February 2020No.0024<< Contents >>- 5G Special Day in CEATEC 2019
- The 26th ITS World Congress 2019 in Singapore- Exhibition in 2019 MWC Los Angeles by XGP Forum- Exhibition in Inter BEE 2019 by ARIB/DiBEG- ITU-R RA-19 (associated with Land mobile services)- ITU-R WRC-19 (associated with Land mobile services)- ITU-R WP5D the 33rd Meeting- Vehicle Safety Communications Seminar 2019
- Millimeter wave Radar Workshop- Newly established Standards- Revised or abolished Standards

5G Special Day in CEATEC 2019
"5G Special Day" was held in October 2019, as a conference program of CEATEC(Combined Exhibition of Advanced TEChnologies) 2019, an IoT Exhibition. It wascomposed of two parts, "5G Summit" in the morning and "5G International Seminar2019" in the afternoon.
5G initiatives and prospects from mobile operators and specific services from the user's
perspective were presented, and many visitors felt the new potential of 5G.
1. Outline of the Event
Schedule

16 October 20191

VenueMakuhari Messe International Conference Hall (Chiba, Japan)

Organizer

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)

Co-Organizer

The Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum(5GMF), ARIB

Participants

About 1,600 (AM), 800 (PM)

2. Lectures, Sessions(1) 5G Summit (AM)
Main Subject: Top Executives of Mobile Carriers talk about"5G Initiatives and Future prospects"
Title
Speaker
Outline(Opening Remarks)
Mr. Yasuo Tawara
Director-General of
the Radio
Department, MIC
Keynote speech
Dr. Susumu Yoshida
Chairman of 5GMF
"Realizing more
Mr. Kazuhiro- 5G world viewprosperous future
Yoshizawa- 5G pre-service at Rugby World Cup
with 5G"
President and CEO - Overview of 5G pre-service
collaborated with partner enterprisesof NTT DOCOMO- 5G commercial services to be launchedfrom spring 2020
"KDDI's initiatives
Mr. Makoto- 5G network deployment
and future prospect
Takahashi- Billing planon 5G – Towards the- Outline of business development with
President of KDDI
more interesting
partner corporations
future, Tomorrow,
Together –""SoftBank 5G"
Mr. Junichi- Creation of 5G networks centered on
Miyakawa
the industry with the aim of evolving
the industries
Representative- Initiatives for infrastructure sharing
Director and CTOof SoftBank- An overview of 5G pre-service"Rakuten Mobile"
Mr. Yoshihisa- Full virtualization including both the
Yamadacore network and wireless accessnetwork
Representative- Automation of control
Director and- Features of the Rakuten mobile
President of
network in the cloud
Rakuten Mobile- Speedy migration to the 5G network
enabled by the feature above- The initiatives and possibilities ofvarious Rakuten Group services
powered by 5G

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Group interview(Closing Address)

Mr. Waichi
Sekiguchi(Moderator)
President of MM
Research InstituteExecutives from thefour mobile telecom
operators who gave
the presentation
shown above
Mr. Yasuo Tawara
Director-General of
the Radio
Department, MIC- How will life and work of users
change?
- Billing plan
- How the business models of eachcompany will change?
etc.

5G Summit LectureGroup Interview

3(2) 5G International Seminar 2019 (PM)Main Subject: The latest trend toward 5G Commercialization
and Initiatives for developing 5G devices
Title
Speaker
Outline"5G Progress and
Mr. Naohiko Ogiwara- 5G System Trials
Initiatives in Japan"
Director of the Land
- Technical requirement
Mobile- Frequency assignment
Communications- Local 5G
Division, MIC(1) The latest trend toward 5G Commercialization"5G Deployment in
the European Union's
Digital Single Market
Europe""5G Trends: USA"

"5G, Now a Reality
2019"

