DOCUMENT #:
GSC15-PLEN-04
FOR:
Presentation
SOURCE:
ARIB
AGENDA ITEM:
Plenary 4.1
CONTACT(S):
shibayama@arib.or.jp
Activities of ARIB
after the last Meeting
Masayoshi WAKAO
Secretary General &
Senior Managing Director
ARIB
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC)
GSC-15
Current Activities (1/4)

Advanced Wireless Communications
• IMT-2000:
Continuing enhancement and updates
 LTE, HSPA etc.
• IMT-Advanced:
Submitted RIT proposals and evaluation reports to ITU-R
 Based on 3GPP LTE-Advanced and IEEE 802.16m
• Broadband Wireless Access:
Enhancement and Updates continue
 WiMAX and XGP (Next Generation PHS)
2
Current Activities (2/4)

Digital Broadcast Systems
• ISDB Standardization enhancement and updates
 Standardization of Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting System for
portable terminal to begin after 2011
 Improvement of Earthquake Early Warning System
• Research and development of the next generation
broadcasting system
(UHDTV,3D-TV etc.)

Others
• Integrated Transport System (ITS)
• Broadband Mobile Communications System
for public use
• EMC
3
Current Activities (3/4)
- Frequency Allocation and Licenses for 3G and BWA TDD system
FDD system
700MHz 800MHz 900MHz
Current status
Used for
PDC (2G) and 3G
・NTT DoCoMo
・KDDI
1.5GHz
1.7GHz
2.0GHz
2.0GHz
Just Licensed
BWA
Currently
deploying for 3G
Used for
PDC (2G)
2.5GHz
・ UQ
Communications
(WiMAXTM)
・ NTT DoCoMo
・NTT DoCoMo Assigned to cope with ・NTT DoCoMo
spectrum congestion ・KDDI
・KDDI
・Softbank
・Softbank
・ eMobile
・ Wilcom (Next
Started Service :
March 31, 2007
Gen PHS)
will start services
in 2Q/09
Analog
television service
to be discontinued
Shift/Convergence
Open for 3.9G
Open for 3.9G
License Application License Application
Open for 3.9G
License Application
Future
For 3G
deployment
700MHz 800MHz 900MHz
To be used as pair bands
after July 2012
For 3G
deployment
For 3G
deployment
Assign
to cope with
spectrum
congestion
For 3G
deployment
4
Current Activities (4/4)
- VHF/UHF rearrangement after analog TV termination Now
90-108MHz
1～3ch
170-222MHz
4～12ch
470-770MHz
13～62ch
Analog TV
Broadcasting
Analog TV
Broadcasting
Analog TV Broadcasting
Digital TV Broadcasting
18MHz
52MHz
300MHz
90-108MHz 170-202.5MHz 207.5-222MHz
Future
Plan
(1)-a
18MHz
(VHF Low)
(2)
(1)-b
32.5MHz
14.5MHz
(VHF High)
470-710MHz
13～52ch
Digital TV Broadcasting
240MHz
（GB 5MHz）
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
715-725MHz
Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting
Private Telecommunication (Protection against disasters, etc)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
Molile Telecommunications
730-770MHz
(3)
(4)
10MHz
40MHz
GB 5MHz
GB 5MHz
Schedule plan
(1) (2) after July 25, 2011
(3) (4) after July 25, 2012
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Strategic Direction & Challenges (1/3)

Radio Interface Technology for IMT-Advanced
• To promote its standardization through
contributions to ITU-R and other activities
• 2 proposals were submitted to ITU-R
in October 2009
 3GPP LTE-Advanced basis
 IEEE 802.16m basis
• Development of Radio Interface
Recommendations in March 2011
6
Strategic Direction & Challenges (2/3)

Digital Television
• To standardization for Ultra HDTV


Video/audio system
Interface between equipments
• Study on new technologies for the next
generation broadcasting system


High presence broadcasting service such as 3D
television
Technologies for new broadcasting services using
meta data
7
Strategic Direction & Challenges (3/3)

Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting System
• New broadcasting services for portable
terminal after analog TV termination in 2011
using VHF Band


ISDB-TSB for regional service
ISDB-Tmm or MediaFLO for national service
• New ARIB standards are being developed to
embark new services
8
Next Steps/Actions

Global Standardization
• Closer collaboration among SDOs towards
Global Standards
• Active exchange of information and views with
other SDOs at meetings such as GSC, ITU-R
WPs and CJK.
9
Supplementary Slides
10
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
Activities of ARIB
after the last Meeting
- Standardization for Radio Systems Masayoshi WAKAO
(wakao@arib.or.jp)
Secretary General, Senior Managing
Director
11
Recent Topics

