January 2017

CEATEC JAPAN 2016
CEATEC＊ JAPAN 2016, one of the most famous exhibitions of Advanced Technologies inJapan, was held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba prefecture from 4 to 7 October 2016. ARIB set
up a booth in the “Social Area” and exhibited the ARIB activities.
( CEATEC＊ : Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies )The theme of the 2016 year's
CEATEC

was"Connecting

Society, Creating the Future",
and an event planning andschedulesettinghadbeencarried out as the CPS / IoT
Exhibition, in consideration ofstrongbusinessexchange(Business Link) among thedomestic

andexecutives,

foreigngovernment

officials and key engineers.
Total of 648 companies andorganizations had taken partin the CEATEC.

ARIB booth in CEATEC JAPAN 2016

In the ARIB booth, following contents were exhibited and introduced.
(1) Overview of ARIB
(2) ARIB's research, development and international cooperation activities(3) Technologies and systems which won the 27th Radio Achievement Award
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Exhibition of the 27th Radio Achievement Award winning technologies

In addition, the questionnaires were carried out for more than 600 people who visited the
ARIB booth with interest, and benefits to become a member of ARIB were explained tothe people who belonged to non-member companies or organizations, by using thebrochures of ARIB and other documents.
On 4 October, a seminar entitled "Trends of the new technology standardization incommunications and broadcasting fields" was held in the CEATEC venue. The lecture
was carried out by Mr. Ken Sugawara, director of Planning and International Affairs
Department of ARIB, attended by more than 80 participants.

ARIB seminar in CEATEC JAPAN 20162

The Workshop
on the Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Systems (5G) - 2016
The third annual workshop to discuss the advancement of research towards therealization of the 5th generation mobile communications system (5G) was held.
Presentations were given on activities, both in Japan and abroad, working towards therealization of 5G as well as the demands and expectations for the use of 5G in theindustrial world, which is expected to benefit greatly from 5G.
In addition, a panel discussion was held, where opinions were exchanged about new
mobile services that would be introduced to the world using 5G systems from the year
2020.
Sponsor
Co-Sponsor
Date
Location
Number of Participants

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
5GMF (Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion
Forum)
Wednesday, 5 October 2016. 14:00～17:30
Makuhari Messe International Convention Center
Prefecture), Convention Hall B
About 600

The Workshop Hall

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(ChibaOpening Remarks
Jiro Akama,State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

Keynote Address
Prof. Susumu Yoshida,
Chairman, 5G workshop organizing committee, Chairman, 5GMF

Session 1 ：Domestic and Overseas Towards the Implementation of 5G
Presentations on the current situation of the 5G Systems Integrated Verification Trial
being held by the 5GMF, looking towards the realization of 5G by 2020, followed byreports on activities towards the realization of 5G in China and South Korea
Japan(5GMF)

Dr. Satoshi Suyama(Subleader, 5G Trial Promotion Group, 5GMF)
Title：Integrated Verification Trial toward Actualization of 5G System
Overview：Introducing concepts behind the integrated verification trial,
potential participants, schedule, trial items, and trial scenarios

China Dr. Wen Tong (Huawei)
Title：5G Trial Activities in China
Overview ： Overview and Results of Step 1 of the 5G Trial and theobjective, requirements, and schedule of Step 2 5G Trial held by China.
South Korea Dr. Seongkwan Kim (kt）
Title：KT 5G Plan; Recent Activities and Future Plan
Overview：The needs and details about 5G, the technology, and the resultsof trials in South Korea, introduction of proposed major features,
introducing activities towards the realization of a 5G ecosystem

Session 2： Cooperation with industries in uses of 5G
Mr. Gota Iwanami (Chairman, Service and Application Committee, 5GMF )Title：Application Development for 5G Mobile Communications
Overview ： Expectations for 5G from an application developers’
perspective, considerations for applications in the 5G era, utilization
image of wireless services in the near future
Mr. Hideaki Suganuma (Toyota)
Title：The latest Trends in Connected Cars and Expectations for 5G
Overview：Introduction of the history of ITS services and examples of theirimplementation activities towards the realization of automated drive,
connecting cars and local communities, expectations for 5G and othercommunications technologies

4Mr. Eiji Kuwabara (Sohgo Security Services)
Title：Security service evolving with high technology
Overview ： Connections between uses of security systems and hightechnology, expectations of diversifying and expanding services with 5G
Mr. Junya Inoue (The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic andParalympic Games)
Title：Expectations for 5G in Tokyo 2020
Overview：Expectations for 5G in light of the Rio Olympics and the vision
for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

