November 2020No.0027<< Contents >>- CJK the 59th IMT Working Group Meeting- The 26th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-26)- The 10th Meeting with Brazilian SBTVD Forum- The 1st APG-23 (APG23-1) meeting- The 10th Annual General Meeting and the 30th Board of Directors of ARIB

- Newly established Standards- Revised or abolished Standards

CJK the 59th IMT Working Group MeetingCJK IMT Working Group Meeting is aiming to exchange information and views about theactivities of international IMT standardizations in ITU-R, APT, 3GPP, etc. among themembers of SDOs in China, Japan and Korea. The 59th IMT Working Group Meeting washeld online in September.
 Outline of the Meeting
Schedule: 2 - 3 September 2020
Venue: (Online meeting)Participants: ARIB (Japan) 13, CCSA (China) 23, TTA (Korea) 15
 Main Results(1) After the results of ITU-R SG5 WP5D (the 35th) and 3GPP meetings were confirmed,agenda items to study for the future were agreed on.

1(2) Progress on preparation for ITU-R SG5 WP5D the 36th meeting to be held in October
was reported from each country, and it was agreed on to continue working on the joint
contribution in the field such as IMT-2020 radio interfaces and C-V2X.
(3) At SIG (Special Interest Group)-Spectrum, allocation in each country of frequency
bands identified for IMT was reported. At SIG-Future-IMT, each country's efforts on 6G
were introduced and views were exchanged on the focused technologies and frameworks.
Japan presented " Beyond 5G Promoting Strategy" which had been published by MIC inJune 2020.
 Future meeting schedule
The next CJK IMT WG Meeting will be tentatively scheduled in January 2021 in Japan.

The 26th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-26)
The 26th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-26) was held in September.
 About the APT Wireless Group (AWG)
APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity) Wireless Group, AWG, studies the harmonization andstandardization of the frequency and technical matters aiming at enhancement anddissemination of Wireless telecommunication of wireless communication systems in the
Asia-Pacific region. The meeting has been held usually about twice a year, and theexperts of the wireless technology of each country in this region join the meeting.
Mr. Van Tuan served as a chairperson from this time, taking after Dr. Kohei Sato
(formerly from ARIB) who had been in the position until the previous meeting.
 Outline of the Meeting• Schedule

14 - 18 September 2020

• Venue(Online meeting)• Participants

450 people from administrations, private organizations andinternational organizations in the Asia-Pacific region
58 people as the Japanese delegation headed by Mr. Yuji Tanada(Deputy Director of International Frequency Policy Office, MIC)
including 4 from ARIB Main results
In AWG, three working groups (WG: Frequency, Technology and Service/Application)
were set, in each of which sub working groups or task groups have been established forthe issues.
The main results of the meeting from each WG were as follows.
(1) WG Spectrum•

The report on the 4800-4990MHz frequency arrangement has been completed andapproved.

•In the study of frequency sharing, a report on the availability of LAA (LicensedAssisted Access) and 5G NR-U aimed at increasing network capacity and improving
user experience was approved.
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(2) Others•

APT Secretary-General Areewan Haorangsi, who would conclude his term at themeeting, expressed appreciation for cooperation so far.

 Future meeting schedule
The next AWG-27 meeting is scheduled from March to April 2021, and it depends on thespread of the new coronavirus whether it will be held online or face-to-face.

The 10th Regular Meeting with Brazilian SBTVD Forum About the Meeting with SBTVD Forum
ARIB / DiBEG is promoting dissemination of ISDB-T in Latin American countries incollaboration with the SBTVD Forum (a standardization organization for terrestrial
digital broadcasting in Brazil). Until the spread of the new coronavirus, regular meetings
had been held between both parties, exchanging views and opinions during at theoccasion of the “SET EXPO” (every August) and the “NAB Show” (every April).
This year, the 10th regular meeting was held in the form of online conference because"SET EXPO 2020" was organized online.
 Outline of the Meeting• Schedule

17 September 2020

• Venue(Online meeting)• Main participants
SBTVD Forum:
Mr. José Marcelo do Amaral (President),
Mr. Aguinaldo Boquimpani (Director)
SET (A Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão):Mr. Carlos Fini (President),
Mr. Olímpio José Franco (Superintendent)
MCTIC (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações):Mr. Roberto Ramos Colletti (Director of the Department ofCommercial Broadcasting)
DiBEG (Digital Broadcasting Experts Group):
Dr. Masayuki Sugawara (Chairman)
MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications):
Ms. Chie Fukushima (Director for Digital Broadcasting Technology,Broadcasting Technology Division)
Mr. Keiji Hattori (Deputy Director, Broadcasting Technology Division),