Mobile Communications





IMT-2000 (3G/3.9G)
Enhancement and Standardization
IMT-Advanced (4G)
Study and Standardization
Wireless LAN/Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)
Study and Standardization
Spectrum Re-allocation
Digital Broadcast Systems


ISDB Standardization
Established new units and started activities for future
Services (UHDTV,3D-TV)
12
Activities on
Mobile Communications
13
Trends of Mobile Communications in Japan

The number of Mobile Phone subscribers including PHS in Japan:
117.599 million (as of the end of June 2010)
97.7 % 3G penetration

Rapid shift from 2G to 3G (IMT-2000) :

Active studies on IMT (IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced)


Report by Telecommunications Council to Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications (MIC) on technical conditions for 3.9G including
enhanced 3.5G in December 2008

Submit candidate IMT-Advanced radio interface technology proposal to
ITU-R in October 2009
2.5GHz Band Mobile BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) systems licensed
(nation wide) to 2 operators based on mobile WiMAX(IEEE802.16e) and
XGP(eXtended Global Platform) technologies in Dec.2007

UQ Communications Inc. started mobile WiMAX commercial service in
July 2009

Willcom Inc. started XGP commercial service in October 2009
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Advanced Wireless Communications
Mobility
① Enhanced 3G
High
IMT-2000
Enhanced
IMT-2000
Work target
② 4G
New
Mobile
Access
③ Wireless LAN/BWA
Enhancement
New Nomadic /R-LAN
Low
1
10
100
1000
Peak Useful Data Rate (Mb/s)
Note: The illustration is based on Fig. 2 of ITU-R Rec. M.1645
15
ADWICS in Japan
（ADvanced WIreless Communications Study Committee）

Establishment
 April,

2006
Scope of Work
 To
conduct technical studies on Advanced
Wireless Communications Systems: IMT2000, IMT-Advanced and Broadband
Wireless Access (BWA)
 To contribute to the global standardization

Minor reorganizations took place in
accordance with circumstances
16
Organization of ADWICS
Advanced Wireless Communications
Study Committee (ADWICS)
Steering Committee
IMT Partnership
Subcommittee
IMT-Advanced
Subcommittee
3GPP
(DS-CDMA)
3GPP
3GPP2
(MC-CDMA)
(LTE-Advanced)
IEEE802.16
(IEEE802.16m)
BWA
Subcommittee
Mobile Commerce
Subcommittee
IEEE802.16
(WiMAX)
Moved from
mITF (mobile IT
Forum) on April
2009
IEEE802.20
(iBurst)
XGP
(Next Gene. PHS)
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Recent Activities of
IMT Partnership Subcommittee

ARIB updates standards on IMT-2000 DSCDMA and MC-CDMA based on 3GPPs
specifications every 3-4 months.

Current Version
 STD-T63/TR-T12
IMT-2000 DS-CDMA and
TDD-CDMA System Ver.8.10
 STD-T64/TR-T13 IMT-2000 MC-CDMA System
Ver.5.10
18
Recent Activities of
IMT-Advanced Subcommittee
 Completion
(including self evaluation) of RIT
proposals and submission to ITU-R WP5D
(Oct 2009)
 Conduct
communication & collaboration with
external related bodies
(main activities are CJK-B3G collaboration)
19
Recent Activities of
BWA Subcommittee

ARIB updates standards on;
“OFDMA Broadband Mobile Wireless Access System”
(WiMAX™ applied in Japan)
“OFDMA/TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System”
(Next Generation PHS)
“Mobile Broadband Wireless Access System”
(IEEE 802.20 TDD Wideband and 625k-MC Modes Application in
Japan)

Current Version
 STD-T94 OFDMA Broadband Mobile Wireless Access System Ver. 2.0
 STD-T95 OFDMA/TDMA TDD Broadband Wireless Access System Ver. 1.3
 STD-T97 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access System Ver. 1.0
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Introduction of BWA in Japan

May 2007: MIC decided Radio Regulation for 2.5GHz Band Mobile BWA

July 2007: MIC decided License Policy
Dec 2007: MIC licensed two operators for the deployment of Mobile
services

WILLCOM, Inc. (Next-Generation PHS)
 UQ Communications Inc. (Mobile WiMAX)