Panel Discussion
The Panel Discussion was moderated by Strategy and Planning Committee Deputy
Chairman Mr. Takehiro Nakamura and included, in addition to the day’s presenters,
5GMF Technical Committee chairman Prof. Seiichi Sampei of Osaka University. The
panelists exchanged opinions on issues including verification trials needed to realize
5G, cooperation with industries outside the telecommunications field, and how to raise
the public’s interest in 5G.
◆This year’s panelist exchanged opinions on gaining participation of business andindustrial sectors on issues related to 5G uses as well as user guides◆As Korea, China and Japan will be holding Olympics beginning in the next 2 years,
there was discussion about cooperation between the nations. Additionally, ideas were
provided on how to share information from the participation nations, especially the
information on the spectrum and decisions on technical issues in which cooperation
is important and necessary.
◆As for businesses that will use 5G, technology based appeals won’t drive its use,
instead it will be issues 5G will solve and the understand of value that only 5G
systems can create. Additionally, there was discussion on how to cooperate on thetesting and discussion needed to implement these uses.
◆Prof. Sampei, 5G Technical Committee chairman, pointed out that what was needed
for the age of 5G was not just increasing information distribution, but further
research into new approaches into the technology and business models as well as
how the management of the system will be distributed.

Mr. Takehiro Nakamura (5GMF)
Moderator

Members of the Panel Discussion

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The 25th ITU-R WP5D Meeting
The 25th ITU-R WP5D Meeting was held as below.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

From 5 to 13, October 2016

Venue

ITU headquarters ( Geneva , Switzerland )Participants

About 235 people from 40 countries ( 38 organizations )Participantsfrom Japan

19 people (including 3 people from ARIB) headed by Ms. Yamauchi(Deputy Director of Land Mobile Communications Division, MIC)

The 25th ITU-R WP5D Meeting
2. Main results(1) Discussion about the new report of ITU-R M. [IMT-2020.TECH PERF REQ], which
specifies the radio interface requirements of IMT-2020 (5G), had been carried out, andthe preliminary draft new report was created. It is scheduled to finalize the report
including target values for each technical requirement etc. at the next meeting.
(2) Investigation about the new report of ITU-R M.[IMT-2020.SUBMISSION], which
specifies the proposed method on the radio interface of IMT-2020, and ITU-R
M.[IMT-2020.EVAL], which specifies the evaluation method on the radio interface of
IMT-2020, had been carried out, and the update of working documents were made.
With respect to ITU-R M.[IMT-2020.EVAL], 5 Test Environments were agreed finally,
and modifications such as integration of Extention module proposed by Japan etc.
were made.
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(3) With regard to WRC-19 agenda item 1.13 on the new frequency of IMT, study forspectrum needs and sharing parameters had been carried out, and draft liaison
statement to Task Group 5/1 was updated. It will be finalized at the next meeting,and sent to Task Group 5/1 meeting to be held in May next year.
(4) With respect to Recommendation ITU-R M.1457 related to the detail of IMT-2000
radio interface, creation of revised draft incorporating the hyperlink information fromeach transposing organization was completed, and it was submitted to SG5 to seek for
adoption.
(5) Creation of draft revision of the recommendation M.2070 and M.2071 related tounnecessary radiation of base station and mobile station of IMT-Advanced had been
completed, and it was submitted to SG5 to seek for adoption.
(6) Creation of draft new Recommendation ITU-R M.[IMT.MODEL], related to IMT
system model for sharing and compatibility studies between IMT and other systems,
had been completed, and it was submitted to SG5 to seek for adoption.
(7) Creation of draft revision of the Report ITU-R M.2291 related to the use of IMT for
broadband PPDR applications had been completed, and it was submitted to SG5 toseek for adoption.
(8) It was agreed to hold a workshop related to the proposal of the IMT-2020 during the28th meeting (October 2017).
3. Next meeting schedule
The next 26th meeting is scheduled to be held in Geneva on 14 to 22 February 2017.

The 7th Study Group Meeting on Private wireless communication
The Study Group on Private wireless communication was established on April 2015 inorder to provide a place to investigate technologies and usage trends of the private
wireless

communication

both

domestically andinternationally,

and

study

the

enhancement of Private wireless communication.
On 6 October 2016, the 7th study group meeting was held with 85 participants
In the meeting, 6 presentations (speakers and titles are described below) and exchange of
opinions were carried out under the 3 themes of "the latest measure trend", "the current
state of private wireless communication" and "advancement of private wirelesscommunication".
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■Speaker and Title of each presentation
Speaker(1)

Title

Mr. Hideki Baba

Trends in 5GHz band wireless LAN

Deputy Director of MIC(2)

Mr. Yutaka Gotsuu
Fire and Disaster
Management Agency of
MIC

(3)

Mr. Hisato Nakamura
Japan Broadcasting
Corporation(4)

Mr. Kiyoshi Shimokoshi
Nokia Solutions andNetworks Japan Corp.

