August 2019
No.0022<< Contents >>- Exhibition of EWBS at the NAB Show 2019
- The 7th Meeting with Brazillian SBTVD Forum in Las Vegas- FoBTV Meeting in Las Vegas- Digital Terrestrial TV Seminars in Bolivia- 5G Huddle 2019 in Tokyo- The 42nd Meeting of the Wireless World Research Forum- Radio Day Memorial Lecture- APT Wireless Group awarded by ITU- The 55th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting in Busan- 5G Security Workshop at Wireless Technology Park 2019
- The 23nd General Assembly of Electromagnetic Environment Committee andBriefing session on sponsored researches- The 1st Study Group Meeting on Terahertz wave for sensing- 5G Events in Bangkok- The 9th Annual General Meeting of ARIB and the 27th Board of Directors of ARIB
- The 30th Radio Achievement Award- The 7th Global 5G Event and EuCNC in Valencia- Monthly Seminars on radio wave use- Newly established Standards- Revised or abolished Standards

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Exhibition of EWBS at the NAB Show 2019
The National Association of Broadcasters Convention and Exposition (NAB Show) 2019was held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. from 6
through 11 April 2019.
DiBEG (Digital Broadcasting Experts Group: the promotion organization of the Japanese
Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting System which act as a subcommittee of ARIB Promotion
Strategy Committee) participated in the Exhibition, by showing panels to introduce its
international activities in the ISDB-T promotions and by performing demonstrations of
EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcast System), using a signage device at the "FUTURES
PARK" in the North Hall.
We intended to exhibit and demonstrate the EWBS as one of the key features of ISDB-T.
The demo system consisted of the transmission/reception equipment to simulate the
EWBS operating situations in some of the ISDB-T adopting countries in Latin America,such as Peru and Costa Rica, putting emphasis on the concept of easily telecasting
emergency warning information based on the digital terrestrial TV standard: ISDB-T.
The booth attracted visitors from those countries not adopting ISDB-T as well as thosefrom adopting countries; yet they expressed their desire to have a similar system forbroadcasting emergency warning.

EWBS Display and Demonstration

The 7th Meeting with Brazilian SBTVD Forum in Las Vegas
The 7th meeting between ARIB/DiBEG and SBTVD Forum was held in Las Vegas on 10
April, during the NAB Show 2019. This regular meeting is being held twice a year, at theoccasion of the NAB Show and the SET Expo.
From the SBTVD Forum Mr. Moisés Queiroz Moreira, Commissioner of ANATEL(AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES), Mr. Carlos Fini, President of SET(Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão) and other executives were present in
the meeting.
From the Japanese side Dr. Sugawara, Chairman of DiBEG, Mr. Nakatogawa, Task Force
Chairman for the next generation broadcasting technologies, together with Mr. Kimura,
Director for Digital Broadcasting Technology, MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and2Communications of Japan) as an observer, Mr. Takechi of NHK Engineering Service (viainternet), Mr. Sakaguchi of JTEC and some other members joined the meeting.
At the start of the meeting the Brazilian side expressed their high appreciation to theJapanese side for their support during the introduction of digital terrestrial TV in Brazil,
with their expectation of maintaining continuous collaboration as ever.
The Japanese side introduced the latest status in the development of 8K terrestrial TV
broadcasting technologies, 4K terrestrial broadcasting technologies in conjunction with
2K parallel broadcasting, etc.
The Brazilian side explained their wide range roadmap from the start of digital terrestrial
broadcasting up to the future broadcast services including 4K/8K. They expressed
expectations on new broadcasting technologies emerging at the timing of the 2020 Tokyo
Olympic/Paralympic Games, based on the fact that such technologies have advanced
substantially at the occasion of the past major sport events such as Olympics and World
Cups. They also explained the current status of the ASO (Analog Switch-Off) in Brazil,
adding that the program has been going smoothly, with the permeation of receiverproducts in the consumer market.
Both parties agreed to proceed with their collaboration in the revision of the ABNT/ARIB
Joint Document.
They discussed the introduction of EWBS to the ISBD-T adopting countries in Latin
America including Brazil; and confirmed that they would continue working together for
the EWBS introduction to these ISDB-T adopting countries in the region, including theincorporation of EWBS functionality into the ABNT standard.
They also agreed to continue harmonization of the Ginga and the Hybridcast technologies
together.

Meeting with SBTVD ForumThe next meeting is scheduled to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in August, during the SET
Expo 2019.

