International Telecommunications Union

1. International Telecommunications Union Liaison Report to JTC 1/SC 31

2. ITU-T structure: SGs, JCAs, GSIs, FGs • The ITU is the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Agency of the United Nations, International Governmental Organizations (IGOs). The ITU is divided into three sectors: ITU-T (Standardization), ITU- R (Radio-communications), and ITU-D (Development) • Study Groups (SGs) organized in Working Parties (WPs) built on Questions (or Rapporteurs groups), e.g. Q.5/13; working body of ITU-T, elaborates and approves Recommendations; currently 13 SGs to be reorganized to 9 • Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) coordinates work on a topic that relates to various SGs, allows external bodies to join ITU-T work but decision made by ITU-T; does not elaborate Recommendations; e.g. JCA-NID • Global Standard Initiative (GSI) meeting of Rapporteurs groups relevant to a specific topic with wide implication within ITU-T, e.g. NGN-GSI for NGN • Focus Group (FG) short lived structure created to accelerate the development of Recommendations in "hot" areas not yet dealt within an existing SG; allows external bodies to join ITU-T work but decision made by ITU-T; does not elaborate Recommendations but Technical reports; follow-up of FG takes place in SGs, e.g. FG ICT & CC (Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change).

3. International Telecommunications Union - Standardization (ITU-T) Liaison Report to JTC 1/SC 31

4. ITU-T Study Group 2 -Operational aspects of service provision, networks and performance Lead Study Group on Service definition, Numbering and Routing. Lead Study Group for Telecommunication for Disaster Relief/Early Warning. Study Group 3 - Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues Study Group 4 - Telecommunication management Lead Study Group on Telecommunication Management. Study Group 5 - Protection against electromagnetic environment effects Study Group 6 -Outside plant and related indoor installations Study Group 9 -Integrated broadband cable networks and television and sound transmission Lead Study Group on integrated broadband cable and television networks. Study Group 11 -Signalling requirements and protocols Lead Study Group on signalling and protocols Lead Study Group on intelligent networks Study Group 12 -Performance and quality of service Lead Study Group on Quality of Service and performance Study Group 13 - Next Generation Networks Lead study group for NGN and satellite matters. Study Group 15 - Optical and other transport network infrastructures Lead Study Group on Access Network Transport and on Optical Technology. Study Group 16 - Multimedia terminals, systems and applications Lead Study Group on multimedia terminals, systems and applications. Lead Study Group on ubiquitous applications (“e-everything”, such as e-health and e-business). Study Group 17 - Security, languages and telecommunication software Lead Study Group on Telecommunication Security. Lead Study Group on Languages and Description Techniques. Study Group 19 - Mobile telecommunication networks Lead Study Group on mobile telecommunication networks and for mobility. Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) TSAG reviews priorities, programmes, operations, financial matters and strategies for the Sector, follows up on the accomplishment of the work programme, restructures and establishes ITU-T Study Groups, provides guidelines to the Study Groups, advises the Director of TSB, elaborates A-series Recommendations on organization and working procedures. The standardization work of ITU-T is carried out by the technical Study Groups(SGs) in which representatives of the ITU-T membership develop Recommendations (standards) for the various fields of international telecommunications. The SGs drive their work primarily in the form of study Questions. Each of these addresses technical studies in a particular area of telecommunication standardization. Each SG has a SG Chairman and a number of vice-chairmen appointed by the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA).

5. ITU-T working procedures with ISO/IEC JTC 1and other bodies • Rec. A.23 : "Collaboration with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on information technology” • Annex A to Rec. A.23 : "Guide to ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1 cooperation" Note: This Annex is also published as Annex K to JTC1 Directives (Nov. 2001) • Rec. A.6 : "Cooperation and exchange of information between ITU-T and national and regional standards development organizations” • Rec. A.4 : "Communication process between ITU-T and Forums and Consortia" • Rec. A.5 : "Generic procedures for including references to of other organizations in ITU-T Recommendations"

6. ITU-T and JTC 1/SC 31 • SG 11 "Signaling requirements, protocols and test specifications” • SG 13 "Future networks including mobile and NGN” • SG 16 "Multimedia coding, systems and applications" work on M2M terminals, systems and applications, including the coordination of the studies among the various ITU-T SGs. Lead SG for ubiquitous applications (“e-everything”, e-health, e-business) • SG 17 "Security" work on security, cyber security, countering spam and identity management, application of open system communications, directory and object identifiers, technical languages, method for their usage and other issues related to the software aspects of telecom systems. • SG 2 "Operational aspects of service provision and telecommunications management" Numbering, Naming and Addressing, through JCA-NID • SG 3 "Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues" principles for the harmonization of global interconnection rates • SG 5 "Protection against electromagnetic environment effects"

