Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
GSC in a Nutshell
on the Eve of GSC-14
12 July 2009
Reinhard Scholl, ITU
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“The Mandate of GSC-14 is …
… to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards
Organizations and the ITU to:
Freely exchange information on the progress of standards
development in the different regions and the state of the global
standards development environment; and
Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain
synergy and to reduce duplication.
Further, the mandate of GSC is to provide a venue for the
leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations to:
Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and
radiocommunication standards development organization.
GSC is not a standards development organization.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)
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Output of GSC
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Resolutions:
Currently 25 (running #s 1-26; no
Res #16)
 From now on, Res-#s will stay fixed,
i.e., if a Resolution is deleted, the
number stays blank
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Communique
 ITU is the permanent repository
of all past GSC documents
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“Decision making in GSC …
…is by consensus of the Heads of
Delegation. This can either be
expressed in HoD-only
meetings/teleconferences or in GSC
Plenary meetings.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)
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GSC-14 Participants – some 100
PSOs
ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, Communications Alliance
(regrets for GSC-14), ETSI, ISACC, TIA, TTA,
TTC
ITU
Observers
See next slide
Size of
Delegation
GTSC or GRSC (4-8)
GTSC and GRSC (5-10)
Excludes leadership positions and host
Observer (1)
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15 Observers registered for
GSC-14
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American National Standards
Institute (ANSI)
APT Wireless Forum
Broadband Forum
CDMA Development Group
(CDG)
European Patent Office (EPO)
HGI (Home Gateway
Initiative)
IEC Sector Board 4 (SB4)
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IEEE-SA
IETF
ISO/IEC JTC1
ISO TC204
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
UMTS Forum
U.S. Patent & Trade Office
WiMAX Forum
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Observer privileges
May participate at a GSC meeting (1 delegate);
May author and present contributions and/or
status reports if invited to do so by the host
Organization or on an HIS by the relevant PPSO
(see Section 7.1.2 Prime PSO (PPSO));
May submit an ISS (information sharing subject)
document (i.e., it will be posted but not
discussed);
May provide input to Resolutions for
consideration by the Members; and
May participate in the discussion of GSC
Members’ or other Observers’ contributions if
invited to do so by the meeting Chair
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GSC-14 Structure
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Heads of Delegation (HoD)
Plenary
Opening plenary (Mo, Tu)
Closing plenary (Th am)
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GTSC (Global Telecommunications Standards
Collaboration)
GRSC (Global Radiocommunications
Standards Collaboration)
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)
Administration
“GSC Governing Principles”
“GSC Guidance for Meeting Hosts”
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Task Forces:
Radio Microphone Task Force (GRSC)
Intelligent Transport Systems (Plenary)
International Mobile for Telecommunications (IMT)
(Plenary)
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HIS (High Interest Subjects):
Definition
“a subject of sufficient importance …
to exchange views …”
“… be … of interest to multiple GSC
Members …
“… of global interest …”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)
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HIS: Adoption and Deletion
Criteria
Criteria for adoption of a HIS:
if 3 GSC Members are in favor
Criteria for deletion of a HIS:
if majority of GSC Members support
proposal for removal or
if it receives fewer than 3 presentations
at each meeting for two consecutive
GSC meetings
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HIS and Resolutions
 A HIS may have an associated GSCResolution but it is not a requirement
 vice-versa, a GSC-Resolution may have an
associated HIS but it is not a requirement:
 3 Res on IPR (Res 22-24) (no HIS)
 2 Res from User Working Group (no HIS)
 There are some Resolutions but the HIS
they came from is no longer a HIS
 Res 5, 13, 18-21
 See mapping on next two slides
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17 HIS prior to GSC-14, with
mapping to GSC Resolutions
Plenary HIS
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
PPSO1
Continuing cooperation on IMT standardization
Emergency communications
Security and lawful interception
Identity management and identification systems
IPTV
Intelligent transportation systems
IP over broadband access in support of convergence
ICT and the environment
ICT management and operations
Forums & Consortia
NGN Interoperability (decided by HoDs, conf call June 2009)
GSC Res. No.
ARIB
TIA
TIA
ITU
ATIS
TIA
TTA
TTC
CCSA
CCSA
TTC
1
2
3,4
6
(14)
7
8
9
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ETSI
ATIS
ITU
10
11
12
GTSC HIS
12
13
14
NGN – general
Cybersecurity
Home networking
GRSC HIS
15
16
17
Wireless access including RLANs and ad-hoc networking
Mobile multimedia broadcast and multicast
Reconfigurable radio systems (RRS)
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ISACC
TIA
TIA
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15
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Mapping of GSC-Resolutions to High Interest Subjects
Resolution No;
HIS-mapping
Title
PLEN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
HIS
HIS
} HIS
HIS
HIS
HIS
HIS
Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization
Emergency Communications
Network Aspects of Identifications Systems
Identity Management
Healthcare ICT Standards
IPTV Standards
IP over Broadband Accesses in Support of Convergence
ICT and the Environment
ICT Management and Operations
GTSC
10 HIS
11 HIS
12 HIS
Next-Generation Networks (NGN)
Cybersecurity
Home Networking
GRSC
13 14 Plenary - HIS
15 HIS
17 HIS
18 19 20 21 -
Global UWB Standardization including UWB Radar and Sensor/Imaging Applications
GSC ITS Task Force
Software Defined Radios (SDR) and Cognitive Radio Systems
Mobile Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast
Facilitating Liaison in Relation to Measurement Methodologies for Assessing Human Exposure to RF Energy
Facilitating Liaison in Relation to Measurement Methodologies, associated Measurement Uncertainty and Calibration
Radio Microphones and Cordless Audio Standardization
Broadband Services in Rural and Remote Areas
IPR
22
23
24
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Intellectual Property Rights Policies
Cooperation with Patent and Trademark Offices
Open Standards
UWG
25
26
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Personally Identifiable Information Protection
User Needs, Considerations and Involvement
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New and Novel Topics (N&N)
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Goal: to allow for discussion of topics
which are not yet established as HIS.
