ITU-T and TSAG Activities Updates

Haruo Okamuraokamura@ituaj.jp

TSAG Vice Chairman

ASTAP 1824, May, 2011

AP-regional aspects

ITU-T Environment TSAG discussions up-dates Summary

ITU-T and TSAG Activities Updates

AP-regional aspects

Internet, such a high priority for LDCs ?

　 Dr Touré (ITU Sec. Gen.): ‘YES’ to effectively deliver vital services, such as healthcare and education in countries where people are chronically deprived of these services.

ITU commitment (May, ‘11) to the UN Istanbul Programme of Action for LDCs 2011-2020

for people facing lack of safe drinking water, rising food prices, and a chronic shortage of healthcare ?

high

Priority Phone: 25 lines per 100 inhabitantInternet: 15 per 100 inhabitants

AP region has 20% of entire Developing Countries and 30% of Least Developing Countries.

ITU Web Front Page Latest News, 13 May 2011

PP. 10. rev. Res. 71Strategic plan for the Union for 2012-2015

Objective 2 – Producing global standards - consistent with member needs, such as narrowing the digital divide, improving health and

safety and protecting the environment, and developing standards to facilitate access to telecoms/ICTs by persons with disabilities

- meeting global user needs that rely not only on state-of-the-art technologies but also on matured proven technologies - Achieving interoperability of services/equipment

All ITU-T SGs are requested to report to the next TSAG with a plan of actions

Challenges include ; -Ultimate Cost reduction needed -Shortage of electric Power -Difficult terrain with Difficult access/transportation -Lack of skilled manpower for maintenance of networks . -scattered small population Requirements for Low cost, Sustainable systems

Mobile network systemsTrunk lines between regions

to be developed under Q22

Setting up a low cost sustainable telecom. infrastructure for rural communications in developing countries(Q22/SG5)

Needs to Work with ITU-T SG15WP2 ; Opt. access/transport NW InfrastructureITU-D Q10-3/2 ; Telecom/ICT for rural and remote areasITU-R SG5 ;Terrestrial services

Q.22 originally

proposed by India

Endorsed at Feb. 2011 TSAG

An Example along with objective 2

Examples : Q22/05 Setting up a low cost sustainable telecom. infra. for rural communications in d-ing countries

Q13/11 Coordination of work on Emergency Communications within an NGN environment

Q18/12 Conferencing and telemeeting assessment

Q26/16 Accessibility to multimedia systems/services

Q28/16 Multimedia framework for e-health application

Examples of ITU-T activities including socio-public needs (2012-2015)

ITU-T Environment TSAG discussions up-dates Summary

ITU-T and TSAG Activities Updates

AP-regional aspects

Some key issues identified

(1) ITU-T Strategic Goals(& Objectives) PP. Res. 171

(2) Conformance & interoperability (PP. Res. 177 )

(3) Internet-related Issues (PP. Res. 101, 102, 178 )

(4) ICT accessibility (disabilities/seniors) (PP. Res. 175)

(5) Cyber security threats (PP. rev. Res. 130)

(6) Child online protection (PP. Res. 179)

TSB Directors Remarks Feb. 2011 TSAG

PP.10 (new)Res. 167 (e-meetings)for Energy-efficiency and time, cost effectiveness

resolves

a)that ITU should further develop its facilities and capabilities for remote participation by electronic means,,,

Points of discussion for e-participation in physical meetings(ASTAP18/INP-35 to ITU-T Issues Group)

Feb. 2011 TSAG agreed ： Decision-making portions of SG 、 or TSAG, remote participation must be limited to remote observation.

-bringing interpreters-avoiding late at night (local time)-Providing facial (live video) images-allowing the use of working documents-enabling private conversation during the brakes

PP.10 (new)Res. 175 (Accessibility)

WTSA 08

Res. 70

Feb. 2011 TSAG considered favourably the proposal to establish a FG under SG 16

FG on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG-AVA) established in March 2011 at SG16 report to SG16 making audiovisual media accessible for persons with disabilities

JCA-AHF(Accessibility and human factors) will continue increasing awareness, providing advice on the accessibility of ITU facilities and services (reporting to SG2), particularly for Q 4/2 Human factors related issues for improve’t of the QoL through international telecommunications Q 26/16 Accessibility to Multimedia Systems and Services

Telecom/info. and communication technol. accessibility for persons with disabilities, including age-related disabilities

Chair Mr Peter Olaf Looms (European Broadcasting Union and Denmark)

AHF Chair Ms. Andrea Sacks (USA))

Invites Sector Members to -Populate the pilot conformity database -Participate in ITU interoperability events; -Contribute to building test capacity in D-ping Counts. e.g., as part of supply contract of services/systems

Instructs TSB Director to -Improve standards-setting processes for interop`bility -Prepare a business plan for implementing Res.177.

