Thanks to those of you who enlightened me on the finer points of Euro compliance. The TRAC website had particularly helpful information.
Dwight -- DWIGHT HUNNICUTT Sr. Compliance Engineer **************************** * <[email protected]> * * (510) 413-1349 direct * * (510) 492-0808 fax * * VINA Technologies,Inc. * * 42709 Lawrence Place * * Fremont, CA 94538 * **************************** > > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ETS vs CTR vs TBR > > Dear colleague! > Let me shortly point out some definitions: > TBRxx means "Technical Basis for Regulation" > CTRxx means "Common Technical Regulation" > Initially the TBR used to be the draft of a CTR. By > decision of the European Commission the TBR-paper > becomes the status of a CTR, i.e. it has to be applied > for approvals. Unfortunately the title is no longer > changed, i.e. even after the Commissions decision > the document itself still keeps the TBR as the name. > The TBR/CTR is test and approval specification, which > means that you can not use it to design a product. > If you want to design a ISDN terminal with a Basic > Rate Interface you have to study all related standards > (ETS300...). In case of the BRI this would be > ETS300012 for the physical layer > ETS300125 for the data link layer > ETS300102-1 (-2) and ETS300403-1 for the network > interface layer > These standards cover only the so-called Basic Call > Control. If you additionally want to implement > supplementary services, you need to study the related > standards again. You see, it is not easy. > By the way the period for applying to I-CTR3/4 expires > by may 20 1998, after that date only CTR3/4 is applicable. > Finally some interesting home pages: > www.etsi.fr > Homepage of ETSI, here you can get a list of the TBR/CTR > status > www.trac.org.uk > Home of TRAC from here you can get access to the so-called > Advisory notes (for GSM, ISDN, DECT, Analog). The advisory > notes are important as they fix uncertainties in the > regulations. > > Good luck > Volkard Delfs > Panasonic Testing Centre (Europe) > Winsberging 15 > 22525 Hamburg > Germany > e-mail: [email protected] > > RCIC - http://www.rcic.com > Regulatory Compliance Information Center --