First time at GSC-14
ITU issued a call for abstract as part of the
invitation to GSC-members and observers
6 N&N presentations at GSC-14:
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Smart grids (3)
Service Oriented Networks
Future Network Issues
Machine-to-Machine communications
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Information Sharing Subjects
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Goal: to share info but not to present or
discuss
There is no formal list of ISS-topics.
Any GSC-Member and invited observer
can issue an ISS document on any topic to
GSC-14
The ISS document is given a document
number, put on the server and noted in
the agenda item ISS (for information only
– no discussion).
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Theme of GSC-14
“Fostering worldwide
interoperability”
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Tentative GSC-14 Schedule
as of 9 July 2009
Time/Date
Monday
(July 13)
Time/Date
Tuesday
(July 14)
08:30-09:00
HoD/Mgt Coffee
(Room E)
09:00-10:30
Plenary
*Starts at 08:30
(Room C)
09:00-09:45
HoD/Mgt Meeting
(Room E)
10:30-11:00
Coffee (Room C)
11:00-12:30
Plenary
(Room C)
10:00-12:30
12:30-14:00
Opening Plenary
(Room C)
Lunch
12:30-14:00
Lunch
Wednesday
(July 15)
GRSC
(Room H)
GTSC
(Room K2)
GRSC
(Room H)
GTSC
(Room K2)
Lunch
HoD-only
Lunch
(Tower 15th
Floor,
Satellite
Restaurant)
Plenary
(Room C)
14:00-15:30
Plenary
(Room C)
IPR WG
(Room H)
15:30-16:00
Coffee + Group picture
15:30-16:00
Coffee (Montbrillant)
Coffee (Montbrillant)
16:00-17:30
Plenary
(Room C)
16:00-17:30
18:00-20:00
Welcome Reception
(Montbrillant Cafeteria)
18:00-20:00
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GTSC
(Room K2)
ADMIN WG
(Room K2)
Closing Plenary
(Room C)
Coffee (Montbrillant)
14:00-15:30
GRSC
(Room H)
Thursday
(July 16)
IPR WG
(Room H)
Coffee (Room C)
Closing Plenary
(Room C)
Rooms Available:
Room
No. Seats
C (Tower)
216
H (Montbr.)
100
K1 (Montbr.)
50
K2 (Montbr.)
50
M1 (Montbr.)
30
M2 (Montbr.)
30
T 103 (Tower)
20
T101 (Tower)
14
Cruise on Lake Geneva
(evening)
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GSC-14 Leadership
Meeting
Role
Name (Organization)
GSC-14 Plenary
Chair
Mr Malcolm Johnson (ITU)
Vice Chairs
Mr Art Reilly (ATIS)
Mr Leping WEI (CCSA)
Chair
Mr Reinhard Scholl (ITU)
Vice Chairs
Mr Wayne Zeuch (ATIS)
Ms Duo LIU (CCSA)
Chair
Mr Kevin Hughes (ITU)
Vice Chairs
Mr Asok Chatterjee (ATIS)
Ms Zhiqin WANG (CCSA)
IPR WG Chair
Mr Antoine Dore (ITU)
User WG Chair
No User WG meeting at GSC-14
Admin WG Chair
Mr Jim MacFie (ISACC)
Mr Steve Barclay (Vice Chair)
GTSC-7
GRSC-7
WGs
Electronic Working Group (EWG) closed per the GSC-13 HoD#1 call (and per GSC-12
HoD#1 call). Any proposed work items may be addressed in the Admin WG, and the
Governing Principles will be updated to reflect this change.
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Role of PPSO
 A Prime PSO is the discussion leader for
each High Interest Subject (Prime PSO =
Participating Standards Organization or
the ITU).
 Responsibilities of a PPSO:
Liaise with each GSC Member’s contact person
for the HIS in advance of the meeting;
Prepare and present a keynote contribution on
the topic;
Lead the discussion;
Summarize views and eventually conclusions.
Serve as a moderator on the HIS topic
between the meetings and during the meeting.
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Documents, Website, SharePoint
www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc/gsc14
meeting schedule
All documents
hyperlinked agendas
guidelines,
info on social events
During event:
GSC SharePoint: Read/Write/Delete
Scratch Area
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Preparation and Support of GSC-14
5 HoD conf calls led to the
preparation of GSC-14
#1:
#2:
#3:
#4:
#5:
10 October 2008
25 February 2009
14 April 2009
10 June 2009
6 July 2009
Microsoft, Cisco and Qualcomm
are supporters of GSC-14
Thank you to all !
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