CSR-T Volume 9 #1, January-February 1998
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COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS Volume 9, Number 1 January-February 1998 IN THIS ISSUE The following reports of recent standards meetings represent the view of the reporter and are not official, authorized minutes of the meetings. TR-41, User Premises Telecom Equipment, November 17 - 21, 1997, San Antonio, TX...................................3 TR-41.1 Multi-Line Telecommunication Systems............................................................................3 TR-41.1.1 Multi-Line Telecommunication Systems - Transmission.....................................................4 TR-41.1.9, Multi-Line Telecommunication Systems Support of Enhanced 911 Service..............................4 TR-41.2 Conformity Assessment................................................................................................5 Joint Meeting of TIA TR-41.3 ...................................................................................................7 TR-41.5 Multimedia - Building Distribution Systems.......................................................................10 TR-41.6, Wireless User Premises Equipment (WUPE).......................................................................12 TR-41.7 Environmental and Safety Considerations.........................................................................13 TR-41.7.1 Harmonization of International Safety Standards...............................................................15 TR-41.8, Commercial and Residential Premises Wiring....................................................................15 TR-41.8.1 Commercial and Industrial Building Wiring.....................................................................15 TR-41.8.2, Residential & Light Commercial Premises Distribution.....................................................18 TR-41.8.3, Building Pathways and Spaces for Telecommunications.....................................................18 TR-41.8.4, Customer-Owned Outside Plant....................................................................................19 TR-41.8.5, Definitions............................................................................................................19 TR-41.9, Regulatory Considerations on Terminal Attachment Program.................................................19 TR-41.10, Private Integrated Service Network (PISN).......................................................................24 TR-41 Partial Meeting Roster, November 17 – 21, San Antonio, TX....................................................25 ETSI Committee TM6 Transmission And Multiplexing, November 17 – 21, 1997, Verona, Italy.......................26 ETSI TM6 Meeting Roster, November 17 – 21, 1997, Verona, Italy.....................................................31 TR-30, Data Transmission Systems and Equipment, December 1 – 2, 1997, Lake Buena Vista, FL......................32 TR-30.1, Modems...................................................................................................................32 TR-30.2, Data Transmission......................................................................................................32 TR-30.3, Data Communications Equipment Evaluation and Network Interfaces........................................33 TR-30 Meeting Roster, December 1 – 2, 1997, Orlando, FL...............................................................36 Q11/16 Circuit-Switched Network Multimedia Systems and Terminals, Dec. 2 – 5, 1997, Eibsee, Germany...........37 Systems...............................................................................................................................37 H.245 Communication and Control.............................................................................................39 Mobile H.324 Annex C............................................................................................................39 Text Telephony......................................................................................................................40 Non-Conversational Services (NCS)............................................................................................40 Closing...............................................................................................................................41 Q15/16 Video Coding Experts Group, December 2 – 5, 1997, Eibsee, Bavaria, Germany..................................42 Deployment and Support of H.120, H.262, H.263, H.263+................................................................42 Video Coding for Sign Language and Lip Reading Use......................................................................45 Workplan for H.263++.............................................................................................................45 Workplan for H.26L................................................................................................................45 Technical Content Proposals And Demos For H.263++ And H.26L.......................................................48 January-February 1998 Vol. 9.1 Copyright © CSR 1998 1 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW – TELECOMMUNICATIONS Status of Work in Other Organizations.........................................................................................50 Closing Plenary.....................................................................................................................50 Q15/16 Meeting Roster, December 2 – 5, Eibsee, Germany................................................................51 Q23/16 Rapporteur Meeting, Pcm Modems, December 3 – 5, 1997, Orlando, FL............................................52 Q23/16 Rapporteur Meeting Roster, December 3 – 5, 1997, Orlando, FL...............................................55 Acronym Definitions.....................................................................................................................56 1998 Standards Committee Meeting Schedules, as of January 12, 1998.......................................................58 Communications Standards Review – Telecommunications regularly covers the following committee meetings: TIA TR-29 Facsimile TR-30 Modems TR-41 User Premises Equipment ITU-T SG 8 Telematic Terminals SG 15 WP1 Network Access SG 16 Multimedia ETSI ATA Analog Terminal Access DTA Digital Terminal Access MTA Multimedia Terminals TC SP Speech Processing TC STQ Speech Transmission Quality TIPHON Voice Over Internet 2 Vol. 9.1 Copyright © CSR 1998 January-February 1998 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW – TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORT OF TR-41, USER PREMISES TELECOM EQUIPMENT NOVEMBER 17 - 21, 1997, SAN ANTONIO, TX TR-41.1 MULTI-LINE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS T1E1 LIAISON TR-41.1/97-11-037 (C. Sacco, Bellcore) provides the T1E1 liaison. The contribution notes the continuing work on T1.401 (Interface Between Carriers and Customer Installations - Analog Voicegrade Switched Access Lines with Distinctive Alerting Features) with a completion target of end of 1998, and the expected approval and publication of the Enhanced 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) access standard following passing of the third default ballot. Also noted was the intent to complete revision work on the merged T1.403 (Network-to-Customer Installation - DS1 Metallic Interface) and T1.408 (ISDN Primary Rate - Customer Installation Metallic Interfaces, Layer 1 Specification) standards at the T1E1.2 December 1997 meeting. TIA-464B: R EQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE (PBX) SWITCHING EQUIPMENT (A) Living List for Future Revision TR-41.1/97-11-030 (R. Frank, Siemens) provides the current living list for the TIA-464-B (PBX standard) update. There were no major changes to the living list. (B) Comparison of TIA-464B to the New Harmonized FCC Part 68 TR-41.1/97-11-033 (J. Schick and E. Hansson, Nortel) provides an overview comparison between the Harmonized FCC Part 68 and TIA-464-B. Several minor discrepancies were identified; in most cases, these will result in modifications for the next TIA-464 issue. These modifications will be added to the 464 update living list; in a few cases, errors noted in the Part 68 document will be brought to the FCC’s attention. (C) Line-Side Interface Requirements TR-41.1/97-11-032 (J. Schick, Nortel) provides the Project Request and Authorization (PR&A) form for writing a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) for Basic Rate Interface (BRI) Terminal Lineside Interconnection to Multi-Line Telecommunications Systems (MLTS). It uses the scope and purpose text from an earlier contribution, TR- 41.1/97-08-023 (J. Needham, Mitel and P. Weismantel, NEC). To avoid a possible commitment of evolving this TSB to a standard, a portion of the scope text from that contribution was changed. The PR&A was approved by the TR-41 Plenary and was sent to TIA for project number assignment. In a related matter, TR-41.1/97-11-031 (P. Melton, Cortelco) provides the initial returns/ responses of the North American ISDN Users Forum (NIUF) survey of BRI terminal manufacturers on their characteristics and requirements for interfacing with the BRI line-side of PBXs. As there were only eight responses (Arescom, Cortelco, Interack, ITK, Jetstream, Lucent, Stollmann, Tone Commander) to date, the results have not been summarized or combined; NEC agreed to do so for the next meeting. Other contributions promised for the next meeting include a description of what a BRI terminal should do (Mitel), and a BRI functional specification from the terminal perspective (Cortelco). TIA/ETSI STANDARDS HARMONIZATION Details of the joint TR-41.1/ETSI CN7