(5)

Dr. Yasunori Oowada
National Institute ofInformation andCommunications
Technology(6)Prof. Hiroshi Harada
Kyoto University

Guidance on the maintenance ofdisaster information transmission
means
Overview of the contact wirelesscommunication system for thebroadcasting business
Advancement of private wirelesscommunication by PS-LTE

Private wireless network system(Nerve Net)

Research and development of private
wireless communication system for
ultra-big data creation

The 7th Study Group Meeting on Private wireless communication

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The 23th ITS World Congress 2016 in Melbourne
The 23th ITS World Congress was held in mid-October in Melbourne, Australia where thehistoric buildings and culture were still remaining, and had won the number 1 prize of"most liveable city in the world" many times. It is the second largest city in Australia(population is about 5.2million).
1. Overview of the Congress (Preliminary Announcement by the Conference organizer)
Schedule

From 10 to 14, October 2016

Venue

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition
Centre (MCEC)(Melbourne, Australia )Theme“ITS - Enhancing
Communities”

Participants

11,496 people

Number of sessions

236 sessions

Number of demonstrations(Number of experience persons)14( 3,618 persons )Opening ceremony of Japan Pavilion

Liveable

CitiesandFlinders Street railway station(Completed in 1854)

Center of the back row is Mr. Fusaki Matsui(Senior Managing Director of ARIB)(It has been certified to the historic building)

During the last year’s ITS World Congress, the ARIB standard STD-T109 (700MHz band
Intelligent Transport Systems) had been recommended as ITU-R M.2084 and officially
issued. This year, not only the “ITS connect” of Japan, the ARIB STD-T109 compliant safe
driving support system of two-wheeled vehicles was exhibited in Taiwan booth. Effort
toward the easy and low cost deployment, such as specialization to the two-wheeledvehicles, which had become a foot of common people in Taiwan, and utilization of a smart
phone as the display unit, was very interesting.
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Demonstration Car of Automated Driving(Connected with car by Bluetooth)exhibited by BOSCHAt the Executive session (ES09) and Special Interest Session (SIS35), in which Mr.
Nakamura (Director of New Generation Mobile Communications Office, MIC) and Mr.
Satake (Chief of New Generation Mobile Communications Office, MIC) participated,Japan’s ITS was introduced, and it grabbed much attention.
In addition, 79GHz band Rader, the band width of which had been expanded at WRC-15,
was exhibited by Panasonic. It was reduced in size than previous year’s model, andpractical deployment seemed to be realized in near future.
ITS Info-communications Forum of Japan, which secretariat was served by ARIB,
exhibited the activity introduction panel in the JAPAN pavilion.

79GHz band Rader
exhibited by PanasonicJAPAN Pavilion (left)
andExhibition panel of
ITS Info-communications Forum (right)

The next 24th ITS World Congress 2017 is scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada
from 29 October to 2 November 2017.
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The 2nd Global 5G Event in Italy"The 2nd Global 5G Event" was held in Rome, Italy from 9 to 10 November 2016. The
Event is co-hosted by the world's 5G promotion organizations [5G-PPP (Europe),
IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group (China), the 5th Generation Mobile Communications
Promotion Forum (5GMF) (Japan), 5G Forum (South Korea), 5G Americas (USA)], andheld twice a year.
This time, the main host was 5G-PPP, and presentations and panel discussions werecarried out under the theme of “Enabling the 5G Ecosphere”. At the two-day event, 340
experts had participated from government officials, telecom operators, manufacturers,
universities and research institutions.
At the opening of the Event, welcome
address was given from Mr. Antonello
Giacomelli(Under-secretary

of

the

Minister of Economic Development, withthe mandate for Communications of Italy).
In the address, Italy’s conditions on
research and development of services thatmake use of 5G's features and expectation
for them were introduced. It was also
introduced that Italy was the chair
country of the next G7 information andcommunications ministerial meeting.
After the welcome address, two opening
sessions (“5G policy perspective” and“Industry perspectives from the 5G”) were
held with government officials and 5G
promotion organization officials on the

The 2nd Global 5G Eventstage. Then the 4 sessions of following

titles were held, and presentations and lively discussions were carried out in eachsession.
(1) Designing the flexible 5G system architecture(2) Towards globally harmonized spectrum for 5G(3) 5G air interface and radio resource management(4) 5G network management & software networks
From

Japan,Mr.

