October 20162016 Annual General Meeting of 5GMF
On 5 July 2016, 2016 fiscal year`s Annual General Meeting of the Fifth Generation Mobile
Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) was held in Tokyo.
In the Meeting, 220 people from 77 companies (such as telecommunications operators andcommunications equipment manufacturers), universities, research institutes and theMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) had participated. At the beginning,
there was a greeting speech as a guest from Mr. Katsuya Watanabe, Director-General of theRadio Department of MIC.
After a greeting speech from Dr. Susumu Yoshida, chairman of 5GMF (Professor Emeritus ofKyoto University), “business report and the settlement of accounts of 2015 fiscal year”,“business plan and the budget statements of the 2016 fiscal year”, revision of regulations
and election of officers were deliberated and all approved as proposed.
In addition, the social gathering was held after the General Meeting, and there was agreeting speech as a guest from Mr. Keiichi Koshimizu (Parliamentary Secretary forInternal Affairs and Communications).

2016 Annual General Meeting of 5GMF
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Dr. Susumu Yoshida

Mr. Keiichi Koshimizu

Mr. Katsuya Watanabe

Chiarman of 5GMF

Parliamentary Secretaryfor Internal Affairs andCommunications

Director-General of theRadio Department of MIC(Kyoto University)

The 4th Japan-Botswana JWG Meeting Held in Tokyo
The 4th Japan-Botswana Joint Working Group Meeting was held at the headquarters of
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in Tokyo on 8 July 2016.
Botswana decided to adopt ISDB-T in 2014, being the 1st ISDB-T adopting country in the
African continent; and since then has had a bilateral meeting with Japan every year forthe support and cooperation in the ISDB-T implementation. The meeting this time wasattended by the representatives of Botswana's Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS)of the Office of Presidency and of the Embassy of Botswana in Japan; while the Japaneseside was represented by MIC, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Association
for Promotion of Advanced Broadcasting Services (A-PAB), ARIB/DiBEG, etc., and theyexchanged views and opinions on digital TV of both countries and discussed mutual
collaborative works in digital broadcasting from now onward.
Botswana explained that they
started nationwide digitalterrestrial TV broadcasting asof December, 2015; would
materialize analog switch-off(ASO) in December this year;
while the sales pace of digitalTV
receivers,
frequency
arrangement
withneighboring countries, etc.
are the challenges they now
face.

The 4th Japan-Botswana JWG Meeting2

On the other hand Japan explained its experiences in the marketing promotion of digital
TV receivers, ASO, etc., and expressed their willingness to continue its support for thesmooth completion of ASO, frequency planning, etc. Also regarding the points of interestsof Botswana, Japan explained in details of the technologies of EWBS and the current
status of studies of the Technical Harmonization Documents in the ISDB-T International
Forum.
Takingtheopportunitythat

Botswanaisscheduled

to

host

the

World

Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) in November this year, both parties
agreed to prepare for the next Joint Working Group Meeting to be held at that occasion.

ARIB and TAICS signed MoU for future cooperation
On 12 July 2016, ARIB and Taiwan Association ofInformation and Communication Standards (TAICS)
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
future cooperation.
TAICS is an industry organization founded in June2015 with the members from industry, research andacademia organizations in Taiwan. The objective of
TAICS is to bridge the local industry with global
standard initiatives/organizations by contributing thestudy results or consolidated consensus, it may also
develop the local standard or study report per request.
Both organizations will promote the cooperation, suchas information exchange towards the standardization
work, participation in the meetings and events of eachother,

cooperation

issuance,etc.

towards

contribution

the

of

in

field

document

communication,broadcasting and ITS.

MoU signed by
Mr. Jonathan Tsang(Chairman of TAICS)

andMr. Fusaki Matsui(Senior Managing Director of ARIB)

In the signing ceremony, Mr. Jonathan Tsang(Chairman of TAICS) and 15 people from
TAICS

and

Mr.

FusakiMatsui(SeniorManaging Director of ARIB) and 10 people
from

ARIB

ceremony,

were

outlineparticipated.
andactivity

After

the

of

each

organization was introduced, and exchange ofviews was carried out.
Meeting after the ceremony3Frequency Resources Development Symposium 2016
The Frequency Resources Development Symposium 2016 —the theme of which was new
wireless systems towards 2020— was held in Tokyo on 15 July 2016. The event wasco-organized by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) and the
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). Additional
support was provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).