Mr. Tonnie de Koster
Directorate-Generalfor ommunications
Networks, Content
and Technology,
European Commission
Dr. Sanyogita
ShamsunderVice President of 5G
Labs and Innovation,
VerizonDr. Seongkwan Kim
KT Corporation"5G System Trials inJapan"- 5G Potential- 5G Action Plan
- Enabling regulatory environment
for 5G- Global 5G roll-out- 5G Cybersecurity- First to launch 5G- 5G Currencies- 5G Verticals and Use Cases- 5G challenges fuel the innovation
pipeline- 5G Labs partnerships crossindustry innovation- 5G Roadmap of KT- KT 5G Services in 2018
PyeongChang Olympics- KT 5G Commercial Services- Outline of 5G System Trials whichhave been conducted in Japan

Dr. Yukihiko Okumura
5GMF(NTT DOCOMO)(2) Initiatives for developing 5G devices in the World"5G x VR"
"RF Front-End Device
Technologies for 5G""The Future of 5G"

Mr. Charles Huang
VP of Global Sales
Strategy, HTC
Mr. Kei Matsutani
Senior Manager,
MurataManufacturing
Dr. Edward G.
Tiedemann, Jr.
Senior VP,
Qualcomm

4- 5G VR for consumer- 5G VR for enterprise- 5G cloud VR- 5G Requirments- Built-In Filters in Low
Temperature Cofired Ceramics- Quartz Waveguide Filter- Using 3GPP-technologies for
unlicensed spectrum- A platform for new applications andinnovations- 5G modem-RF solutions- Optimization through co-design ofhardware and software- Accelerating the expansion of 5G
network with small cells- Disaggregated Radio AccessNetworks- Industrial IoT

"Video Experience
Evolving with 5G"(Closing Address)

Mr. Mitsuya Kishida
President,
Sony Mobile
Communications
Mr. Fusaki Matsui
Secretary General,
ARIB- Initiatives toward entertainment in
5G era5G International Seminar

The 26th ITS World Congress 2019 in Singapore
The 26th ITS World Congress 2019 Singapore was held.
Overview of the Congress
Date

From 21 to 25 October 2019

Venue

Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre(Singapore)

Theme“Smart Mobility, Empowering Cities”

Organizer

Land Transport Authority, ITS Singapore

Participants

About 14,500 (5 from ARIB)

Number of exhibitors

321

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

Sessions related to Japan

SessionNo.
Title

Speaker

Highlights
SessionNo.
Title
Highlights
SessionNo.
Title
Highlights
SessionNo.
Title
Highlights

SIS (Special Interest Session) 02
Radio Communication to Realise Connected Vehicles

Moderator:
Satoshi Oyama, Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, Japan
Speakers:
Representatives from the ITU-R, officials from Japan, the US, and Europe, as
well as experts from the private sector
International harmonisation of ITS radio communication technologies for V2X
such as DSRC and LTE / 5G were discussed.
Mr. Hara, from MIC gave a presentation on ITS strategy of Japan.
AP (Asia Pacific) 04
The Role of Government for Deploying Connected and Automated Vehicle inJapan
Mr. Igarashi of MIC from Japan gave a talk on ITS services in Japan (ETC, ITS
Connect) and his ministry's recent activities of 5G Trials in Japan, as well as
technological examination toward the Connected Car Society in Japan.
SIS (Special Interest Session) 29
5G for ITS: The Future Baseline for Inter-modal Mobility and AutomatedDriving
Mr. Nagata of NTT DOCOMO from Japan gave a presentation titled “LTE/5G
V2X
and NTT DOCOMO Activity”, which provided an overview on the current stateof cellular V2X and related NTT DOCOMO activities.
AE (Associated Event) 08
5G and IoT Boosting the Digital Transformation of the Automotive Sector
Secretary General Mr. Ohmura gave a presentation on the activities of the
5GMF, the state of commercialization of IOT and 5G in Japan, and thepossibilities of business models toward 5G-IoT.

