February 2018
No.0016
CEATEC JAPAN 2017
CEATEC＊ JAPAN 2017, one of the most famous exhibitions of Advanced Technologies inJapan, was held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba prefecture from 3 to 6 October 2017. ARIB set
up a booth in the “COMMUNITY Area” and exhibited the ARIB activities.
( CEATEC＊ : Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies )The theme of the 2017 year's CEATEC was "Connecting Society, Creating the Future",
and an event planning and schedule setting had been carried out as the CPS / IoT
Exhibition as last year, in consideration of strong business exchange (Business Link)
among the domestic and foreign executives, government officials and key engineers. Totalof 667 companies and organizations took part in the CEATEC.
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 28th Radio Achievement Award

ARIB exhibition in CEATEC JAPAN 2017
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Exhibition of the 28th Radio Achievement Award winning technologies
In addition, the questionnaires were conducted for about 600 people who visited the ARIB
booth to investigate the trend of interest. And also the activities of ARIB and benefits ofmembership are explained to the visitors from non-ARIB member companies ororganizations, etc.

The Workshop on the Fifth Generation
Mobile Communications Systems (5G) - 2017
The 4th annual workshop to discuss the advancement of R&D towards the realization of
the 5th generation mobile communications system (5G) : “The Workshop on the Fifth
Generation Mobile Communications Systems (5G) - 2017” was held on 4 October as aprogram of CEATEC JAPAN 2017 Conference.
Lectures on the project goal and the test environment of the trial promoted by the MIC(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) aiming at creating a new market byintroducing 5G systems, were delivered.
In the panel discussion, academic experts and guests from the industries utilizing mobile
communications joined, and active discussions were held on the issues and expectationsin the trial, and on the future prospects.
Organizer
Co-organizer
Date
Location
Number of Participants

MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
5GMF (Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion
Forum)
4 October 2017, 14:00～17:30
Makuhari Messe International Convention Center (Chiba
Prefecture, Japan)
About 700

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The Workshop Hall

Opening Remarks
Mr. Shigeki Suzuki
Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, MIC

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

Session 1 : Activities towards the realization of 5G in 2020
Mr. Gaku Nakazato (Director of the New-Generation Mobile
Communications Office, MIC)
Title：5G Initiatives in Japan
Summary：Overview of activities by the MIC working towards
to early realization of 5G, including the background and basic
concept of 5G as well as information on the 5G integrated trials
to support the early realization of 5G, including information on
the 5G integrated trials.

Session 2 : 5G Trial Promotion Group (TPG) current state and activities
towards Japan-Korean cooperation
Dr. Yukihiro Okamura (5GMF 5G TPG Leader／NTT DOCOMO)
Title：Activity Status of 5G Trial Promotion Group in 5GMF
Summary：A report on the activities of the 5GMF TPG and an
overview of the MIC trial and collaborative activities with
Korea.
Prof. H.W. LEE (Chair, 5G Forum Global Strategy Committee)
Title：5G Trial & Collaboration in Korea
Summary：Overview of 5G trials and future plans in Korea,
collaborations in Korea with other countries, comparing thecharacteristics of the ITU classification (eMBB, mMTC, uLLC)
with the user-centric index (Immersive, Intelligent,
Omnipresent, Autonomous, Public) used in Korea.
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Session 3 : Outline of the 5G Trial Project
Dr. Yukihiro Okamura (NTT DOCOMO)
Title：Trial Overview of Group I & II in MIC 5G Field Trial
Project
Summary ： Introduced trials by NTT DOCOMO, NTT
Communications, and others, to realize ultra-high speed
communication in densely crowded areas or while moving athigh speeds.
Mr. Akira Matsunaga (KDDI)
Title：5G Field Trials by MIC (GIII, GIV)
Summary：Introduced trials by KDDI, ATR, and others, torealize ultra-high speed communications with ultra-low latency
in large urban centers and surrounding rural areas as well as
indoors.
Dr. Hitoshi Yoshino (Softbank)
Title：Activity overview of 5G Field Trial in Japan
Summary：Introduced trials by Softbank, NICT, and others, torealize multiple, simultaneous connections while indoors and torealize ultra-low latency while moving at high speeds.