Frequency Resources Development Symposium 2016
Towards 2020, "creation of new value-added industry" is set up as the essential target in
the ICT growth strategy, and creation of new service and business by the fifth-generation
mobile communication system (5G), connection of wide variety equipment for realization of
IoT, development and utilization of untapped frequency band such as millimeter wave andterahertz wave and the development of new wireless systems, such as the next
Engineering test satellite (ETS-IX) are being promoted.
Towards the introduction of these new wireless systems, industry, academia andgovernment are cooperating with each other in Japan in order to foster a safe and secure
wireless systems as a future key industry with international competitiveness.
In this symposium, lectures about new wireless systems towards 2020 were carried out by
experts in industry, academia and government.
The program was as follows.
1. Trend in recent radio policy
Mr. Yasuo Tawara, Director of Radio Policy Division, Telecommunications Bureau,
MIC
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2. Outlook of the service and wireless communication technology in 5G era
Prof. Seiichi Sampei, Osaka University (Chairman of the Technical Committee,
5GMF)
3. Wireless communication technology necessary for the future IoT
Associate Prof. Shunsuke Saruwatari, Osaka University
4. Future and trends of the wireless systems of millimeter-wave band and terahertz
wave band
Dr. Kazuaki Takahashi, Panasonic
5. Satellite communications technology of IoT / 5G era
Dr. Naoto Kadowaki, National Institute of Information and Communication
Technology (NICT)Mr. Yasuo Tawara
Director of Radio Policy Division, MIC

Prof. Seiichi Sampei
Osaka University

Associate Prof. Shunsuke Saruwatari
Osaka University

Dr. Kazuaki Takahashi
Panasonic

Dr. Naoto Kadowaki
NICT

5Overview of the first APG-19 meeting
APG-19 (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19) has
responsibilitytocreatethe

APT

Common

Proposal

towards

the

World

Radiocommunication Conference to be held in 2019 (WRC-19).
The first meeting of APG-19 was held on July 2016. Overview and Major results of themeeting are as follows.
1. Overview of the meeting
Schedule

From 26 to 28, July 2016

Venue

Chengdu, China

Participants

About 270 people from 24 countries

Participantsfrom Japan

35 people (including 3 people from ARIB) headed by Mr. Sugata(Director of International Frequency Policy Office, MIC)

2. Major results
Regarding the new chairman / vice-chairman and organization of working parties,
discussion and adjustment had been made based on the each country's proposal. As aresult, these subjects were decided as following table. Mr. Muneo Abe (Mitsubishi
Electric) was elected as the chairman of the working party 3 (WP3) in which the agendaof the satellite service will be handled.
Examination system of APG-19
Chairman

Dr. Kyu-Jin Wee(South Korea)

Vice-chairman

Mr. Xiaoyang Gao
Mr. Neil Meaney(China)(Australia)

WP1: Land mobile and fixed services

Dr. Tommy Chee
Ms. Zhu Keer

(New Zealand)(China)WP2: Broadband applications in the mobile service

Dr. Kyung-mee Kim(South Korea)

WP3: Satellite services

Mr. Muneo Abe(Japan)

WP4: Science services
WP5: Maritime, aeronautical and amateur services
WP6: General issues

Dr. Atmadji Wiseso Soewito (Indonesia)
Mr. Bui Ha Long
(Vietnam)
Mr. Taghi Shafee(Iran)

Chairman of editorial committee

・After the establishment of WPs, the first meeting of each WP was held. Discussion about
the configuration of the drafting groups (DG) under each WP, chairman of each DG and
the future work plan was carried out in each WP.
・With respect to liaison documents from AWG (APT Wireless Group) which performs a
study on radio in APT, answer document to request the implementation of theinvestigation and the provision of timely investigation results necessary for discussions
in APG, was created.
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・Future meeting plan was decided as follows.
2nd meeting

mid-July 2017 (4-5 days)

Start the creation of APT provisionalviews

3rd meeting

July or August 2018 (5 days)

Update the APT provisional view

4th meeting

December 2018 or January 2019 (6 days)

Complete the CPM19-2 proposal
Update the APT provisional view

5th meeting

July or August 2019 (6-7 days)