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FoBTV Meeting in Las Vegas
FoBTV (Future of Broadcast Television) held a meeting in Las Vegas on April 10, 2019,
during the NAB Show. The FoBTV is a voluntary organization with 85 members of morethan 20 countries of professional broadcasters, standardization organizations, etc., toshare and exchange views and opinions on the future of TV broadcasting. They hold aregular meeting twice a year; in April during the NAB Show in Las Vegas, and in
September during the IBC in Amsterdam.
Approximately 30 people attended the meeting including 6 people from Japan; from NHK,MIC and DiBEG.
(1) Standardization Activities
Representatives of ATSC, DVB and ARIB respectively reported their latest
development in their standardization activities since the last meeting.
 ATSC
ATSC set up the Planning Team and the Implementation Team, each continuing its
activities to fulfill their objectives. The Planning Team, according to the report, isstudying new video compression CODECs for future applications, as well as researchand development of applications of broadcasting technologies to the automobile
industries. The Implementation Team is working on personalization of TV,
emergency broadcast applications and the establishment of environment for
conformance test on ATSC 3.0.
ATSC also introduced various educational programs for field engineers to grasp thecontents of the ATSC 3.0 specifications.
Frequency repacking program to introduce the ATSC 3.0 into operation wasreported.
 DVB
Progress in the DVB group regarding the introduction of new technologies such as
target advertisement, in-house IP distribution, Low Latency Dash, Multicast ARB(Adaptive Bit Rate), HDR, etc. was reported.
DVB added that a study group was launched to study the next generation
broadcasting, considering the possibility of using the 5G technologies as a means torealize UHD (Ultra High Definition) TV broadcasting.
 ARIBThe latest status of BS 4K/8K broadcasting services, on-going R&D schedules on theterrestrial 4K/8K broadcasting, etc. was reported.
It was also reported that ARIB had made revisions on the standards andspecifications in relation to studio equipment and systems as well as content
distribution network.
(2) Latest Activities of Research Organizations
NHK of Japan reported their pilot project of 8K terrestrial digital TV broadcasting
performed in Nagoya and Tokyo.
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ETRI of Korea reported a seamless connection of broadcasting and internet
transmission, taking advantage of the ATSC 3.0 features, and also reported theirlatest efforts in 8K terrestrial digital TV broadcasting.
TV Globo of Brazil presented their introduction of HDR and Immersive Audio as apart of their development toward the next generation TV service; They also reported
their latest development of DTV Play for the IBB service.
(3) 5G Broadcasting
Rohde & Schwarz of Germany reported their trial 5G broadcasting in Germany. The
general specifications are reported as follows;
Frequency: 750 - 758MHz
Bandwidth: 5MHz
Locations of transmission:at Wendelstein and Ismaning, with 64km distance in-between
Transmission output power: 5kW (Wendelstein), 7kW (Ismaning)
NERC DTV of China reported their latest status on the 5G broadcasting in China.
FoBTV confirmed that they would continue their efforts in its study of 5G roadcastingfrom the viewpoint of the entire body.

FoBTV Meeting
The next meeting was scheduled to be held at the occasion of IBC in Amsterdam in
September 2019.

Digital Terrestrial TV Seminars in Bolivia
The Plurinational State of Bolivia decided to adopt ISDB-T as its national terrestrial TV
standard in July 2010 and started trial broadcasting in September 2011.
In response to the request from Ministry of Public Works of Bolivia, MIC joined theseminars in the two cities: Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

5The seminars were held on 14 May in Santa Cruz City and on the next day in
Cochabamba City using the lecture hall of the local university. From the Bolivian side, theMinistry of Public Works, Services and Housing, Deputy Secretary's Office, Transportation
ATT executives, government officials, broadcasters, students, etc. participated. FromJapan, Broadcasting Technology Division and International Cooperation Division of MIC,JTEC who participated as ARIB / DiBEG, MassPro Denko, etc. participated.
In the city of Santa Cruz, 195 people attended the seminar. The Bolivian side introduced
the characteristics and promotion of terrestrial digital broadcasting so far, and the outlineof licensing for broadcasters and operators who compile and transmit multiple terrestrial
digital broadcast programs on one channel, following the opening remarks given by
President Carballo of Private Technological University of Santa Cruz SA (UTEPSA), Dr.
Dorado of ATT and Deputy Director of MIC, Mr. Daisuke Sasaki. Then it was alsoannounced that the deadline for analog switch-off (ASO) across the country was delayed by
two years from the initial plan, and the last ASO in the country would be 30 November
2025.
From Japan, MIC explained the advantages of ISDB-T, particularly EWBS, various kindof data broadcasts, hybrid cast and mobile broadcast services. MIC also introduced thehistory and experiences leading up to ASO in Japan and stated that he hoped therelationship between the two countries will continue to be closer, celebrating the 120th
anniversary of the immigration of Japanese people.
ARIB / DiBEG explained the advantages of digital system for analog system, various
usage examples, transmitters for digital terrestrial broadcasting, the dissemination of
EWBS technology overseas, and technologies and notes on receiving terrestrial digital
signal.
Regarding the Ginga middleware, an overview of the latest Profile D was introduced fromthe Brazil SBTVD Forum, based on the development history of it.
The seminar in the Cochabamba city on the next day, 204 participants were counted.
Following the opening speech given by Mr. Lic. J. Rios del Prado, Principal of the
University of Mayor de San Simon, Mr. Ing. Gustavo Pozo, Vice Minister ofTelecommunications and Mr. Sasaki of MIC, Japan, the same lectures as previous day
were presented.
On both days, an exhibition site was set up outside the seminar hall, and introduction of
DiBEG activities, demonstration of EWBS, reception of terrestrial digital broadcasting
through the antenna and transmission equipment including multiplexer were shown.