Yuji

Nakamura(Directorofthe

New-Generation

MobileCommunications Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) made a11presentation as the government representative, and 5 members of 5GMF [Mr. Takehiro
Nakamura (Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee (NTT Docomo)), Mr.
Akira Matsunaga (Acting Chair of Technical Committee (KDDI)), Mr. Takaharu
Nakamura (Aacting Chair of Technical Committee (Fujitsu)), Dr. Takashi Shimizu(Representative of Network Architecture Committee (NTT)), Dr. Kohei Satoh (Secretary
General of 5GMF (ARIB)) ] also made a presentation as a moderator or a presenter ineach session.
In addition to the sessions, the exhibition
hall had been set up next to the event
venue, and mainly 5G-PPP project, totalof 24 organizations had exhibited theachievements and demonstrations. From
5GMF, "White Paper" and activities of
5GMF were introduced using the display
and pamphlets.
At the closing, it was declared from Dr.
Kohei Satoh that "the 3rd Global 5G
Event" would be held in cooperation withWireless Technology Park (WTP) at May
2017 in Tokyo.
Declaration of the next Global 5G Eventby Dr. Kohei Satoh(Secretary General of 5GMF (ARIB))

The 9th Japan–Philippines JWG Meeting in the Philippines
The 9th Japan–Philippines Joint Working Group Meeting was held in Manila, thePhilippines on November 10, 2016. The Japanese delegation consisted of Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, theDiBEG secretariat and a DiBEG expert, together with a couple of consultants. The
Philippine side consisted of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC),
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), etc.
Since the Philippines decided to adopt ISDB-T, both governments have been holding Joint
Working Group Meetings several times a year to discuss necessary measures for the
ISDB-T implementation in the Philippines, and ARIB/DiBEG has been participating in12

these meetings to extend support from technical aspects.
NTC explained to the Japanese delegation that they have almost completed thePhilippine nationwide channel planning, with the support and cooperation from Japan;that NTC would eventually grant broadcast license to those broadcasters; that DICT
would announce the digital migration plan some time in February, 2017; and that they
are studying the requests from some of the receiver manufacturers for modification
regarding the specifications on EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcast System) includedin the receiver specifications effectuated in April, 2016, etc. Taking this opportunity,
ARIB/DiBEG made a presentation and demonstration on the EWBS–related technology.
At the end of the Joint Working Group Meeting, Mr. G. Cordoba, NTC Commissioner,
expressed his high appreciation to Mr. H. Ito, JICA Expert, for his dedication to the
ISDB-T implementation in the entire Philippines, upon fulfilment of his 2-year mission
as of the end of November, 2016.

Atmosphere of Meeting

Presentation of Tribute13

Meeting with President of SET, Brazil
On November 14, 2016 Mr. Olímpio José Franco, President of SET (Sociedade Brasileirade Engenharia de Televisão), Brazil, visited the head office of ARIB in Tokyo.
ARIB/DiBEG has been internationally promoting ISDB-T, the Japanese digital terrestrial
broadcast TV standard; and has been in close contact and collaboration with Brazil, who
decided to adopt ISDB-T in 2006. This time, taking the opportunity that Mr. Franco
visited Japan to attend the Inter BEE 2016, a meeting was set up between him and thepeople of ARIB/DiBEG member companies to exchange views and opinions on digital TV,
as last year, where some people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications (MIC) joined as observers.
At the meeting, based on the request from Mr. Franco, there was mainly exchange ofviews and opinions on the next generation broadcasting technologies. The Japanese side
presented the latest status of 4K/8K broadcasting. In the meantime Mr. Franco
explained that Brazil would start its domestic study and analysis of the reallocation of
UHF spectrum for broadcasting, that they are in need of proposing new, concrete
contents of next generation of terrestrial digital broadcasting in the coming few years,
that they are keenly interested in the progress of 4K/8K broadcasting in Japan, that the
UHDTV Forum was established in Brazil this year participated by broadcasters, receiver
manufacturers, etc. to study the next generation broadcasting, that they are eager tocontinue the study based on the Japanese standard, that they started study of thepossibility of adopting HDR into the existing 2K broadcasting as one of the immediate
solutions to tackle, etc.
At the closing of the meeting, all the participants agreed that the Japan–Brazil
relationship should better be stronger to promote digital television, and that deepen
partnership between ARIB/DiBEG and SET.