Complete the APT joint proposal

3. The next meeting schedule
The 2nd meeting of APG-19 is scheduled to be held in Indonesia in mid-July 2017.

The 15th CJK IT Standards Meeting
CJK Meeting on Information and Telecommunication Standards started on June 2002
with an initiative of ARIB of Japan, CCSA* of China, TTA* of South Korea, and the TTC*
of Japan to promote mutual cooperation among the standards development organization ofJapan, China and South Korea more actively.
The 15th CJK IT Standards Meeting was held from 2 to 4 August 2016, hosted by CCSA at
China Xining (Qinghai Province). A total of about 80 people (13 people from ARIB led by
Dr. Kohei Satoh, Executive Manager on Standardization) participated in the meeting.
In this time, in addition to the 15th plenary meeting, the 46th IMT (International Mobile
Telecommunication) WG, the 12th WPT (Wireless Power Transmission/Transfer) WG and
so on were held in parallel.
In the Plenary meeting, the report of each WG was carried out. After the proposal anddiscussion of the way to manage the meeting in smaller scale and more efficiently, theprocedure of the joint proposal was agreed.
In the IMT WG, after the sharing of information about the results of the recent ITU-R SG5
WP5D 24th meeting and APG19*-1 meeting, exchange of views toward WP5D 25th
meeting (5 to 13 October 2016) was carried out, and the policy for study on frequency
distribution, IMT modeling for frequency sharing study, performance evaluation criteria,
the technical requirements, etc. were agreed.
In the WPT WG, along with the sharing of information about the results of ITU-R SG1
and activities of each SDO, policy of joint proposal towards the AWG*-20 (from 6 to 9
September 2016) and future agenda items were discussed. About the chairman of the WPTWG, takeover from Mr. Wang of CCSA to Dr. Hiroki Shoki of ARIB (Toshiba) was
determined. Dr. Shoki will serve as the chairman in next one year.
Next 16th CJK IT Standards Meeting will be held in August 2017 in Jeju Island, South
Korea, hosted by TTA.
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*CCSA: China Communications Standards Association*TTA: Telecommunications Technology Association*TTC: The Telecommunications Technology Committee*APG19: APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-19*AWG: APT Wireless Group

The Plenary meeting of the 15th CJK IT Standards Meeting

Participants of the 15th CJK IT Standards Meeting

The IMT WG
8Liaison meeting on collaboration and cooperation
between NICT and ARIB
Based on the agreement of the promotion of collaboration and cooperation signed between the National
Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and ARIB, the 4th liaison meeting
was held on 26 August 2016.
This agreement was signed on 12 March, 2013 to strengthen the collaboration and cooperation of thetwo institutions on research, development and standardization. In the liaison meeting, the activities ofboth institutions were introduced, followed by a lively exchange of views on further promotion ofcollaboration and cooperation.

The 4th liaison meeting of NICT and ARIB
* Lower left is Mr. Fusaki Matsui (Senior Managing Director of ARIB)*Lower right is Dr. Fumihiko Tomita (Vice President of NICT)The 47th 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 South Korea.
On 26 August 2016, the 47th CJK IMT Working Group Meeting was held in Shanghai,
China. 6 people from ARIB, 9 people from CCSA (China) and 6 people from TTA (South
Korea) had participated in the Meeting.

9This time, the agenda of the meeting was specialized in preparation for the 25th ITU-R SG5
Working Party 5D (WP 5D) meeting to be held in October 2016.
In the Meeting, following actions were carried out.
(1) Shared the information about the status of preparation towards the 25th WP5D
meeting(2) Confirmed the status of activities of three Special Interest Group (SIG-Spectrum,
SIG-Requirements and SIG-Evaluation)(3) Examined the joint contribution documents on the basis of the common part of the
proposed contents of each SDO, and determined to promote the adjustment of 6
contribution documents toward the joint Contribution(4) Determined to carry out the rotation of the host SDO of the meeting (which will be held
three times a year)(5) Reviewed the agenda of the meeting in future so that the discussion toward WP5D
meeting could be carried out fully and effectively
The next CJK IMT Working Group Meeting was scheduled on 17 and 18 January 2017 inSouth Korea.

ARIB/DiBEG got Two Awards at the SET EXPO 2016
The SET EXPO 2016, comprising the exhibition of TV technology-related equipment andsolutions as well as symposiums and conferences, was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 29
August through 1 September 2016. The SET EXPO is an annual event organized by theSET (Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia de Televisao), and is one of the largest events ofbroadcasting technology in the Latin American areas.
This year, being the 10th year since Brazil adopted the ISDB-T (Japanese broadcasting
standard for digital television) in 2006, there was a 10-year ceremony of collaboration indigital television also held at this occasion by inviting ministerial representatives from the
ISDB-T adopting countries in Latin America.

