Tuesday, April 22, 2003

TIA to Create Standard for WLAN Telephony

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) initiated work on standards to address VoIP over wireless local area network (WLAN) mobile terminals and WLAN/LAN infrastructure. The work is undertaken by TIA's engineering committee TR-41, User Premises Telecommunications Equipment Requirements. The effort is based on the standard ANSI/TIA/EIA-810-A: "Telecommunications -- Telephone Terminal Equipment -- Transmission Requirements for Narrowband Voice over IP and Voice over PCM Digital Wireline Telephones." TIA is cooperating with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 and the Wi-Fi Alliance. A working draft is expected by the end of this year. A published standard is expected by the end of 2004.
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