May 2019
No.0021<< Contents >>- 5G Utilization Idea Contest- The 4th APG-19 meeting in Pusan- Digital Terrestrial TV Seminar in Santiago- The 54th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting in Guangzhou- 5G International Symposium 2019 in Tokyo- ITU-R The 31st bis WP5D Meeting- Symposium on promoting safe and secure radio wave utilization in medical
institutions- The 2nd CPM-19 meeting- APT Training Course 2018
- Adoption of Japanese Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting System (ISDB-T System)in the Republic of Angola- Japan-Taiwan Joint Workshop on Application Development in the 5G Era- The 22nd Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-22) meeting- Newly established Standards- Revised or abolished Standards

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5G Utilization Idea Contest
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made an appeal for 5G
utilization ideas to create new markets and solve local community problems by realizing
the 5th generation mobile communications system (5G). In this connection, the 2nd stage
in a 5G utilization idea contest was held in January.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

11 January 2019

Venue

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Tokyo, Japan)

Participants

About 340

2. Program(1) Opening Remark by Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs andCommunications, Mr Kunishige(2) Presentation by eleven 1st stage passers(3) Exhibition of the 33 ideas which had been ranked within top3 at the 1st stage(4) Examination and award
As a result of the examination, the following ideas were selected for each award.
Award

Winner

Minister of Internal
Affairs andCommunications
Award

Ehime University

Award for solving
local issue

Eiheiji townAward for utilizing
5G characteristic

Mr. Yasushi Fuwa
(Individual)

Judges' Special
Award

Mr. Tatsuki KUBO
(Individual)

Judges' Special
Award

Okinawa Enetech
Co., Inc

Award of excellenced.cast Co., Ltd.

Title
Improvement of working
environment, securing of labor
safety and realization of technology
transfer for highly skilled workers
utilizing the 5G characteristics
Near-future Measures for Damage
from Snow realized by eMTC and
URLLC
Climber Watching System realizing
Discovery and Communication withthe climber
Watching sports with sense of unity
brought by 5G
Prevention of wild animal damage
by 5G data transmission of wide
area simultaneous sensing image“Ultimate powder snow”
Improvement in user experience inKutuchan, Niseko area2

Award of excellence

Iwate University

Award of excellence

TIS Inc.

Award of excellenceAward of excellenceAward of excellence

CCJ Co.,Ltd.,
CTY.,Ltd.
Sompo Japan
Nipponkoa InsuranceInc., Sompo Holdings,
Inc.
Oita prefecture

Wild animal extermination systemusing image recognition and drone
Spot street light and security service
provided by 5G and drone
Cleaning Robot using 5G ａｎｄ its
usage as communication tool
Watching and keeping track throughsensor and precise face recognition
utilizing 5G
Establishment of a driving support
system that enables safe travel on
dense fog highways

Prsentation

Comment of the judge

Awards ceremony

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The 4th APG-19 meeting in Pusan
APG-19 (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19) has
responsibility

topreparethe

APT

Common

Proposal

towards

the

World

Radiocommunication Conference to be held from October to November 2019 (WRC-19). Dr.
Kyu-Jin Wee (Korea) serve as chairman, Mr. Xiaoyang Gao (China) and Mr. Neil Meaney(Australia) as vice chairmen.
The 4th meeting of APG-19 was held in January 2019. Overview and Major results of themeeting are as follows.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

7 to 12 January 2019

Venue

Haeundae Grand Hotel (Pusan, Korea)

Participants

About 437 people from 23 countries

Participants

64 people (including 4 people from ARIB) headed by Ms. Fukahorifrom Japan(Director of International Frequency Policy Office, MIC)

2. Major results
At this meeting, the draft APT proposal documents which are the basis for continuing
the previous meeting has been updated, for formulating the APT joint proposal in each
Agenda Item (AI) of WRC-19. The results of discussion on the main agenda are shown
below.
(1) AI 1.11: To facilitate global or regional harmonized frequency bands to support
railway radiocommunication systems between train and trackside within existing
mobile service allocations
It was decided to be a provisional view that 138-174MHz, 335.4-470MHz,
703-748MHz,

758-803MHz,

873-915MHz,

918-960MHz,

1770-1880MHz,

43.5-45.5GHz, 92-109.5GHz band (or part of these) were considered to be potential
bands for harmonization in the 3rd region, and that 138-174MHz, 335.4-470MHz,
873-915MHz, 918-960MHz bands (or some of them) were expected to be studied as
global bands for harmonization in the other regions.
(2) AI 1.12: To consider possible global or regional harmonized frequency bands, tothe maximum extent possible, for the implementation of evolving Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS) under existing mobile-service allocations
It was decided to be a provisional view that 5850-5925MHz band (or a part of this)should be considered as a global harmonization band, and the currently used ITS
frequencies described in ITU-R Recommendation M.[ITS_FRQ] should beconsidered as a regional harmonization band.