Panel Discussion

Panelists included presenters from sessions one and two and those working on the 5G
trials, as well as representatives from firms who will utilize 5G networks, who exchanged
opinions and ideas on 5G, including the challenges and expectations concerning the trial
towards the realization of 5G.
Theme: Current Trends and Future Outlook of Realizing 5G Services through the lensof the Integrated Trial
Moderator: Prof. Seiichi Sampei (5GMF Technical Committee Chairman/Osaka
University)
Panelists: Mr. Hiroshi Furuya (Obayashi Corp.), Prof. H.W. Lee (5G Forum, Korea), Mr.
Akira Matsunaga (KDDI), Mr. Takehiro Nakamura (NTT DOCOMO), Mr. Keiichiro
Shimada (Sony), Dr. Hitoshi Yoshino (Softbank).
Presentations:- Mr. Furuya: ICT use in the construction industry (remote control/monitoring),
expectations for the utilization of communications with 5G.
- Mr. Shimada: Progress in image technology (beyond the capabilities of the human eye,such as ISO 400,000, 4K/8K to 32K/64K, Dynamic range 120dB)
Topics Discussed in the Panel Discussion:- Differences between 5G and previous generations ( 5G will have in addition to highspeeds, low latency, multiple connections, collaboration with vertical businesses,
machine to machine communications)- Current challenges and expectations of 5G’s use fields (costs, area, use of systems
from exclusive to general, developments from users’ perspective)- International cooperation (standards, vertical cooperation, international expansion,
construction of a common, global infrastructure for IoT)
- Questions from the audience (opening a help desk to answer questions about 5G,
latency requirements)

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Prof. Seiichi Sampei (5GMF)
Moderator

Members of the Panel Discussion

The 11th Japan–Philippines JWG Meeting in Manila
The governments of Japan and the Philippines have been holding a series ofJapan-Philippines Joint Working Group (JWG) meetings in order to study and discusschallenges to the ISDB-T implementation in Philippines; and the 11th JWG Meeting washeld on September 23 at the headquarters of National Telecommunications Commission(NTC) in Manila, Philippines. ARIB / DiBEG representatives also participated in the
JWG.
While the Philippine side was comprised of the representatives of NTC and a JICA expert,
the Japanese delegation consisted of the representatives from Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications (MIC), Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, a DiBEG expert and a
representative from the secretariat.

The JWG Meeting
The Philippine side explained the current status of digital TV license applications bybroadcasters, latest study results on the introduction of CAS (Conditional Access System),and on the frequency re-allocation for the existing operators in a specific UHF bandwidth
to new channels.
The Philippine side also explained that they are studying to set up a "Digital Terrestrial
TV Implementation Commission", a sort of task force of legal procedures in which
representatives from both public and private sectors get together for smooth transition todigital terrestrial TV, to monitor the TV reception environments, to test TV receivers, andto study rules on TV broadcasting.
5On the other hand the Japanese representatives explained the latest status of other
ISDB-T adopting countries, introduced MIC's support programs to the Philippines,
pointed out some probable technical challenges with the transition to TV digitization, andmade suggestion of some of the countermeasures.
Above all they introduced concrete measures to the technical challenges in the receiving
environment monitoring, including the monitoring methodologies.

JWG meeting Participants

The 28th ITU-R WP5D Meeting in Munich
The 28th ITU-R WP5D Meeting was held as below.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

From 3 to 11, October 2017

Venue

Leonardo Royal Hotel Munich (Munich, Germany)

Participants

About 217 people from 34 countries (43 organizations)

Participants

17people (including 3 people from ARIB) headed by Mr. Murai

from Japan(Deputy Director of Land Mobile Communications Division, MIC)

The 28th ITU-R WP5D Meeting62. Main results(1) “IMT-2020 Workshop” was set, and explanation was given about the minimum
requirements, evaluation method, submission procedure, standardization process etc.
of IMT-2020 radio interface from WP5D. Questions and answers were presented from4 groups of 3GPP-5G, ETSI DECT, Korea IMT-2020 and China IMT-2020 as
proponents of IMT-2020 radio interfaces, and also from all nine organizations
registered as independent evaluation groups. In response to the results of the
IMT-2020 workshop, the liaison statement for external organizations regarding thereference on future work plans and cooperation requests was approved at WP 5D
plenary.
(2) The title of the draft new report ITU-R M.[IMT.EXPERIENCE] which brings together
the national experiences on the uses of IMT systems, was agreed. And it is decided
that discussions on the Scope and beyond would be started at the next meeting.
(3) Misdescriptions on the evaluation method of the IMT-2020 radio interfaces werecorrected, and the draft new Report M.[IMT-2020.EVAL] was adopted as an update ofthe draft new report at the WP5D plenary. The updated draft new report was
submitted to SG5 as a replacement of the draft new report for approval.
(4) Regarding detailed radio interface Recommendation ITU-R M.2012 3rd revision,
revision proposal of recommendation including Hyperlink was completed at thismeeting, agreed at the WP5D plenary, and submitted to the SG5 for adoption.
(5) In consideration of the fact that the number of WP5D meetings is one time less in2019 than in the regular year, a liaison statement was produced asking for
confirmation to external organizations about the revision schedule of fourth revisionof ITU-R M.2012. The document is aiming at adoption at SG5 in 2019 and wasapproved at the WP 5D plenary along with the new IMT-ADV document prescribing
the schedule.
(6) Regarding the draft new ITU-R Recommendation / Report on coexistence of 2.1GHz
terrestrial IMT and satellite components, the working documents were updated
reflecting the converged proposal of interference review method by Japan.
(7) For the Recommendation ITU-R M.2101 on modelling of the IMT networks andsystems, a reply liaison statement was created for the liaison statement from TG 5/1
seeking clarification of the AAS (Advanced Antenna System) antenna model gain, andwas approved at the WP5D plenary.
(8) Regarding the IMT-2020 coexistence study parameters issued for TG5/1, it was agreed
that the work of preparing a draft report would be started since June 2018 as
proposed by Japan, which has been described in the chairman's report.
(9) Regarding the liaison statement to WP1A concerning the unwanted emission
regulation based on TRP (Total Radiated Power), WP1C was added to the copy
destination and approved at the WP5D plenary.
(10) The document IMT-2020/VVV which is related to the basic principles of GCS usage
proposed by Japan, addition of a new IMT-2020 document IMT-2020/WWW which
specifies procedure to revise

