= A Serial Introduction Part 3 =Winners of ITU-AJ Encouragement Awards 2020
In May every year, the ITU Association of Japan (ITU-AJ) proudly presents ITU-AJ Encouragement Awards to people who have madeoutstanding contributions in the field of international standardization and have helped in the ongoing development of ICT.
These Awards are also an embodiment of our sincere desire to encourage further contributions from these individuals in the future.
If you happen to run into these winners at another meeting in the future, please say hello to them.
But first, as part of the introductory series of Award Winners, allow us to introduce some of those remarkable winners.

Yicheng Zhou

FUJITSU LIMITED

https://www.fujitsu.com/global/Fields of activity: S MART CITY, SMART ENERGY, ICT

Initiatives in Development of the ISO 37153 International Standard forAssessment and Improvement of Smart City Infrastructure
It is a great honor to receive this ITU-AJ Encouragement
Award at this time. I would like to express sincere thanks toITU-AJ and everyone else involved. I would also like to express
deep gratitude to the ISO TC268/SC1 Japan committee, theJapan Standards Association, and Fujitsu Ltd., for their continualsupport.
As part of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
international standardization development, we promoted creationof international standards for assessment and improvementof smart-city infrastructure, from FY 2014 to FY 2017. We
developed ISO 37153:2017-Smart community infrastructures– Maturity model for assessment and improvement, the first

Takeshi Shirahase

TV Asahi Corporation
Fields of activity: SG6

Japan-led standard, which was issued in December, 2017. I was
the international project leader for ISO 37153, participating indrafting the standard, debate in the Japan domestic committee,presentation and negotiation at international meetings Afterthe standard was issued, I also planned verification tests andpromotional activities. It was a great learning experience for me.
There is still a need to revise ISO 37153 and create new
specifications as new requirements arise, as the social issues
surrounding the evaluation framework for urban infrastructurechange, and in particular regarding what urban infrastructure
should be like in times of public-health emergencies. I believe thatICT will have an increasingly important role in the future.

https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/

Activity for Future Broadcasting Services through ITU-R SG6
I am deeply honored to receive the ITU-AJ Encouragement
Award, and I would like to take this opportunity to thankthe ITU-AJ and all those who offered their guidance andencouragement.
My first participation in ITU SG6 block meetings was in2014. It gave me a great opportunity to join in making some
important recommendations regarding UHDTV and Advanced
Sound System so that we could launch the new broadcasting
service for 4K and 8K UHDTV.
It was necessary to build a simultaneous workflow for making
programs for both HDR-TV and SDR-TV using the same systemand same cameras.
We discussed practical issues regarding methods forconversions between HDR and SDR, adjusting cameras, andmonitoring, with participants from other countries who have18

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different backgrounds. Finally, we achieved the necessary
workflow.
High quality programs such as UHDTV with Advanced
Sound System are distributed to various locations through varioustransmission paths nowadays.
It is more important and more difficult to control quality
in program production, due to the increasingly diverse viewing
environment.
Broadcasting transmission systems have still been the main
field for us, but we can hardly discuss them without taking
streaming through the internet and mobile viewing devices intoaccount.
I feel it is necessary to have a broader perspective when
considering standardization for future broadcasting.

Teruaki Toeda

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (when awarded)
https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/
Fields of activity: Mobile communication

Learning from 5G Standardization Activities at the 3GPP/O-RAN
ALLIANCE
I am ver y grateful to have received this IT U-AJ
Encouragement Award at this time. I would like to express
thanks to the ITU-AJ, and to everyone for their guidance andencouragement.
I would like to take this chance to introduce the twostandardization working groups (WG) that I was in charge of:
3GPP RAN3 and O-RAN ALLIANCE WG5.
3GPP RAN3 is creating standard specifications for mobile
phone base-station architecture and related network interfaces. For
5G, to reduce the required transmission bandwidth between basestation equipment, a new functional split was created (CU-DUsplit), and an interface between them, called F1, was specified.
At O-RAN ALLIANCE WG5, we were working to connect
equipment and modules from different vendors, each with theirown strengths, to rapidly support new services utilizing 5Gfeatures.