Opening Ceremony
10Representing Japan, Mr. Jiro Akama,State Minister for Internal Affairs andCommunications, attended the Opening
Ceremony of the SET EXPO 2016 andthe 10-year ceremony of collaboration indigital television and made speeches.
He also agreed with the representativesof the ISDB-T adopting countries in
Latin

Americathatthemutualcollaboration in the broadcasting area
should be expanded to the entire
areas of ICT.

State Minister Jiro Akama at the 10-year
Ceremony of Digital TV Collaboration

At the Opening Ceremony of the SET EXPO 2016, the DiBEG (the Digital BroadcastingExperts Group of ARIB) got a SET Award and another Award by the SBTVD Forum, which
is a standardization body on Brazilian terrestrial digital TV, for its contribution to theinternational promotional activities of ISDB-T.

SET AWARD handed to ARIB/DiBEG

SBTVD Forum AWARD handed to ARIB/DiBEG

Also at the exposition, the Japan Pavilion was set up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications where Japanese ICT-related companies and institutions participatedin the exhibition, in which ARIB/DiBEG also made display of panels showing its
international activities of ISDB-T promotion as well as a demonstration of EWBS
(Emergency Warning Broadcast System) as one of the key features of ISDB-T.

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Japan Pavilion

Demonstration of EWBS

SBTVD Forum Booth

EnglishSpanishLiteratures handed out at the pavilion"Kagami-Biraki" ceremonyin the pavilion

Technical Harmonization Meeting of ISDB-T International Forum
Held in Sao Paulo
Taking the opportunity of the SET EXPO 2016 in Sao Paulo, on 29 August the TechnicalHarmonization Meeting of the ISDB-T International Forum was held, where the ISDB-T
adopting countries exchanged technical views and opinions.

Representatives from 10

countries, namely Japan (from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
ARIB/DiBEG and a JICA Expert in Peru), Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, Chile,
Bolivia, Paraguay, Guatemala and Venezuela, attended the meeting.
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At the meeting they exchanged the current progress in ISDB-T implementation at each of
the countries and their current challenges toward the analog switch-off (ASO); while Japan
presented their experiences in the ASO such as various promotional tools and campaigns forthe pre-announcements, as well as its roadmaps toward the 4K/8K broadcasting.
Also at the Technical Harmonization Meeting, where technical documents have been
compiled and revised in 3 areas (Hardware, Middleware and EWBS) by incorporating thedifferences in the standards of each of the member countries, ARIB/DiBEG made apresentation about the history and the points of discussions on EWBS, and presented someideas of solutions to the challenges to the mass permeation of ISDB-T receiver products inthe market.
A new subject of discussion was raised in the meeting that there are differences in the typeapproval procedures on the receiver products among the member countries. To tackle thissubject it was agreed that an e-mail-based virtual team should be established to share andexchange information among the member countries.

Technical Harmonization Meeting of ISDB-T International Forum

Presentation by Mr. Y. Sakaguchi,
DiBEG Expert

Presentation by Mr. N. Okabe,
JICA Expert
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The 2nd Regular ARIB/DiBEG – SBTVD Forum Meeting Held
ARIB/DiBEG and SBTVD Forum have been collaborating in the promotion of ISDB-T in
Latin America. Starting this past April, to further enhance the collaborative activities
the two entities decided to have regular meeting sessions roughly every 6 months, and at
the SET EXPO 2016 opportunity the 2nd regular meeting was held on September 1 in Sao
Paulo.

At this occasion, as the very 1st trial, the ARIB/DiBEG representatives were

present at the session in a different manner; while 3 people including Mr. Y. Homma, Vice
Director General of R&D Headquarters of ARIB, were present at the conference room in
the Expo Center, face to face with the SBTVD people, 3 other people such as Dr. M.
Sugawara, Chairman of DiBEG, participated in the meeting from Japan via a web
conference system.

