IP: NTIA Roundtable 12/18 on ENUM

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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>National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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>Public Meeting on the Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) Protocol
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>AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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>ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting
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>SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
>(NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold a roundtable to discuss and
>explore issues related to the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF)
>Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) protocol and the work being undertaken
>between the IETF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Study
>Group 2 (SG2) to consider how number resolution using ENUM may be affected
>by public switched telephone network infrastructure and telephone numbering
>administration
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>DATE: The meeting will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday,
>December 18, 2000.
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>ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
>B841A, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. The meeting will be
>open to the public.
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>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please contact Karen Rose,
>Office of International Affairs, NTIA, telephone: (202) 482-1866.
>Individuals wishing to attend the meeting should send an e-mail with the
>participants name, organizational affiliation, and telephone number to
>krose@ntia.doc.gov with a subject line entitled ENUM ROUNDTABLE or call Ms.
>Rose with this information at the above-listed number.
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>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, communications users require a number
>of different identifiers to be reachable through various communications
>networks and services. For example, a user might have an e-mail address, a
>telephone number, and a fax number, among others. The ENUM protocol, the
>result of work of the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF's) Telephone
>Number Mapping working group
>(http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/enum-charter.html), is designed to allow
>communications users to be reachable using standard telephone numbers (E.164
>numbers) as a universal communications identifier. The ENUM protocol uses
>the Internet domain name system (DNS) to resolve E.164 numbers into the
>specific routing information needed to connect users through a chosen
>communication path. E.164 is an International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
>Recommendation that provides the number structure used for international
>public telecommunication numbering plan. The ENUM protocol itself is defined
>in IETF document "E.164 number and DNS" (RFC 2916) (see website above).
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>As part of the its work, the IETF engaged the ITU to consider how number
>resolution using ENUM might be affected by public switched telephone network
>infrastructure and telephone numbering plans, such as the ITU E.164
>standard. Work in the ITU has been undertaken in ITU Telecommunication
>Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group 2 (SG 2) Working Party 1 (WP1),
>which recently held a meeting in Berlin, Germany on October 16-26, 2000.
>Among other issues, SG2/WP1 meeting discussed issues raised by ENUM, and
>particularly, the method for administering and maintaining ENUM E.164-based
>resources in the DNS. The SG2/WP1 meeting resulted in the issuance of a
>liaison statement to the IETF that set forth a view on how E.164 resources
>should be administered, as well identifying other issues for further
>consideration (See http://www.itu.int/infocom/enum/wp1-39_rev1.htm).
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>The December 18 meeting intends to explore and stimulate discussion on
>issues raised by ENUM, including those raised by recent ITU work. To
>facilitate an exchange of views, the meeting will be structured as a
>roundtable discussion. The tentative agenda for the meeting (subject to
>change) is as follows:
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>1.Welcome
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>2.Technical overview of ENUM and examples of possible services enabled by
>the ENUM protocol.
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>3.Exploration and discussion of issues raised by ENUM and ENUM numbering
>administration.
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>4.Discussion of ITU SG2/WP1 meeting results and possible US approaches to
>SG2/WP1 to the issue going forward.
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>5.Discussion on additional steps for progressing consideration of the issue.
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>6.Summary
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>PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will be open to the public an is
>physically accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals wishing to
>attend should send an e-mail with the participants name, organizational
>affiliation, and telephone number to krose@ntia.doc.gov with a subject line
>entitled ENUM ROUNDTABLE or call Ms. Rose at (202) 482-1866 with this
>information. To facilitate entry into the Department of Commerce building,
>please have a photo identification and/or a U.S. Government building pass,
>if applicable. Any member of the public wishing to attend and requiring
>special services, such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary
>aids, should contact Ms. Rose at least three (3) days prior to the
>roundtable at the above-listed e-mail address or telephone number.
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>Kathy D. Smith  Chief Counsel
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