ATIS has 17 committees and forums with over 600 representatives from over 250 different member companies. Representatives from member companies who join specific committees or forums are invited to participate in meetings and sub-committee activities.
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A brief description of ATIS' committees:
The Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC - Formerly BCSC) Committee establishes guidelines for common shipping labels, product marking labels, product changes and software issuance standards. These common guidelines simplify the receiving, shipping, transportation and tracing of telecommunications products through company and industry business processes and the supply chain.
The Forum focuses — among other — things, on the operators' provision of cloud services, and developing a framework to ensure integration of the network and IT. It will account for basic APIs in the control plane layer of the network rather than as a service on the network, define a minimum set of APIs to expose between service providers, and define interoperability, security, and standardization, among other things, between service provider clouds.
The Copper/Optical Access, Synchronization and Transport (COAST) Committee engages industry expertise to develop and recommend standards and technical reports for home, access and transport network and synchronization technologies over copper and optical mediums. COAST is committed to proactive engagement with national, regional and international standards development organizations and forums that share its scope of work.
ESIF is comprised of wireless and wireline network service providers, manufacturers and providers of support services that facilitate the identification and resolution of technical issues related to the interconnection of telephony and emergency services networks.
The IIF develops ATIS standards and related technical activities that enable the interoperability, interconnection and implementation of IPTV systems and services, including video on demand and interactive TV services.
INC provides an open forum to address and resolve issues associated with the planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of resources and related dialing considerations for public telecommunications within the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) area.
IOC is responsible for overseeing management of International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI) codes.
The NGIIF addresses next-generation network interconnection and interoperability issues associated with emerging technologies. Specifically, it develops operational procedures which involve the network aspects of architecture, disaster preparedness, installation, maintenance, management, reliability, routing, security, and testing between network operators. In addition, the NGIIF addresses issues which impact the interconnection of existing and next generation networks and facilitate the transition to emerging technologies.
The NRSC performs analyses of network outages and provides recommendations for corrective actions. The committee issues quarterly and annual reports to the industry and the FCC, in liaison with the FCC's Network Reliability Council.
The OBF provides a forum for representatives from the telecommunications industry to identify, discuss and resolve national issues, which affect ordering, billing, provisioning and exchange of information about access service, other connectivity and related matters.
PEG is a group comprised of specialists who meet annually in a conference to share a common interest in the electrical protection of communications facilities.
PRQC develops and recommends standards, requirements, and technical reports related to the performance, reliability, and associated security aspects of communications networks, as well as the processing of voice, audio, data, image, and video signals, and their multimedia integration. PRQC also develops and recommends positions on, and fosters consistency with, standards and related subjects under consideration in other North American and international standards bodies.
PTSC develops and recommends standards and technical reports related to packet services and packet service architectures, in addition to related subjects under consideration in other North American and international standards bodies.
SNAC identifies, develops and implements the resolution of issues impacting existing toll free products and services and evolving technologies affecting future developments in the toll free industry.
The Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection (STEP) Committee engages industry expertise to develop standards and technical reports for telecommunications equipment and environments in the areas of energy efficiency, environmental impacts, power and protection. The work products of STEP enable vendors, operators and their customers to deploy and operate reliable, environmentally sustainable, energy efficient communications technologies. STEP is committed to proactive engagement with national, regional and international standards development organizations and forums that share its scope of work.
The Telecom Management and Operations Committee (TMOC) develops operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning standards, and other documentation related to Operations Support System (OSS) and Network Element (NE) functions and interfaces for communications networks - with an emphasis on standards development related to U.S.A. communication networks in coordination with the development of international standards.
Develops and recommends standards and technical reports related to wireless and/or mobile services and systems, including service descriptions and wireless technologies. The Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee also develops and recommends positions on related subjects under consideration in other North American, regional and international standards bodies.
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