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

Exhibitions and Ceremonies

The ITS Info-communications Forum (ITS-Forum) and 5GMF made exhibits in Japan
Pavilion, which located at the exhibition hall. Each booth displayed panels and videos
that introduced a variety of activities in Japan. In addition, these booths distributed
brochures and reports summarizing the results of completed activities. The Toyota
booth included a section entitled “V2X Toward Ultimate Goal of Zero Crashes”, thisdisplay introduced “ITS Connect”, and the display panel comparing DSRC
(802.11bd/NGV: Next-Generation V2X) and V2X (LTE/NR: New Radio).

Exhibits of 5GMF and ITS-ForumOn the final day of the congress, some excellent presentations were awarded at theclosing ceremony.
The congress concluded with the announcement of the next ITS World Congress,
organized by ITS America with the theme of "The New Age of Mobility". It will be held in
Los Angeles from 4 to 8 October 2020.

Annual "Passing Globe" (to the next host) ceremony
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Exhibition in 2019 MWC Los Angeles by XGP ForumThe 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) Los Angeles, hosted by the GSM Association,
was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the United States from 22 to 24
October 2019. Approximately 22,000 people from governments, research institutes,
standards organizations, telecommunications carriers, vendors and service providers
from around the world (over 100 countries) participated.
XGP Forum, where ARIB serves as the secretariat in Japan, projected videos introducing
the sXGP system at the MulteFire Alliance (MFA) exhibition booth, which concluded theLiaison Agreement in 2017 with ARIB. Baicells Technologies' Access Point equipment,sXGP compatible smartphones provided by Fujitsu Connected Technologies and Sharp
respectively, were also exhibited and introduced there.
( Exhibition video: https://www.xgpforum.com/new_XGP/video/sXGP_191002.mp4 )There were many questions such as the relationship with other systems and thesuperiority of sXGP, and the exhibition contributed to dissemination of sXGP.

Access point produced by
Baicells Technologies

Exhibit of XGP ForumsXGP compatible Smartphone produced by
Fujitsu Connected Technologies (Left) and SHARP (Right)
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Exhibition in Inter BEE 2019 by ARIB/DiBEG
The 55th Inter BEE (International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition) 2019 was held at
the Makuhari Messe in the suburb of Tokyo from 13 through 15 November 2019, where
ARIB/DiBEG participated in the exhibition in its six consecutive years.
According to the announcement by the Inter BEE Secretariat, there were 1,158
companies and organizations participating in the exhibition this year, the largest recordof exhibitors in its history, with 646 foreign participants from 34 countries/areas.
Following the launch of 4K/8K satellite broadcasting service in December last year inJapan, there were many 5G and IP-based exhibits and demonstrations, as well as othervarious displays and demonstrations of 4K/8K based equipment and systems.
At the ARIB/DiBEG booth the latest situation of standardization activities inbroadcasting, together with international activities in the promotion of ISDB-T was
displayed, announcing that the Republic of Angola became the 20th ISDB-T adopting
member countries. Some visitors to ARIB/DiBEG booth commented that there were more
4K displays and demonstrations than last year. Some other visitors inquired about thelatest situation of our promotional activities of ISBD-T in the international market.

ARIB/DiBEG BoothInter BEE Exhibits
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ITU-R RA-19 (associated with Land mobile services) Outline of the Meeting• Schedule

21 - 25 October 2019

• Venue

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt• Participants

About 300 (Administration, Telecommunication Operators,
Vendors), 38 from Japan Main results(1) Review of resolutions on working methods such as Study Group (SG),Radiocommunication Advisory Group (RAG), Conference Preparatory Meeting(CPM), was agreed.
(2) A revision of the IMT frequency arrangement Recommendation M.1036 was agreed.
(3) Chairpersons and Vice-Chairs of each SG, CPM and RAG were appointed.

