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TIA, a Trade Association, an
SDO, and a Secretariat
IFAST
Sheraton Hotel
New Orleans, LA
March 2, 2000
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 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 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 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 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, CDROM, hard copy
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TIA Engineering Committees
 TR-8
Mobile and Personal Private
Radio Standards
 TR-14
Point-to-Point
Communications Systems
 TR-29
Facsimile Systems and
Equipment
 TR-30
Data Transmission Systems
and Equipment
 TR-32
Personal Radio Equipment
 TR-34
Satellite Equipment and
Systems
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 TR-41
User Premises Telephone
Equipment Requirements
 TR-42
Telecom. Cabling
Infrastructure
 TR-45
Mobile and Personal
Communications Systems
 TR-46
Mobile and Personal
Communications
 FO-2
Optical Communications
Systems
 FO-6
Fiber Optics
Who Validates the TIA Standards
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
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
 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
 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
Communications Services (PCS) at 1900
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)
PCS 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
(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
Standards, TIA or T1 assigned as lead
SDO 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
being 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
being 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
being 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-2000
 cdma2000
 UWC-136
 WP-CDMA influenced ETSI proposal
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TIA 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
on 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??
 Contact: Dan Bart, [email protected]
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