Jun 2008: MIC licensed 42 applicants for Regional FWA services
(including some temporal licensee)
Dec 2008: A regional FWA operator started service on a trial basis
July 2009: UQ Communications Inc started commercial “UQ WiMAX”
mobile services
Oct 2009: WILLCOM Inc started commercial “WILLCOM CORE XGP”
（next generation PHS) mobile services
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2.5 GHz-band Channel Plan for BWA
WILLCOM, Inc.
42 operators
UQ Communications Inc
(For Regional deployment)
(For Nation-wide deployment)
N-STAR
2535MHz 2545MHz
*
2575MHz
For this 10MHz bandwidth,
operation is restricted until
31 December 2014
Guard Band
(For Nation-wide deployment)
Guard Band
Mobile Communications
Guard Band
Fixed Wireless Access
Guard Band
Mobile Communications
2595MHz
MBSAT
2625MHz 2630MHz
Total 10MHz of Guard Bands
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Recent Activities of
Mobile Commerce Subcommittee
 Moved
from mITF (mobile IT Forum) on April 2009
 Promote
the development and standardization of
mobile commerce
 Contribute to the advancement and growth of mobile
content service business market
 Study
of encryption algorism for mobile PKI (Public
Key Infrastructure)
 Study of access method to E-Government from Mobile
Terminal
23
Spectrum Re-allocation
24
Frequency Allocation and Licences for 3G and BWA
TDD system
FDD system
700MHz 800MHz 900MHz
Current status
Used for
PDC (2G) and 3G
・NTT DoCoMo
・KDDI
1.5GHz
1.7GHz
2.0GHz
2.0GHz
Just Licensed
BWA
Currently
deploying for 3G
Used for
PDC (2G)
・ NTT DoCoMo
・NTT DoCoMo
・KDDI
・Softbank
Assigned to cope with
spectrum congestion
2.5GHz
・ UQ
Communications
(WiMAXTM)
・NTT DoCoMo
・KDDI
・Softbank
・ eMobile
Started Service :
March 31, 2007
・ Wilcom (Next
Gen PHS)
will start services
in 2Q/09
Analog
television service
to be discontinued
Shift/Convergence
Open for 3.9G
Open for 3.9G
License Application License Application
Open for 3.9G
License Application
Future
For 3G
deployment
700MHz 800MHz 900MHz
To be used as pair bands
after July 2012
For 3G
deployment
For 3G
deployment
For 3G
deployment
Assign
to cope with
spectrum
congestion
25
Rearrangement of VHF/UHF
- VHF/UHF rearrangement after analog TV termination -
Now
90-108MHz
1～3ch
170-222MHz
4～12ch
470-770MHz
13～62ch
Analog TV
Broadcasting
Analog TV
Broadcasting
Analog TV Broadcasting
Digital TV Broadcasting
18MHz
52MHz
300MHz
90-108MHz 170-202.5MHz 207.5-222MHz
Future
Plan
(1)-a
18MHz
(VHF Low)
(2)
(1)-b
32.5MHz
14.5MHz
(VHF High)
470-710MHz
13～52ch
Digital TV Broadcasting
240MHz
（GB 5MHz）
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
715-725MHz
Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting
Private Telecommunication (Protection against disasters, etc)
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
Molile Telecommunications
730-770MHz
(3)
(4)
10MHz
40MHz
GB 5MHz
GB 5MHz
Schedule plan
(1) (2) after July 25, 2011
(3) (4) after July 25, 2012
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ISDB Standardization
27
Digital Broadcast Systems

Media





Digital Terrestrial Television
Broadcast Satellite (BS)/Communication Satellite (CS) Digital
Television and Advanced BS/CS Digital Television
Terrestrial Audio Broadcasting
Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting
ARIB Standards and Technical References



Overview is shown on next slide
TR contains important information for implementation and
operation
Download： http://www.arib.or.jp/english/html/overview/index.html
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Recent Activity of
ISDB Standardization

Advanced BS digital broadcasting
system




Mobile Multimedia broadcasting system



Multi-channel HDTV broadcasting service
Storage type broadcasting service
1080/P（2160/P） and 22.2ch High presence sound
Nationwide area (VHF-H)
Local Block area (VHF-L)
ISDB-Tmm, Media-FLO
ISDB-Tsb
Earthquake Early Warning System



Character superimpose method
Event message method
AC (Auxiliary Channel) method
29
Digital Broadcasting in Japan
CS (SDTV)
Digital CS (SDTV)
1996
Digital Wide-band CS (HDTV, SDTV)
2002
BS (SDTV, HDTV)
Digital BS (HDTV, SDTV)
2000
Advanced
Advanced
2011
Terrestrial TV (SDTV)
Digital Terrestrial (HDTV, SDTV)
Dec. 2003
Analog System
Digital System
Digital Terrestrial (Sound)
Oct. 2003
Mobile Multimedia
2011
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Digital Switchover in Japan

