1. Activities of ARIB on IMT Standards
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
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GSC14-Plenary-017
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SOURCE:
Kohei SATOH (ARIB)
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Activities of ARIB on IMT Standards
Kohei SATOH
Managing Director, ARIB
Geneva, July 2009

2. Highlight of Current Activities (1)
The Advanced Wireless Communications Study Committee (ADWICS) is conducting technical studies on advanced wireless communication systems in cooperation with other related international/domestic organizations and is contributing to their international standardization activities
ADWICS constitutes following three subcommittees
IMT Partnership Subcommittee (3GPPs)
IMT-Advanced Subcommittee (ITU-R WP5D)
BWA Subcommittee (WiMAX, Next Generation PHS, etc.)
Geneva, July 2009

3. Highlight of Current Activities (2)
The IMT Partnership Subcommittee is continuing downstream activities of the specification developed by 3GPPs for ARIB Standards
The IMT-Advanced Subcommittee is conducting technical studies on IMT-Advanced and promotes its standardization through contributions to ITU-R and other activities
The Radio Interface Technology Study Group and its Evaluation Group established under the IMT-Advanced Subcommittee are in action towards the submission of candidate radio interface technologies for IMT-Advanced
Geneva, July 2009

4. Strategic Direction
The Radio Interface Technology Study Group is under discussion to prepare draft proposal(s) of IMT-Advanced radio interface technology with two working groups (3GPP LTE-Advanced and IEEE m bases)
The proposal(s) will be submitted to ITU-R through Japan’s national process
The ARIB Evaluation Group registered with ITU-R will develop and submit an own evaluation report
Geneva, July 2009

5. Challenges
With the objective of forming consensus for IMT-Advanced, ARIB’s Radio Interface Technology Study Group and Evaluation Group will exchange information and views and coordinate with other PSOs or other evaluation groups through ITU-R WP5D, 3GPPs and other regional activities such as APT Wireless Forum and CJK Standards meeting
Geneva, July 2009

6. ARIB Evaluation Group will submit evaluation report(s) by June 2010
Next Steps/Actions
Japanese proposal(s) for IMT-Advanced will be developed though discussions in the Radio Interface Technology Study Group, and will be submitted to ITU-R through Japan’s national process in October 2009
ARIB Evaluation Group will submit evaluation report(s) by June 2010
Geneva, July 2009

7. Proposed Modification of Resolution GSC-13/01
Considering recent activities in ITU-R WP5D, 3GPPs, PSOs and others on IMT-Advanced, Resolution GSC-13/01 (Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization) should be updated as follows:
To update “Recognizing part” as appropriate
Geneva, July 2009

8. Supplementary Slides
Geneva, July 2009

9. Overview of Advanced Wireless Communications Study Committee
Responsibilities
To perform the technical studies on advanced wireless communication systems in cooperation and coordination with other related institutions in Japan and overseas
To contribute to their international standardization activities
Structure of the Study Committee
Advanced Wireless Communications Study Committee
IMT Partnership Subcommittee
BWA Subcommittee
Steering Committee
IMT-Advanced Subcommittee
Geneva, July 2009

10. Scope of Subcommittees
IMT Partnership Subcommittee
Operate 3GPPs as one of an Organizational Partner
Prepare contribution to 3GPPs on national regulatory requirements aspects
Downstream activities of the specification developed by 3GPPs for ARIB Standards
IMT-Advanced Subcommittee
Conduct technical studies on IMT-Advanced
Promote its standardization through contributions to ITU-R and other activities
BWA Subcommittee
Produce national standards for WiMAX, Next Generation PHS and IEEE referring to relevant international standards.
Geneva, July 2009

11. Organization of IMT-Advanced Subcommittee
Collaboration Group
Standardization
Study Group
RIT
Study Group
WG-I
To discuss technologies based on the IEEE802.16m
WG-L
To discuss technologies based on the LTE-Advanced
WP5D WG
Evaluation G
RIT: Radio Interface Technology
Geneva, July 2009

