| The European Telecommunications Standards Institute develops standards and reports for its member countries . ETSI was formed in 1988 to carry on the work that had previously been done by CEPT. In 2001, ETSI membership consisted of 789 members from fifty-two countries within and outside of Europe. ETSI Technical Committees consist of: -
TM ” Transmission and Multiplexing -
TM1 ” Transmission equipment, fibers, and cables -
TM2 ” Transmission network management and performance -
TM3 ” Interfaces, architecture, and functional requirements of transport networks -
TM4 ” Radio relay systems -
TM6 ” Access transmission systems on metallic cables (DSLs) -
NA ” Network Aspects -
NA1 ” User interfaces, services, and charging -
NA2 ” Numbering, addressing, routing, and Internet working -
NA4 ” Network architecture, operations, maintenance, principle, and performance -
NA5 ” Broadband networks -
NA6 ” Intelligent networks -
NA ECTM : European Coordination of TMN -
EE ” Environmental engineering -
ERM ” EMC and radio spectrum -
BRAN ” Broadband radio access networks -
HF ” Human factors -
ICC ” Integrated circuit cards -
CN ” Corporate networks -
CTM ” Cordless terminal mobility -
MTS ” Methods for testing and specification -
DECT ” Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications -
DTA ” Digital terminals and access -
RES ” Radio equipment and systems -
SEC ” Security -
MTA ” Multimedia terminals and applications -
PTS ” Pay terminals and systems -
SPS ” Signaling protocols and switching -
STQ ” Speech processing, transmission, and quality -
TMN ” Telecommunications management networks ETSI headquarters is in Sophia Antipolis in the south of France, and may be reached at http://www.etsi.org. |