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Additionally, it was described that the evolution of ITS is neither restricted nor
excluded to specific technologies including LTE based V2X, that ITS application inthis band should not impose any further restriction on other already used primary
services, and that appropriate consideration should be given to the other primary
services including mobile satellite service uplink.
(3) AI 1.13: To study identification of frequency bands for the future development ofInternational Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including possible additional
allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis
This AI is about the study of IMT system allocation for eleven candidate bands
from 24.25GHz to 86GHz. At this meeting, draft proposals were made for threecandidate frequency bands as described below.
 24.25-27.5GHz: Identified as IMT band. At the same time, the resolution750(Rev. WRC-15) that specifies the unwanted emission level should be updated toprotect the earth exploration satellite service (passive). (Concrete study of theunwanted emission level would be continued.) 31.8-33.4GHz: RR (Radio Regulation) should not be amended. (Not identified as
IMT band.) 37-40.5GHz, 40.5-42.5GHz, 42.5-43.5GHz: Specified as IMT in whole or in part,respectively. It was decided to be common understanding that the different
parts can be used in the judgment of each country and region from the entire
37-43.5GHz band.
(4) AI 1.15: To consider identification of frequency bands for use by administrations
for the land-mobile and fixed services applications operating in the frequency
range 275-450GHz
It was decided to continue supporting the study undergoing in ITU-R, and to
make it a provisional view that new footnote should be added to the appropriate
place of Radio Regulation, when identifying the frequency.
(5) AI 1.16: To consider issues related to wireless access systems, including radio
local area networks (WAS/RLAN), in the frequency bands between 5150MHz and5925MHzIt was decided to continue supporting the study undergoing in ITU-R, and draft
proposals were made as described below.
 5150-5350MHz, 5350-5470MHz, 5725-5850MHz, 5850-5925MHz: RR (Radio
Regulation) should not be amended.
 5250-5350MHz, 5350-5470MHz, 5850-5925MHz: RR (Radio Regulation) should
not be amended.
 5150-5250MHz: Study of possible outdoor availability should be continued
under conditions to protect existing service.
 5725-5850MHz: In consideration of RR No. 5.453, global use of this band was
supported.

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The 4th APG-19 meeting
3. Future meeting schedule
Meeting

