Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
GSC in a Nutshell
after GSC-14
24 July 2009
Reinhard Scholl, ITU
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“The Mandate of GSC 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” v1.6)
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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” v1.6)
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Output of GSC
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Resolutions:
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At GSC-14:
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13 Resolutions reaffirmed
10 Resolutions modified
2 new Resolutions
2 Resolutions deleted
At GSC-14:
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After GSC-14: 25 (running #s 1-28; #s 5, 16, 18
will stay unallocated)
Plenary Resolutions: 11
GTSC Resolutions:
3
GRSC Resolutions:
6
IPR WG Resolutions:
3
User WG Resolutions: 2
Communiqué
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GSC Members
“The Members of GSC are the Participating Standards Organizations and the ITU.
PSOs are recognized or accredited to write (tele)communications,
radiocommunications and/or ICT standards in their area of practice, and/or are
national or regional consensus development organizations that input to the ITU or
use ITU outputs, and are working on similar areas of standardization. That is,
PSOs are by definition standards organizations that potentially exhibit a high
degree of overlap in their work programs.”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
About 100 participants
Participating
Standards
Organizations
(PSOs) & ITU
PSOs: ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, Communications
Alliance, ETSI, ISACC, TIA, TTA, TTC
Observers
Observers of GSC-14: 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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14 Observers participated at
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)
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IEC Sector Board 4
IEC (New & Novel)
IEEE-SA
IETF
ISO/IEC JTC1
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
UMTS Forum
U.S. Patent & Trade Office
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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”
(from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.6)
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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” v1.6)
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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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Role of Prime-PSO (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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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 13, 19-21
 See mapping on next two slides
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Mapping HIS to GSC-14 Resolutions
Plenary HIS
Prime-PSO
GSC Res. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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
Interoperability
ARIB
TIA
TIA
ITU
ATIS
ARIB
TTA
TTC
CCSA
CCSA
TTC
1
2
3,4
6
14
7
8
9
28
12
13
14
15
New proposed HIS ot GSC-14 Closing Plenary (to be decided
at upcoming HoD conf calls):
Smart grids
Machine-to-machine / smart embedded device communications
Future Networks
Telecommunications/ICT Accessibility for persons with disabilities
(tbd)
(tbd)
(tbd)
(tbd)
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ETSI
ATIS
ITU
10
11
12
GTSC HIS
16
17
18
NGN
Cybersecurity
Home networking
GRSC HIS
19
20
21
Broadband wireless access, 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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Mapping of GSC-Resolutions to High Interest Subjects
Resolution No –
HIS mapping
Resolution Title
PLEN
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
1 - HIS
2 - HIS
3
HIS
4
6 - HIS
7 - HIS
8 - HIS
9 - HIS
14 - HIS
27 (- HIS tbd)
28 - HIS
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Continuing Cooperation on IMT Standardization
Emergency Communications
Network Aspects of Identifications Systems
Identity Management
IPTV Standards
IP over Broadband Accesses in Support of Convergence
ICT and the Environment
ICT Management and Operations
GSC ITS Task Force
Telecommunication/ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
Interoperability
GTSC
Res 10 - HIS
Res 11 - HIS
Res 12 - HIS
Next-Generation Networks (NGN)
Cybersecurity
Home Networking
GRSC
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
Res
13 -15 - HIS
17 - HIS
19 -20 -21 --
Global UWB Standardization including UWB Radar and Sensor/Imaging Applications
Software Defined Radios (SDR) and Cognitive Radio Systems
Mobile Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast
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
Res 22
Res 23
Res 24
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Intellectual Property Rights Policies
Cooperation with Patent and Trademark Offices
Open Standards
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Personally Identifiable Information Protection
User Needs, Considerations and Involvement
UWG
Res 25
Res 26
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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
Host of GSC-14 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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GSC-14 Schedule
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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GSC-14 Documentation
GSC-website: www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc
GSC-14 website
GSC-14 communique (GSC14-CL-36)
GSC-14 Resolution index (GSC14-CL-007r3)
GSC-14 Resolutions
GSC-14 Summary records:
GSC-14 Closing Plenary (GSC14-CL-037)
GTSC-7 (GSC14-CL-004)
GRSC-7 (GSC14-CL-003r1)
GSC-14 Opening Plenary (GSC14-CL-002r2)
IPR Working Group (GSC14-CL-005)
Administration Working Group (GSC14-CL-006)
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ITU is the permanent repository of all past GSC
documents
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