Recommendation ITU-RM.[IMT-2020.SPEC] were7

agreed. And it was agreed that SWG IMT SPECIFICATION will be in charge of thosework. These have been stated in the chairman’s report.
3. Next meeting schedule
The next 29th meeting is scheduled to be held in Korea from 31 January to 7 February
2018.

5G-era Smartphone applications Development Trends Workshop in Taipei
Due to better understanding and promoting services and applications utilizing the Fifth
Generation Mobile Communications Network (5G), ARIB and TAICS held the workshop
in Taipei, Taiwan. The workshop was targeted at individual users, communications firms,
and equipment vendors. Participants from Japan included specialists from the Fifth
Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) and the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications (MIC).
[Background of the Workshop]
The 5GMF Application Committee (Chairperson: Mr. Iwanami) had conducted a user
trend survey targeting users of smartphones twice (once a year) in Japan, andconducted survey in Taiwan for the first time in January 2017.
[Outline of the Workshop]
1. Title: “5G-era Smartphone applications Development Trends Workshop in Taipei”
2. Date: 31 October 2017, 13:30-17:00
3. Location: International Conference Hall,
Chinese Culture University Arts & Performing Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
4. Organizer: Co-organized by ARIB and TAICS
5. Participants: About 100 (with simultaneous Japanese-Chinese interpretation)
6. Program

Opening Remarks- Hao-chu Lin: Senior Specialist, Department of Industrial Technology,
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (left)- Shigeki Moriyama, Executive Director, ARIB (right)

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Session1: Activities for 5G in Japan
Speaker
1. Mr. Yasuyuki Kobashi,
MIC, Japan

Title
5G Initiatives inJapan

Summary
Abstract of MIC’s activities for 5G(background, capability, field trial,etc.)

2. Mr. Gota Iwanami,CEO, Infocity /Chairman, Application
Committee, 5GMF

Activity Status of
5GMF

Activity on 5GMF Application
Committee and Report on Future
Mobile Market in Japan

3. Mr. Hitoshi Uchida,
CEO, IdeaFront

Mobile usage
trend of citizens
in Japan andTaiwanResearch analysis on the use case ofsmartphone

4. Mr. Kanji Ohnishi,
SONY / Application
Committee, 5GMF

Broadband IoTwith advanced
image sensing
beyond thehuman eye

Advanced image sensing technology
trend, Application Development
towards 5G

The session
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5. Mr. Dong Yang Hsu,
Taiwan 5GO, DoIT,
MoEA

Overview of
Taiwan 5G
Program under
MOEA

Taiwan government’s activities for
5G (government policy, frequency
allocation plan, schedule, etc.)

6. Ms. Meiling Chen,
International
Economics andKnowledge Center(IEK), Industrial
Technology ResearchInstitute (ITRI)

Opportunities for
5G Mobile
Communication

Analysis of mobile business for 5G(global trend of 5G trial, result ofuser trend survey, prospective
services scenario, etc.)

7. Mr. Yuan Kuang Tu,
President, Mobile
Business Group,
Chungwa Telecom

Overview of new
smartphone
application in 5G
Era

Prospect of future smartphone
application for 5G (application andtechnology, progress of input / output/ recognizing technology, wearable
device and sensor, etc.)