DiBEG welcomed Mr. O. Franco, President of SET
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Participation in the Inter BEE 2016
The Inter BEE (International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition) 2016 was held from 16 to
18 November 2016 at the Makuhari Messe in Japan, where ARIB/DiBEG participated in
the exhibition for promotional activities on ISDB-T. This was the 3rd time ofparticipation for ARIB/DiBEG.
The Inter BEE was its 52nd, with the largest number of exhibitors of 1,090, including 593
foreign companies/institutions from 34 countries. At the exhibition hall, with the startof the 4K/8K trial broadcasting from August, there were more exhibits and displays of
the related equipment and technologies than last year, also introducing IP transmissionof 4K/8K materials.
At the ARIB/DiBEG booth we introduced the latest status of standardization activities inbroadcasting as well as our international promotion of ISDB-T by DiBEG, by providing
exhibit panels and brochures.

Overview of the ARIB/DiBEG BoothBrochures handed out at the Booth

Since it is the 10th anniversary this year that Brazil adopted ISDB-T as its national
digital TV standard, we showed the 10-year history of international promotional
activities of ISDB-T, together with video commemorating the 10th year.

10-year history of international promotional
activities of ISDB-T
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Video commemorating the 10th year

Also at the booth we demonstrated the trial unit of EWBS (Emergency Warning
Broadcast System) receiving module, to contribute to further promotion of EWBS among
the ISDB-T adopting countries. Many of the people dropping by at our booth showedstrong interests in the concept of the EWBS receiving module.

"Demonstration of EWBS receiving module"
The Superimpose in the test stream in the monitor on the right is selected
and scrolled in the LED display on the left.

Visit of Mr. Olimpio Franco, President of SET, Brazil

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The 10th Regional WiMAX Promotion Association Symposium
Regional WiMAX Promotion Association held its 10th Symposium in Tokyo on 17
November 2016 under the joint sponsorship of ARIB.
In response to the revision of Radio Law in October 2014 in Japan, regional BWA iscurrently in a state where operators of "transition from existing WiMAX method toadvanced method" and "new entrant with advanced licensing" are standing little by little
nationwide.
At the Symposium, about 120 people had participated, and lively question-and-answer
sessions were carried out, and in the exhibition corner, regional BWA terminal, IP noticebroadcasting, network camera, slim speaker for crime prevention, etc. were exhibited.

Greeting from Prof. Yasuhiko Yasuda at the Symposium( Advisor of Regional WiMAX Promotion Association (Waseda University) )Exhibition corner at the Symposium
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The program of the Symposium was as follows.
Speaker(1)

Title

Mr. Takahiro Tanaka
Deputy Director of Land Mobile
Communications Division, MIC

(2)

WiMAX

CAN

(CableDescription of the core operator

Mr. Naoya Akiyama
Manager of Huawei Japan(7)

Status of Business entry

Mr. Koji Matsuda
Chief Director of Hanshin Cable
Engineering(6)Efforts of regional BWA

Mr. Kenji Suehiro
Vice president of
Networks AKITA)(5)Report of each subcommittee

Mr. Kinnya Tamura
Chairman of Wireless Utilization
Committee, Japan Cable andTelecommunications Association(4)

surrounding

Mr. Naoto Itoh
Chairman of Regional
Promotion Council

(3)

The
situation
regional BWA

Efforts
towards
wireless
systems and future plan

Mr. Yuichi Kohrida
Section Chief of TOA Corporation

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Introduction of applications
utilizing regional BWA

The 5th Japan–Botswana JWG Meeting in Botswana
On November 24th the 5th Japan–Botswana Joint Working Group Meeting was held in
Gaborone, Botswana. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Department of
Broadcasting Services (DBS), where the representatives from DBS, Ministry ofTransport and Communications (MTC) and Botswana Communications Regulatory
Authority (BOCRA) welcomed the Japanese delegation from the Embassy of Japan in
Botswana, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), ARIB secretariat and some of the Japanese companies.
Botswana announced the adoption of ISDB-T in February, 2013, which was the firstannouncement in the African region. In order to study various challenges to the ISDB-T
implementation in Botswana, both countries take turns at holding the Joint Working
Group meeting annually. DiBEG under ARIB has also been joining the meetings to
support the implementation from the technical and engineering viewpoints.

Joint Working Group Meeting in Gaborone, Botswana
At the meeting this time, based on the subjects of interests by the Botswana side, theJapanese delegation offered information on the ASO (Analog Switch-Off) process, on thesubsidy policies on STB (Set-top Box) distribution to low income families, etc. And someof the Japanese companies showed and demonstrated prototype ISDB-T receiver products
such as an STB, a tuner for smartphones and tuners for mobile reception, by actually
receiving the Botswana TV program on the air. During this meeting it was made clearthat the Japanese government would continue its support for the Botswana
implementation planning for ASO, while the Japanese companies present there
announced their intention to undertake manufacturing of STB products in case Botswana
government decides to take up a subsidy policy on STB distribution for low income
families.
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The Botswana side explained that the national broadcaster has already started digitalterrestrial TV broadcasting, that they would soon grant digital TV broadcasting licenses
to private broadcasters after studying the licensing conditions, that many of the
Botswana households are enjoying satellite TV broadcasting services, that they aretackling to enrich local program content to increase the number of households watching
digital terrestrial TV, that there are limited number of digital TV receiver manufacturers
due to the relatively small size of its population, and that they would expect support fromJapan on the distribution of STB products.
The next meeting is expected to be held in February, 2017 in Japan; and bilateralrepresentatives would communicate with each other for the details.

