February 2022

No.0032
5G Special Day Ⅲ in CEATEC 2021 online"5G Special Day Ⅲ" composed of 4 conferences was held on 20 and 21 October 2021, on thewebsite of CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced TEChnologies) 2021, which wasorganized online as in 2020 due to COVID-19.
1. Outline of the Event
Schedule
20 OctoberAM
20 OctoberPM

21 OctoberAM

21 October
PM

MIC:
5GMF:
CIAJ:
TTC:

Theme
Workshop 2021 on Utilizing use
cases for commercial 5G

Organizer
Audience
Organizer:
1,819
ARIB, 5GMF, CIAJ
Sponsor:
MIC
859
International Workshop 2021 on Organizer:
MICthe latest situation towards
Co-organizer:
implementing 5G-Advanced
5GMF, CIAJ
Workshop 2021 on the Spread and Organizer:
1,049
Promotion of Local 5G
Local 5G Promotion
Public-Private
Coordination
Committee
3GPP summit ~ Latest trends onOrganizer:
664
3GPP standardization
MIC
Co-organizer:
ARIB, TTC
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
The Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum
Communications and Information network Association of Japan
Telecommunication Technology Committee

12. Lectures, Sessions(1) Workshop 2021 on Utilizing use cases for commercial 5G- Situation at the forefront and future prospects - (20 October, 10:00 - 12:20)
Title

Speaker

Opening remarks

Dr. YOSHIDA Susumu
5GMF
Chairman, (Professor Emeritus of Kyoto
University)
Mr. ISHII Yoshinori
CIAJ
Executive Vice President
Guest speech
Mr. NOZAKI Masatoshi
MIC
Director-General of the Radio Department,
Telecommunications Bureau
Session1: Forefront of 5G industrial use
Telemedicine using commercial 5G
Mr. TSUBOYA Hisakazu
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Senior Vice President, General Manager of 5G &IoT Business Department
Examples of corporate digital
Mr. FUJIMOTO Koichirotransformation accelerated by 5GNEC CorporationDeputy General Manager
Traffic issues in Maebashi City andMr. HOSOYA Seiichi
introduction of automated driving
Maebashi Citybuses
Senior Director of Future Creation Department,
Director of Future Policy Division
Session2: Expectations and challenges for 5G, future prospects
Panel Discussion
Dr. NAKAO Akihiro (Moderator)
5GMF
Chairman of Network Architecture Committee(Professor of The University of Tokyo)
Panelists:
Mr. IWANAMI Gota and Mr. OHYA Yasuo, inaddition to presenters in Secssion1
Closing Remarks
Mr. NISHIOKA SeijiARIB
Executive Director(2) International Workshop 2021 on the latest situation towards implementing 5GAdvanced - Initiatives for commercialization in each country, and issues - (20October, 15:00 - 18:00)
Title
Opening Remarks

SpeakerMr. ONAGA Hisashi
MIC
Director of the Land Mobile Communications
Division

2Dr. YOSHIDA Susumu
5GMF
Chairman (Professor Emeritus of Kyoto
University)
Session1: Situation of each country, region
Current status and initiatives for
Mr. Saneh SAIWONG
commercialization of 5G in
NBTC, Thailand
ThailandPrincipal Engineering Expert of the Office
5G Deployment Status and Plan
Dr. Hyeon Woo LEEfor Beyond 5G in Korea
5G Forum Korea
Vice Chair, Executive Committee
The status of 5G and the outlook
Mr. Lorenzo CASACCIA
towards 5G-Advanced
Qualcomm
Vice President, Technical Standards & IP
5G Deployment in Europe andMr. Bernard BARANI
beyondEuropean Commission
DG CONNECT, Deputy Head of Unit
5G open RAN
Dr. ABETA Sadayuki
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
General Manager of Radio Access Network
Development Department
Session2: Initiatives for Stand Alone and advancement in 5G commercialization,
expectations and prospects for future services
Mr. SEKIGUCHI Waichi (Moderator)
Panel Discussion
MM Research Institute, Ltd.
President (former editorial writer and columnistfor Nikkei)
Panelists:
Presenters in Secssion1
Closing Remarks
Mr. OHMURA Yoshinori
5GMF Secretary General

Keynote Speech(3) Workshop 2021 on the Spread and Promotion for Local 5G (21 October, 10:30 - 12:40)
Title

SpeakerDr. YOSHIDA Susumu
Opening
5GMF
Chairman (Professor Emeritus of Kyoto
University)
Session1: Initiatives to implement of Local 5G, and introduction of its use cases
Promotion of the spread of Local
Mr. TOKUKE Tsutomu
5GAnritsu Corporation
Vice President, Environmental Measurement
Company President
Sumitomo Corporation's Local 5G
Mr. KOTAKE Kanji
InitiativeSumitomo Corporation Corporate Officer,
Deputy General Manager, Media Division
Present and future of 5G project in Mr. SAKOU Hironori
Tokushima prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture3