12. Standardization of IMT-Advanced in ITU-R WP5D
Schedule for the development of IMT-Advanced radio interface recommendations
We are now here!
2008
2009
2010
2011
WP 5D meetings #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9
#10
(1) Cut off for proposal
(2) Cut off for evaluation report
(3) Decide key characteristics
(4) Develop radio interface specification
Step 1 and 2
(0)
(20 months)
Step 3
(8 months)
(1)
Step 4
(16 months)
(2)
Steps 5,6 and 7
(20 months)
(3)
Steps 8
(12 months)
(4)
• Steps in Radio interface development process:
Step 1: Issuance of the Circular Letter Step 2: Development of candidate RITs Step 3: Reception of the submissions and issuance of an acknowledgement for RIT Step 4: Evaluation of candidate RITs by evaluation groups
Step 5: Review and coordination of outside evaluation activities Step 6: Review to assess compliance with minimum requirements Step 7: Consideration of evaluation results, consensus building and decision Step 8: Development of Radio Interface Recommendation(s)
Geneva, July 2009

13. Structure of IMT Studies in Japan
ITU-R
WP5D meeting
・Contributions
Telecommunications Council (MIC)
Terrestrial Service Committee
IMT-WG
・Develop draft contributions
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB)
IMT-Advanced Sub-Committee
Radio Interface Technologies Study Group
Standardization Study Group
WP5D WG
WG-I
(IEEE802.16m)
Approx. 16 companies
WG-L
(LTE-Advanced)
Approx. 22 companies
Evaluation Group
Respond to
regular meetings
Respond to IMT-Advanced proposal development
Extract from the document of Terrestrial Service Committee, Telecommunications Council, MIC, Japan (January 30,2009 )
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14. Actions towards Submission of Japan’s Proposal
Facilitate Japanese enterprises to participate in SDOs’
development of IMT-Advanced RITs
(Jan-May, 2009)
Express appreciation of SDOs’ activities and notify Japan’s further
actions to WP5D
(June 2009)
(3) Review of SDO’s self-evaluation results in Japan
(Jun-Sept. 2009)
(4) Deliberation on the adequacy of proposed SDOs’
IMT-Advanced RITs
(September 2009)
(5) Submission of Japan’s proposal to WP5D
(October 2009)
Extract from the document of Terrestrial Service Committee, Telecommunications Council, MIC, Japan (January 30,2009 )
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15. Resolution GSC-13/01 on IMT standardization (1)
Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization
Recognizing:
that Resolution ITU-R 56 describes a naming scheme for International Mobile Telecommunications whereby “IMT-Advanced” applies to those systems, system components, and related aspects that include new radio interface(s) that support the new capabilities of systems beyond IMT-2000;
that ITU-R Study Group 5 and ITU-T Study Group 19 are continuing studies on IMT (encompassing both IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced);
that ITU-R Study Group 5 has initiated a process for the development of terrestrial radio interface technologies that will meet the technical and operational requirements of IMT-Advanced;
that core network(s) are increasingly becoming access technology agnostic;
that IMT and other rapidly emerging wireless broadband access technologies will make high-speed wireless access services available where this was not previously possible, thereby enabling access to advanced telecommunication, computing and entertainment services and capabilities, not only for urban but also for rural and other low density environments;
that WRC-07 identified some additional spectrum for the implementation of IMT systems;
that work on evolution of the radio technologies may converge to use similar techniques; and
that there are related international, regional and national research activities in this area.
Geneva, July 2009

16. Resolution GSC-13/01 on IMT standardization (2)
Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization
Resolves:
to encourage 3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE, Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) and others to continue to work on enhancing the IMT standards as an essential part of future telecommunication, computing and entertainment standards;
to encourage the harmonization of candidate proposals for the radio transmission technologies for IMT and related networking standards;
to invite 3GPP, 3GPP2, PSOs and others to take care of the evolution of the current systems and the long-term evolution for such systems taking into account copyrights, working procedures, IPR aspects etc. and report to the next meeting for review;
to exchange information and views on candidate radio interface technologies for IMT-Advanced among PSOs allowing for efficient, effective and timely development of the IMT-Advanced standard;
to encourage the Task Force under the GRSC to actively help in the exchange of information and views mentioned in 4), with the goal of consensus building; and
to review this Resolution at future GSC meetings as required.
Geneva, July 2009