Draft RESOLUTION GSC-17/01: (Plenary) Continuing Cooperation on IMT
Standardization (Revised)
The 17th Global Standards Collaboration meeting (Jeju, May 13 - 16, 2013)
Recognizing:
a) that Resolution ITU-R 56 describes a naming scheme for International Mobile
Telecommunications whereby “IMT-Advanced” applies to those systems, system
components, and related aspects that include new radio interface(s) that support the new
capabilities of systems beyond IMT-2000;
b) that Resolution ITU-R 57 outlines the essential criteria and principles that will be used in
the process of developing the Recommendations and Reports for IMT-Advanced,
including Recommendation(s) for the radio interface specification;
c) that ITU-R Study Group 5 and ITU-T Study Group 13 are continuing studies on IMT
(encompassing IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced and the future of IMT);
d) that the ITU-R Radio Assembly 2012 approved specifications and standards for IMTAdvanced;
e) that core network(s) are increasingly becoming access technology agnostic;
f) that IMT and other rapidly emerging wireless broadband access technologies will make
high-speed wireless access services available where this was not previously possible,
thereby enabling access to advanced telecommunication, computing and entertainment
services and capabilities, not only for urban but also for rural and other low density
environments;
g) that WRC-07 identified some additional spectrum for the implementation of IMT systems;
h) that WRC-12 approved a new Agenda Item 1.1 for WRC-15 to consider additional
spectrum allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis and identification of
additional frequency bands for IMT and related regulatory provisions, to facilitate the
development of terrestrial mobile broadband applications, which can be available beyond
2016;
i) that the UN Broadband Commission has identified broadband as a key infrastructure for
developing economies; and
j) that there are related international, regional and national research activities in this area.
Resolves:
1) to encourage 3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE, GSC Members and others to continue to work on
enhancing the IMT standards as an essential part of future telecommunication, computing
and entertainment standards;
2) to encourage use of IMT technologies for broadband services;
3) to encourage universities and researchers to conduct research on IMT technologies, related
spectrum issues and applications for IMT;
4) to encourage the harmonization of the radio interface technologies for IMT and related
networking standards;
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5) to invite 3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE, GSC Members and others to take care of the evolution of
the current systems and the long-term evolution for such systems taking into account
copyrights, working procedures, IPR aspects etc. and report to the next meeting for review;
6) to exchange information and views on any additional candidate radio interface
technologies for IMT-Advanced among GSC Members allowing for efficient, effective and
timely updates of the IMT-Advanced standard and to continue this exchange for the
detailed specifications for IMT-Advanced;
7) to exchange information and views on WRC-15 Agenda Item 1.1 on additional spectrum
allocations to the mobile service and identification of additional frequency bands for IMT,
with the view to improve access to additional spectrum and global harmonization;
8) to exchange information and views on the analysis and assessment of global broadband
wireless services, traffic, market and related consumer demand for IMT in line with the
ITU-R ongoing work on this topic;
9) to encourage the Task Force under the GRSC to actively help in the exchange of
information and views mentioned in 6) to 8), with the goal of consensus building; and
10) to review this Resolution at future GSC meetings as required.
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