The 2nd Regular ARIB/DiBEG – SBTVD Forum Meeting
Both parties started the meeting with the exchange of the latest status of each country.
Japan explained the trial 4K/8K broadcasting launched as of 1 August 2016 and also about
ARIB's preparatory status toward the standardization of the commercial operation of suchservices.
The Brazilian side proposed closer exchange of information between the two parties inrespect to the next generation of broadcasting services, due to the urgency to make policy
decision-making within a few years; and the Japanese side accepted it. Both parties will
each nominate a contact person and will continue exchange of information.
Besides, as to the subject pending since the last meeting on the renewal of the joint
documents compiling the differences between the ARIB and the Brazilian ISDB-T
standards, both parties agreed on the concrete steps to take together.
There was also exchange of views and opinions regarding the diffusion of EWBS receivers
in the Latin American market. Japan proposed to carry out a survey toward Japaneseand Brazilian manufacturers about the challenges to the mass marketing of EWBS
receivers, to which Brazilian side responded that they would cast inquiries to those14

suppliers upon receiving detailed questionnaire from Japan.
The next regular meeting was agreed to be set at the opportunity of the NAB Show in Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA in April next year.

The 20th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-20)
The 20th Meeting of APT Wireless Group (AWG-20) was held as follows.
1. About the APT Wireless GroupAPT (Asia-Pacific Telecommunity) Wireless Group is a meeting to study the
harmonization and standardization of the frequency and technical matters of wirelesscommunication systems in the Asia-Pacific region for the purpose of advancement,
dissemination and promotion of wireless communication systems. It has been held usually
about twice a year, and the experts of the wireless technology of each country in thisregion have joined the meeting. Now, Dr. Kohei Satoh, Executive Manager onStandardization of ARIB has served as the chairman.
2. Outline of the Meeting
Schedule

From 6 to 9 September 2016

Venue

Centara Grand at Central World (Bangkok, Thailand)More than 200 people from administrations, private organizations andinternational organizations in the Asia-Pacific region had taken part in
the meeting.

Participants

As the Japanese delegation, 39 people headed by Ms. Amino, Deputy
Director of the international frequency Policy Office of MIC had
participated. From ARIB, Dr. Kohei Satoh and two other members had
participated.

3. Main results
In the APT Wireless Group, 3 working groups (WG) (frequency, technology and service /application) had been set. In each WG, sub working group or task group had been
established for each issue, and consideration and deliberation was carried out.
The main results of the meeting were as follows.
(1) IMT (The fifth generation mobile communication systems, etc.)
Creation of the working document about the usage survey of 24.25-86 GHz band in eachcountry which is the agenda of WRC-19, had been carried out. This working document
is planned to be completed as APT report in the next meeting. In addition, frequency
arrangements, study of shared use and the creation of working document related to the15bands that had been specified to the IMT in 6GHz or less at WRC-15 had been carriedout. This time, it has agreed to start the study of frequency arrangement of the1427-1518 MHz band by proposal of Japan and the like.
(2) Intelligent transport systems
Draft of the revised APT report about the usage situation of ITS in each country wascreated on the basis of proposals from Japan and the like. In addition, postscript about
the standardization progress on LTE V2X was carried out in the draft based on the
input from 3GPP.
(3) Railway radio system
In relation to the WRC-19 agenda, creation of the working document related to thecommunication between a train and line-side equipment was begun on the basis of
proposals from Japan and the like. This working document is planned to be completed
as APT report at the 22nd meeting.
(4) Wireless power transmission system (WPT)
With respect to consideration of the frequency of Non-BEAM WPT for the powertransmission of electric vehicles, creation of the working document was begun on thebasis of proposals from Japan and the like. This working document is planned to becompleted as APT report at the 22nd meeting.
In addition, due to expiration of the term of office of present chairman (Dr. Kohei Satoh),
deliberation of the election of next chairman was carried out, and Dr. Satoh had been
re-elected as the second term. Similarly, vice-chairman (Ms. Zhu Keer (China) and Mr. Le
Van Tuan (Vietnam)) had also been re-elected. Discussion of the management methods of
the AWG was also carried out, and taking into account the activity cycle of ITU-R, it wasagreed that extension of the term of office from two years to three years should be
proposed in the upper meeting of APT.
4. The next meeting schedule
The next AWG-21 meeting will be held in late March or early April 2017.