Mr. Kenji Kaneko (Director for International Policy Coordination,International Cooperation Division)
Mr. Kunihiko Yamamoto (Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division)
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Companies:
Mr. Okano, Mr. Kambara (NHK), Mr. Nagai (NEC),Mr. Miyashita (Hitachi Kokusai Electric), Mr. Hoshino (ACCESS),
Mr. Sakaguchi (JTEC), Mr. Anazawa (TBS), Mr. Takechi (IPTV Forum)
Secretariat:
Mr. Nakamura (Deputy Director), Mr. Sakuma, Mr. Isobe Main Results(1) Next-generation terrestrial broadcasting
The Japanese side introduced the Advanced ISDB-T sessions scheduled for IEEE
Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2020 (BMSB 2020)
to be held in October where person involved in broadcasting from such as NHK, SONY
and Mackenzie Presbyterian University would plan to participate.
(2) Revision of the joint document by ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas:
Brazilian Association of Technical Standards) / ARIB
Regarding the revision of Ginga Standard, Brazilian side explained that the Test Suiteof Ginga Profile D (”DTV Play”) had been completed in July, that the first product ofDTV Play receiver will be released within the next year, and that ABNT No. 15606
will be published in Portuguese in November, followed by the English edition.
(3) EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcasting System)
Brazilian side explained that they are paying attention to the compatibility of thecurrent TV 2.5 and the next-generation terrestrial digital broadcasting (TV 3.0)
interfaces when working on the joint document for EWBS.
Japanese side explained the content of the presentation on EWBS given at the IEEE
Webinar (on 3 September) and the importance of unifying the EWBS standards
among the ISDB-T adopting countries.
(4) SET eXPerience
Mr. Olimpio Franco (Superintendente) and Mr. Carlos Fini of SET (SociedadeBrasileira de Engenharia de Televisão) informed that "SET EXPO2020", which had
been postponed to December, will be changed to an exhibition on digital named as"SET eXPerience" aiming at 80,000 visitors because the corona virus disaster has notbeen settled.
 Future meeting schedule
The Next 11th regular meeting is planned to be held online in March or April in 2021.

The 1st APG-23 (APG23-1) meeting
APG-23 (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23) is
responsibleforpreparing

theAPT

Common

Proposal

towards

theWorld

Radiocommunication Conference to be held in 2023 (WRC-23). Dr. Kyu-Jin Wee (Korea)
serves as a chairman.
4The 1st meeting of APG-23 was held in September.
 Outline of the meeting• Schedule

24 - 25 September 2020

• Venue(Online meeting)• Participants

448 people from 26 APT member countries and other regions,international organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.
65 people as the Japanese delegation headed by Mr. Kazuaki
Nakakoshi (Director of International Frequency Policy Office,MIC) including 4 from ARIB.

 Main results
At this meeting, study framework for WRC-23 was established, and the chairs of eachworking party (WP) were decided. (Drafting chairpersons will be decided at the nextmeeting.)(1) Chairs
APG-23 Chair:Dr. KyuJin Wee (Korea)

APG-23 Vice-chairs:

Mr. Muneo Abe (Japan), Ms. Zhu Keer (China)

Editor-in-chief:

Mr. Christopher Hose (Australia)(2) WG (Working Group) structure
Working Party
WRC-23 AI (Agenda Item)(WP)in charge
WP1
AI 1.1*1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 9.1(c),Fixed, Mobile,and RR No21.5*1 AI 1.1 will be addressed inBroadcasting
collaboration with WP2
WP2
AI 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11
Aeronautical,and Res.427(WRC-19)
Maritime
WP3
AI 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 9.1(a), (d)Scienceand Res.655(WRC-15)
WP4
AI 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19,
Satellite
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WP5
AI 2, 4, 8, 9.1(b),10General

ChairsMr. Hiroyuki Atarashi (Japan)
Dr. Jae Woo Lim (Korea)

Mr. Bui Ha Long (Vietnam)

Mr. Wahyudi Hasbi (Indonesia)
Ms. Fenhong Cheng (China)
Mr. Mrunmaya Pattanaik (India)
Dr. Taghi Shafiee (Iran)(3) Working Plan
It was tentatively agreed to set 6 meetings (including this time) as follows, and it wasassumed that it would be reviewed as needed according to the progress.
APG23-2: March or April 2021
APG23-3: November 2021
APG23-4: June or July 2022
APG23-5: January 2023
APG23-6: July or August 2023

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The 10th Annual General Meeting and the 30th Board of Directors of ARIB
The 10th Annual General Meeting, and the 30th Board of Directors of ARIB were held on 25
September 2020, at the Hotel New Otani, in Tokyo.
Business and financial report of the fiscal year 2019, elected officers and Management
Advisory Committee members had been approved at the General Meeting, and Mr. Katsuaki
Nomura was elected as a new chairman at the Board of Directors held after the GeneralMeeting.

The 10th Annual General Meeting

1. Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 28 September 2020
STD
Number
STD-T121

Standard Name
400MHz-band Digital On-board Vessel CommunicationsEquipment

VersionVer.1.0

This standard specifies digital on-board vessel communication equipment using theSCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier) system with a QFSK (Quadrature Frequency
Shift Keying) modulation method for 400MHz band.
* This standard applies only to systems with a channel spacing of 6.25 kHz, which isone of that specified in ITU-R Recommendation M.1174-3.

6STD

Standard Name

VersionCommon Media File Format for UHDTV Program Exchange

Ver.1.0

NumberSTD-B77

This standard specifies the standard file format used for UHDTV program exchange,and applies to file formats used between broadcasting stations or between
broadcasting station and content production studio.

2. Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 28 September 2020
STD
NumberStandard Name

Version

Voice Communication Radio Equipment for Specified Low
Power Radio Station

Ver.5.0

Voice Communication Radio Equipment of a Business Activity(1mW and Less Conducted Power) for Land Mobile RadioStation

Ver.4.0

STD-T73

Sensors for Detecting Or Measuring Mobile Objects forSpecified Low Power Radio Station

Ver.2.0

STD-T86

Regional Digital Simultaneous Communication System

STD-T115

Regional
TYPE2

STD-T94

Broadband Mobile Wireless Access System (WiMAXTM appliedin Japan)

Ver.4.0

STD-T95

OFDMA/TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System(XGP)

Ver.4.0

STD-T120

IMT Systems based on 3GPP Specifications

RCR
STD-20RCR
STD-31

Digital

ARIB SEASON
Publishing

SimultaneousCommunication

SystemVer.3.2
Ver.2.2

Ver.2.00

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