ITU-R WRC-19 (associated with Land mobile services) Outline of the Meeting• Schedule

28 October - 22 November 2019

• Venue

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt• Participants

About 3,400 (Administration, Telecommunication
Operators, Vendors), 87 from Japan Main results(1) A new resolution was developed on Agenda Item 1.11: "Global or regional
harmonized frequency bands to support Railway radiocommunication Systems
between Train and Trackside (RSTT)".
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(2) A new recommendation was developed on Agenda Item 1.12: "Global or regional
harmonized frequency bands for the implementation of Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS)".
(3) The following frequency bands were agreed to be identified on Agenda Item 1.13:"Identification of frequency bands for the future development of International
Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)".
(a) 24.25-27.5GHz (Globally)(b) 37-43.5GHz (Globally for part of the band)(c) 45.5-47GHz: (Depending on the country)(d) 47.2-48.2GHz (Region2 and Other Region depending on the country)(e) 66-71Ghz (Globally)(4) The following frequency bands were agreed to be identified on Agenda Item 1.15:"Identifications of frequency bands for use by administrations for the land-mobileand fixed service applications in 275-450 GHz".
275-296GHz, 306-313GHz, 318-333GHz, 356-450GHz(5) Resolution229 was agreed to be revised on Agenda Item 1.16: "Wireless accesssystems, including radio local area networks (WAS/RLAN), in the frequency bands
between 5150 MHz and 5925 MHz", allowing use of 5150-5250MHz outdoor undercondition of emission.

Meeting hallLandscape of Sharm el-Sheikh

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ITU-R WP5D the 33rd Meeting
ITU-R WP5D the 33rd meeting was held in December 2019.
 Outline of the meeting• Schedule

10 - 13 December 2019

• Venue

ITU headquarters (Geneva, Switzerland)• Participants

About 90 people from 19 countries (21 organizations)
9 people as the Japanese delegation headed by Mr. Maruhashi of
MIC, including 2 from ARIB Main results(1) A workshop on evaluation of IMT-2020 wireless interface proposal was held in thefirst half of the period, and presentations were made on proposed interface from sixorganizations and on progress in evaluation from ten organizations that had
evaluated each proposal.
(2) Additional supplementary information to three proposals (from ETSI/DECT Forum,
TSDSI and Nufront) that had incomplete documents last time was input and agreed
to be officially received as a result of discussion.
(3) Based on Japan-Korea joint contributions and contribution from China, working
plans for the draft new report M.[IMT-2020.OUTCOME] and the draft newrecommendation M.[IMT-2020.SPECS] were developed.
 Future plan
The next 34th meeting will be held from 19 to 26 February 2020 at the ITU
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Vehicle Safety Communications Seminar 2019
ITS Info-communications Forum (ITS-Forum) which ARIB serves as secretariat held
“Vehicle Safety Communications (VSC) Seminar 2019 - The results of the international
conference concerning VSC and the activity report of the Forum -" on 16 December 2019at the Meiji-kinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. About 121 people from ITS related ministries/ organizations and member companies of ITS-Forum participated in the event.
The program of the Seminar was as follows.
Session

Title(Greetings by Guests)

SpeakerMr. Naohiko Ogiwara
Director of Land Mobile
Communications Division, MIC[Part 1] Progress of International Standardization and Commercialization regarding
ITS Wireless system
(1)
(2)

(3)
(4)

Report on the Results of WorldRadiocommunication Conference 2019
(WRC-19)
Trends of Next-generation V2X
utilizing Microwave andMillimeter-wave Band in IEEE802.11
Global Trends on ITS WirelessCommunication, and SIP Efforts
Status of Cooperative ITS in Europe

Mr. Satoshi Oyama
VSC-TG Chairman,
ITS-Forum
Mr. Kazuaki Takahashi
Millimeter - Wave WG
Chairman,
ITS-Forum
Mr. Norifumi Ogawa
Senior Manager,
Mazda Motor Corporation
Ms. Bettina Erdem
Market & Business Entry
Strategies
Global Key AccountManagement Automotive,
Continental AG[Part 2] Global Trends of Automated Driving Systems(1)