Date

Venue

5th

31 July - 6 August 2019

Japan

AgendaComplete the APT joint proposal

Digital Terrestrial TV Seminar in Santiago
Chile decided the adoption of ISDB-T in September 2009 as its national standard ofdigital terrestrial television; and now it is scheduled to attain the ASO (Analog
Switch-Off) in March 2020. In order to promote the terrestrial digitization process, aterrestrial digital TV seminar was held in Santiago on 17 January, attended byapproximately 100 people. Ms. Catalina Parot, President of Consejo Nacional de
Televisión (CNTV), Ms. Pamela Gidi Masías, Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones(SUBTEL) and other government executives of Chile, together with broadcasters andrelated industry people attended the Seminar. The Japanese delegation was headed by
Mr. T. Kunishige, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications,followed by the executives from International Cooperation Division and Broadcasting
Technology Division of both MIC, ARIB/DiBEG member company representatives (fromNHK and Hitachi Kokusai Linear) and from the secretariat.
At the opening of the Seminar, Ms. Parot of CNTV, Ms. Gidi of SUBTEL, Mr. Ernesto
Corona Bozzo, President of Asociación Nacional de Televisión (ANATEL), and Mr.
Kunishige each made a welcome speech.
Following the opening remarks, Mr. A. Castro of SUBTEL explained the role of SUBTEL
toward the promotion and implementation of digital terrestrial TV; Ms. T. Lama of CNTV
presented the role of CNTV and its current status on the digitization process; Mr. M.
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Sepúlveda of ANATEL explained the latest situation of Chilean broadcasters' efforts andchallenges toward the ASO deadline of the year 2020.
Mr. C. Núñez of ANATEL explained in his presentation that digital TV services are
beneficial not only via terrestrial transmission but also via satellites. Mr. E. Corona,President of ANATEL, stressed the necessity of realistic measures toward the completionof TV digitization now scheduled in 2020.
Mr. R. Moreno, General Manager of ARCATEL (Asociación Gremial de Canales
Regionales de Televisión), introduced their activities in the program production incollaboration with regional TV broadcasters and also emphasized the necessity ofaccessibility for handicapped TV viewers.
Mr. H. Kimura, Director for Digital Broadcasting Technology Division, representing MIC,
introduced the experiences in the digital transition and the latest study status on thenext-generation broadcasting technology in Japan.
Then the representatives from ARIB/DiBEG member companies presented the benefits
and various applications of digital terrestrial TV in comparison with analog TV services(by Mr. Y. Maruyama of DiBEG), experiences in the transition from terrestrial analog todigital TV and the latest situation in the development of next generation digital
broadcasting technology (by Mr. K. Suzuki of NHK), digital terrestrial TV transmittersand the next-generation ISDB-T technology (by Mr. Y. Miyoshi of Hitachi Kokusai Linear),outline of international activities of DiBEG (by DiBEG secretariat); international
promotion of EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcast System) technology (by Mr. Y.
Sakaguchi of JTEC), and international promotion of Japanese program contents (by Mr. S.
Maeda of BEAJ).
The Seminar was concluded by Dr. M. Sugawara, Chairman of DiBEG, with his closing
remarks.
There was an exhibition area next to the Seminar hall, where we introduced the DiBEG
promotional activities, together with a demonstration of EWBS, and an introduction ofinternational marketing of program contents.

Digital Terrestrial TV Seminar
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Exhibit Area

EWBS Demo

Seminar Hall

The 54th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting in Guangzhou
CJK 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 54th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting was held as described below.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

17 and 18 January 2019

Venue

Ramada Pearl Hotel Guangzhou (Guangzhou, China)

Participants

ARIB (Japan) 8, CCSA (China) 13, TTA (Korea) 6

2. Main Results(1) The results of the 24th AWG (ASIA-PACIFIC TELECOMMUNITY Wireless Group)
held in September 2018, the 31st ITU-R SG5 WP5D held in October 2018 wereconfirmed. And reports of each SDO’s activities and discussions at 3GPP were shared.
(2) Information on IMT-2020 radio interface was shared, regarding the proposal to ITU-R
from each country, the activity progress of the external evaluation group, andpreparation for the 25th APT Wireless Group (AWG-25) and the 2nd CPM-19(Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-19).
(3) Information was shared on the preparation progress of each country for the 31st bis
ITU-R WP5D meeting to be held from 11 February. Overviewing the activities of three
Special Interest Groups (SIG-Spectrum, SIG-Evaluation, SIG-V2X), joint contribution
on four documents was decided to be studied based on the common part of each SDO’s
proposal.
83. Future Plan
The next CJK IMT Working Group Meeting will be scheduled on 29 and 30 May 2019 in
Daejeon, Korea.

The 54th CJK IMT meeting

5G International Symposium 2019 in Tokyo
The 5G International Symposium with the theme of “5G transforming People, Things andSociety” was held on January 29 and 30 2019, organized by the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications (MIC), co-hosted by the Fifth Generation Mobile
Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) and ARIB, and supported by the
Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC).
There were exhibitions and demonstrations related to the 5G Field Trials aiming to giveattendees a first-hand experience of a world where 5G is realized at the next of thesymposium hall.
Date:

Tuesday, January 29 to Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Place:

Tokyo International Exchange Center Plaza Heisei (Tokyo, Japan)

Attendees:

About 1000 people, including 31 participants from six countries andregions in Asia (Thailand, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea)
as well as representatives of government ministries, universities, andcompanies from France that have an interest in 5G

The program of the Seminar was as follows.