Panel Discussion
Theme: How will 5G smartphone applications change our daily lives?
Moderator: Sheng-Lin Chou (Secretary General, TAICS)
Panelists: Yasuyuki Kobashi (MIC), Gota Iwanami (5GMF) Hitoshi Uchida(5GMF),Kanji Ohnishi (5GMF), Meiling Chen (ITRI)
Presentation: Kanji Ohnishi “Progress in imaging technology”(beyond the range of the human eye such as ISO 40000, 4k/8k→32k/64k,Dynamic
Range 120dB)
Panelists answered the following questions from the audience– What are advantage of 5G for industry?
– What kind of examples does ASP provide on B2B2X model?
– Can Taiwanese operators participate in the MIC integrated verification trials?
– What are the expected use cases for the utilization of ultra-low latency?
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The Panel Discussion

The 24th ITS World Congress 2017 Montréal
The 24th ITS World Congress was held in Montréal, Canada which had celebrated its
150th national anniversary on 1 July 2017.
◆ Overview of the Congress
Date

From 29 October to 2 November 2017

Venue

TLe Palais des congres de Montreal

Theme“Next Generation Integrated Mobility Driving Smart
Cities”

Organizer

ITS America / ITS Canada

Participants

About 8,000

Number of sessions

251 sessions

Number of exhibitors

About 300

LTE V2X was taken up in the SIS 35 session and other sessions, and actively discussed.
KDDI had an exhibition booth for the first time as a Japanese telecommunication careerin ITS World Congress, highlighting that handover can be achieved under high speed
environment.
At Taiwan booth, a safe driving support system for motorcycles compliant with the ARIB
STD-T109 standard was exhibited as well as last year and a mechanism to notify theapproach of to the intersection using IC tags as a mobile communication unit for
motorcycles. It is a cheap implementation mean, and rapid progress has been seen in thepast year.

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Representative of Government, Mr.
Hasegawa of National Police Agency
inspecting the exhibition of
ITS Info-communications Forum

Japan Pavilion

An IC tag for notifying the approach
installed on the rear seatof the motorcycle

Demonstration video introducing
5G / LTE V2X presented by KDDIMr. Wada, of New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, MIC
presenting at Session SIS87 (Photo on the left),“Radiocommunication Technologies for Cooperative ITS and Automated Driving”
by moderator Mr. Oyama of ARIB (Left-hand side of the Photo on the right)

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“Passing Globe” ceremony(to the next venue, Copenhagen)Smart City Pavilion which is one of
the special-feature exhibition

The next 25th ITS World Congress 2018 is scheduled to be held in Copenhagen from 17 to
21 September 2018.

Celebration for Mr. Olímpio Franco of SET
upon his Radio Achievement AwardThe 28th Ceremony of Radio Achievement Award was held by ARIB on June 15, 2017,
where Mr. Olímpio José Franco, Superintendent of Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia
de Televisão (SET) of Brazil, got the Award by the Minister of Internal Affairs andCommunications (MIC) for his contribution to the adoption and smooth introduction of
Terrestrial Digital Television Broadcasting System (ISDB-T) in Brazil and international
dissemination of the system.
While he could not join the award ceremony in June, taking the opportunity that he could
come to Japan this time, DiBEG (Digital Broadcasting Engineers Group) planned andhosted a party to congratulate him, in which the prize was handed over to him at the
Meiji Kinenkan hall (Tokyo, Japan) on November 14th.
About 60 people participated in the party to celebrate him, from MIC, NHK, private
broadcasters, broadcast equipment suppliers, etc. who have been involved not only in the
ISDB-T marketing to Brazil but also in the international promotion of ISDB-T.

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The Award Certificate is given to Mr. Franco by Ms. Yamada,
Director-General of the Information and Communications Bureau of MIC

The 11th Regional BWA Promotion Association Symposium
Regional BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) Promotion Association held its 11th
symposium in Tokyo on 16 November 2017 under the joint sponsorship of ARIB.
In response to the revision of Radio Law in October 2014 in Japan, higher speed, highquality, high function communication service became possible due to advanced technology
based on LTE and 20MHz bandwidth allocation. As a result, the operators which
introduce advanced radio system or start businesses based on licenses of it have begun torise, and it seems to increase steadily nationwide.
At the Symposium, more than 80 people participated, and high interest and expectation
for regional BWA was seen through intent attendance and active questions and answers.

The Symposium

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The program of the Symposium was as follows.
Speaker

Title

Prof. Yasuhiko Yasuda
Advisor of Regional BWA
Promotion Association(1)

Mr. Yu Murai
Deputy Director of Land Mobile
Communications Division, MIC(2)

Mr. Hiroo Ochikubo
Itami city department, Hyougo
pref.

(3)

Mr. Yoshimasa Suzuki
Officer of Mihama town office, Mie
pref.

(4)

Mr. Naoto Ito
Heart Network Co., Ltd.

