Scope:The Focus Group, by collaborating with worldwide future network (FN) communities (e.g., research institutes, forums, academia and etc), aims to
- collect and identify visions of future networks, based on new technologies,
- assess the interactions between future networks and new services,
- familiarize ITU-T and standardization communities with emerging attributes of future networks, and
- encourage collaboration between ITU-T and FN communities.
Objectives:The objective of the Focus Group is to document results that would be helpful for developing Recommendations for future networks.
To achieve this objective the Focus Group will
- gather new ideas relevant to Future Networks and identify potential study areas on Future Networks,
- describe visions of the Future Networks,
- identify a timeframe of Future Networks,
- identify potential impacts on standards development, and
- suggest future ITU-T study items and related actions.
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