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Greeting by Guest

Title

SpeakerMs. Yukari Sato
Senior Vice-Minister for Internal
Affairs and Communications
Dr. Susumu Yoshida
Chairman of the 5GMF

Keynote speech[Part 1] Regional Revitalization and Partner Cooperation
Overview of the “5G Utilization Idea Contest”【Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications Award】
Improvement of working environment
for highly skilled workers utilizing 5G
characteristics, realization of labor safety,
realization of technology transfer【Local problem solution award】
Measures of near-future snow damage thatenables simultaneous multiple connection andlow delay【5G Characteristics Application Award】
Realization of mountaineer discovery / space
sharing function in mountain climberwatching system【Judgeʼs special award】
Watching 5G sports that brings a new sense ofunity【Judgeʼs special award】
Protection against harmful birds and birds bytransferring 5G largecapacity
data of wide range simultaneous sensing video
Remarks for the Contest and Prize winner【Special lecture】
Organizational strategy and the utilization of
IoT / AI in the age of 5G【Panel discussion】
Organizational strategy and the utilization of
IoT / AI in the age of 5G

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Mr. Gaku Nakazato
Director of the New-Generation
Mobile Communications Office,
MIC
Ehime University Graduate Schoolof Science and Engineering
Distributed Systems Laboratory

Eiheiji Town
Division

General

PolicyMr. Yasushi Fuwa (Indivisual)

Mr.Tatsuki Kubo (Indivisual)

Okinawa Enetech Co., Ltd.

Mr. Fumiaki Kobayashi
Parliamentary Secretary forInternal Affairs andCommunications
Mr. Takashi Imoto
President Director of the Media
Sketch Co., Ltd.
Mr. Gota Iwanami (Moderator,
5GMF Application Chair)CEO, Infocity Inc.
Mr. Shingo Otomo
CyberZ, Inc.

Mr. Kazuyuki Kimura
Komatsu Ltd.
Mr. Yasunori Sueyoshi
Kubota Corporation
Mr. Sadao Tanaka
SECOM CO., LTD.
[Part 2] Results of the 5G Field Trials
Overview of 5G Field Trials

Field trial of ultra-high speed communicationin an outdoor environment using 5GProf. Fumiyuki Adachi
Specially Appointed professor(research) and Professor Emeritus
at Tohoku University
Dr. Yukihiko Okumura
NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

Field trial of a high-speed communication in ahigh-speed mobile environment using 5G

Mr. Masanori Ichinose
NTT Communications Corporation

Field trial of ultra-high speed uplink
application cases by 5G
Field trial of ultra-high speed communication
in indoor environment using 5G

Mr. Akira Matsunaga
KDDI CORPORATION
Mr. Hiroyuki Yokoyama
Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute International
Mr. Hitoshi Yoshino
Softbank Corp.
Mr. Dr. Takao Okamawari
Wireless City Planning Inc.
Mr. Kotaro Hashimoto
Head of Information Policy
Section, Higashi Hiroshima City
Mr. Seiji Ohno
General Manager, Information
Policy, Maebashi City

Field trial of ultra-low latency to support
self-driving vehicles using 5G
Field trial of uses of massive simultaneousconnections in 5G
Activities related to the 5G smart office in
Higashi Hiroshima City
Improvement of emergency care using 5G[Part 3] International Development of 5G【Panel discussion】
5G radio wave propagation

Mr. Masaharu Hata (Moderator)
Emeritus Professor, Okayama
University
Mr. Henrik Asplund
Ericsson
Mr. HyunKyu Chung
Korea Electronic Communications
Research Institute
Mr. Tetsuro ImaiNTT DOCOMO, Inc.

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5G International Symposium 2019
Exhibition booths were set up in the center of the media hall, next to the hall where thesymposium was held, to provide information on the 5G Field Trials.
There were also panel displays describing the winners of the 5G Utilization Idea Contest,
as well as those from Nomura Research Institute and Mitsubishi Research Institute, bothof which presented ideas related to the theme of establishing partner collaboration
relationships with regional partners.