Target date: 24 July 2011
Analog TV broadcasting to be discontinued

Goals and Milestones
Start of Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting: December 1st 2003
 DTTB


2004/e: 38%  2007/e: 92%
End of 2008: 96%
End of 2010: 98%
To cover the remaining areas: Gap Fillers, CATV, BS, etc. will be used
 Digital




Household coverage
TV Receivers Cumulative shipment
Jul-06:
12 million
Aug-08:
36 million
Jul-09:
55 million
July 2011: 100 million
(18th FIFA World Cup)
(29th Olympic Games)
31
DTV Receivers Diffusion
60,000
55,432@Jul-09
55,000
Cumulative shipment (Thousand)
50,000
45,895@08e
45,000
30,679 @07e
40,000
35,000
17,767 @06e
30,000
25,000
20,000
PC
7,229
STB-Cable
740
STB
11,240
8,401 @05e
15,000
10,000
1,593
3,162 @04e
Recorder
33,908
FPD-TV
5,000
722
0
CRT-TV
03- 04- 04- 04- 05- 05- 06- 06- 07- 07- 07- 08- 08- 09- 09Sep Feb Jul Dec May Oct Mar Aug Jan Jun Nov Apr Sep Feb Jul
based on data from JEITA
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Percentage of DTV-Ready Households
[%]
Analog transmission
stops by
July 24, 2011
120
Plan
100
The 29th Olympics,
Beijing
80
60
Intermediate Target
= 50%@July 2008
FIFA World Cup
Germany
40
20
100%
@April 2011
The 28th Olympics
Athens
Approximation of
actual progress
0
2003
2004
2005
2007
2009
2010
Jan-03
Jan-04
Jan-05
Jan-062006
Jan-07
Jan-082008
Jan-09
Jan-10
Jan-112011
Jan-12
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Mobile Digital Television
 “One-seg” service
 started on December 1, 2006
 Receiver shipped to the end of March 2009
More than 55 million one-seg capable cell phones
 2.6 million one-seg capable car navigation systems

 Mobile
Multimedia Broadcasting
Service (MMBS)
 Telecommunication Council of MIC reported
technical coditions for MMBS in October 2009
 Now ARIB is developing standards for MMBS
34
Convergence of Broadcasting & Communications
- BST-OFDM technology / Features of One-Seg Broadcasting
Watch TV
Convergence
TV & Data
Communications
TV & Internet
Internet
Broadcasting station
Broadcasting station
BML
BML
BML, HTML
Watching TV program
on full screen
Watching TV program
and reading data on TV
Watching TV program
and reading data on the
Internet
Viewing or reading
on the Internet
35
One-Seg receivers
- Digital Terrestrial TV service in Japan / One-Seg -
Car Navigators
Mobile Phones
Portable Dictionary
PCs with One-Seg
Portable Games
USB type One-Seg tuners
(From Homepage)
Portable Players
36
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
Activities of ARIB
- Standardization for Radio Systems -
37
CONTENTS


Standardization Flow in Japan
About ARIB
38
Standardization Flow
in Japan
39
Standardization Flow in Japan
Users, Operators, Suppliers
ITU-T/ITU-R
Demand
MIC
Study
Group
Participation
Telecom.
Technology
Sub-council
Rule
making
Radio
Regulatory
Council
Mandatory
technical
requirement
MIC’s
radio station
license
ARIB
R&D
Group
Technical
Committee
Standard Assembly
Voluntary
ARIB
Standard
Technical
Committee
Technical Assembly
Voluntary
TTC
Standard
TTC
Working
Group
Active
and
effective
use of
radio
waves
(Note) MIC: Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Telecommunications
40
Government Regulations and
ARIB Standards for radio systems
Nature
Government Regulations
ARIB Standards
Mandatory
Voluntary
 To promote efficient
use of frequency
 To prevent
interference occurring
 etc.
Technical  Frequency band
items
 Spurious emission
 Frequency tolerance
 Occupied bandwidth
 etc.
Purpose
 To ensure common air
interface
 To ensure suitable
quality
 etc.
 Communication protocol
 Sensitivity
 Carrier to Noise ratio
 Bit error rate
 Measurement method
 etc.
41
About ARIB
42
Outline of ARIB

Establishment: merge of two organizations in 1995:



Objective: promotion of pubic welfare by means of:



Research & Development Center for Radio Systems (RCR)
Broadcasting Technology Association (BTA)
conducting investigation, R&D and consultation of utilization of
radio waves
promoting realization and dissemination of new radio systems
Main Activities:





investigation and R&D on utilization of radio waves
establishment of voluntary technical standards for radio systems
frequency change support for terrestrial digital TV broadcasting
consultation, dissemination, collection and publication of
information on utilization of radio waves
frequency expiration support for re-allotment of radio spectrum
43
Organization of ARIB
Members
General Assembly
Auditors
Board of Directors
Secretariat
Chairman
[STD]
Secretary General
Standard Assembly
[R&D]
Standard Council
Technical Committee
Management Strategy
Committee
Advanced Wireless
Communications Study
Committee
[MGT]
Management Committee
[PMT]
Promotion Strategy
Committee
Electromagnetic Environment
Committee
44
ARIB’s R&D and Standardization
Demands for radio systems
Committees and subordinate groups for standardization inside ARIB
Technical Committee
R&D Group
••••
R&D Group
Results of R&D
Advanced Wireless
Communications
Study Committee
Electromagnetic
Environment
Committee
MIC
Considerations on Technical
Requirements
Draft ARIB Standard
Rule making by the Ministry
Standard Assembly
Demands for voluntary
standards
ARIB Standard
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ARIB membership
307
297
300
312
303 305
294
285 284
276
280
270
262
274
275
271
260
236
240
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
200
1998
220
1996
Number of ARIB Members
320
(As of March 1st every year)
46
ARIB Standard Assembly

Establishment: 1995
(reorganized from the RCR Standard Assembly and the
BTA)

Members: 186 (as of March 1, 2010)
 open to any entity, organization and person
 no limitation on nationality
 independent from ARIB membership

Organization:
Standard Assembly
Chairman
Members
21 Working Groups
For maintenance and
enhancement
of ARIB standards
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Members of ARIB Standard Assembly
Ref.: ARIB Members
11
42
23
Members of ARIB
Standard Assembly
9
24
18
160
135
Total: 186
T
B
M
O
Total: 236
Telecommunications companies
Broadcasting companies and organizations
Research, Development and manufacture
companies of radio equipment
Wholesaler, bank, electricity, gas and service
companies and corporations
(as of March 1, 2010)
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Outcome from Standard Assembly
•
•
•
ARIB Standards (STDs):
– voluntary standards of private sector
ARIB Technical Reports (TRs):
– technical information not including standards
Number of STDs and TRs
Telecommunications
Broadcasting
General
STD
TR
81 (81)
53 (52)
0 (0)
20 (19)
42 (40)
1 (1)
As of 15th July 2010
•
(July 2009)
Free Download
http://www.arib.or.jp/english/html/overview/index.html
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Classification of ARIB Standards

Telecommunications
•
•
•
•

Broadcasting
•
•
•
•

Radio facilities/equipment/devices for Telecom. Businesses
(Mobile/Fixed, Land/Satellite, etc.)
Radio facilities/equipment/devices for Other Businesses (trunked
radio systems, radio systems for business, public safety, local
government use, etc.)
Low Power equipment/devices for data com., radio microphone,
cordless telephone, WLAN/wireless access, RFID, ITS, UWB, etc.
Others: SAR measurement for mobile phones, EMC, Power Line
Communications, Optical Wireless LAN, etc.
Digital Broadcasting (Terrestrial/Satellite, Fixed/Mobile Reception,
TV/Multimedia)
Transmission for programme contribution/distribution
Studio facilities/equipment
Quality Evaluation Methods (Video/Audio, mobile reception, FPD,
etc.)
Common or Others
•
Measurement Methods
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Standards Collaboration (General)
ITU
Up Stream
GSC/GRSC
ITU
Down Stream MIC
ARIB
ATIS, CCSA, ETSI ,
ISACC, TIA, TTA, TTC,
Communications Alliance
APT
AWF
ASTAP
MIC :
Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Telecommunications
CCSA
CJK
IT
Standards
Meeting
TTA
India
TTC
GISFI
Russia
ICU
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Relation with other Organizations
(Specific Projects)
Telecommunications
Broadcasting
(IMT-2000/Advanced )
3GPP/3GPP2
ARIB/ATSC
Regular Meeting
(IMT-Advanced)
WWRF
NGMC Forum
ARIB/DVB
Regular Meeting
ARIB
FuTURE Forum
CJK Standards Meeting
(Wireless Access/WLAN/ITS)
ETSI/DVB
IEEE 802.11, 16, 20, etc.
WiMAX Forum
SMPTE
XGP Forum
ETSI TC-ITS
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