Dr. Kohei Satoh as the chairman

The 20th Meeting of APT Wireless Group(Center of the photo)16The 2nd International Forum on Digital Terrestrial TV Held in Honduras
The 2nd International Forum on Digital Terrestrial Television was held in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras on 8 and 9 September 2016.
As many as 250 people, fromthe Honduran government,
telecom
operators
andbroadcasters,etc.,participated in the Forum.
The Japanese delegation washeaded by Mr. T. Shibata,
DeputyDirector,
Broadcasting
Technology
Division of MIC (Ministry ofInternal
AffairsandCommunications),
togetherwith Mr. N. Okabe, Expert of
JICA (Japan International
Cooperation Agency) in Peru, and one each engineer from NEC, NHK ITEC and Hitachi
Kokusai. (*NEC and NHK ITEC people participated as DiBEG experts.)
Honduras decided to adopt ISDB-T in September, 2013, and started ISDB-T broadcasting
as of March, 2014. This time, this International Forum on Digital Terrestrial Television
was organized by CONATEL (Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) in its capital city
Tegucigalpa for the purpose of providing the latest information on the products andtechnologies of digital terrestrial TV, in the form of seminar and exhibition, to promote thedigital terrestrial TV in Honduras. And ARIB/DiBEG dispatched 2 experts out of its
member companies to help and support the ISDB-T implementation.
On the 1st day of the Forum, representatives from MIC, JICA, ARIB/DiBEG, etc.
introduced and presented the ISDB-T technologies and operation, outline of EWBS
(Emergency Warning Broadcast System) and experiences in Japan of ASO (analog
switch-off), together with the demonstration of EWBS reception.
On the 2nd day, representatives from Japan and other countries presented each of theirown products and systems for program production, storage, playout, distribution, etc.
At the exhibition area, 16 companies and institutions including Toshiba made their displayof products, equipment and systems.
ARIB/DiBEG representatives reported that the Forum was a big success, being highly
appreciated by the participants; with many requests for the presentation materials uponcompleting the program.
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Mr. N. Okabe,
JICA Expert

Mr. T. Shibata,
MIC

Mr. O. Hashimoto,
DiBEG Expert

Mr. Y. Sakaguchi,
DiBEG Expert

oneM2M seminar co-sponsored by ARIB and TTC
The ARIB · TTC co-sponsored seminar on the Release 2 specification of oneM2M was heldat the ARIB conference room on 9 September 2016.
1. Outline of the seminar

Title

The ARIB · TTC co-sponsored seminar“Standardization trend of IoT - Whole picture of release 2 ofoneM2M technical specification –“Sponsor

ARIB and TTC (The Telecommunication Technology Committee)

Schedule

9 September 2016, from 13:30 to 17:30

Venue

ARIB conference room

Participants

About 190 people

2. Purpose of the seminar“oneM2M” is a global standard specification that provides a common service platform tosupport variety of services / applications of IoT / M2M, and makes it easy to collectinformation from variety of devices and to control these devices. It is expected that new
M2M service will be able to achieve in a short time and low cost by oneM2M.
Already, release 1 of oneM2M (set of basic functional specification) had been issued, andon this August, release 2 which is the complete specification set covering the necessaryfunctions of the platform had been issued formally. So, the ARIB・TTC co-sponsoredseminar was held to introduce the full picture of the release 2 specification widely andfastest in the world.
Public interest for this theme was very high, and more than 190 people had participatedin the seminar.
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After the lectures, many question-and-answer sessions were carried out.
At the seminar, total of 12 lectures including “the history of development for oneM2M
Release 2 specification," "explanation of major technology theme in the specification","Future Development" and so on, were carried out. Strong interest and expectation ofparticipants to the latest oneM2M information was felt.

oneM2M seminar

ARIB - DVB Regular Meeting Held
The annual meeting between DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting), the standardization
organization for digital television in Europe, and ARIB was held at the opportunity of the
IBC (International Broadcasting Convention), the largest exhibition of broadcasting
equipment in Europe (8 - 13 September).
1. Outline of the meeting
Schedule

10 September 2016

Venue

RAI Exhibition Center (Amsterdam, Netherlands)(DVB)
Mr. Peter MacAvock (Chairman, DVB Project; EBU)
Mr. Graham Mills (CM Chairman, DVB Project; vodafone)
Mr. Peter Siebert (Executive Director, DVB Project)

Participants(ARIB)Mr. Masayuki Sugawara (Chairman DiBEG)
Mr. Tomohiro Saitou (NHK), Mr. Masakazu Iwaki (NHK/ABU),
Mr. Kenichi Murayama (NHK), Mr. Hiroshi Nakano (Broadcast
Group, ARIB)
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2. History and the purpose of the meeting
The meeting has been held annually,
based on the agreement of exchanging
information at “the regular meeting
between Japan and EC” in 1994. The
information about activities and liaisonhas been shared, and views on the hot
topics have been exchanged at themeetings.
3. Main results
DVB exhibition area