【1】

【2】

【3】

【1】5G Utilization Idea Contest: Award winning panel display【2】Utilizing 5G for SAKE brewing [Nomura Research Institute, Aizu Wakamatsu City]【3】Next-generation mobile system examination [Mitsubishi Research Institute]

【5】

【4】

【6】

【4】Application of high-speed large-capacity transfer: Watch with robot in station yard
[ATR]【5】Remote control of construction machines (Outdoor trailer house) [KDDI]【6】Transmission of photographed image by 4K 120fps [KDDI]
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【7】

【8】

【7】5G high-speed communication in outdoor environments, high-speed mobile
environments【8】Drone aerial photography / Real-time video delivery: Snow removal vehicle operation
support applications [KDDI]

【9】

【10】

【9】Truck platooning [Softbank]【10】Smart highway/ Smart office [Wireless City Planning]

ITU-R WP5D the 31st bis Meeting
ITU-R WP5D the 31st bis meeting was held as below.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

From 11 to 15 February 2019

Venue

ITU Headquarters (Geneva, Switzerland）

Participants

About 180 people from 32 countries (38 organizations)

Participantsfrom Japan

19 people (including 3 people from ARIB) headed by Mr. Arimura(Land Mobile Communications Division, MIC)

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ITU-R WP5D the 31st bis Opening Plenary
2. Main results(1) Regarding the revision of Recommendation ITU-R M.1036-5 on frequency
arrangement of terrestrial IMT, it was agreed that the Working document would be
upgraded to the Draft revised Recommendation based on the Japanese contribution
and the offline discussion led by Japan.
(2) The Preliminary draft new Report ITU-R M. [IMT & BSS COMPATIBILITY] wasconfirmed to be ready to be upgraded to the Draft new Report concerning thefrequency sharing study of the L-band IMT and BSS system (WRC-19 Agenda 9.1,
Task 9.1.2), and a liaison statement reporting work progress and indicating the
upgrade based on the Japanese contribution, was issued to WP4A.
(3) It was agreed that the working document on compatibility study between L-band
IMT and MSS system (Resolution 223 (WRC-15 revised)) would be upgraded toPreliminary

draft

new

Report

ITU-R

M.[REP.MSS&

L-BandMSSCOMPATIBILITY], and a liaison statement reporting work progress and indicating
the upgrade, was issued to WP4C.
(4) It was agreed that the working document on frequency sharing and compatibility
study between IMT and radar in the 3.3GHz band (Resolution 223 (WRC-15
revised)) would be upgraded to Preliminary draft new Report ITU-R M.[RADAR &IMT SHARING], and a liaison statement reporting work progress was issued to
WP5B.
3. Next meeting schedule
The next 32nd meeting is scheduled to be held in Búzios (Brazil) from 9 to 17 July
2019.

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Seminar for Electromagnetic Environment Committee members 2018
The seminar organized by the Public Relations Subcommittee of Electromagnetic
Environment Committee was held on 26 February 2019 at Yotsuya (Tokyo, Japan),attended by 34 people. This seminar is held every year, aiming at introducing to thecommittee members the latest research trends on radio wave safety and radio wave
protection compatibility, the latest research of the international institutions such as
WHO (World Health Organization), ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing
Radiation Protection, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.)and NTP (National Toxicology Program).
The program was as follows.

(1)

Speaker

Title

Dr. Katsumi Imaida

Previous studies on carcinogenic risk using

Professor of Kagawa University(2)

animals

Dr. Toshio Nojima

A consideration of the effect of radio waves

Emeritus Professor,
Hokkaido University

Electromagnetic Environment Committee Seminar
After the lecture, an informal meeting was held to exchange information mainly on theelectromagnetic environment between the lecturers and attendees.

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The 2nd CPM-19 meeting
CPM-19 (Conference Preparatory Meeting for WRC-19) has a role to create a CPM reportfor the World Radio Conference (WRC-19) to be held from 28 October to 22 November
2019. The CPM Report is to present multiple solutions from different points of view andthe accompanying revisions to the RR (Radio Regulations) for each Agenda of the WRC.
Discussions will be held toward a final agreement based on this CPM Report at WRC-19.
The first meeting was held for two days from 30 November 2015, immediately after theWRC-15 meeting, where the Working Group to carry out the expert syudy andresponsible for WRC-19 agenda and the work plan was decided. Since then, the study of
frequency sharing and drafting of CPM Report based on the study has been conducted ineach Working Group.
At this second (and the last) meeting which was chaired by Mr. Khalid AL-AWADI fromthe United Arab Emirates, the final deliberation for the completion of the CPM Report
was conducted based on the draft.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule
Venue

From 18 to 28 February 2019
ITU Headquarters and the International Conference Centre
Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland）

Participants

1304 people from 107 countries (83 organizations)