Seminar in Santa Cruz

Demonstration in Cochabamba

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5G Huddle 2019 in Tokyo
The “5G Huddle 2019” was held in Tokyo in May 2019. The 5G Huddle is held inconjunction with the WWRF (Wireless World Research Forum), and this time experts frominside and outside the country gathered and discussions were held on the theme of "The5G dream becomes a reality - Can it keep its promises?"
1. Outline(1) Title of the Event:(2) Theme:(3) Host:(4) Date:(5) Venue:(6) Participants:

5G Huddle 2019 Tokyo
The 5G dream becomes a reality - Can it keep its promises?
WWRF, 5GMF, supported by MIC
14 May 2019, 9:00-18:00
Aoyama TEPIA, Tokyo
About 100

2. Program
Opening

KeynoteSpeechSession1

Session2

Session3

Title
Introductory remarks

SpeakerDr. Kohei Satoh
5GMF
Mr. Nigel Jefferies
WWRF
Mr. Mario Maniewicz
ITU-R(Video presentation)
Title
Speaker
Update of 5G Deployment plan in Japan Mr. Takehiro Nakamura
NTT DOCOMO
Where are we with 5G deployment and where do we want to go?
Title
Speaker
5G deployment in Asia
Mr. Byungsuk Kim
Korea Telecom
5G deployment in Europe
Mr. Bernard Barani
European Commission
5G deployment in the USA
Mr. Sudhir Dixit
WWRF
Plan for 5G Deployment in Africa
Mr. Paris Mashile
ICASA
Learning from real-world experiences- The role of trials and test-beds in shaping the 5G vision
Title
Speaker
The Global Picture
Dr. Hendrik Berndt
WWRF
5G Roundtables – Paving the way to deliver the promises of 5G
Title
Moderator

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Panel 3.1 - Connectivity
Panel 3.2 - 5G Standards andCoordination
Panel 3.3 - Business models and use
cases
Panel 3.4 - Building confidence in 5G
Closing

Closing remarks

Title

Mr. Takehiro Nakamura
NTT DOCOMO
Dr. Kohei Satoh
5GMF
Mr. Tim Miller
Plum Consulting
Mr. Anand R. Prasad
Rakuten Mobile
SpeakerMr. Nigel Jefferies
WWRF

5G Huddle
As one of the founding members of WWRF, Werner Mohr of Nokia who had been also thefirst chairman of WWRF and have promoted the collaboration between WWRF and theJapanese Mobile IT Forum, was awarded and took up to WWRF's fellow.

Mr. Werner Mohr Awarded for Fellowship

The 42nd Meeting of the Wireless World Research ForumThe 42nd WWRF 2019 Tokyo Meeting was held at Aoyama TEPIA from 15 to 16 May 2019,
sponsored by WWRF and co-sponsored by 5GMF. This year's WWRF was held following 5G

8Huddle 2019 on 14 May, under the theme of "The 5G dream becoming a reality-can it keep
its promises?" Experts gathered from around the world and discussions were held.
1. Outline(1) Title of the Event:(2) Theme:(3) Host:(4) Date:(5) Venue:(6) Participants:

The 42nd Meeting of WWRF, Tokyo
The 5G dream becomes real - will it keep its promises?
WWRF, supported by 5GMF
15 - 16 May 2019, 9:00 - 17:00
Aoyama TEPIA, Tokyo
About 50

2. Program* Only the plenary sessions are listed below, the sessions for WG were also held during
the meeting period.
Session1

Session Chair: Dr. Hendrik Berndt
Title
Beyond 5G in the next European
Research Program
Empowering Transatlantic Platforms
for Advanced Wireless Research
Wireless Beyond the Shannon Limit

Session2

Session Chair: Prof. Seiichi Sampei
Title
5G Evolution and Beyond- Real and Future Implementing IPv6 over 5G networks

Session3

Technical Trend of Access Infrastructure
for Accommodating Mobile Traffic
toward Beyond-5G Era
Debate: Is 6G Needed or is it a
Researchers' Dream?
Session Chair: Vinod Kumar
Title
Launch of WAI white paper
Next Generation ICT Technologies Handbook on ICT in Developing
Countries vol.2
THz fixed wireless links for future
mobile networks (Invited)9

