployedbeing widely deployed

J-STD-007: PCS1900 - Air Interface Specification– ANSI Approved, February 1999

» This Standard describes in detail air interface suitable for Personal Communications Services (PCS operating in the licensed U.S. Emerging Technologies bands. The purpose of this standard is to give operator, manufacturers and users information which will ensure interoperability between equipment, which is compliant with the draft standard.

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TIA Standards used for IMT-2000TIA Standards used for IMT-2000

cdma2000 UWC-136 WP-CDMA influenced ETSI proposal

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TIA as SecretariatTIA as Secretariat USA Secretariat to NAFTA CCT Secretariat to Third Generation Partnership Project 2

(3GPP2) Secretariat or TAG Administrator to USA TAG ISO

TC-204, WG 16, wide area Intelligent Transportation Systems

Secretariat to US TAGs for 23 IEC TCs/SCs International Secretariat to 11 IEC TCs/SCs Secretariat to US ITU Association (USITUA) Secretariat to Global Telecom Action Committee

(GTAC) Interim Secretariat to IFAST

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All TIA Standards available electronically All TIA Standards available electronically on Internet, CD-ROM, Hard copyon Internet, CD-ROM, Hard copy

To find TIA standards, visit TIA web site www.tiaonline.org or www.ihs.com

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Questions??Questions??

Contact: Dan Bart, dbart@tia.eia.org