General Meeting and 20th Anniversary Event of XGP ForumXGP Forum evolved from PHS MoU Group which was founded as a non-profitableorganization in 1996. Its mission is to standardize specifications and promote services of
PHS which is a TDD narrow bandwidth microcell system. XGP emerged as the next
generation of PHS in 2007.
In the morning of 29 November 2016, the 2016 annual general meeting of XGP Forum
was held at STAR GATE HOTEL Kansai Airport in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Also this time, as the 20th anniversary event of XGP Forum's founding, related workshop,
Forum and Events described below were held in the same HOTEL.
・The 17th GTI Workshop hosted by Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI)・TDD Forum 2016 co-hosted by XGP Forum, GTI and TDIA (Telecommunication
Development Industry Alliance of China)
・XGP Forum 20th Anniversary Ceremony hosted by XGP Forum・TDD Demo Tour hosted by XGP Forum

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40 people from 17 companies (organizations) participated in the XGP Forum Annual
General Meeting, and the chairman, vice chairman and other executives were elected
first. As a result, Chairman Yoich Maeda (CEO & SVP. of TTC) and Vice Chairman
Fusaki Matsui (Senior Managing Director of ARIB) were both reelected, and Mr. Osamu
Uemura was elected as the successor to former vice chairman of Mr. Hiroshi Ishihara and
Mr. Sam Endy.
Thereafter, Mr. Yoichi Maeda chaired the opening declaration, and all the agendas wereunanimously approved.

The 2016 annual general meeting of XGP Forum
After the discussion on the agendas, lectures from 2 persons described below were carriedout as special presentations.
・"Huawei eLTE-IoT Solution" from Mr. Zhang Wurong, Huawei Technologies
・"Baicells General Introduction" from Mr. Bai Wei, Baicells Technologies

In the TDD Forum 2016, 105 people participated. Including Mr. Keiichiro Seki
(Dirctor-General of Kinki Bureau of Telecommunications, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications) and Mr. Wu Hequan (Chinese Academy of Engineering), 17 lecturers
representing research and standardization organizations of Japan and China,
telecommunications carriers all over the world and communication equipment vendors
carried out speeches and presentations. The content of the presentation was largely
related to the latest trend of TD-LTE and the direction of migration to 5G.

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Lecturers at the TDD Forum 2016

In the XGP Forum 20th Anniversary Ceremony, 100 people participated. After the guest
greetings from Mr. Keiichiro Seki and Mr. Junji Tokunaga (Senior Vice President of
SoftBank Corp.), MOU signing ceremony for strengthening the relationship between XGP
Forum and TDIA, speeches from Mr. Zhang Xinsheng (Vice President of China Instituteof Communications) and Mr. Yoichi Maeda were carried out followed by "Kagami Biraki"
and toast. After that, everyone started a conversation.
In the middle of the Ceremony, attraction of Daikagura acrobatics (Japanese ball-juggling
performance) was performed.
At the end, Mr. Shoichi Sugiura, former secretary general of XGP Forum, who had beensuddenly deceased in July 2016, was mourned, and Mr. Yoshinori Chika, technicaladvisor of XGP Forum gave a closing remarks.

MOU signing ceremony

Japanese style "Kagami Biraki"

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In the TDD Demo Tour, 52 people participated. They rode in the minibus separately andmoved to Osaka City where they experienced the data throughput of 2.5 GHz band and
3.5 GHz band, and performance of Massive MIMO which had been commercialized for the
first time in the world.