SpeakerMr. Bernard Barani
European Commission
Dr Alain Mourain
InterDigital
Prof. Izzat Darwazeh
University College London
SpeakerDr. Yoshihisa Kishiyama
NTT DOCOMO
Sureswaran Ramadass,Professor Emeritus,
Malaysia University of
Science and Technology
Dr. Kosuke NishimuraKDDI Research, Inc.
Panelist: all speakers in
Session1, 2
SpeakerDr. Sudhir Dixit
Prof. Knud Erik Skouby
Aalborg University,
DenmarkProf. Tetsuya Kawanishi,
Waseda University
Thomas Kuerner
TU Braunschweig, GermanyOn 15 May, a special session on next-generation wireless communication systems was heldon the theme of "Key innovation to Beyond 5G."
Session 1 was chaired by Dr. Hendrik Berndt, and the approaches to beyond 5G werereported. In Europe, the discussions and projects of Beyond 5G and 6G have already been
started, and based on the requirements of 5G, Smart Networks & Services, terahertz
communication, AI and machine learning, energy efficiency, security, etc. are being studied.
In the European and US initiatives, roadmap development, system requirements and theevolution of 5G NR (New Radio) for 6G are revealed. In wireless communications thatapproach the limit of Shannon's theorem, the possibility of non-orthogonal waveforms,
millimeter wave communications, antennas, etc. are reported after coding, spatial
multiplexing, etc. were described.
Session 2 was chaired by Professor Seiichi Sanpei of Osaka University, and the evolutionof 5G and its adaptation to glowing mobile traffic. The possibility of technology expansion
such as new frequency bands, cooperation with non-cellular systems, utilization of AI,
wireless technology, etc. were presented regarding the evolution of 5G and beyond. To copewith the mobile traffic increase, the development of wired wireless networks compatible
with 5G, such as the utilization of optical fiber, softwareization and the virtualization of
wireless networks were suggested. There was also a panel discussion where the changes
from the initial concept of 5G development, the key to the next generation mobile and the
3THz barrier in terahertz communication were discussed.

WWRF 2019 Special Session

Session 2 Chair:Prof. Seiichi Sanpei

Session 1 Chair:Dr. Hendrik Berndt
10Radio Day Memorial Lecture"Radio Day Memorial Lecture" was held in Tokyo on 27 May 2019, organized by ARIB,
co-sponsored by the Council for Info-Communications Promotion Month, and supported by
the MIC. This event had been originally established in 1951 memorizing the enforcementof the laws related to radio wave regulations on 1 June 1950 in Japan.
Main theme of the Lecture was "Current status and future prospects of radio wave usage",and the lectures were delivered from executives of MIC, companies and organizations
involved in radio wave use.
Program
Lecturer

Title

1

Mr. Yasuhiko Taniwaki:
Director-General of theTelecommunications Bureau, MIC

Toward Realization of a Data-Driven Society- Comprehensive Verification of Competition
Rules etc. in the Telecommunications
Business Field -2

Mr. Yoshihisa Yamada:
Representative Director andPresident
Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Rakuten's approach to go into the mobile
carrier business3

Mr. Akihiko Chigono:
Executive Director
Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK)

The present and future of broadcasting that
continues to evolve

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Mr. Mototaka Taneya:
Managing Officer
BU President
Corporate Research & Development
BU
SHARP CORPORATIONLife in 2020 which will be transformed with
5G+8K

Radio Day Memorial Lecture11

APT Wireless Group (AWG) awarded by ITU
A ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ITU (International
Telecommunications Union) World Information Society and Telecommunications Day
takes place on 17 May at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, and APT Wireless Group wasawarded for promoting standardization of the fifth mobile communication systems.
1. Title of the Event:2. Date:
3. Venue:
4. Organizer:
5. Participants:

6. Program:

The 50th anniversary of World Telecommunication & Information
Society Day (WTISD)
17 May 2019, 10:30 – 14:00
Popov Room in the ITU headquarters, Geneva
ITU
Around 150 members, including major members of industry,
academia, officials of ITU and the organizations related to United
Nations, in addition to the diplomatic officials of member states,
participated.
A panel discussion was held with an award ceremony tocommemorate the 50th anniversary of the global informationsociety and telecommunications day.

(1) Theme: Bridging the standardization gap(2) Congratulatory message and Welcome remarks:
The congratulatory message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres wasread by Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General of the ITU, which said
"Technical advances such as 5G and IoT have the potential to bring great socialand economic benefits."
ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao said that, "The international standards
provide the technical foundation of the global market and have important
influence for connecting the world", stressing the importance of the ITU
standards, also mentioned "5G have potential to support new applications,
including autonomous vehicles and smart cities, when combined with AI", andpresented a video summarizing the 50 years of WTISD.
(3) Panel discussion:
At the event, a panel discussion was held along with an award ceremony tocommemorate the 50th anniversary of the global information society andtelecommunications day.

