e performance, reliability, and security; interoperability; OAM&P; ordering and Billing; and user interface. Functional platforms: There are five platform areas under this category. They are circuit switched and plant infrastructure, wireless, multimedia, optical, and packet based networks. The ATIS has made many valuable contributions in network management and has a dedicated area in its functional framework for OAM&P. There are two main function groups in ATIS that handles the standardization activity called "forums" and "committees." These main groups can form subgroups like subcommittees based on work programs and create "task forces" to work on a focused area for a specific amount of time. A proposal to work on an item is referred to as an "issue" in ATIS. An issue (issue identification form) needs to define the problem to be looked into, propose a resolution, and suggest a time line for the completion of work. An issue process is defined by ATIS on the different activities involved in the life cycle of an issue. International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is a standardizing body with which ATIS has worked closely for defining standards that needs world wide acceptance. Standardizing Bodies The deliverables of ATIS are: ATIS standards: This deliverable can comprise a variety of documents includ- ing technical requirements, specifications, reports, and whitepapers ATIS implementable end-to-end standard: This deliverable handles end-to-end solutions and hence can comprise of ATIS Standard(s) in combination with deliverables from other forums and committees external to ATIS. The ATIS standard documents are named in a specific format. If the number is ATIS-GGNNNNN.YY.XXXX, then GG corresponds to the two digit functional group number, NNNNN is the five digit number for standard document, YY is the supplement or series number and XXXX is the year or it represents a specific release. For example ATIS-0900105.01.2006 would mean a standard with number 00105 and series 01 f