(1) Report of the latest activities
ARIB gave an overview of the V-Low

multimedia broadcasting service, 4K/8K test broadcasting, and progress of the related
ARIB standardization. DVB asked questions about coding method and the parameters ofaudio system for 4K/8K.
DVB explained status of study on UHDTV phase2 which is next generation broadcasting
system in Europe, stressing that the problem is how to make standardization proceed,
taking the operation of broadcasting organizations into account, because there areseveral candidate for the audio system. DVB said that the interference between the next
generation broadcasting and Wi-Fi, mobile telecommunication services was also achallenge.
And furthermore, DVB showed strong interest in status of study on the next generation
broadcasting system in Japan, and expressed will to proceed in exchanging information
based on the agreement.
As a demonstration at the DVB exhibition area, terrestrial/satellite broadcasting wasprojected on the sub-screen through IP transmission on Wi-Fi from the main TV which
was used for a server. Both DVB and ARIB shared the recognition that problem to besolved exists on the copyrights of the content, as a result of discussing about theexhibition.
(2) Liaison
ARIB and DVB reviewed and renewed the contact person.
(3) International promotion
ARIB and DVB exchanged views of the promotion of each digital broadcasting system tothe country or area where the system is not adopted, understood that both were doing
almost the same activities, and exchanged the latest information about the country andarea where the digital TV is adopted.
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Monthly seminars on radio wave use

No.14229 July 2016

Title

Latest trends in radio utilization system for robots and drones

Mr. Hidetomo Ito
Deputy Director of the Land Mobile Communications Division
Radio Dept., Telecommunications Bureau, MIC
Dr. Kenzo Nonami
Chairman of Mini-Surveyor Consortium
Speaker(Special professor of Chiba University)
Mr. Akira Aneha
Futaba Corporation
Mr. Osamu AkimotoCouncil on Competitiveness-Nippon
Sub leader of disaster response robot promotion coordinating committee(Hitachi, Ltd).

Summary

The seminar covered the activities of MIC on improvement of radio
utilization system for robots and latest trends in radio utilization system for
robots and drones.

No.14325 August 2016

Title

Guidance for the safe and secure radio wave use in medical institutions
Prof. Takashi Kano

Speaker

Chairman of the Telecommunications Promotion Committee in medical
institutions, EMCC
(Saitama Medical University)

Summary

The seminar covered the detailed explanation of “Guidance for the safe andsecure radio wave use in medical institutions” which was published by the
Telecommunications Promotion Committee in medical institutions, EMCC
on 4 April 2016.
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1. Newly established Standards at Standard Assembly on 29 September 2016

LOW POWER DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM/
60 GHz-BAND WIRELESS LAN FOR VERY HIGH
THROUGHPUT DATA COMMUNICATIONS(STD-T117 Ver.1.0)
This standard specifies the "60 GHz band ultra-high-speed throughput wireless LAN
system" which is based on the IEEE802.11ad standard as a multiple access scheme andmainly performs wireless communication for data transmission among the radio
stations of low-power data communication system.

2. Revised or abolished Standards at Standard Assembly on 29 September 2016
(1) Telecommunications field
STD
NumberStandard Name

VersionVer.12.10

STD-T95

IMT-2000 DS-CDMA and TDD-CDMA System
MILLIMETER-WAVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENTFOR SPECIFIED LOW POWER RADIO STATIONMILLIMETER-WAVE DATA TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENTFOR SPECIFIED LOW POWER RADIO STATION(ULTRA HIGH SPEED WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM)OFDMA/TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System（XGP）

STD-T104

LTE-Advanced System

STD-T110

DEDICATED SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATIONBASIC APPLICATION INTERFACESTD-T63
STD-T69
STD-T74

abolishedVer.3.5
Ver.4.10(DSRC)(2) Broadcasting field
STD
Standard Name
NumberSERVICE INFORMATION FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING
STD-B10 SYSTEMVIDEO CODING, AUDIO CODING, AND MULTIPLEXING
STD-B32 SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING
MMT-BASED MEDIA TRANSPORT SCHEME IN DIGITAL
STD-B60 BROADCASTING SYSTEMS
MULTIMEDIA CODING SPECIFICATION FOR DIGITAL
STD-B62 BROADCASTING (SECOND GENERATION)

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