PP.10 (new)Res. 177Conformance and interoperability

Concerns on the TSB’S plan; TSB needs to -have more details; lot of data missing -consult with stakeholders under appropriate consulting scheme -list real problems D-ing counts. is facing

Further TSAG Discussions needed

PP.10 Res.(new)178 ITU role in organizing the work on technical aspects of teleco networks to support the Internet

consideringa) bridging the digital divide demands decisive cooperation and involvement of the entire world

InvitesWTSA 2012 to “adjust” the ITU-T structure for improving the technical work for supporting the Internet, by establishing a SG or other appropriate group, based on the inputs from TSB (and TSAG)

Internet-related resolutionsPP.10 Res. (rev.)101, (rev.)102, (new)178

TSAG Correspondence Group on PP. 178 created

JCA-IoT (Internet of Things: ex. JCA-NID)

- “IoT” includes NID of things(e.g., tag based), and USN(ubiquitous sensor network) - USN includes networking and service aspects of sensor information.

GSI-IoT (Global Standards Initiative) - The visible single location for information - Develop the definition of IoT - SGs 2, 3, 11, 13, 16, 17 join and report to TSAG. 1st mtg. 9-13 May, 2011 34 participants (Korea12, China 5, US 3, Jp 2,,,,)

Internet of Things 　Any THING connected to the Internet

at any TIME, from any PLACE 　

Name change endorsed

“IoT” is

world-wide

than “NID”

ITU-T News log

Connecting any

kind of object to

the Internet may

be one of the

biggest

standardization

challenges yet.

(1)SG5 WP3(ICT and Climate Change)

-Evaluation methodologies for the ICT effects on climate change

-Designing methodologies to reduce environ’tal effects, for example recycling.

(2)JCA on ICT and climate change:

-Shows ITU leadership in GHG/energy Issues -Leads application of ICTs in other industries

PP.10 (new)Res. 182 Role of ICT for climate change/environ’t protection

WTSA 08 Res. 73

PP.10 (new)Res. 183 Telecom/ICT applications for e-health

Considering-WHO defines it as “cost-effective and secure use of ICTs to support human health”-WTDC Res. 65 (Hyderabad, ‘10) instructs to improve access to healthcare services by ICTs -eHealth is far from optimized nor integrated yet

Resolves to instruct the ITU Sec. Gen. to give priority to eHealthto document best practice examples of eHealth to collaborate with WHO on eHealth

Invites MSs to consider developing regulations, standards and

guidelines to enhance developm’t of eHealth servicesEncourages MSs and SMs

to contribute to eHealth Studies (& for Standards)

(not exhaustive)

Factors to consider (ITU-T Technol. Watch Report)(1) Interoperability of standards/institutional systems (2) privacy, nondiscriminatoriness, quality, security(3) Heavily regulated, non risk-taking Industries

Tasks on e-health standardization-Identification of users' requirements-Multimedia framework and Roadmap for Standards-Generic architecture/Specific system characteristics -New Work Items include -IPTV/Mobile e-health(Unified interfaces needed)

-Wearable and sensor networks-Networked vehicle (e.g. ambulance)

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/techwatch/Pages/ehealth-standards.aspx

ITU-T Q28/16 (e-health)Multimedia framework for e-health applications

(1)FG Smart Grid continues until Dec. 2011 -NO new JCA nor GSI -Five deliverables by the end of June.

(2)FG Cloud Computing continues until Dec. 2011

(3) FG Driver Distraction (parent: SG12)

Scope Reduce injuries and fatalities by minimizing the cognitive demands for driving and non-driving tasks(e.g., talking on the phone).

Target Recs.-Subjective test methods for assessment of driver workload -User and QoS performance requirements for automotive applications, services, and networks -mechanisms for managing information flow and message formats

Other TSAG Outcomes

Continuation

approved

endorsed

Summary-ITU commitment (May, ‘11) to the UN, noted (Istanbul Programme of Action for LDCs 2011-2020) >15 internet connection per 100 inhabitants to effectively deliver vital services in LDCs (30% of 48 LDCs are from AP)

-ITU-T new objectives ‘12- ‘15 (PP. Res. 71), noted(1)digital divide, health, safety, environment, disabilities, (2) not only on new technologies but on matured proven technologies(3)interoperability

-APT countries could identify standard needs along with the ITU commitment and new ITU-T objectives above and put them to ITU-T directly or through ASTAP

Let’s Best use ITU-T for AP regions to grow together in a sustainable manner