7. ITU-T and JTC 1/SC 31 (cont’d) • JCA-NID (Network Aspects of Identification Systems [including RFID]) network aspects of identification and sensory information systems (including RFID/ USN and other similar devices) • IdM-GSI (Identity Management) has links with JCA-NID on RFID and security aspects of ubiquitous Services • NGN-GSI (Next Generation Network) Rapporteur Group Meetings include Q.5/13 and Q.12/11 • FG FN (Future Network) New — 1st meeting summer 2009 ; should include sensor networks in FN • FG CarCom (From/in/to Cars communication II) By the Handbook "Land Mobile Handbook (including Wireless Access) - Volume 4: Intelligent Transport Systems" on the use of sensors in vehicles as an environment monitoring tool with data sent through wireless links for weather forecasting and climate control, should consider cars as elements of (mobile) sensor networks. • FG ICT & CC (Impact of ICT on Climate Change)

8. International Telecommunications Union - Radio-Communications (ITU-R) Liaison Report to JTC 1/SC 31

9. ITU WP 1A • WRC-11 Agenda item 1.22 1.22 to examine the effect of emissions from short-range devices on radio-communication services, in accordance with Resolution 953(WRC‑07):Protection of radio-communication services from emissions by short-range radio devices

11. Agenda Item 1.22 - (2) • AI 1.22: to examine the effect of emissions from short-range devices on radiocommunication services, in accordance with Resolution 953 [COM6/4] (WRC 07) Example of interference simulation

12. Resolution 953 The World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2007), considering a) that short-range radio devices (SRDs) are radio transmitters or receivers, or both, and hence are not considered as industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications under No. 1.15; b) that SRDs, including devices using ultra-wideband (UWB) technologies, radiofrequency identification devices (RFIDs), and other similar devices, generate and use radio frequencies locally; c) that SRDs cannot claim protection from interference from radio services and therefore have been developed in priority in ISM frequency bands; d) that there is an increasing amount of SRDs proliferating across various frequencies throughout the spectrum, such as devices using UWB technologies or RFIDs, etc.; e) that in some cases considerable energy may be radiated by RFIDs; f ) that some radio services, especially those using low field strengths, may suffer harmful interference from SRDs, in particular RFIDs, a risk which is unacceptable, particularly in the case of radio-navigation or other safety services,

13. ITU-R Terms and Definitions 1.15 industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications (of radio frequency energy): Operation of equipment or appliances designed to generate and use locally radio frequency energy for industrial, scientific, medical, domestic or similar purposes, excluding applications in the field of telecommunications. 1.3 telecommunication: Any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems (CS).

14. Next steps • Should NBs, companies/organizations, and others become personally involved in developing their National Body positions, at the request of SC 31? • Does SC 31 want to involve itself in this ITU-R area of interest? • Should SC 31 develop a position on RFID use in ISM bands? • Recommend that ITU should not write directives in this area • Recommend that ITU provide RFID exception to the ISM definition • Recommend that ITU protect all RFID ISM bands • Recommend that ITU protect specific RFID ISM bands • 13.56 MH – 433 MHz – 915 MHz – 2450 MHz • Recommend that ITU provide protection for RFID in one or more non-ISM bands

15. ITU WP 5B – Resolution 357 (WRC-07) WRC-07 resolves • that WRC-11 consider amendments to provisions of the Radio Regulations necessary to provide for the operation of ship and port security and maritime safety systems; • that WRC-11 consider additional allocations to the maritime mobile service below 1 GHz to support the requirements identified in resolves 1; • that WRC-11 consider additional allocations to the maritime mobile-satellite service in frequency bands allocated to the maritime mobile service between 156 and 162.025 MHz to support the requirements identified in resolves 1, invites ITU-R • to conduct, as a matter of urgency, studies to determine the spectrum requirements and potential frequency bands suitable to support ship and port security and enhanced maritime safety systems; • that the studies referred to in invites ITU-R 1 should include the applicability of spectrum efficient technologies, and sharing and compatibility studies with services already having allocations in potential spectrum for ship safety and port security systems,

16. ITU R • Mention of ultra-wideband systems is made in the Resolution’s Considerings (b) and (d). Such devices have been studied extensively in Task Group 1/8, resulting in the production of four Recommendations: • ITU-R SM.1754 (“Measurement techniques of ultra-wideband transmissions”) • SM.1755 (“Characteristics of ultra-wideband technology”) • SM.1756 (“Framework for the introduction of devices using ultra-wideband technology”) and • SM.1757 (“Impact of devices using ultra-wideband technology on systems operating within radiocommunication services”). • Additionally, the work of Task Group 1/8 resulted in Report ITU-R SM.2057 (“Studies related to the impact of devices using ultra-wideband technology on radiocommunication services”)

17. Outcome • Granting IMO request for 433 MHz and 915 MHz use for maritime operations including freight container RF tags.

18. Resolutions requested • Should SC 31 provide input to ITU-R regarding WRC-11 Agenda Item 1.22 (SRDs in ISM Bands)? If so, of what should that input consist? • Should SC 31 provide input to ITU-R regarding WRC-11 Agenda Item 1.10 (reservation of frequency for maritime/port applications)? If so, of what should that input consist?

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