1. GSC in a Nutshell after GSC-14 24 July 2009
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
GSC in a Nutshell after GSC July 2009
Reinhard Scholl, ITU
Geneva, July 2009

2. “The Mandate of GSC is …
… to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations and the ITU to:
Freely exchange information on the progress of standards development in the different regions and the state of the global standards development environment; and
Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain synergy and to reduce duplication.
Further, the mandate of GSC is to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations to:
Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and radiocommunication standards development organization.
GSC is not a standards development organization.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
Geneva, July 2009

3. “Decision making in GSC …
…is by consensus of the Heads of Delegation. This can either be expressed in HoD-only meetings/teleconferences or in GSC Plenary meetings.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
Geneva, July 2009

4. Output of GSC Resolutions: At GSC-14: Communiqué
After GSC-14: 25 (running #s 1-28; #s 5, 16, 18 will stay unallocated)
At GSC-14:
13 Resolutions reaffirmed
10 Resolutions modified
2 new Resolutions
2 Resolutions deleted
Plenary Resolutions: 11
GTSC Resolutions: 3
GRSC Resolutions: 6
IPR WG Resolutions: 3
User WG Resolutions: 2
Communiqué
Geneva, July 2009

5. GSC Members Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) & ITU
“The Members of GSC are the Participating Standards Organizations and the ITU.
PSOs are recognized or accredited to write (tele)communications, radiocommunications and/or ICT standards in their area of practice, and/or are national or regional consensus development organizations that input to the ITU or use ITU outputs, and are working on similar areas of standardization. That is, PSOs are by definition standards organizations that potentially exhibit a high degree of overlap in their work programs.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
About 100 participants
Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) & ITU
PSOs: ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, Communications Alliance, ETSI, ISACC, TIA, TTA, TTC
ITU
Observers
Observers of GSC-14: See next slide
Size of Delegation
GTSC or GRSC (4-8)
GTSC and GRSC (5-10)
Excludes leadership positions and host
Observer (1)
Geneva, July 2009

6. 14 Observers participated at GSC-14
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
APT Wireless Forum
Broadband Forum
CDMA Development Group (CDG)
European Patent Office (EPO)
HGI (Home Gateway Initiative)
IEC Sector Board 4
IEC (New & Novel)
IEEE-SA
IETF
ISO/IEC JTC1
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
UMTS Forum
U.S. Patent & Trade Office
Geneva, July 2009

7. Observer privileges “May participate at a GSC meeting (1 delegate);
May author and present contributions and/or status reports if invited to do so by the host Organization or on an HIS by the relevant PPSO (see Section Prime PSO (PPSO));
May submit an ISS (information sharing subject) document (i.e., it will be posted but not discussed);
May provide input to Resolutions for consideration by the Members; and
May participate in the discussion of GSC Members’ or other Observers’ contributions if invited to do so by the meeting Chair”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
Geneva, July 2009

8. GSC-14 Structure Heads of Delegation (HoD) Plenary
Opening plenary (Mo, Tu)
Closing plenary (Th am)
GTSC (Global Telecommunications Standards Collaboration)
GRSC (Global Radiocommunications Standards Collaboration)
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)
Administration
“GSC Governing Principles”
“GSC Guidance for Meeting Hosts”
Task Forces:
Radio Microphone Task Force (GRSC)
Intelligent Transport Systems (Plenary)
International Mobile for Telecommunications (IMT) (Plenary)
Geneva, July 2009

9. HIS (High Interest Subjects): Definition
“a subject of sufficient importance … to exchange views …”
“… be … of interest to multiple GSC Members …
“… of global interest …”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
Geneva, July 2009

10. HIS: Adoption and Deletion Criteria
Criteria for adoption of a HIS:
if 3 GSC Members are in favor
Criteria for deletion of a HIS:
if majority of GSC Members support proposal for removal or
if it receives fewer than 3 presentations at each meeting for two consecutive GSC meetings
Geneva, July 2009

11. Role of Prime-PSO (PPSO)
A Prime PSO is the discussion leader for each High Interest Subject (Prime PSO = Participating Standards Organization or the ITU).
Responsibilities of a PPSO:
Liaise with each GSC Member’s contact person for the HIS in advance of the meeting
Prepare and present a keynote contribution on the topic
Lead the discussion
Summarize views and eventually conclusions
Serve as a moderator on the HIS topic between the meetings and during the meeting
Geneva, July 2009

12. HIS and Resolutions
A HIS may have an associated GSC-Resolution but it is not a requirement
vice-versa, a GSC-Resolution may have an associated HIS but it is not a requirement:
3 Res on IPR (Res 22-24) (no HIS)
2 Res from User Working Group (no HIS)
There are some Resolutions but the HIS they came from is no longer a HIS
Res 13, 19-21
See mapping on next two slides
Geneva, July 2009

13. Mapping HIS to GSC-14 Resolutions
Plenary HIS
Prime-PSO
GSC Res. No. 11 12 13 14 15
Continuing cooperation on IMT standardization Emergency communications Security and lawful interception Identity management and identification systems IPTV Intelligent transportation systems IP over broadband access in support of convergence ICT and the environment ICT management and operations Forums & Consortia
Interoperability
New proposed HIS ot GSC-14 Closing Plenary (to be decided at upcoming HoD conf calls):
Smart grids
Machine-to-machine / smart embedded device communications
Future Networks
Telecommunications/ICT Accessibility for persons with disabilities
ARIB TIA TIA ITU ATIS ARIB
TTA TTC CCSA CCSA
TTC
(tbd) , 9 - 28 27
GTSC HIS
NGN
Cybersecurity
Home networking
ETSI ATIS ITU 10
11 12
GRSC HIS
Broadband wireless access, RLANs and ad hoc networking Mobile multimedia broadcast and multicast Reconfigurable radio systems (RRS)
ISACC TIA TIA
(21 in part) 17 15
Geneva, July 2009

