I have the honour to transmit to the Member
States of the Council a contribution received from the Russian
Federation.
Dr Hamadoun I. TOURÉ
Secretary-‐General
Contribution from the Russian Federation
regarding the report by the Secretary-‐General
ITU INTERNET
ACTIVITIES: RESOLUTIONS 101, 102 AND 133 (REV. GUADALAJARA, 2010) OF THE
PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE
Summary
The purpose of
this document is to summarize the position of the Administration of the Russian
Federation on the matter of supplementing section 2 of the report with
information stemming from the work carried out by SG 11 and new areas of study
touching on Internet-‐related issues.
Action
required
Consider the aforementioned position and propose approval of
the supplements to section 2 of the
report.
References
Resolutions 101, 102, 133 (Rev. Guadalajara,
2010) WTSA-‐08 Resolution 76
Background
ITU
currently plays a key role in developing approaches to next-‐generation
telecommunication networks and networks of the future. One of its main tasks is
the implementation of testing procedures for telecommunication technologies,
protocols and services, including those which operate via the
Internet.
Since 2004 ITU has issued more than 20 Recommendations on the
testing and monitoring of networks, protocols, services and quality of
service.
At the same time the rapid development of the Internet and of the
software and hardware that facilitate access to the information it contains have
significantly boosted the opportunities for providing users with a range of
content, including heavy content. Currently, content providers offer their
services via the networks of infrastructure operators using the
over-‐the-‐top (OTT) model. However, the now considerable volumes of
information being delivered to users have a negative effect on the quality of
infrastructure operators’ own telecommunication services, including core
services.
Taking the above into account, it would seem expedient to include
Resolutions 101, 102 and 133 (Document 28) and information on the results of the
work of SG 11, which is responsible for developing test specifications, in the
Secretary-‐General’s report on ITU Internet activities, and to draw
attention to the problem that is posed by accounting for the resources of
current fixed and mobile infrastructure operators providing OTT services over
the Internet.
Proposal 1 − Regarding the activities of SG 11
(section 2 of the report)
SG 11 is responsible for developing signalling
requirements, protocols and test specifications. Over the study period
2008-‐2012, more than 20 Recommendations were issued, including testing
specifications for IMS networks, which are currently used by content providers
to render OTT services (Rec. ITU-‐T Q.3904), testing principles for
broadband access networks which provide access to the resources of
infrastructure operators (Rec. ITU-‐T Q.3906.1), approaches for NGN
testing (Rec. ITU-‐T Q.3909), parameters for monitoring voice services in
NGN (Rec. ITU-‐T Q.3911), an approach for testing services delivered in
NGN and an approach for testing wireless sensor networks, which are an integral
part of the Internet of Things (IoT) (Rec. ITU-‐T Q.3950). SG 11 also
produced a handbook on NGN testing. SG 11’s work has covered NGN signalling
protocols, including resource management protocols (ITU-‐T Q.3300.x series
of Recommendations)
Proposal 2 − Regarding new areas of activity
planned for study within ITU-‐T (section 2 of the report)
In the
study period 2013-‐2016, ITU-‐T study groups plan to conduct studies
with the ultimate aim of establishing requirements for OTT services rendered by
content providers over the networks of infrastructure operators, and of
formulating integrated, consistent requirements for the classification of
transferred information (content).
(And I trust the Russians wash
their hands after). For more transparency efforts see 