Inside the minibus

Under the Massive MIMO
compatible antenna

ISDB-T Broadcasting Technology Seminar in Sri Lanka
The ISDB-T Broadcasting Technology Seminar was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on
Thursday December 1st, 2016 at the Ramada Colombo Hotel, organized by the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC). Approximately 70 people
participated in the Seminar.
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka announced the adoption of ISDB-T in 2014,
and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) is now continuing its trial broadcasting as
the national TV broadcaster. In order to contribute to the smooth implementation of
ISDB-T in Sri Lanka, the ISDB-T Broadcasting Technology Seminar was set up by MIC
toward the people in the government and the broadcasting industry, and ARIB/DiBEG
dispatched its experts to support the event.
The seminar started with the welcome speech by Mr. H. Ogawa, Director for Digital
Broadcasting Technology of MIC, followed by Dr. M. Sugawara, Chairman of DiBEG,
explaining the outline of ISDB-T and the activities of DiBEG. 6 experts from DiBEG
member companies each made presentation on transmission, reception, studio equipment,
datacasting and EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcast System), together with the
explanation of the latest status of migration to digital TV in Sri Lanka by the JICA survey
team. Mr. H. Ogawa of MIC introduced the experiences in the digital TV implementationin Japan and Brazil; and Mr. K. Murayama of NHK followed with the explanation of thelatest R&D status on the next generation digital terrestrial television.
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At the Q&A session there was a question about any difficulties in the ASO (Analog
Switch-Off) in Japan; and the MIC representative responded that the public awarenessand PR activities to replace the receivers were major challenges they met during thetransition. Also there was a question as to the relationship between the current digitalterrestrial TV and the 4K/8K broadcasting. The answer was that the 4K/8K trial
broadcasting is going on in Japan via satellite as one of the new broadcast services; andthe possibility of terrestrial 4K/8K broadcast is to be studied with the results of the
on-going R&D activities.

Seminar Hall during the ISDB-T Broadcasting Technology Seminar
At the seminar hall, actual reception of the trial ISDB-T broadcast signal by a flat panel
display, exhibit of the set-top box with multiple language application, miniature ISDB-T
tuner for smart phones, and the EWBS receiving module were introduced to the Seminar
participants.

Japanese delegation
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oneM2M TP26 meeting in Kobe
The 26th TP (Technical Plenary) meeting of oneM2M, a global standardization
organization of M2M (Machine to Machine), was held in Kobe, organized by ARIB and theTelecommunication Technology Committee (TTC).
Schedule

From 5 to 9, December 2016

Venue

Kobe International Conference Center (Kobe, Japan)

Organizer

ARIB / The Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC)

Participants

95 people

Participantsfrom Japan

30 people[NTT, KDDI, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic, NTT DOCOMO,
Qualcomm Japan, Anritsu, TOYO, JAIST, ARIB, TTC ]OUTLINE :The TP meeting of oneM2M had been held in Europe, North America and Asia. This time,the meeting was held in Japan co-hosted by ARIB and TTC that participated from Japanas major standardization organizations of oneM2M.
At the opening on 5 December, Mr. Fusaki Matsui, Senior Managing Director of ARIB,
made a welcome speech on behalf of ARIB and TTC.
At the TP meeting held on 5, 7 and 9 December, the deliberations of each WG were taken
into account and the following contents were reported, deliberated and approved.
· Revision of schedule for the next release (Release 3)· Summary report of Interop # 3 (29 November – 2 December ) held previous week
· Report that approval of using ETSI STF (Special Task Forces) would be done related
to the program development fee for Conformance test
· Results of reelection of the chairman / vice chairman of WG 1, WG 2 and WG 6
· New WI (Working Item) and modification of existing WI

Welcome speech by Mr. Fusaki Matsui(Senior Managing Director of ARIB)

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APT Training Course 2016 in ARIB
"Actions for Next and New Generation Mobile Communication Systems"
APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity) training course "Actions for Next and New Generation
Mobile Communication Systems" (co-organized by Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications (MIC) and YRP R&D Promotion Association, supported by ARIB) was
held from 7 to 14 December 2016, with 11 trainees from the governments of the
Asia-Pacific region of 11 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Maldives,
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Vietnam).
In this training course, lectures from ARIB and country report presentation from each of
the trainees were conducted on 7 and 8 December in ARIB office.

11 trainees from the government of the Asia-Pacific region
On the afternoon of 7 December, following the lectures by telecommunications carriers
and manufacturers, lectures of “Standardization System of ARIB” from Mr. Ken
Sugawara (Director of Planning and International Affairs Department of ARIB), ”Recent
Activity Status on Standardization of 5G” from Dr. Kohei Satoh (Executive Manager onStandardization of ARIB) and “International Trend of ITS Telecommunication Systems”
from Mr. Satoshi Oyama (Senior Researcher of ARIB) were carried out followed byquestion and answer sessions.
On the afternoon of 8 December, in addition to officials of YRP R&D Promotion
Association and ARIB, 9 people from 6 ARIB member company were participated, andpresentation about the outline of the each country’s Telecommunications Administration,
frequency allocation status, regulations and policies related to mobile communications,latest trends on mobile communication technologies and services and so on was carried26

out from each of the trainees as a country report, followed by question and answer
session.
In fact, there are differences in progress depending on the environment of each country,
the transition from 3G to 4G is beginning or progressing, and in some countries, it seems
that plans and initiatives for introducing 5G are starting. In any country, it clearly
appeared that mobile communication is becoming popular as a main communicationmeans beyond fixed communication, and its growth is continuing.