Participants

70 people (including 3 people from ARIB) headed by Ms. Fukahorifrom Japan(International Frequency Policy Office, MIC)

The 2nd CPM-19 meeting162. Main results(1) AI 1.11: To facilitate global or regional harmonized frequency bands to support
railway radiocommunication systems between train and trackside within existing
mobile service allocations
Three Methods described below were concluded.
 Method A: RR should not be amended.
 Method B: Draft a new Resolution for frequency harmonization (WRC-19) anddescribe specific frequencies in it. Refer to ITU-R Recommendation
M.[RSTT_FRQ] (under development).
 Method C: Draft a new Resolution for frequency harmonization (WRC-19), andrefer to ITU-R Recommendation M.[RSTT_FRQ] (under development) for
detail.
(2) AI 1.12: To consider possible global or regional harmonized frequency bands, tothe maximum extent possible, for the implementation of evolving Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS) under existing mobile-service allocations
Three Methods described below were concluded.
 Method A: RR should not be amended.
 Method B: Draft a new Resolution for frequency harmonization (WRC-19) anddescribe specific frequencies in it. Refer to ITU-R Recommendation M.2121 fordetail.
 Method C: Draft a new Resolution for frequency harmonization (WRC-19).
Refer to ITU-R Recommendation M.2121 for detail.
(3) AI 1.13: to consider identification of frequency bands for the future developmentof International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including possible additional
allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis
A total of 39 contributions were input for each IMT candidate frequency band. But
various opinions presented including both IMT promotion and opposition led tothe draft Report on which all suggestions were reflected due to limited time. (Theopposite opinions were both described with View.) The main conflict points in
identifying IMT frequency bands are listed below.
 Unwanted emission specification for protection of earth exploration satellite(passive) in adjacent band Limiting method on IMT transmission for space station protection of
fixed-satellites service in the same band(4) AI 1.16: To consider issues related to wireless access systems, including radio
local area networks (WAS/RLAN), in the frequency bands between 5150 MHz and5925 MHz
Although two new methods have been added for 5150-5250 MHz band, which is
being considered for outdoor use, Method A3 proposed by Japan remains effective.
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 Revise resolution 229 (WRC-12) to the same specification (technically,
regulatory) as specified in 5250-5350MHz, with an upper limit of eirp 1Wwhich
can be used outdoors while protecting existing services.
3. Future meeting schedule
Discussions will be held at the World Wireless Communication Conference (WRC-19)
to be held from October to November 2019, based on the CPM Report drafted at thismeeting.

APT Training Course 2018 in ARIB
"Actions for Next and New Generation Mobile Communication Systems"
As a part of APT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity) training course "Actions for Next and New
Generation Mobile Communication Systems" (co-organized by MIC and YRP R&D
Promotion Association, supported by ARIB), the lectures by ARIB, Country Reportpresentation from each trainee and tours of communication equipment vendors were heldon 7 and 11 March 2019. Thirteen trainees from twelve governmental organizations in
Asia and the Pacific (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Iran, Lao PDR,
Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Samoa, Thailand and Tuvalu) participated.
Programm is described below.

Trainees and Lecturers

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Lectures from ARIB
Date
7 Mar.

Title

LecturerStandardization of Radio
Systems– Activities of ARIB –Mr. Kiyoshi SUGIBAYASHI
Director,

Venue
ARIB
(Tokyo)Planning and International
Affairs Department, ARIB

7 Mar. Recent Activities of 5G
Standardization in ARIB andJapan

Mr. Seiji NISHIOKA

ARIB

Executive Director,(Tokyo)11
Mar.

Mr. Satoshi OYAMA

ARIB

Senior Researcher,(Tokyo)International
Standardization Activities on
ITS Info-Communication
System

R&D Headquarters, ARIB

R&D Headquarters, ARIBCountry Report Presentation
Date

Title

Presenter

7 Mar

1) Introduction about presenter him/herself(Organization, Position, Job)

Each trainee

2) Hot issues in each country in regard withthe mobile telecommunication

Venue
ARIB
(Tokyo)3) Presenter’s involvement with mobile
telecommunication
4) How will this training course be utilized totrainee’s present and future job?
Tour of a telecommunication system vendors
Date

