The Standardization Activities and Application Scenarios of the Technologies Related to IT Convergence in Korea

Byoungmoon CHIN: Managing Director of Standardization Department, TTA (Telecommunications Technology Association) 267-2 Seohyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-City, Korea. (TEL) +82-31-724-0100 (FAX) +82-31-724-0109 (E-Mail) bmchin@tta.or.kr

Daejung KIM: Director of Radio & Broadcasting Team, Standardization Department, TTA (Telecommunications Technology Association) 267-2 Seohyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-City, Korea. (TEL) +82-31-724-0090 (FAX) +82-31-724-0109 (E-Mail) kdj@tta.or.kr

Abstract

In recent times, the growing standardization of technology such as WiBro, DMB and Mobile RFID in Korea contributes to IT convergence. In this Article, we first present the standardization activities of these technologies and the application scenarios of how the new technologies would affect the acceleration of IT convergence. As these standard technologies get commercially available, convergence terminals are expected to be emerged, converging both the technologies on the lower level such as home network and U-sensor network, and the technologies on the upper level such as 2G/3G, WiBro, DMB. As a result, the new standard technologies will bring ubiquitous network or BcN into our lives in near future, at least technically.

Short Biography

Byoungmoon CHIN: Dr. CHIN is a managing director of Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), which is the national standardization organization of Korea. Before he joined TTA in 2001, he was a managing director in the Protocol Engineering Center of ETRI.

He received a BS degree from the Seoul National University, in 1976; an MS degree from Seoul National University, in 1983. And he received a doctoral degree in computer science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1996.

Daejung KIM: Mr. KIM is a director of Radio & Broadcasting team, Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). Before he joined TTA in 2001, he worked as a researcher of the Research Development Department in Korea Radio station management Agency by 2001.

Mr. KIM graduated from Chonnam national university, in 1993 and holds a master’s degree in communication engineering from Kyunghee University, in 2002.