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AN INTERVIEW WITH

NG SUBRAMANIAM

TSDSI Chair and the current 3GPP PCG Chair.

Highlights: Since January 2014 TSDSI has developed India-specific requirements and brought
them into 3GPP. However, TSDSI does a lot more than that. Could you give the 3GPP readership
a sketch of TSDSI’s main priorities and interests in 2022?

NGS: TSDSI was set up in 2014 as part of a Governmental TSDSI has developed Technical Reports and Specifications
National Telecom Policy resolution (2012), to be the country’s in the areas of IoT/M2M, PPDR, ICN, Broadcast offload, Dual
Telecommunications Standard Development Organisation. SIM, Backhaul, Drones, Security & Privacy, Support for Indian
We are an autonomous body with effective participation of Languages in devices, Open RAN, Cloud Interoperability and
the government, industry, R&D centres, service providers, Portability, Network Resource Utilization et al.
and academia – Providing a platform to drive consensus on Apart from the technical activities, TSDSI is laying a strong
standards to meet national requirements, including security emphasis on steering standards driven research and fostering
needs. an environment for stronger participation by Indian start-ups
TSDSI gives those stakeholders a place in leading International in global standards development activities.
Standards Development Organisations, including 3GPP
of course. We also act as an advisory body for preparation
of national contributions for incorporation of Indian Highlights: TSDSI works very closely
requirements, IPRs and standards in to international standards. with the Government of India Ministry
Technical activities in TSDSI are driven by topics of members’ of Communications (DoT) and the
interest. A technical activity can be triggered by TSDSI’s Telecommunication Engineering Centre, to
standardization roadmap, direct member driven proposals or ensure that India’s invention is recognised
requests from policy makers.
in standards, but also to bring the 3GPP
The current focus areas include:
specifications into India. Could you describe
• NETWORKS: 6G, 5G Enhancements, Open Systems, Rural the importance of the relationship with the
Broadband, Spectrum Studies, Backhaul, Convergence, Non- Ministry and TEC to your role in 3GPP?
terrestrial Networks.
• SERVICES & SOLUTIONS: AI-ML, Applications & Service Layer
Standards, IoT, Cloud, Security, Critical Communications, NGS: TSDSI is recognised by the Government of India as
Drones, Quantum. India’s Telecom SDO. As the OP for India, TSDSI transposes
Our Roadmap has topics grouped in 9 clusters covering 3GPP Specifications into TSDSI standards and publishes
emerging and futuristic technologies. These are in various them for consumption in India. Guidelines for adopting TSDSI
stages of deliberations as formal technical activities. Standards as National Standards by the Telecom Engineering
Centre (TEC) have been notified and are in practice. We work
TSDSI made some key contributions to 3GPP Rel-16 (NaVIC) closely with TEC for adoption of these as national standards, as
and 17 (technologies for LMLC) and we actively engaged TEC goes through a public consultation process with the wider
in various forums at the ITU and in the standards project stakeholders in the marketplace.
oneM2M.
Senior Leadership from Department of Telecommunications
and TEC are nominated members of TSDSI’s Governing Council.
Like all our members, DoT nominees are keen and supportive
of TSDSI initiatives that enhances our participation in Global
TSDSI - an advisory body for SDOs, driving Standards driven Research, engagement of start-
preparation of national contributions ups in contributing to standards development at the national
for incorporation of Indian and global levels.
requirements, IPRs and standards DoT-TEC is also an Individual Member (IM) to 3GPP through
TSDSI. Therefore, expectations and requirements of DoT-TEC
into international standards from telecom standards flow into 3GPP as TEC contributions or
through other IMs from TSDSI. And, specifications developed
at 3GPP and transposed by TSDSI, eventually get adopted by
| TEC as the national standards.
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