Country report presentation

The Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference Symposium“The Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference Symposium – Aiming at the creation ofproper environment for radio use in a medical institution” was held on 12 December 2016at the Meiji-Kinenkan hall co-organized by Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference
Japan (EMCC) and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The
symposium was supported by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan Municipal
Hospital Association, Japan Medical Association, Association of Japanese Healthcare
Corporations, Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals, Japan Hospital Association,
All Japan Hospital Association, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries
Association (JEITA), as well as ARIB.
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About 300 people including MIC Minister Sanae Takaichi attended the symposium, andactively exchanged ideas based on “Guidance for the safe and secure radio wave use in
medical institution”. The guidance was compiled by “Telecommunications Promotion
Committee in medical institutions” (headed by Takashi KANOU, a professor at the
Saitama Medical University), and published by EMCC on 4 April 2016. The committee
was highly appreciated for its work and awarded by the MIC Minister on 1 June 2016, atthe celebration of “Radio Day”. The symposium was held for the purpose of promoting the
Guidance and in commemoration of 30 years of EMCC.

Symposium

MIC Minister Takaichi addressing at the closing of the Symposium

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Monthly seminars on radio wave use

No.14414 October 2016

Title

Radio policy of Japan towards the 2020s- Overview of the Radio Policy 2020 Council Report Mr. Syuhei Syoji

Speaker

Summary

Senior Planning Officer of Radio Policy Division, Radio Department,
Telecommunication Bureau, MIC
The seminar covered the contents of the Radio Policy 2020 Council Reportand movement after publication of the Report, such as current status of
the radio wave use, promotion measures of wireless service towards 2020
and the direction of the review of the institution according to the radio
waves.

Extra

1 November 2016

Title

Opening 95-475 GHz to Commercial Use: Technical and Policy Challenges
Dr. Michael Marcus

Speaker

Former Associate Chief for Technology, Office of Engineering & Technology,
FCC

Summary

The seminar covered the situation and challenges of radio wave use,
direction of the frequency sharing, etc. in the frequency band of morethan 95GHz.

No.145

4 November 2016

Title

Activities on 5G and Beyond in Europe
Dr. Hendrik Berndt

Speaker

Summary

Former Chief Technology Officer & Chief Science Officer and SeniorVice President of DOCOMO’s Communications Laboratories in
Europe.
The seminar covered the result of the "Survey of Research andDevelopment Trends of 5G in Europe" which had been entrusted by ARIB
with emphasis on the trends and preparation status of demonstration
experiment.

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No.146

Title

25 November 2016
Towards the standardization andpractical application of 4K ・ 8K

satellite broadcasting
Mr. Masayuki Takada

Speaker

The Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services（A-PAB）
The seminar covered the flow of 4K ・ 8K satellite broadcasting

Summary

standardization, features of 4K ・ 8K, overview of standard andchallenges for practical use.

No.14720 December 2016

Title

Prospects of Space Communications Business in a Turbulent World
Dr. Scott Pace
Director of the Space Policy Institute,

Speaker

The Elliot School of International Affairs,
The George Washington University
The seminar covered the following themes as well as the spacecommunication business in the turbulent world.
(1) How will the US space policy and space communication policychange under the next US new administration(2) The role of space communication in security

Summary(3) Future development of US space communications business(4) The role of the government required for the development of thespace communications business(5) Advice to Japan's space communications business* This seminar was co-organized by Japan GPS Council (JGPSC) and
ARIB.

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1.

Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 9 December 2016
None

2.

Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 9 December 2016

(1) Telecommunications field
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-T63

IMT-2000 DS-CDMA and TDD-CDMA System

Ver.12.20

STD-T94

OFDMA Broadband Mobile Wireless Access System (WiMAX
applied in Japan)

Ver.3.4

STD-T104

LTE-Advanced System

Ver.4.20

STD-T116

DIGITAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCPC/4FSK)

Ver.1.1(2) Broadcasting field
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-B32

VIDEO CODING, AUDIO CODING, AND MULTIPLEXINGSPECIFICATIONS FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING

Ver.3.9

STD-B63

RECEIVER FOR ADVANCEDSATELLITE BROADCASTING

Ver.1.6

ARIB SEASON
Publishing

WIDE

BAND

DIGITAL

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