Report on ITS World Congress 2019
Singapore - Mainly about SIS 02 -(2)

Global Trends toward Practical
Application of Level 4 Mobility Service(3)

Outline of JEITA Automated Driving
System Study Group Presentation(February 2020)

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Mr. Koji Hara
Assistant Director,
Land Mobile Communications
Division, MIC
Mr. Takahiko Uchimura
Senior Vice President,
ITS Japan
Mr. Junichi Nakamura
Automated Driving System
Study Group Chairman,
5GHz Band Vehicle-toInfrastructure Communication
WG Chairman, JEITA[Part 3] Status of Study on Next Generation Wireless Communication System at ITS
Info-communications Forum(1)(2)

Advanced ITS and Automated Drivingusing Cellular Communication
Technologies
Study on Wireless Communication
System for Use Case of AutomatedDriving (Highway)(Closing Remarks)

Mr. Takehiro Nakamura
Cellular System TG Chairman,
ITS-Forum
Mr. Masaharu Hamaguchi
Radio System Technology TG
Chairman,
ITS-Forum
Mr. Hiroshi Shigeno
Advanced ITS Infocommunication Systems
Committee Chairman,
ITS-Forum

Moderator: Masanori Misumi:
International Relations Committee Chairman, ITS-Forum

Millimeter-Wave Radar Workshop
ITS Info-communications Forum (ITS-Forum) which ARIB serves as secretariat held
“Millimeter-Wave Radar Workshop" on 17 December 2019 at the Meiji-kinenkan Hall inTokyo, Japan attended by 82 participants inviting millimeter-wave radar developers injapan and abroad who have been involved in promotion of its dissemination. The
Workshop was related to "Vehicle Safety Communications Seminar 2019" held on the day
before, and the latest trend of technologies was presented there.

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Session

Title(Greetings by Guests)

SpeakerMr. Kazuki Horiguchi
Assistant Director,
Land Mobile Communications
Division, MIC[Part 1] Expectations for the practical application of millimeter-wave radar and latest
trends
(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Current Issues of Sensing for
Automated Driving and ADAS andExpectations for Radar
Worldwide Standardization in Radar
Standardization activities in scopeof new technologies andfunctionalities
Development of 79 GHz High
Resolution Radar paving the way
towards automated driving andparking
TI mmWave Sensing Solutions

Mr. Yasushi Makino
Group Manager,
TOYOTA MOTORCORPORATION
Ms. Bettina Erdem
Global Key AccountManagement Automotive,
Continental AG, Market &Business Entry Strategies
Mr. Hitoshi Hosokawa
Senior Partner,
Bosch Corporation
Mr. Kishore Ramaiah
Embedded processing-Processors- Radar Automotive
Marketing,Texas Instruments Inc.

[Part 2] Latest trends of the practical application of millimeter-wave radar(1)(2)

79GHz Radar saving More Lives
79GHz band 3D Imaging Radar(Closing Remarks)

Moderator: Kazuaki Takahashi
Millimeter-Wave WG Chairman, ITS-Forum

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Mr. Ryosuke Ito
Manager,
Veoneer Japan Ltd.
Mr. Jyunji Sato
Senior Engineer,
Panasonic Corporation
Mr. Sadao Obana
Executive Committee
Chairman,
ITS-Forum

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Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 5 December 2019
No standards were newly established at the Assembly.

2.

Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 5 December 2019
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-T56

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Estimation for Cellular Phone

Ver.4.0

STD-T91

UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) Radio Systems

Ver.3.0

STD-T120

IMT Systems based on 3GPP Specifications

Ver.1.50

STD-B10Service Information for Digital Broadcasting System

Ver.5.13

STD-B21

Receiver for Digital Broadcasting (Desirable Specifications)Ver.5.11

STD-B60

MMT-Based Media Transport Scheme in Digital Broadcasting
Systems

Ver.1.14

STD-B63

Receiver for Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite
Broadcasting (Desirable Specifications)Ver.1.9

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