1. ITU Update Reinhard Scholl, ITU
Document No:
GSC(14)18_029
Source:
ITU
Contact:
Reinhard Scholl
Agenda Item:
2.6
ITU Update
Reinhard Scholl, ITU
GSC-18 Meeting, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis, France

2. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
High Efficiency Video Coding
Video uses more than half of bandwidth use
New ITU-T H.265 will ease pressure on global networks
Succeeds 10-year old Prime-time Emmy award winner ITU-T H.264
(accounts for 80% of web video)
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

3. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
…breathing new life into old infrastructure
High speed over
long distances
Type
ITU-T
Initial approval
Max down
HDSL
G.991.1
1998
2 Mbps
ADSL
G.992.1
1999
SHDSL
G.991.2
2001
ADSL2
G.992.3
2002
VDSL
G.993.1
2004
VDSL2
G.993.2
2006
100 Mbps
G.fast
[2013]
1 Gbps
Type
ITU-T
Initial approval
Max down
BPON
G.983
1998
622 Mbps
GPON
G.984
2003
2.5 Gbps
XG-PON
G.987
2010
10 Gbps
NG-PON2
G.989
2013
40 Gbps
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

4. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Connecting medics with patient data
ITU’s Personal Health Care Standards: ITU-T H.810 (based on Continua Health Alliance)
Gives interoperability guidelines for personal health systems
32 new testing specifications for devices to be tested for conformance to the standard
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

5. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Flight data monitoring
“I believe that data from aircraft, including from the black box could be continuously transmitted and stored in data centres on the ground”
Expert dialogue on real-time monitoring of flight data: Malaysia, May 2014
ITU-T Focus Group on Aviation Applications of Cloud Computing for Flight Data Monitoring:
created June 2014
1st meeting: 1-3 Dec 2014
H.E. Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister for Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia”
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

6. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Promote adoption of mobile money
2.5 billion adults have no access to bank accounts
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation proposed:
Focus Group on Digital Financial Services to promote financial inclusion using ICTs
created June 2014
1st meeting 4Q/2014
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

7. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
IMT for 2020 and beyond
With IMT-Advanced systems now starting to be deployed attention is now focused on enabling a seamlessly connected society in the 2020 timeframe - people along with things, data, applications, transport systems and cities in a smart networked communications environment.
The detailed investigation of the key elements of “5G” are underway in ITU-R, once again using the highly successful partnership ITU-R has with the mobile broadband industry and the wide range of stakeholders in the “5G” community. 
ITU expects to finalize the “Framework and overall objectives of the future development of IMT for 2020 and beyond” by the end of 2015.
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

8. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
ICTs and vehicles
Future Networked Car event & Collaboration on ITS Communication Standards: Car and ICT industries working together to forge new era of personal transport
Performance assessment of mobile phones connected to hands-free systems in vehicles: Geneva, May 2014
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

9. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Smarter processes
Multi-stakeholder ITU-led effort to improve the efficiency of city operations and water management
Smart Sustainable Cities: Focus Group and events held in a range of countries
Smart Water: Focus Group and new joint report with UNESCO
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

10. New green ICT standards
ITU-T L.1410 aligned with ETSI lifecycle assessment methodology: collaboration with ETSI planned on all methodologies to assess eco-impact of ICT
New universal charger for laptops and other portable devices approved
Standard for green batteries approved
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

11. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Bridging the standardization gap
First e-learning course: ITU-T working methods
Mentoring programme for new delegates
Remote participation to each Question meeting during a study group meeting
1300 (!) e-meetings in 2013
New guidelines on establishing a National Standardization Secretariat
Interpretation of plenaries
Translation of ITU-T Recommendations
Fellowship programme
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

12. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Standards in academia
Kaleidoscope brings academia and industry together:
2014 St Petersburg event, 98 submissions from 39 countries
Academia membership category great success – 63 total (45 ITU-T members)
Ad hoc Group on Standards Education is advancing education on standardization
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

13. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Intellectual Property Rights
Common Patent Policy: ITU/ISO/IEC
Current litigation on standard essential patents (SEPs) led to ITU Patent Roundtable 2012
and accelerated series of meetings
Publication 1 July 2014 (left) explains contemporary tensions and conflicts surrounding inclusion of patented technology in standards
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

14. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis
Strategic Direction
ITU:
Develop international standards
Bridge the Standardization Gap
Collaborate
Convergence is the challenge:
traditional demarcation between the work of different standards bodies is becoming blurred
ICT is everywhere: how to work with “vertical sectors”?
ITU-T Review Committee:
Strategic and structural review of ITU-T
GSC-18, July 2014, Sophia Antipolis