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ThemeModerator
Organization
WHO

UPU
UNECE
ISO

Digital Transformations Enabled by Comprehensive Standardization
Activities
Chief, Study Groups Department, ITU-T: Mr. Bilel Jamoussi
Panelists and their Assertions
Panelist
Comment
Chief Scientist:
There is a need to clarify undesirable
Ms. Soumya Swaminathan effects that digital technology has on
people's health and ensure that it does nothave a major effect. “Safe Listening
CIO:
Standards” has been jointly developed by
Mr. Bernardo Mariano
the ITU and WHO, and "AI and health" isunder development.
Deputy Director-General:
Progress that Digital finance make in
Mr. Pascal Clivaz
financial inclusion and its derived issues
Executive Secretary:
Importance of capacity building initiatives
Ms. Olga Algayerova
to fill the gap between smart cities andcommunities, standardization
Secretary-General:
Mr. Sergio Mujica(4) Award Ceremony
The WTISD Award for the achievements of six individuals or organizations over thefour years from 2015 to 2018 in the following five categories were given by the ITU
Secretary-General.
Category
AwarenessAwardee
APT Wireless Group

Achievement
One of the most highly contributed regionalorganizations in promoting IMT-2020
standardization activities (*1)
Know-how
ITU-T SG3:
Improved expertise in international standards
Mr. Lwando Bbuku
development as co-chair of ITU-T SG3
Community
Tunisia
Hosted a significant number of ITU
conferences to bring together the international
Americastandardization community
Engagement China
Sent the most representatives participated in
ITU standardization work
Partnering
Korea
Contributed to the ITU's “Bridging theStandardization Gap” (BSG) program throughthe excellent financial and physical support*1 Dr. Kohei Satoh of ARIB received the Award representing AWG as a chairman.

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Congratulatory message
read by Mr. Malcolm Johnson

Awarding Ceremony

Welcome remarksby Mr. Houlin Zhao

Address of Thanks by Dr. Kohei SatohAward winner, Panelists and Executives of ITU

The 55th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting in BusanCJK IMT Working Group Meeting is aiming to exchange information and views about theactivities of international IMT standardizations in ITU-R, APT, 3GPPs, and so on, among
members of SDOs in China, Korea, and Japan.

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Schedule

29 and 30 May 2019

Venue

Seacloud Hotel (Busan, Korea)

Participants

ARIB (Japan) 9, CCSA (China) 7, TTA (Korea) 13

The 55th CJK IMT meeting

2. Main results(1) The results of the 31st ITU-R SG5 WP5D meeting held in February and the recent
discussions at 3GPP were reviewed.
(2) Information was shared and opinions were exchanged regarding the future proposal
to ITU-R of IMT-2020 wireless interface, activities of external evaluation groups, andprogress in preparation for AWG-25 and APG19-5 to be held in July.
(3) Activities of the three Special Interest Groups (SIG-Spectrum, SIG-Evaluation,
SIG-V2X) were reported and views on the trend in each country were exchanged.
(4) Information was shared on preparation progress of each country for the 32nd WP5D
meeting scheduled to be held from 9 July, and it was decided that joint contributions
on three documents would be studied based on the common part of each SDO’s
proposal.
3. Next meeting schedule- The next CJK IMT Working Group Meeting will be scheduled on 26 and 27 September
2019 in Kyoto, Japan.

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5G Security Workshop at Wireless Technology Park (WTP) 2019
A seminar "5G security workshop - for a safe and secure 5G society -" was held on 30 May
2019 by the co-sponsorship of 5GMF and ARIB as a part of “Wireless Technology Park2019”, one of the Japan's largest-scale annual event that focuses on the latest R&D ofwireless communication technologies.
In this workshop, the results as of the end of May 2019 of the 5GMF Strategy & Planning
Committee, Security Studies Ad Hoc, which had been established last year, were reported,
and Q&A sessions were also held by participants and speakers.
1. Outline of the Workshop
Schedule

30 May 2019, 10:30 - 12:30

Venue

Tokyo Big Site (Tokyo, Japan)

Organizer

5GMF, ARIB

Participants

About 100

2. Lectures, Sessions
Title(Welcome Remarks)
Approach of MIC for
5G realization

Introduction of
Security Studies Ad
Hoc, and outline of
5G security
Use case 1- IoT security -Use case 2- FinTech security -SpeakerMr. Yoshinori
Ohmura5GMF
Mr. Hajime
Nakamura
MIC

Dr. Satoru Tezuka
Keio University(Leader, 5GMF
Security Studies
Ad Hoc)Mr. Kazuhiko Ishii
NTT DOCOMO(Sub leader, 5GMF
Security Studies
Ad Hoc)Mr. Takashi
KawanoHitachi(Sub leader, 5GMF
Security Studies
Ad Hoc)Outline- Welcome address- Latest activities of 5GMF
- The third year in 5G Trial focusing on
local issues- Completion of 5G frequency
assignment to carriers (April 2019)- Planed 5G frequency assignment tolocal entities- Activities of 5GMF security study Ad
Hoc- Plan of setting up the “Security
Study Committee”- Three use cases of 5G to be studied- Twelve issues extracted andorganized from the study results anddocuments related to IoT security- Classification of Fintech services in
5G- Points to be considered about security
generated by changes in financial
service- Current issues on personalauthentication and their directions ofsolution
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Use case 3- Connected Vehicle
security -(Q&A)- Two items to be studied in 5G
security study
Mr. Toshiaki- Introduction of the four service areas
Tanakaof Connected Vehicle, network
requirements and 5G functionsKDDIassumed to be applied to Connected(Sub leader, 5GMF
VehicleSecurity Studies
Ad Hoc)- Identification of threats from eachservice- Report on the progress of 5G security
issues for service realization- Authentication method fit to the Connected Vehicle service- Service model in the FinTech era- Future activities such as putting together white papers,