Yoshihide Tonomura

NTT COMWARE Corporation
Fields of activity: ITU-T SG16

One thing I have learned from these experiences is to have anattitude of not hating anyone, no matter how they behave. WhenI was acting as a discussion moderator, there were times whenpeople seemed to be using time just to obstruct progress. On theother hand, such people may have a reason for their behavior anda compromise between both sides can sometimes be found byasking or guessing the backgrounds of the behavior. I think thisexperience helped me to acquire my skills of finding an acceptable
compromise.
5G commercial services have already started, and this major
accomplishment is obviously due, not to just me, but to mysuperiors at the time, and all of my co-workers in this industry.
I would like to express my gratitude again, and hope that I cancontinue to contribute in some area, to further development of 5Gand subsequent mobile telephone systems.

https://www.nttcom.co.jp/english/

Immersive Live Experience Standardization Activity
I am very honored to receive the ITU-AJ Encouragement
Award, and I would like to thank the ITU-AJ and the Japandelegation members of ITU-T SG16 for their guidance andencouragement. I received this award for activity in ITU-T SG16,
on the Immersive Live Experience (ILE) standard. ILE is astandard that can provide a different viewing experience, feelingas though the athlete is right in front of you. While Virtual Reality(VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) standards assume use of ahead mounted display, the ILE standard assumes such displays
are not used, and provides a sense of realism, like being there, for

Yoshihiro Nakajima

events such as public viewings. Currently, it is difficult to holdpublic viewings, with COVID-19 sweeping over Japan, but thisshould not continue much longer. In the near future, I expect thateveryone will be able to enjoy events such as concerts and sporting
events in front of their eyes, in public-viewing conditions.
In the future, if we can create opportunities for connection
with the open source community, in parallel with standardization,and to use contributions from non-specialists, I believe thatstandardization can have a greater impact globally. I hope to beable to contribute toward that sort of development.

NTT DOCOMO, INC

https://www.nttdocomo/english/
Fields of activity: N etwork Function Virtualization

Contributions to NFV Standardization Activities
It is a great honor to receive this Encouragement Award fromthe ITU Association of Japan. I greatly appreciate the support of
my team members and family.
ETSI ISG NFV was established in 2012 and is recognized
as the home of Network Function Virtualisation. The concept ofNFV used to be “pie in the sky” in earlier times. Now, ETSI NFVarchitecture has frequently been referenced by many SDOs andis used in commercial deployments, especially by communication
service providers, to introduce 5GC systems.
Since I was appointed as ISG Vice-Chair in 2018, I led thediscussions among operators and vendors on the future directionof NFV and contributed to the development of NFV Release-4

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work items. To promote the use of NFV by operators, I actively
provided feedback on standardization from our NFV commercialdevelopment. I also worked to expand standardization from theperspective of long-term operation and maintenance at operators.
Since the standardized area of ETSI NFV is maintenance andoperation, the definition of standard IF is limited to the provider
side, and there are no end-end regulations that are necessary
for operators. For users, our team has developed a standard
specification for a mandated end-to-end MANO sequence thatcan be implemented with easy integration and minimal workload
for future system upgrades, if the products are compliant with thisYusei Nishimoto

ETSI NFV standard specification.
NFV is a fundamental technology to support recent
trends such as base station virtualization and network nodedisaggregation, and NFV standardization is taking a very
important role in terms of facilitating introduction of related
systems and long-term operation. The concept of virtualizationin the telecom domain is still developing. I believe that the area ofNFV, including RAN and MEC, will expand in the near future. I
would like to contribute to the evolution of NFV standardization,
to expand its scope and its capability to leverage the latest cloudnative, open source, and networking technology.

Japan Broadcasting Corporation
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
Fields of activity: ITU-R SG4, SG5, SG6, WRC, Broadcasting Services

Efforts to Expand Broadcasting Business through ITU-R/WRCI am very grateful for the honor of receiving this ITU-AJ
Encouragement Award. I would like to express sincere thanks
to the ITU-J and everyone who has given me guidance in thesestandardization activities.
Since 2017, I have participated in ITU-R SG4 (Satelliteservices), SG5 (Terrestrial services), and SG6 (Broadcastingservices), handling agenda items in WRC-19 related tobroadcasting, and involved in technical study and standardization
related to broadcasting. I was also involved in WRC-19, dealing
with international radio regulations related to broadcasting.
To ensure smooth progress when considering shared use withnew wireless technologies to use spectrum effectively, we created
ITU-R reports and recommendations with common parameters inradio technology used by broadcasters, and conducting studies anddiscussion regarding the potential for shared use while protecting
existing businesses. In satellite broadcasting, to ensure stable

Kenichi Yamamoto

operation of satellite broadcasting services into the future, we also
participated in discussion and planning of operational regulations,such as broadcast satellite registration procedures.
Regarding standardization of new technologies supporting
broadcast services, broadcasters from around the world
are highly interested in the leading-edge initiatives of Japan’s
broadcasters. We are involved in creating many ITU-R reports
and recommendations, from core technologies such as 4K/8K
and next-generation terrestrial broadcasting to AI applications inprogram production.
Technology standardization will play an important role in thecontinuing expansion and advancement of broadcast services inthe future. I hope to continue contributing to the development oftechnology to support broadcast services, considering the further
diversification of viewing environments, and other environments
related to broadcasting.