(5)(Opening Remarks)

The situation surrounding
regional BWA

Examples of utilization ofregional BWA in local
governments (1)Examples of utilization ofregional BWA in local
governments (2)Examples of utilization ofregional BWA in local
governments (3)Mr. Naruhito Shiraishi
Introduction of regional BWA
business initiatives

Ehime CATV Co., Ltd.

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Participation in the Inter BEE 2017
The 53rd Inter BEE 2017 was held from 15 through 17 November at the Makuhari Messe
in Japan, where ARIB / DiBEG participated in the exhibition for the promotion of ISDB-T.
This was the 4 consecutive participation for ARIB / DiBEG.
The Inter BEE this year boasted the largest exhibitors of 1,139 companies/organizationsin its history, including 643 foreign participants from 33 countries, and 38,083 registeredvisitors, also the largest number of visitors ever.
At the exhibition hall there were many displays and demonstrations on 4K/8K
broadcasting which is scheduled to put into commercial service in December next year inJapan, including products, systems and technologies related to 4K/8K and IP
transmission. Also there were a number of presentations and exhibits applying AI and VR
technologies for broadcasting, attracting the attention of many of the visitors.
At the ARIB / DiBEG booth we introduced the latest situation of standardization
activities in the field of broadcasting as well as our international activities in the ISDB-T
promotion. Inquiries we received from the visitors included technical subjects related to
UHDTV and the latest status of digital TV implementation in many parts of the world.
As usual, there was a booth of SET (Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisão)Brazil right next to the ARIB/DiBEG's, and we could collaborate in the exhibition andexchange of the latest information, including the schedule change of the SET Expo 2018.
Mr. Olímpio José Franco, Superintendent of SET, made a presentation of theInternational Conference Room, toward the Inter BEE participants regarding the latest
status of ISDB-T implementation in Brazil and future development and planning ofbroadcasting technologies of his organization.

Overview of the ARIB/DiBEG Booth
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Connected Car using LTE / 5G Workshop“Workshop of Connected Car using LTE / 5G” was held on 20 November 2017. The
workshop was jointly organized by ITS Info-communications Forum and Advanced
Wireless Communications Study Committee of ARIB.
Recently research and development relating to “Connected Car” with mobile
communication systems such as 4G / LTE and 5G and those demonstration experiments
are globally active. With this background, members of Administrative Offices and 5GAA(*) board were invited and delivered lectures aiming at grasping overseas trends andJapan’s efforts for Connected Car, and exchanging information with both domains ofautomobile and telecommunication industries.
* 5G Automotive Association◆ Overview of the Workshop
Date

20 November 2017

Venue

ARIB
(Tokyo, Japan)

Organizer

Participants

Cellular System Applications TG, Advanced ITS
Info-communication Systems Committee, ITS
Info-communications Forum /LTE V2X Ad-hoc Group, Mobile Partnership Subcommittee,
Advanced Wireless Communications Study Committee, ARIB
About 120

The program of the Workshop was as follows.
Speaker

Title

Mr. Kurazo Segawa
Secretariat, ITS Info-communications
Forum(Opening remarks)

Mr. Takehiro Nakamura
Leader, Cellular System Applications
TG, Advanced WirelessCommunications Study Committee

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Session1 : Introduction from the relevant ministries of Connected Car-related trends
and initiatives
Mr. Gaku Nakazato

Toward Realization of Con
Standardization related to V2X
in 3GPP nected Car Society

New-Generation Mobile
Communications Office, MIC

Mr. Nakaba Izumoto
Traffic Planning Division, National
Police Agency

Standardization related to V2X
in 3GPP relating to ITS (UTMS)
by the police

Session2 : Standardization related to V2X
Mr. Satoshi Nagata
Leader, LTE V2X Ad-hoc Group,
Advanced Wireless Communications
Study CommitteeStandardization related to V2X
in 3GPP

Session3 : Use cases and issues
Mr. Mikio Iwamura

Use cases and issues forrealizing Connected Car using
LTE / 5G

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Session4 : Overview of 5GAA and world trends on Connected-Car
Mr. Dino Flore
5G V2X - The automotive
use-case for 5G

Director General,
5GAAA

Mr. Jim Misener

C V2X – Regulatory
Considerations; Spectrum andEcosystem

5GAAA

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Ms. Sarah Greenwood

A unified technology solution
For Automotive and C-ITS use
cases

5GAAA

A lot of questions and answers were exchanged for each lecture, and the scheduled time
was extended by 15 minutes. The participants' strong interest and expectation for the
future development of Connected Car were felt.