SeminarThe 23rd General Assembly of Electromagnetic Environment Committee
and Briefing session on sponsored researches
The 23rd General Assembly of Electromagnetic Environment Committee (EEC) was heldat ARIB in Tokyo on 3 June 2019, where business / financial report was accepted andbusiness / financial plan was approved. Following the General Assembly, briefing session
on sponsored researches from EEC was also held. The content of the briefing was asfollows.
Contractor

Title of briefing

1Prof. Yoshikazu Ugawa:
Assistant Prof. Setsu Enomoto:
Fukushima Medical University

Study on the influence of LTE on event
related potential using human auditory
stimulation

2

Prof. Tomonori Sakurai:
Gifu Pharmaceutical University

Evaluation of influence of high frequency
magnetic field on calcium dynamics

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Briefing session on sponsored researches

The 1st Study Group Meeting on Terahertz Sensing
The 1st Study Group Meeting on Terahertz Sensing was held on 5 June 2019, participatedby 30 people, from ARIB member companies, NICT (Institute of Information andCommunications Technology), and as observer, 5 organizations and MIC.
This study group had been established in February 2018 aiming to promote realization of
Terahertz wave applied system by clarifying applications and studying development issues,frequency requirements and institutional issues. Study was conducted in the field ofcommunication in the first fiscal year (- March 2019), and in the sensing field in the second
fiscal year (- March 2020) with newly recruited members.
At the first meeting on sensing, Dr. Iwao Hosako, Director General of NICT was elected as
the chairman as with the previous committee.
Dr. Hosako and the observers introduced Terahertz sensing technologies and theirapplications, and the opinions were actively exchanged on the future direction of study andresearch viewpoint.

The 1st Study Group Meeting on Terahertz Sensing

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5G Events in Bangkok
The “5G Workshop” and “Technology Exchange Meeting” co-organized by MIC of Japan
andCommunications

and

the

National

BroadcastingandTelecommunications

Commission (NBTC) of Thailand, and co-sponsored by ARIB and 5GMF were held from 12
to 13 June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
<5G Workshop>
1. Outline of the Event
Title
Organizer

NBTC-5GMF Joint Workshop on 5G
NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission,
Thailand),MIC

Co-sponsor-

ARIB, 5GMF

Schedule

13 June 2019, 9:30 - 16:30

Venue

The Berkeley Hotel Pratunam Bangkok (Bangkok, Thailand)Participants

Thailand: about 150
NBTC, Telecommunications Carriers, Manufacturers, Universities
and Research institutes
Japan: 10
MIC, Telecommunications Carriers, Manufacturers,
Research institutes and 5GMF

2. Program
Opening

KeynoteSpeechTechnical
Presentation
Wrap-up,
Q&A and
Closing

Title
Welcome Remarks

SpeakerMr. Saneh Saiwong
NBTC
Mr. Kouichi Katagiri
MIC
Keynote Address
Mr. Prasert Silphiphat
NBTC
Title
Speaker
Cross-regional collaboration towards
Dr. Kohei Satohthe realization of 5G
5GMF
There were seven presentations from Japan (MIC, 5GMF),
and five from NBTC.
Based on questions and comments from the audiences such as"Strategies and practice of frequency allocation for 5G in Japan, Resultsof 5G trial and 5G use cases", questions and answers were held intently
with presenters, having Mr. Thirapiroon Thongkamwitoon as aModerator.

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NBTC-5GMF Joint Workshop on 5G

Presenters at the Workshop on 5G< Technology exchange meeting >1. Outline of the Meeting
Title
Organizer

5G Meeting between 5GMF and the NBTC Officers
NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission,
Thailand),
MIC

Schedule

12 June 2019, 14:20 - 16:45

Venue

The auditorium at the headquarter of NBTC (Bangkok, Thailand)
Thailand: about 100
Mainly, members of NBTC

Participants

Japan: 10
MIC, Telecommunications Carriers, Manufacturers,
Research institutes and 5GMF

2. Program
Presentationfrom JapanTheme
5G R&D Activities

SpeakerDr. Kentaro Ishizu
NICT20

5G Field Trials in Japan

Presentationfrom NBTC

Exchange of
opinionDr. Yukihiko Okumura
NTT DOCOMO
Mr. Seichiro SakaiKDDI
Mr. Hitoshi Yoshino
Softbank
5G Use Cases in Japan
Mr. Katsumi Tagami
NEC
Mr. Takaharu Nakamura
Fujitsu
Theme
Speaker
NBTC Preparation for 5G & Field trial
Dr. Nattawut Ard-Paru
activities
NBTC
Dr. Pratompong Srinuan
NBTC
It was decided to consider holding technology exchange meeting like thistime continuously in the future.