KDDI CORPORATION

http://www.kddi.com/english/
Fields of activity: oneM2M, GSMA Operator Platform Group, 3GPP SA2/CT3

Standardization Activities in oneM2M, GSMA and 3GPP
It is a great honor to receive this prestigious Encouragement
Award from the ITU-AJ at this time. I am deeply thankful to all
who have regularly given me support and advice.
I have been involved in oneM2M activities, which handles
IoT platform standardization, since 2016, creating technicalspecifications as the rapporteur for work items, including
Vehicular Domain Enablement, Edge Computing, andInterworking with 3GPP SCEF API. In 2018, I was alsopresented with a oneM2M Technical Excellence Award, as aparticipant with outstanding technical contribution.
In 2020, I participated in the GSMA Operator Platform
Group, by suggesting requirements for using services functions

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that are exposed by the 3GPP NEF. This group created therequirements for an Edge Computing platform and 3GPP andETSI ISG MEC are planning to hold specification discussions
based on these requirements.
Starting in 2021, I am participating in 3GPP SA2 and CT3
meetings and am involved in standardization of areas such as
Network Automation and Network Exposure.
In the future, I hope to continue contributing to activities inthese organizations, to work to nurture others coming up in thisfield, so that Japan can produce many who can be active in thefront-lines of standardization.

Rudi Lumanto

IDSIRTII BSSN
https://idsirtii.or.id
Fields of activity: Cyber Security

How International Cooperation Is Boosting the Solution of Cyber
Security Problems
I was completely surprised, but I am very happy to receive thisITU-AJ Encouragement Award this year. This award is for all
people that have supported me and given their warm guidance,
both from Japan and Indonesia.
In 2009, I joined National CSIRT of Indonesia, called IDSIRTII/CC (Indonesia Security Incident Response Team ofInternet Infrastructure / Coordination Center), which led meto understand more about the cyber security problems faced bymy country, especially because limitations in many areas, suchas knowledge, technology, regulation, budget, and even humanresources. In 2011, I was appointed as chairman of ID-SIRTII/
CC and felt the burden from such problems increasing as thecountry, like other ASEAN countries is changing drastically andtrying to boost national development by adopting the latest ICT inmany sectors.
The CSIRT concept as a strategy to manage cyber security
processes and reduce cyber threat was in very poor condition atthat time. However, after some serious national cyber incidents
and encouragement from telecommunication communities andQKDN Standardization Teamexperts, the Ministry of Communication enacted ID-SIRTII/
CC as Indonesia’s national CSIRT in 2007. The purpose of its
establishment, as stated in the Ministerial decree, is building asafer environment and utilization of IP based telecommunication
networks that is safer from any potential threats and attacks.
It is a very big mission but with very limited resources. My
role is to solve these problems by using whatever resources I
have, while trying to reduce the cyber risk. This brings me tothe strategy of international cooperation and how to use andutilize it while solving the problems of budget, capacity building,security awareness, etc., and even contributing to national cybersecurity strategy. International cooperation, especially withJapan, gave many concrete solutions to answer both technical andnon-technical problems. As cyberspace is borderless due to theconnected telecommunication infrastructure, solving one node
helps the overall chain stay safe and secure. I believe international
cooperation gives benefit to not just one country, but to all. I
would like to continue to contribute to these activities together.

NICT Quantum ICT collaboration center
https://www.nict.go.jp/en/
Fields of activity: QKD, QKDN

Receiving a 2020 ITU Association of Japan Encouragement Award
In September last year, we received an Encouragement Award
from the ITU Association of Japan. Some time has alreadypassed since then, but we would like to take this opportunity
to offer thanks to all of those involved. Receiving this award isreally a result of efforts by the quantum key distribution network
standardization team, including members from NICT, NEC, andToshiba. This activity was supported by a strong partnership withNICT, NEC, and Toshiba.
NICT, NEC and Toshiba made a proposal to ITU-T SG13
and SG17 based on research results from the Tokyo QKD
Network in Japan. At the June, 2019, WP meeting of the SG13,
Y.3800 “Overview of QKDN” was approved, and later, a series ofRecommendations were completed, including Y.3802 Functional
Requirements, Y.3803 Architecture, Y.3804 Key Management,and X.1710 Securit y Framework. For these important
Recommendations, which is the basic standard set for QKDN,
NICT, NEC and Toshiba worked actively as editors, and theproposals from Japan were adopted in these Recommendations.
Currently, large scale feasibility tests connecting all of Europe,such as OpenQKD, are being conducted, and a QKDN spanning4,600 km and connecting Beijing and Shanghai is being built
in China. In Japan, a quantum cryptographic network is being
developed and built based on the Tokyo QKD Network, andefforts to implement it are being strengthened. We intend tocontinue building a safe and secure society using quantum
technologies, with cooperation from many partners. We lookforward to everyone’s continued support in these efforts.

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