The Workshop

ITU SG5 Meeting and WRC-19 Preparation Workshop◆ ITU-R SG5 Meeting (The 13th)
The ITU-R SG5 (Chairperson: Mr. Martin Fenton of the UK) is dedicated to studies
related to terrestrial services, and is normally held once a year.
The 13th meeting was held on November 20, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland, and about 120
people participated, including 11 people from Japan headed by Ms. Kawasaki of Land
Mobile Communications Division, MIC.
As a result of deliberation on the recommendations / report draft submitted by the fourWP (Working Party) under SG5, all were adopted / approved with part of which had been
amended. In addition, the activities were reported from TG 5/1, which is a group19

undergoing discussion on WRC-19 agenda item
1.13.
Regarding

WP5D,

a

new

report

ITU-R

M.[IMT-2020. TECH PERF REQ] stipulating
requirements on IMT-2020 radio interface, a
new report ITU-R M.[IMT-2020.EVAL] defining
evaluation

method,anewreport

ITU-R

M.[IMT-2020.SUBMISSION] that provide theformat to propose were approved.

SG5 Chairperson (center)

Japan has made a great contribution in creating new ITU-R reports. Based on thesereports, it is scheduled that technical proposals will be accepted and evaluated, andrecommendations on technical specification will be developed on 2020.
Next meeting will be held on 19-20 November 2018.
◆ WRC-19 Preparation Workshop (The 1st)
This workshop aims to promote harmonization between the regions by sharing
information on the study's progress of the six regional groups of the ITU on each WRC-19
agenda to be held in 2019. This time is the first and it is scheduled to be held three times
before WRC-19.
The workshop was held on 21 and 22 November 2017 and about 200 people from eachcountry participated, including 9 people from Japan led by Mr. Yasuda of International
Frequency Policy Office.
Representatives of 6 regions gathered to share information on the study's progress ineach region and the interim views at the moment.
Next meeting will be held in November 2018.

WRC-19 Preparation Workshop
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The 4th Global 5G Event in Seoul
The 4th Global 5G Event was held in Seoul, Korea on November 22 and 23. The Eventwas organized by the Korea 5G Forum. Over 300 participants from 16 countries heard
discussions on the Event’s overall theme “5G, Accelerating the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
In addition, at the beginning of the Event’s second day, the 5GMF signed a MoC withTurkey’s 5GTR Forum.

The 4th Global 5G Event◆ Overview of the Event
Date

22 and 23 November 2017

Venue

JW Marriot Hotel Seoul(Seoul, Korea)

Organizer

Korea 5G Forum

Presenters

52 moderators and panelists, including 6 from Japan◆ Summary
There were 315 participants from 16 countries, including those from 5G promotion
organizations and government ministries of Japan, the US, Europe, Korea, China andBrasil.
The welcoming address was given by Mr YongSoo Kim, Vice Minister of the Ministry of
Science and ICT. This was followed by the keynote speech, “5G at the center ofHyperconnectivity supporting the 4th Industrial Revolution” given by the Chairman of
the 5G Forum, Dr. Seong-Mok Oh, who introduced the activities of KT Corporation.
The opening session began with the introduction of government activities related to 5G.
This was followed by discussions on the issues related frequencies, where the audience21

learned about the difficulties involved in designating unified frequency bands globallyand the expectations of multiband support from chip venders. There were also
discussions on the state of activities various 5G promotion organizations are working on
currently.
The main session included three panels on : 5G deployment and service plans, the current
state of 5G verification trials and building cooperative relationships with relevant
industries where information was discussed and shared. C-V2X was often used as an
example of how verticals could utilize 5G during these presentations.
There were also two special sessions. One discussed the state of international cooperation
among international organizations. The other discussed 5G during and after
PyeongChang Olympics, which included the current state of preparations.
The closing remarks were provided by 5G Americas’ Mr. Chris Pearson, who announced
that the 5th Global Event would be held in May, 2018 in Austin, Texas.
At the conclusion of the main program invitees were able to join an Operator 5G tour atdemonstrations sites in the city of Seoul managed by SK Telecom or LG U+ as well as see
what 5G services that KT Corporation plans to offered for PyeongChang WinterOlympics.
The following 5G promotion organizations organize this biannual event : 5GMF (Japan),
5G Forum (Korea), 5G Americas (USA), IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group (China), 5G-IA(Europe), 5G Brasil (Brasil)◆ MoC with Turkey’s 5GTR ForumThe 5GMF and Turkey’s 5GTR Forum signed a MoC (Memorandum of Co-operation) on
November 23 before the beginning of that day’s sessions.