Presenters at the Technology Exchange Meeting

The 9th Annual General Meeting and the 27th Board of Directors of ARIBThe 9th Annual General Meeting, and the 27th Board of Directors of ARIB were held on 25
June 2019, at the Hotel New Otani, Tokyo.
Business and financial report of the fiscal year 2018, elected officers and Management
Advisory Committee members had been approved at the General Meeting, and Mr. Tatsuya
Tanaka was elected as a new chairman at the Board of Directors held after the General
Meeting.
Further, revision of the articles of ARIB was approved, in which the purpose and businesswere expanded to work on various radio wave usages instead of being limited to thetelecommunications and broadcasting fields currently.
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The 9th Annual General Meeting

The 30th Radio Achievement AwardThe 30th Radio Achievement Award ceremony was held on 25 June 2019, just after the 9th
Annual General Meeting of ARIB. This award is presented every year by the MIC and the
Chairman of the Board of ARIB to individuals and groups who have made a significant
achievement relating to effective and proper use of radio wave.
This year’s winners are as follows.
1. The Award of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications(1) "Development of 4K・8K UHD broadcasting equipment and practical application of
new 4K・8K UHD based TV master system for the Satellite Broadcasting”
NEC Corporation(2) "Promotion of reorganization of slot assignment of the right-handed circularpolarization channels in the 12GHz Broadcasting Satellite Services band with thestart of the 4K and 8K satellite broadcasting services in Japan"
Association for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services (A-PAB)(3) "5G standardization"
NTT DOCOMO
2. The Award of the Chairman of the Board of ARIB
(1) "Development and implementation of robust noise suppression technology underhigh-noise environments for digital business radio system"
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(2) "Commercialization of high efficiency satellite communication system for remoteisland communication and disaster countermeasures" (*Tentative Title)
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT)(3) "Development of Portable UHF Band Transmission Broadcasting Equipment andAntenna for Emergency Use”
Kansai Television Co. Ltd.
(4) "Opening up Radio Access Network"
NTT DOCOMO(5) "Practical application of mobile phone base station (ship type base station) using shipat the time of disaster" (*Tentative Title)
KDDI CORPORATION

Commemorative photo with awarded members

The 7th Global 5G Event and EuCNC 2019 in Valencia
The Seventh Global 5G Event hosted by 5G-IA was held in Valencia (Spain) from 17 to 21
June

2019,

together

with

EuCNC

(European

Conferenceon

Networks

andCommunications) 2019. The Global 5G event, which had been amended to be held once a
year by the 5G promotion groups in Japan, Europe, the United States, China, Korea andBrazil, was held on the theme of "Creating the Smart Digital Future" and the EuCNC
2019 on the theme "Enabling Smart Connectivity".
At this time of global 5G event, specific services were reported from Korea and the UnitedStates, etc., which had already begun commercial 5G service, and reports on trials forvarious use cases in various countries around the world increased. In addition, it can be
stressed that discussions were actively conducted toward the concept development of
Beyond 5G or 6G.
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5GMF exhibited a booth in the hall and presented panels and videos that described
progress on introducing 5G and the comprehensive 5G trials in Japan. The booklets
summarizing the results of last year's 5G trials were distributed, and drew much interest
by European officials who were working on a 5G demonstration project.
1. Outline of the Event
Title

The 7th Global 5G Event

Organizer

5G-IA (5G Infrastructure Association)

Schedule

17 - 21 June 2019

Venue

Valencia Conference Center (Valencia, Spain)

2. Summary / Topics
OPENING SESSION

 Welcome statements
 5G Policy perspectives
 Government Policies for 5G
 Progress of 5G Spectrum Harmonization and Regulatory Policy
Moderator: Dr. Colin WILLCOCK (5G-IA)
There were lectures by representatives from four countries on spectrum
harmonization and policies for 5G. From Japan, Mr. Gaku Nakazato presented status
in deployment of 5G, results of 5G trial, local / private 5G in Japan under the title“5G Progress and Challenges in Japan”, and reported that 5G had the potential tochange daily life, economy and society.
In the following Keynote Speech, Mr. Tomás Alonso of Orange (Spain) introduced theeffort to 5G titled “Orange Spain on the road to 5G”, where person appeared suddenlywith the hologram and began talking with the presenter. It was the demonstration of
5G which connected the hall and Orange office where the person on the hologram was,and that surprised the audience.
SESSION 2: REGIONAL TRENDS
 5G Research and Technological Trends
 5G Trials and Pre-Commercial Launches New deployment strategies
Moderator: Prof. Hyeon Woo LEE (DanKook University)
There were reports on R&D of 5G, demonstration tests and progress incommercialization. Dr. Yukihiko Okumura of NTT DOCOMO presented the latest
results of 5G Trial in Japan.
Q&A: 5G COMMERCIAL SUCCESS What is Needed for 5G Commercial SuccessModerator: Mr. Ruprecht NIEPOLD (Independent Spectrum Expert)

