FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 19, 2008

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Publishes UMB Standards Suite

Ultra Mobile Broadband Air Interference Specifications to Drive Industry Consensus

Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published a suite of Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) air interface standards numbered as TIA-1121.000 through TIA-1121.008.

The TIA-1121 documents form the compatibility specification for the UMB air interface systems, including requirements that a compliant access terminal can obtain service through any access networks conforming to the standard, without addressing the reliability, performance or measurement procedures of that service. The standards address design and implementation of access terminals to ensure uniform response to all access networks, and also include provisions for future service additions and expansion of system capabilities through the architecture defined in the documents.

The new standards contain a basic overview of the UMB air interface (TIA-1121.000); a physical layer specification (TIA-1121.001); a medium access control specification (TIA-1121.002); a radio link layer specification (TIA-1121.003); an application layer specification (TIA-1121.004); a security functions specification (TIA-1121.005); a connection control plane specification (TIA-1121.006); a session control plane specification (TIA-1121.007); and a route control plane specification (TIA-1121.008).

The TIA-1121 suite was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-45: Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Engineering Committee's TR-45.5: Spread Spectrum Digital Technology Subcommittee. To obtain copies of the document, contact IHS International Inc. at (800) 854-7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com.

For technical information regarding participating in the TR-45 committee, please contact Peter Bogard at pbogard@tiaonline.org. For press questions please contact Taly Walsh at twalsh@tiaonline.org.

The companies participating in TR-45 are: Aeroflex, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Airvana, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent, ALLTEL Communications, Inc., Apple, AT&T, Bell Canada, Bridgewater Systems Inc., Camiant, CDMA Development Group, Cingular Wireless, Cisco Systems, Inc., CML Microcircuits (USA) Inc., Coding Technologies, CommFlow Resources Inc., CSI Telecommunications, DoCoMo Communications Lab USA, Inc., Ericsson Inc., ETI Connect, FBI, FTR&D LLC, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Gemalto, Gemplus Corporation, Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc., Huawei Technologies USA, Hughes Network Systems, LLC, I'M Technologies Ltd., Intel Corporation, Intellon, Intrado, IP Fabrics, Kyocera Telecomm. Research Corp., LG InfoComm U.S.A., Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Motorola Inc., Movius Interactive Corporation, National Communications System, NeuStar Inc., Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, QUALCOMM, Research In Motion Corporation, Rogers Wireless, Rohde & Schwarz, Inc., RTKL Associates Inc., Samsung Electronics, Samsung Telecom America, Sanyo Fisher Co., Sharp Electronics Corp., Sigma Delta Communications, Inc., Space Data Corporation, Spirent Communications, Sprint Nextel, SS8 Networks, Inc., Starent Networks Corporation, Telcordia Technologies, TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Telus Mobility, Texas Instruments, Inc., TXI, Ulticom, US Cellular, UTStarcom, Inc., Verizon Wireless, VIA Telecom, Westell Technologies, Inc., ZTE USA Inc.

 

About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information communications and technology (ICT) industries through standards development, advocacy, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the business environment for thousands of companies whose focus is broadband development and deployment (including wireless and landline infrastructure and services), information technology (IT) for commercial or residential application, Internet Protocol (IP) hardware, software and content solutions, and the convergence of voice, video and data applications and evolution.

TIA co-owns NXTcomm, the tradeshow serving the ICT industry; is ANSI-accredited; serves as the secretariat for 3GPP2; holds a Board position on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) TELECOM Board; and hosts the USA pavilions in ITU trade fairs worldwide. More than 1,000 engineers, lawyers and other industry leaders participate in TIA's 70+ standards committees and TIA has produced more than 1,150 standards documents. Hundreds of experts participate in TIA's government affairs initiatives, which include advancing global broadband deployment across wireline, wireless and cable platforms; advocating advanced spectrum management; encouraging policies to enable information access for persons with disabilities; seeking allocation of additional spectrum to advance wireless services and public safety; facilitating market opportunities by promoting full, fair and open trade and competition in international markets; and ensuring that the U.S. communications sector continues to be a leader in advanced research. TIA's EIATRACK subscription-based web service, on the Web at www.eiatrack.com, enables companies to determine up-to-date information on environmental compliance of their products in various regions around the world.

TIA membership enhances the ability of companies to prepare for the future of communications. TIA brings people and businesses together by helping the industry overcome technical and political barriers to communications. Visit www.tiaonline.org for details.

 

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