Title

7 Mar. NEC Vision of 5G – Network& Social Transformation
11
Mar.

Fujitsu’s R&D Activities
Toward 5G

Lecturer / Coordinator
Mr. Yuki TANAKA
Mr. Takeyoshi MUSHIKA
Dr. Hiroyuki Seki
Ms. Jeewan PAK
Mr. Kousuke Tomiyasu

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Venue
NEC
Corporation(Tokyo)FujitsuLaboratory(Kanagawa)Lecturer from ARIB
(From left) Mr. Sugibayashi, Mr. Nishioka, Mr. Oyama

Country Report Presentation and Q&A

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Tour of NEC

Tour of Fujitsu

21Adoption of Japanese Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting System(ISDB-T System) in the Republic of Angola
The Republic of Angola (hereinafter referred to as “Angola”) decided on 20 March 2019
(Angola local time) to adopt the Japanese digital terrestrial TV broadcasting system(ISDB-T system) for its digital terrestrial TV broadcasting (DTTB). Angola is the 20th
country adopted the ISDB-T system.
(Reference)<Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T)>
There are four major international standards for digital terrestrial TV broadcast(Japanese, European, US, and Chinese standards). The Integrated Services Digital
Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) system (the Japanese digital terrestrial TV
broadcasting system) has the advantage of achieving broadcasting for both fixed
terminals and mobile terminals with a single transmitter and enabling network
construction with efficient capital investment. In addition, the function of broadcasting
to battery-operated mobile terminals allows viewers to receive broadcasting anywhereand even in times of disaster or blackout. Moreover, the function of emergency
warning broadcasting is also effective as a countermeasure for disasters.
<Countries that have adopted ISDB-T System>
Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Philippines,
Bolivia, Uruguay, Botswana, Guatemala, Honduras, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua,
El Salvador, Angola (In order of time) .

Joint Taiwan-Japan Workshop on
Application Development in 5G Era
A workshop aiming at promotion of service and applications for 5G was held in Taipei(Taiwan) in March co-hosted by ARIB and TAICS (Taiwan Association of Information andCommunication Standard). This workshop targets consumers, operators, equipmentvendors, content operators, etc., and was attended by experts from MIC (Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications) and the 5GMF (The Fifth Generation Mobile
Communications Promotion Forum), from Japanese side.
[Background of the Workshop]
5GMF Application Committee (Chairperson Mr. Iwanami) has conducted trend
surveys of smartphone users four times in Japan, three times in Taiwan so far. In thesurvey in Taiwan, TAICS - a standardization body of the country - has given thecommittee full cooperation.

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1. Overview of the Workshop
Schedule

13:30 - 17:00, 27 March 2019

Venue

Nangang Exhibition Center (Taipei, Tiwan)

Organizer

TAICS, ARIB

Supported

5GMF (Coordinator)

Audience

About 200

2. Session
Presenter

Title(Opening Remarks)

Mr. Ching-Jiang Hsieh
Chairman, TAICS
Dr. Shigeki MORIYAMAExecutive Director, ARIB
Mr. Hao-chu Lin
Specialist, Taiwan Ministry of Economic
Affairs
Session1: Activities for 5G in JapanMr. Yuki Arimura
Assistant Director
Land Mobile Communications Division, MIC

Policy for 5G promotion

Mr. Yoshinori Ohmura
Deputy Secretary General
5GMF

Activity on 5GMF Application
Committee and perspective on
Mobile Market in JapanMr. Hiroshi UchidaCEO
Ideafront, Inc.

Research and Consideration on the
Use Case Survey of Smartphone

Mr. Ryuichi Sumi
VP, General Manager
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONECORPORATION (NTT)

Application Development towards
5G

Session2: Activities for 5G in Taiwan
Mr. Don-gan Yang
Department of IT,
Ministry of Economic Affairs

Meeting the advent of the 5G era;
The promotion strategy of the
Taiwan government

Ms. Mei-Ling Chen
Researcher
Industrial Technology Research Institute

Where are the business
opportunities in the 5G era?

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Deputy Managing Director
Chunghwa Telecom

Trend of application in 5G era

Mr. I-Kang Fu
Senior Manager
MediaTek Inc.

Vision on Beyond 5G Service
Requirement

Session3: Panel Discussion
How does smartphone application in
the 5G era change our lives?