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The moderator asked questions about the conditions for commercialization success ineach region, what are the key factors for success, and whether the timing ofcommercialization differs depending on the region.
Participant from each region pointed out business factors and social factors. Andamong them, Mr. Yoshinori Ohmura, Deputy Director General of 5GMF, stated that it
is important for success to send a message that 5G helps solve social issues such as
decline of workforce associated with aging and the revitalization of local communities.
SESSION 3: 5G FOR BUSINESS 5G from the Verticals perspective
 Sector driven 5G Service demands
Moderator: Prof. Suncheol GWEON (5G Forum)
There were talks such as collaboration with vertical and trend on the service demandside. Ms. Yoko Kurosawa made a report titled “5G for Business” on KDDI’s activities
such as open innovation and trial of remote control of construction equipment.
SESSION 4: LOOKING FORWARD
 Beyond 5G: Realizing Smart Networks
Moderator: Mr. Chris PEARSON (5G Americas)
The reports related to the next generation mobile network were presented. All
participants preferred rather “Beyond 5G” than “6G” for name of the next generation.
After Mr. Ryo Inohara of KDDI introduced the development of 5G under the title“Beyond 5G ~Vision & Required Technology”, requirement for Beyond 5G waspresented in the two categories, extension of 5G and new concept.
LAUNCH OF THE 8TH GLOBAL 5G EVENT
Speaker: Ms. Zhiqin WANG (IMT-2020(5G) Promotion Group)
It was announced that the next 8th Global 5G Event would be held in the end of June
2020 at the Shanghai International Convention Center, along with the MWC
Shanghai 2020.
SESSION 5: CROSS REGIONAL PROJECTS Results and achievements from Cross Regional 5G projects
Moderator: Mr. Yeqing DU (Huawei)
Europe, America, China, Korea and Brazil made report on the example of crossregional projects.
SESSION 6: 5G KPI MEASUREMENT Measuring 5G KPIs in real environments
Moderator: Mr. Maurizio CECCHI (VIEW PRESENTATION)
At the end of the session Mr. Takaharu Nakamura of Fujitsu gave a report titled "5G
KPI measurement in the real terms", and the 7th Global 5G event was closed
successfully.

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From the third day through the fifth day were assigned to EuCNC.
In the keynote speeches, lectures were given on the theme of "Internet reliability through
Wi-Fi combined", "5G in Automotive", "Completing the 5G Vision", and "5G - A Door
Opener For 6G?".
Discussions on the theme of "Beyond 5G" and "Future Connectivity and Network Security"
were held in the Panel.

Monthly seminars on radio wave use

No.166
Title

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No.167
Title
Speaker

No.168
Title

Speaker

18 April 2019
Latest technological development trends and near-future prospects forpractical applications in terahertz sensing imaging
Dr. Iwao HOSAKO
Director General, Terahertz Technology Research Center,
NICT (Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
Dr. Kaori FUKUNAGA
Director, Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory,
Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, NICTDr. Chiko OTANITeam Leader, Terahertz Sensing and Imaging Research Team,RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
24 May 2019
Communication and broadcasting services at blackout caused by 2018
Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
Mr. Masahiko FUJIMOTO
Former Director-General,
Hokkaido Regional Bureau of Telecommunications
17 June 2019
Results of research and development on advanced technology of terrestrial
television broadcasting and future efforts
Mr. Tomoyuki KATO
Deputy Director, Broadcasting Technology Division,
Information and Communications Bureau, MIC
Dr. Kenichi TSUCHIDA
Senior Researcher
Advanced Transmission System Research Division,
NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories

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1. Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 12 April 2019
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-B74

The Use of ARIB STD-B73 Stream in Program Production
with Essence-Independent-And-Multi-Stream IP Interface

Ver.1.0

This standard describes a method for transmitting RTP streams defined by ARIB
STD-B73 using an IP interface conforming to SMPTE ST 2110-10. In this standard,system timing model, traffic shape model, etc. are defined.
(English Version not available)

2. Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 12 April 2019
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-T106920MHz-Band RFID Equipment for Premises Radio Station

Ver.2.0

STD-T108

920MHz-Band Telemeter, Telecontrol and Data Transmission
Radio Equipment

Ver.1.3

STD-T118

OFDMA/TDMA TDD for digital cordless telephone (sXGP)

Ver.1.2

STD-T119

200 MHz-Band Broadband Wireless Relay Communication
Systems between Portable BS and MSs

Ver.1.1

STD-T120

IMT Systems based on 3GPP Specifications ARIB
STANDARD

Ver.1.20

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