Panel Discussion

Closing Remarks

Session2: Honest opinions on Local 5G
Ms. OHYAMA Rika (Moderator)
ON BOARD Co., Ltd. President
Panelists:
Dr. MORIKAWA Hiroyuki, in addition to presentersin Secssion1
Mr. OHMURA Yoshinori
5GMF Secretary General(4) 3GPP summit ~ Latest trends on 3GPP standardization - from 5G evolution toward
Beyond 5G - (21 October, 15:00 - 17:30)
TitleSpeaker
Mr. NOZAKI Masatoshi
OpeningMICDirector-General of the Radio Department,
Telecommunications Bureau
Session1: Latest trend on Release17, 18 - 5G Evolution
Trend in RAN
Dr. Wan shi CHEN
3GPP TSG-RAN Chair (Qualcomm)Mr. TAKEDA Hiroki
KDDI CORPORATION
Technology Planning Division, Technology
Strategy & Standards Office, Manager
Trend in SA
Mr. Georg MAYER
3GPP TSG-SA Chair (Huawei)
Mr. NAGATA Satoshi
3GPP TSG-SA Vice Chair (NTT DOCOMO, INC.)
Trend in CT
Mr. Lionel MORAND
3GPP TSG-CT Chair (Orange)
Mr. ISHIKAWA Hiroshi
3GPP CT WG4 Vice Chair (NTT DOCOMO,INC.)
Session2: Toward Beyond 5G
Initiatives in Japan
Mr. NAKAMURA Takaharu
Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium (Fujitsu
LIMITED)
Panel Discussion
Mr. NAGATA Satoshi
3GPP TSG-SA Vice Chair (NTT DOCOMO, INC.)
Panelists:
Presenters in Secssion1, 2
Mr. NISHIOKA Seiji
Closing Remarks
ARIB
Executive Director

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Exhibition in Inter BEE 2021 by ARIB/DiBEG
The 57th Inter BEE (International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition) 2021 was held at theMakuhari Messe located in the suburbs of Tokyo from 17 through 19 November 2021, whereARIB/DiBEG participated in the exhibition.
According to the Inter BEE secretariat, 495 companies and organizations participated inthe exhibition. In addition, the exhibition was also held online. Furthermore, SNS(Facebook, twitter) were widely used, with which ARIB/DiBEG also sought publicity.
Comparison of the scale of Inter BEE over the past three years
Year
Number of
Number of
Number of(Exhibition form)
exhibitors
boothsvisitors
2021
495
749
18,308(Real, Online)
2020
140――(Online)
2019
1,158
2,125
40,375(Real)
ARIB/DiBEG explained at its booth the recent standardization in the broadcasting fieldand the international expansion of ISDB-T, using panels and brochures. At theARIB/DiBEG booth, some visitors missed more crowded exhibitions in the past before
CORONA pandemic, and other visitors asked the reason why ISDB-T has been adopted
mainly in Central and South America rather than Southeast Asia, and they also wanted toknow the development of next-generation terrestrial digital broadcasting systems.

The FY2021 Annual Meeting of XGP Forum
The Annual Meeting of XGP Forum was held on 26 November 2021 at ARIB in Tokyo,
Japan. 41 delegates (Chairperson, Vice-Chairs, MIC and signatory member companies)
attended (partially online) the meeting.
◆ Overview of the Meeting
DateVenue

Approved
Resolution

26 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:00
ARIB (Tokyo, Japan)* Some members participated online.
(1) The minutes of the previous General Meeting(2) Admission of new members(3) The report of activities and the statement of accounts in FY2020(4) The proposal of activities and the budget in FY 2021

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General Meeting

ITU-R WP5A the 26th Meeting - ITS related issue
ITU-R WP 5A the 26th meeting was held online in November 2021. Here are proceedings
related to ITS.
1. Outline of the meeting
Schedule

15 - 26 November 2021

Meeting

OnlineParticipants

About 350,
22 people as the Japanese delegation headed by MIC, including 2
members from ARIB

2. Main results related to ITS(1) WP 5A has been working on the draft new ITU-R report M.[CAV] which describes
wireless communication requirement on CAV (Connected Automated Vehicle). At thismeeting, Japan input contribution on automated driving in urban area and on thehighway, which was reflected to revision of the draft. The new report is to becompleted in November 2022.
(2) It had been agreed at the previous meeting that ITU-R Recommendation M.2121 on
harmonization of ITS frequency band and Report M.2444 about ITS frequency
arrangement would be revised. At this meeting, M.2444 was revised reflecting theinstitutional change in EU in 2020. Both of these revisions are planned to becompleted in November 2022.
3. Next meeting schedule
The next 27th meeting is scheduled to be held on 23 May - 3 June 2022.

6DiBEG was awarded by the ITU Association of JapanOn 30 November 2021, the 53rd celebration event of "World Telecommunication andInformation Society Day" was held in Tokyo, organized by the ITU Association of Japan (ITUAJ), supported by the MIC, ARIB and TTC.
At the ceremony, "Task Force for Next-generation Digital Terrestrial Television" of DiBEG(Digital Broadcasting Experts Group) for which ARIB works as a secretariat, got"Encouragement Award".
< Reason behind receiving the Award >The Task Force has shared know-how gained in relation to the next generation digitalterrestrial television broadcasting being developed in Japan, with those countries thathave adopted ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial, originallydeveloped in Japan) in order to assist them in the study of their next-generation systems.
The group has contributed to strengthening technological collaboration between Japanand these countries as well as to development in the area of broadcasting in thesecountries, and the group’s continued contributions are anticipated.

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