ATIS and TIA Publish Lawfully Authorized
Electronic Surveillance (J-STD-025-B) Standard
March 19, 2004,
Washington, D.C. --The
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) have jointly
published the TIA Standard/ATIS Committee T1 Trial Use Standard,
"Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance" J-STD-025-B.
This Trial Use Standard defines the interfaces between
a telecommunications service provider (TSP) and a law enforcement
agency (LEA) to assist the LEA in conducting lawfully authorized
electronic surveillance. The purpose of this Trial Use Standard
is to facilitate a TSP's compliance with the assistance capability
requirements defined in Section 103 of the Communications Assistance
for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). J-STD-025-B defines services
and features to support Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance
(LAES) and the interfaces to deliver intercepted communications
and communication-identifying information to an LEA when authorized.
The document also defines a protocol for delivering specific
information elements to LEAs. Compliance with this standard
satisfies the "safe harbor" provisions of Section
107 of CALEA and helps ensure efficient and industry-wide implementation
of the assistance capability requirements.
J-STD-025-B focuses on refining the CALEA packet-mode communications
requirements for the interface to the collection equipment of
LEAs. The requirements in this standard pertain to several technologies.
The details of the solution for the cdma2000® packet data
system are included in the Trial Use Standard, as are normative
references for Voice over Packet (VoP) for Wireline Telecommunications
Networks and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/General
Packet Radio Service (UMTS/GPRS), technologies focused on by
ATIS’ Technical Committees T1S1 and T1P1 respectively.
J-STD-025-B is a TIA Standard/ATIS Committee T1 Trial Use Standard,
which was developed and approved by TIA and ATIS Committee T1
for trial use, comment and criticism, and published in December
2003. At its March 2004 meeting, the TIA Engineering Committee
TR-45 approved a ballot to determine whether the Trial Use Standard
should be made into an American National Standard. In like fashion,
ATIS’ Technical Committees T1P1 and T1S1 recently issued
similar letter ballots.
To obtain copies of J-STD-025-B, please contact Global Engineering
Documents at (800) 854-7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com
or via the ATIS Document Center www.atis.org.
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Industry Association (TIA-USA)
About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development
organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting
technical and operations standards for the communications and
related information technologies industry worldwide using a
pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Over 1,200 participants
from more than 400 communications companies are active in ATIS’
22 industry committees, and its Incubator Solutions Program.
www.atis.org
About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading
trade organization serving the communications and Information
Technology industry, with proven strengths in standards development,
domestic and international public policy, and trade shows. Through
its worldwide activities, TIA facilitates business development
opportunities and a competitive market environment. The association
provides a forum for its member companies, the manufacturers
and suppliers of products and services used in global communications.
TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute
to develop American National Standards used in the industry.
TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries
Alliance (EIA). Visit us at http://www.tiaonline.org.
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