Henning's encouraging words on the DISPATCH mailing list to get us more
involved in the discussions in the regulatory environment are timely.
Not only do we see the transition of voice technologies from the PSTN
over to IP but there are plenty of other debates where technical input
could be helpful.
The information flow of course goes into two directions.
1) We have many cases where IETF work needs to be explained to others
who are far less involved in the development of technical standards. As
an example take a look at the privacy and security ("Cyber Security")
discussions.
2) There are cases where work is created due to regulatory requirements.
The most recent example that comes to my mind is the IETF PAWS working
group.
While many of us had been quite reluctant to reach out to a
non-technical community (and the regulatory community in particular) it
may be useful to re-think that approach. There are many ways to share
information about the work we do and to also get feedback. Many
regulatory bodies issue "call for comments" and would be interested to
hear the views of those who develop the technology. I frequently meet
IETF participants at workshops and conferences were we keep other
academic communities and members of other standards organizations
up-to-date but the interaction with regulators and other government
bodies is different. A high level presentation that puts our work in a
broader context is often more useful than a detailed technical snapshot.
I am sure that some of you will now get worried because of the believe
that the technology we develop in the IETF is "just a building block"
and therefore "deployment neutral". If you indeed believe that then you
may want to look at the following write-up:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-morris-policy-cons-00
Ciao
Hannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> ext Richard Shockey
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:31 AM
> To: 'Fred Baker'; 'IETF Discussion'
> Subject: RE: FCC Names Henning Schulzrinne Chief Technology Officer
>
> It's a great appointment and the IETF community should rightfully be
> thrilled and excited.
>
> I'm a cross posting a note I made to the RAI DISPATCH List.
>
> There are interesting things going on with core Layer 7 services and
> itsnot
> US centric. Its is the beginning of the transition of the entire real
> time
> communications service to IP networks.
>
> ********
>
> And yours truly was the opening act at the Workshop.
>
> Henning is absolutely right here.
>
> If there was ever a time for the RAI community to reach out the policy
> folks
> its now.
>
> BTW if you really want to understand what is going on here you can add
> this
> to your holiday reading list.
>
>
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1122/FCC
> -11-1
> 61A1.pdf
>
> War and Peace without the plot. If it seems overwhelming, it is but
> regulators have to deal with the law as it is, not as they would
prefer
> it
> to be.
>
> Though some of these issues are US specific I would suspect that other
> national jurisdictions will start to take up these issues in the
> upcoming
> months and years.
>
> There are very relevant technical issues our community might have to
> deal
> with or certainly clarify. The above order specifically calls out non
> modification of the SIP headers by forwarding elements as it might
> relate to
> billing data such as Calling Party Number or SS7 Charge number.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dispatch-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:dispatch-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Henning Schulzrinne
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 2:06 PM
> To: Paul Kyzivat
> Cc: dispatch@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [dispatch] FYI FCC NAMES HENNING SCHULZRINNE CHIEF
> TECHNOLOGY
> OFFICER
>
> VoIP and related issues will play a major role in the FCC's work in
the
> next
> year or two. For example, the FCC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
> will be
> looking at the "PSTN transition"; a video of a recent workshop can be
> found
> at
>
>
http://www.fcc.gov/events/public-switched-telephone-network-transition-
> 0
>
> The Commission needs input from technically-oriented folks. Thus,
don't
> hesitate to contact me if you or your organization wants to stop by at
> the
> Commission, or you have information you want to share. (FCC staff
meets
> with
> both individuals and groups regularly, both within the rule making
> process
> and outside. No campaign donation or JD degree required.)
>
> For what it's worth, I've been tasked with outreach to standardization
> organizations as one of my responsibilities.
>
> Henning
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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Of
> Fred
> Baker
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:07 PM
> To: IETF Discussion
> Subject: FCC Names Henning Schulzrinne Chief Technology Officer
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-names-henning-schulzrinne-chief-
> technology-o
> fficer
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