April 2023

Committee Reports

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• AIDC: Automatic Identification & Data Capture Committee
  • Issue: 0041
  • Title: Review Structure for Serialization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Network Infrastructure Equipment
  • Statement: Administrative changes were needed to reflect a corporate name change (Telcordia to iconectiv) as well as other minor editorial changes for clarity.
  • Resolution:
  • Status: New Issue

  For more information, visit the AIDC home page or contact Mignot Asefa.

• PTSC: Packet Technologies and Systems Committee
  • Issue: 0165
  • Title: Update procedures in ATIS-1000087, Mechanism for Initial Cross-Border Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN)
  • Statement: ATIS-1000087 proposed an initial mechanism to support cross-border SHAKEN at a time when the U.S. was the only country deploying SHAKEN. Today, SHAKEN has been deployed, or is being deployed, in several countries, and initial consideration is being given to establishing cross-border trust. This has identified areas where the initial specification is incomplete or unnecessarily complex, necessitating a revision to ATIS-1000087 to provide a complete set of requirements for use. Specifically, the cross-border procedures defined in ATIS-1000087 have two issues. First, the published procedures dont describe how a verification service checks the revocation status of a cross-border STI Certificate. The procedures simply say that the cross-border STI-PAs exchange CRLs, without specifying how a verification service would access those CRLs. Second, ATIS-1000087 mandates that when a SHAKEN cross-border agreement is established, each STI-PA will merge Trusted STI-CA Lists onto its local Trusted STI-CA List. The advantage of this approach is the STI-PA does all the heavy lifting, and Service Provider verification services are not impacted. However, having these merged lists may create a problem if an STI-PA shares its merged list with a cross-border STI-PA, where all such mutual agreements have not yet been established.
  • Resolution:
  • Status: New Issue

  For more information, visit the PTSC home page or contact Anna Karditzas.

• STEP: Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection Committee
  • Issue: 0203
  • Title: Review of ATIS‐0600005.2017, Acoustic Measurement
  • Statement: Based on the 5-year review of ATIS-0600005.2017, improvements to the document were proposed.
  • Resolution: This issue was resolved with the publication of ATIS‐0600005.2023, Acoustic Measurement.
  • Status: Final Closure

  • Issue: 0205
  • Title: Revision of ATIS-0600015.04.2017, Energy Efficiency for Telecommunication Equipment: Methodology for Measurement and Reporting DC Power Plant – Rectifier Requirements
  • Statement: There is need to update the acronym list to comply with IEEE naming convention.
  • Resolution: This issue was resolved with the publication of ATIS-0600015.04.2023, Energy Efficiency for Telecommunication Equipment: Methodology for Measurement and Reporting DC Power Plant Rectifier Requirements.
  • Status: Final Closure

  For more information, visit the STEP home page or contact Mignot Asefa.

• WTSC: Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee
  • Issue: 0098
  • Title: Assessment of Work Efforts for CSRIC Recommendations
  • Statement: CSRIC VIII has approved a list of recommendations describing potential enhancements to WEA. Associated estimates for standardization and time-to-field are included; however, these estimates represent the timeline for each potential enhancement when considered in isolation. If more than one of the potential enhancements are pursued, and specifically where standards, development, and deployment efforts have to be performed in parallel, these parallel efforts will impact the timeline estimates provided by CSRIC VIII. Solution options were discussed which range from minimal impact up to significant impacts to, or even redesign of, the current WEA system. In addition, each potential enhancement involves input from consultation with SMEs, collaboration among the involved stakeholders, studies on social aspects/impacts, or a combination of these. CSRIC VIII was unable, within the time allowed, to consider and offer recommendations on the organization, prioritization, or ordering, of these efforts, and has asked that ATIS WEA work with AOs and other relevant experts to form these recommendations. This information is viewed as part of the input to the FCCs decision-making process for both which enhancements to pursue and in which order, and achievable standards development and field deployment timing. CSRIC VIII has asked that ATIS complete this exercise within six months.
  • Resolution:
  • Status: New Issue

  For more information, visit the WTSC home page or contact Anna Karditzas.

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Recently Approved ATIS Standards

INC

• Document Number: ATIS-0300052
• Title: Non-Geographic 5XX-NXX Code Assignment Guidelines
• Type: Revision
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STEP

• Document Number: ATIS-0600031.01.2023
• Title: (Pumped) Distributed Refrigerant Cooling – Standardized Infrastructure
• Type: Revision
• View Here
• Document Number: ATIS-0600015.04.2023
• Title: Energy Efficiency for Telecommunication Equipment: Methodology for Measurement and Reporting DC Power Plant – Rectifier Requirements
• Type: New
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Recent Policy Filings

• Date: 04/05/2023
• Description: Letter from ATIS HAC Task Force urging the FCC to grant near-term relief of certain HAC rules before the June 5, 2023, Compliance Date
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SNAC

• Date: 04/04/2023
• Description: Ex parte notification regarding ATIS SNAC meeting with Commissioner Simington’s Office seeking guidance regarding the distribution for Toll-Free Numbers that have been made unavailable at the FCC’s direction
• View filing
• Date: 04/05/2023
• Description: Ex parte notification regarding ATIS SNAC meeting with Commissioner Starks’ Office seeking guidance regarding the distribution for Toll-Free Numbers that have been made unavailable at the FCC’s direction
• View filing

WTSC

• Date: 04/07/23
• Description: Letter to James Wiley of the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau providing an update on ATIS’ work to address the recommendations from CSRIC VIII Working Group 6
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