Signing Ceremony with Turkey’s 5GTR Forum

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The 34th General Meeting of XGP ForumThe 34th General Meeting of XGP Forum was held on 29 November 2017 at ARIB in
Tokyo, Japan. 46 delegates from MIC and signatory member companies attended themeeting.
◆ Overview of the Meeting
Date

29 November 2017

Venue

ARIB
(Tokyo, Japan)

Participants

Approved
Resolutions[Forum Member]
Mr. Yoichi Maeda (Chairperson), Mr. Fusaki Matsui (Vice-Chair),Mr. Osamu Kamimura (Vice-Chair), 38 representatives from 21
member companies[Guest]Mr. Isao Sugino, Mr. Kazuhiro Wada (Land Mobile Communications
Division, MIC), Mr. Ikata (ARIB)(1) The Memo of the previous General Meeting(2) Acknowledging New Members(3) The report of Activities and the Statement of Accounts in FY
2016(4) The proposal of Activities and the Budget in FY 2017(5) Amending Rules for Annual Signatory Membership Fee andVotingMr. Isao Sugino (MIC)“Overview of Mobile Communications in Japan”
Mr. Asimakis Kokkos (Nokia Solutions and Networks)“Nokia MulteFire for sXGP”

SpecialPresentation

Mr. Stanislav Kazak (Nokia Solutions and Networks)“MulteFire 1.9GHz LBT Demonstration”
Mr. Hiroto Goya (Huawei Technologies)“The Evolution of XGP Services and Solutions”
Mr. Nanda Menon (Athonet Srl)
“Mobile Edge Core for Enterprise LTE”

Presentation

General Meeting23Symposium for promoting safe and secure use of radio waves
in medical institutions
A symposium, "Symposium for promoting safe and safe radio wave utilization at medical
institutions" was held on 7 December 2017 at Otemachi Sankei Plaza Hal (Tokyo, Japan)
co-organized by EMCC (Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference Japan), of which ARIB
is the secretariat, and MIC. The symposium was supported by Ministry of Health, Laborand Welfare, Ministry of Education、Culture、Sports、Science and Technology, Japan
Medical Association, Association of Japanese Healthcare Corporations, Japanese
Association of Psychiatric Hospitals, Japan Hospital Association, All Japan Hospital
Association, Japan Municipal Hospital Association, JEITA (Japan Electronics andInformation Technology Industries Association), as well as ARIB.
This symposium was held to summarized the results of the study at the "Radio
Utilization Promotion Subcommittee at Medical Institution" (Chairperson: Jikei Medical
Science Graduate University Professor) established in EMCC in September 2015, and todisseminate "Guidance for the safe and secure radio wave use in medical institution"
formulated and announced by EMCC on 4 April 2016.
At the symposium, "Safety usage rules (example) of radio waves in medical institution"
document, leaflets, educational video (under development this year) which had beencreated after the release of the guidance in 2016, were introduced. 352 people
participated in and active exchange of opinions was done.

The Symposium

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The program of the Symposium was as follows.
SessionSpeaker

Title

Mr. Katsuya Watanabe
Director-General,
Telecommunications Bureau,
MIC(Opening remarks)

Mr. Hajime Fukuchi
Chairperson of EMCC

(1)

Mr. Katsuyuki Kondo
Director, Vice President of
Akita University(2)(Introduction of EMCC)

Mr. Shinya Nakamatsu
Medical Technology,
Department of ClinicalEngineering, Heartlife
Hospital“Examples of utilization ofradio waves in hospitals”“Review of mobile phone
usage rules in hospitals
based on The Guidelines”

Panel Discussion: “Concrete approach toward safe and secure radio wave management”
Panelists:
Mr. Takashi Kano (Coordinator: Jikei Medical Science Graduate University)
Mr. Hiromi Ishikawa (Japan Medical Association)
Mr. Tetsuo Endo (Taisei Corporation)
Mr. Michihiro Omichi (Japan Hospital Association)
Mr. Yoshiya Muraki (Fukuda Denshi)
Mr. Katsuyuki Kondo (Akita University)
Mr. Shinya Nakamatsu (Heartlife Hospital)

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VSC Seminar 2017
ITS Info-communications Forum held the “Vehicle Safety Communications (VSC)
Seminar 2017 - The results of the international conference concerning VSC and theactivity report of the Forum -" on 14 December 2017 at the Meiji-Kinenkan Hall in Tokyo,
Japan. At this seminar, about 150 people participated, having Mr. Isao Sugino, Director of
the Land Mobile Communications Division, MIC as a guest.

The program of the Seminar was as follows.

