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services being developed are creating a ‘Connected
Home’ and a ‘Connected Office’.
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including Quality of Service (QoS) and security.
Cordless Voice and Broadband We will also update the DECT Harmonised Standard related
Communication to IMT.
Our Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT™)
specification is the leading standard around the world for Powerline Communications
digital cordless telecommunications but, at the same time, We are addressing the co-existence of Digital Subscriber
it has been enhanced to create Ultra Low Energy DECT Line (DSL) modems and powerline telecommunications (PLT)
(DECT ULE), the networking technology for residential and at customers’ premises to preserve the high throughputs
building applications that is primarily driven by a low power of DSL technologies. In 2017 we will continue work on a
requirement for battery-operated devices for Machine-to- test specification for co-existence mechanisms between
Machine communications. PLT and Very-high-bit-rate DSL 2 (VDSL2)/the G. Fast
Recommendation.
While we will continue to maintain our existing standards
and specifications, we have now also begun to consider PLT and Premium TV Services
the future of DECT and to collect requirements. In 2017, We are also working on the transportation of video over
our DECT committee (TC DECT) will produce a Technical powerlines, in response to the advent of 4K video streaming
Report (TR) outlining technology roadmaps for the further and video on demand services for Ultra High Definition
evolution of DECT, ULE, Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency (UHD) television and new advances in technology which rely
Communications (URLLC), New Generation DECT (NG-DECT), on high performance PLT modems. Development of a new
DECT evolution and DECT 2020, so that timelines and targets Technical Specification (TS) is ongoing, aimed at defining the
are agreed and commonly known. These roadmaps will transcoding of High Definition and UHD video over powerline
define high-level feature sets and implementation targets networks to improve network coverage.
mapped on a common timeline.

This work will be supported by a number of studies. We have
initiated a study into ‘DECT 2020: New Radio’, and plan to
complete a TR on the subject by the end of 2017. This will
focus on defining use cases of DECT 2020, the possible use of
RF channel measurements in typical deployment scenarios,
benchmarking channel models for DECT frequency bands and
use cases, and a first definition of DECT 2020, with guidance
for the preparation of a technical specification.

We are also investigating URLLC, a usage scenario originating
from International Mobile Telecommunications 2020 (IMT-
2020) with strict requirements, especially in terms of latency
and reliability. We plan to complete a TR by the end of 2017
which will examine URLLC use cases for vertical industries
and establish URLLC data service profiles for periodic,
aperiodic and streaming data traffic. This TR will form the
basis for future technical specifications for DECT, DECT ULE,
DECT evolution and DECT 2020.
The security of DECT is an ongoing consideration and we
expect to produce a new assessment, with suggested
improvements, by the end of 2017.

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