14. Mapping of GSC-Resolutions to High Interest Subjects
Resolution No – HIS mapping
Resolution Title
PLEN
Res 1 - HIS Res 2 - HIS Res 3 Res 4 Res 6 - HIS Res 7 - HIS Res 8 - HIS Res 9 - HIS
Res 14 - HIS
Res 27 (- HIS tbd)
Res 28 - HIS
Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization Emergency Communications Network Aspects of Identifications Systems Identity Management IPTV Standards IP over Broadband Accesses in Support of Convergence ICT and the Environment ICT Management and Operations
GSC ITS Task Force
Telecommunication/ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
Interoperability
GTSC
Res 10 - HIS Res 11 - HIS Res 12 - HIS
Next-Generation Networks (NGN) Cybersecurity Home Networking
GRSC
Res Res 15 - HIS Res 17 - HIS Res Res Res
Global UWB Standardization including UWB Radar and Sensor/Imaging Applications Software Defined Radios (SDR) and Cognitive Radio Systems Mobile Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Facilitating Liaison in Relation to Measurement Methodologies, associated Measurement Uncertainty and Calibration Radio Microphones and Cordless Audio Standardization Broadband Services in Rural and Remote Areas
IPR
Res Res Res
Intellectual Property Rights Policies Cooperation with Patent and Trademark Offices
Open Standards
UWG
Res Res
Personally Identifiable Information Protection User Needs, Considerations and Involvement
} HIS
Geneva, July 2009

15. New and Novel Topics (N&N)
Goal: to allow for discussion of topics which are not yet established as HIS.
First time at GSC-14
Host of GSC-14 issued a call for abstract as part of the invitation to GSC-members and observers
6 N&N presentations at GSC-14:
Smart grids (3)
Service Oriented Networks
Future Network Issues
Machine-to-Machine communications
Geneva, July 2009

16. Information Sharing Subjects
Goal: to share info but not to present or discuss
There is no formal list of ISS-topics.
Any GSC-Member and invited observer can issue an ISS document on any topic to GSC-14
The ISS document is given a document number, put on the server and noted in the agenda item ISS (for information only – no discussion).
Geneva, July 2009

17. GSC-14 Schedule Geneva, 13-16 July 2009 Time/Date Monday (July 13)
Tuesday
(July 14)
Wednesday
(July 15)
Thursday
(July 16)
08:30-09:00
HoD/Mgt Coffee (Room E)
09:00-10:30
Plenary
*Starts at 08:30 (Room C)
GRSC (Room H)
GTSC (Room K2)　
Closing Plenary
(Room C)
09:00-09:45
HoD/Mgt Meeting (Room E)
10:30-11:00
Coffee (Room C)
Coffee (Montbrillant)
10:00-12:30
Opening Plenary (Room C)
11:00-12:30
Plenary (Room C)
GRSC (Room H)
GTSC
(Room K2)
12:30-14:00
Lunch
HoD-only Lunch (Tower 15th Floor, Satellite Restaurant)
Rooms Available:
Room No. Seats C (Tower) H (Montbr.) K1 (Montbr.) K2 (Montbr.) M1 (Montbr.) M2 (Montbr.) T 103 (Tower) T101 (Tower)
14:00-15:30
Plenary (Room C)
IPR WG
(Room H)
15:30-16:00
Coffee + Group picture
16:00-17:30
GTSC (Room K2)
18:00-20:00
Welcome Reception (Montbrillant Cafeteria)
ADMIN WG (Room K2)
Cruise on Lake Geneva (evening)
Geneva, July 2009

18. GSC-14 Leadership Meeting Role Name (Organization) GSC-14 Plenary
Chair
Mr Malcolm Johnson (ITU)
Vice Chairs
Mr Art Reilly (ATIS)
Mr Leping WEI (CCSA)
GTSC-7
Mr Reinhard Scholl (ITU)
Mr Wayne Zeuch (ATIS)
Ms Duo LIU (CCSA)
GRSC-7
Mr Kevin Hughes (ITU)
Mr Asok Chatterjee (ATIS)
Ms Zhiqin WANG (CCSA)
WGs
IPR WG Chair
Mr Antoine Dore (ITU)
User WG Chair
No User WG meeting at GSC-14
Admin WG Chair
Mr Jim MacFie (ISACC)
Mr Steve Barclay (Vice Chair)
Electronic Working Group (EWG) closed per the GSC-13 HoD#1 call (and per GSC-12 HoD#1 call). Any proposed work items may be addressed in the Admin WG, and the Governing Principles will be updated to reflect this change.
Geneva, July 2009

19. GSC-14 Documentation GSC-website: www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc GSC-14 website
GSC-14 communique (GSC14-CL-36)
GSC-14 Resolution index (GSC14-CL-007r3)
GSC-14 Resolutions
GSC-14 Summary records:
GSC-14 Closing Plenary (GSC14-CL-037)
GTSC-7 (GSC14-CL-004)
GRSC-7 (GSC14-CL-003r1)
GSC-14 Opening Plenary (GSC14-CL-002r2)
IPR Working Group (GSC14-CL-005)
Administration Working Group (GSC14-CL-006)
ITU is the permanent repository of all past GSC documents
Geneva, July 2009