SessionSpeaker

Title

Mr. Isao Sugino
Director of the Land Mobile
Communications Division, MIC(Greeting by Guest)

Mr. Takeshi Yamamoto
Chairman, International
Relations Committee(Opening Remarks)[Part 1] International Standardization Trend on ITS Wireless System(1)a) Mr. Gaku Nakazato
Director of New-Generation
Mobile Communications Office,MICb) Mr. Kazuhiro Wada
Assistant Director of
New-Generation Mobile
Communications Office, MIC(2)

Mr. Satoshi Oyama
Chairman, VSC-TG,
International Relations
Committee(3)

Mr. Masanori Misumi
VSC-TG, International
Relations Committee

Efforts of MIC on Radiocommunication
Technologies for Connected Car,
Cooperative ITS and Automated Driving(From ITS World Congress Montreal)a) ES11: Communication Options forConnected, Cooperative and AutomatedTransportb) SIS87: Radiocommunication
Technologies for Cooperative ITS andAutomated Driving
WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.12 “ITS
Applications” and 1.16 “5GHz Band Radio
LAN”(Status Report from ITU-R WP 5A / APG-19/ AWG)
Global Trend of Standardization for V2X
Based Driver Assistance Systems

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[Part 2] Global Trend of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving
Systems(1)

Mr. Takahiko Uchimura
Senior Vice President, ITS
Japan

(2)

Mr. Takashi Sueki
Chairman, 700MHz Band ITS
Implementation Committee(3)

Global Trend of Automated Driving
Systems (From Automated Vehicles
Symposium, ITS European Congress, ITSWorld Congress and SIP-adus Workshop)
The Latest Trend of ITS Wireless System"ITS Connect" using 700MHz Band

Dr. Ming-Whei Feng
Vice President, Institute forInformation Industry

ITS V2X on 2-Wheelers Safe Mobility[Part 3] Status of Study on Next Generation Wireless Communication System(1)

Mr. Yoshiaki Tsuda
Chairman, DSRC Platform WG(2)a) Mr. Masaharu Hamaguchi
Chairman, Radio System
Technology TG

Study on ITS application sublayer that
expands DSRC platform
Wireless Communication System for
Automated Driving Systemb) Mr. Takehiro Nakamuraa) Study on Wireless Communication
System for Automated Driving

Chairman, Cellular System
Applications TGb) LTE-V2X/5G Standardization Status

Dr. Sadao Obana (Ph.D)
Chairman, Advanced ITS
Info-communication Systems
Committee(Closing Remarks)

The 51st CJK 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, 3GPPs, and so on, among
members of SDOs in China, Japan and Korea.
The 51st CJK IMT Working Group Meeting was held in Okinawa, Japan on 12 to 13
December 2017. 9 people from ARIB, 8 people from CCSA (China) and 7 people from TTA

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(Korea) participated in the Meeting.
In the Meeting, following actions were carried out.
(1) The results of the 3rd ITU-R TG5/1 which had been held in September, the 22nd
AWG (ASIA- PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY Wireless Group), the 28th ITU-R SG5
WP5D were confirmed. And also, reports of each SDO’s activities and discussions at
3 GPP were shared.
(2) Information was shared regarding the schedule of IMT-2020 technical proposals to
ITU-R in each country, and the activities of the external evaluation group.
(3) Information was shared on the preparation progress of each country for the 4th TG
5/1 meeting to be held from 17 January 2018.
(4) Information was shared on preparation progress of each country for the 29th WP 5D
meeting scheduled to be held from 31 January, and based on the activities of the twoSpecial Interest Groups (SIG - Spectrum, SIG - Evaluation), it was decided that
China, Korea and Japan would prepare two joint contribution candidates.
The next CJK IMT Working Group Meeting will be scheduled on 16 and 17 May 2018 inHangzhou, China.

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Monthly seminars on radio wave use

No.15324 October 2017

Title

The Big Bang of the space industry that ICT brings- Overview of the Report from the panel on Space x ICT Mr. Takashi Nakayama

Speaker

Chief of Satellite Development, Space Communications Policy
Division, International Strategy Bureau, MIC

No.15430 November 2017

Title

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

Speaker

Former Chief Technology Officer & Chief Science Officer and SeniorVice President of DOCOMO’s Communications Laboratories in
Europe.

No.155

1 December 2017

Title

The situation surrounding Autonomous Driving / Connected Car, andInitiatives of the MIC
Mr. Daisuke Kawasaki

Speaker

No.156

Title

Deputy Director of New-Generation Mobile Communications Office,Land Mobile Communications Division MIC

6 December 2017
Present and Prospect of Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting in
Peru
Mr. Nobuo Okabe

Speaker

Former Specialist in JICA

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1.

Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 17 October 2017
None

2.

Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 17 October 2017

(1) Telecommunications field
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionSTD-T63

IMT-2000 DS-CDMA and TDD-CDMA System

Ver.13.00

STD-T104

LTE-Advanced System

Ver.5.00

STD-T106920MHz-Band RFID Equipment for Premises Radio Station

Ver.1.1

STD-T107920MHz-Band RFID Equipment for Specified Low PowerRadio Station

Ver.1.1

STD-T108

920MHz-BAND TELEMETER, TELECONTROL AND DATATRANSMISSION RADIO EQUIPMENT ARIB STANDARD

Ver.1.1(2) Broadcasting field
None

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