Responsible for studies relating to:
- principles of service provision, definition and operational requirements of service emulation;
- numbering, naming, addressing and identification requirements and resource assignment including criteria and procedures for reservation, assignment and reclamation;
- routing and interworking requirements;
- human factors;
- operational and management aspects of networks including network traffic management, designations, and transport-related operations procedures;
- operational aspects of interworking between traditional telecommunication networks and evolving networks;
- evaluation of feedback from operators, manufacturing companies and users on different aspects of network operation;
- management of telecommunication services, networks, and equipment via management systems, including support for next-generation networks (NGN) and the application and evolution of the telecommunication management network (TMN) framework;
- ensuring the consistency of the format and structure of IdM identifiers; and
- specifying interfaces to management systems to support the communication of identity information within or between organizational domains.