[Moderator]
Dr. Sheng-Lin Chou,
Secretary General, TAICS[Panelists]
Mr. Arimura MIC
Mr. Ohmura 5GMF
Mr. Uchida Ideafront
Mr. Sumi NTT
Ms. Chen ITRI
Mr. Hsieh Chunghwa Telecom
Mr. Fu MediaTek(from the left) Mr. Hsieh, Mr. Lin, Mr. Arimura, Dr. Moriyama

Joint Taiwan-Japan Workshop on Application Development in 5G Era

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The 22nd Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-22) meeting
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) meeting has been held once a 1 - 1.5 year aiming
to exchange information about the standardization activities related to ICT among therepresentatives and experts of the telecommunication standardization institutions
around the world, to avoid duplication of consideration by the SDOs (Standards
Development Organizations) and to develop the strategy of cooperation and collaboration
between the SDOs to promote the global standardization.
The 22nd GSC meeting was held on March 2019, co-hosted by IEC and ISO. The outlineof this meeting was as follows.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

26 - 27 March 2019

Venue

Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic (Montreux, Switzerland)Participating
Organizations
Participants

12 GSC members (*1) and related organizations (*2)
97 participants, including guests(2 participants from ARIB)

GSC-22 Conference hallPresentation by ARIB

2. Summary of the meeting
Following the latest reports from each SDO (Standards Developing Organization), theissues: (1) Smart Sustainable City, (2) Artificial Intelligence, selected at the
teleconferences that had been held prior to the meeting, were focused, on which
presentations and discussions were conducted respectively.
Discussion for each issue is summarized as follows. (excerpted from the communique)25

(1) Smart Sustainable City
Cities face a huge task and significant challenges in choosing suitable standards for
Smart City requirements. GSC members shared their views on standards relevant to
Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities. Members encouraged continued
discussion, particularly on the development of guidelines and standards to enable
seamless data exchange and interoperability.
(2) Artificial Intelligence
GSC members shared their ongoing activities on AI and machine learning and theirapplications indomains such as 5G, healthcare and industrial manufacturing,recognizing different regional needs. Potential issues related to security, privacy,
trustworthiness, ethics, societal concerns and regulation were given specificconsideration.
◇ Communiqué
As a result of the meeting, a communiqué incorporating the outline of the content of
the discussion was created and released, declaring that GSC members might cooperate
to address the ethical and societal aspects of ICT systems, services and technologies.
3. Next meeting schedule
The next 23rd meeting (GSC-23) is scheduled to be held in the United States between
August 2020 and middle 2021.

Group Photo of GSC-22 Participants*1 : GSC member organizations
ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses)

Japan

ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions)USA

CCSA (China Communication Standards Association)

China

ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)

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IEEE-SA(IEEE- Standards Association)-

IEC(The International Electrotechnical Commission)-

ISO(International Organization for Standardization)-

ITU(International Telecommunication Union)-

TIA(Telecommunications Industry Association)

USA

TSDSI
TTA

(Telecom Standards Development Society, India)(Telecommunications Technology Association)

TTC (The Telecommunication Technology Committee)

India
Korea
Japan

*2 : Related and Guest organizations
EC, DT, Qualcomm, ZTE, CISCO, Huawei, Intel, TCS, etc.

Monthly seminars on radio wave use
No.165Title

18 January 2019
Latest trends in Radio Wave Use for Robots and Drones toward theIndustrial Revolution in the Sky
Mr. Takehiro Ishiguro
Deputy Director
Land Mobile Communications Division,
MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Mr. Osamu Akimoto
Secretary-General

Speaker

JUTM (Japan Unmanned System Traffic ＆ Radio Management
Consortium)
Mr. Yasushi Hada
Project General Manager
JUTM
Associate Professor
Kogakuin University

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1.

Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 21 January 2019
No standards were newly established at the Assembly.

2.

Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 22 January 2018

(1) Telecommunications field
STD

Standard Name

Number
STD-T99

STD-T120

150 MHz-Band Person/Animal Detection Report System
Equipment for Specified Low-Power Radio Station
IMT Systems based on 3GPP Specifications ARIB
STANDARD

VersionVer.4.1

Ver.1.10(2) Broadcasting field
STD

Standard Name

NumberSTD-B62

MULTIMEDIA CODING SPECIFICATION FOR DIGITAL
BROADCASTING (SECOND GENERATION)

ARIB SEASON
Publishing

VersionVer.2.1

1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013 JAPAN28
https://www.arib.or.jp/english/