Committed to Connecting the World
IMT-Advanced
Broadband Access
Connecting the World
WiMax GLOBAL CONGRESS
Date: 2 June 2009
Malcolm Johnson
malcolm.johnson@itu.int
Director
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
International Telecommunication Union
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ITU – Who we are
 The UN agency for ICT
 Membership of 191 governments and over 700
private sector entities
 Three main areas
 Radiocommunication
 Standardization
 Development
 Mission is to connect the world
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Key Areas
 ICTs and Climate Change
 Cybersecurity
 Global ICT Standards available free
 Enabling Environment
 ICT Development
 Accessibility
 Managing Spectrum
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ICTs and Climate Change
 ICTs are part of the problem…
 ICTs contribute 2-3% GHG emissions
 …but part of the solution:
 Energy efficient devices, applications and networks
 ITU and Climate Change
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Methodologies for calculating impact of ICTs
Energy reduction e.g. NGN
New Environment and Climate Change study group
Developing standards for smart technologies,
allocating spectrum for satellite remote sensing,
intelligent transport systems, teleconferencing…
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Cybersecurity: The Challenge
 Secure global network essential for online
transactions and economic development
 Cost of cyber-attacks in the billions annually
 Confidence and security in ICT basis for global
Information Society
 Cybersecurity cornerstone of development
 Legal, technical and institutional challenges to
strengthen cybersecurity
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Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Launched 17 May 2007
 ITU framework for global action:
1. Legal Measures
2. Technical and Procedural Measures
3. Organizational Structures
4. Capacity Building
5. International Cooperation
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Protecting children online
 Child Online Protection (COP): Global initiative
 Establish safe cyberworld for children
 New convergence and increasing online access
Children vulnerable to online predators
1/5 children targeted by paedophile
 Theme for 2009 WTISD: “Protecting Children
in Cyberspace”: Promote UN Convention on
Rights of the Child
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Global Standards
 Broadband access
 Transport technologies
 Next generation networks
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and Future networks
IPTV
EMC
QoS
Video codecs (H.264)
Home networking (G.hm)
Intelligent transport
systems
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Conformance and
Interoperability (1)
WTSA Resolution 76
 Calls for increased work on conformance and
interoperability
 ITU created to ensure interoperability of
international telecommunications
 Conformity assessment important in the context of
WTO standardization commitments
 Gives increased confidence in ICT
 Assistance to developing countries to establish
testing facilities
 Assist the development of regional test centres
 Study of possible future ITU Mark
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Enabling Environment
 ITU works with regulators/policy makers and
industry to develop/share guidelines and best
practices as well as global standards
 Global Symposium for Regulators
 ICT Regulation Toolkit
 ITU Study Groups
 Capacity-building in developing and least
developed countries
 Workshops and symposiums
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ICT Development
 ITU has mandate from membership to help
spread ICT connectivity – connect the
unconnected
 Building capacities in developing and least
developed countries
 Working with ITU government membership
and industry partners
 Executing agency of UN for ICT projects
 Mobilizing resources and partners for
implementation
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ITU TELECOM World
5-9 October
 Forum and Exhibition
 Heads of State, Ministers & CEOs
 Focused on current global economic crisis
 Window to the world of cutting edge ICT
 A Unique Global Networking Platform
 One-stop shop for industry, regulators, policymakers for state-of-the-art ICT
 CTO Group meeting 6 October
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Accessibility
 ITU first to start accessibility studies - 1991
 1994 the international text telephone standard,
Recommendation ITU-T V.18, was published
 Since then, ITU’s accessibility experts have
helped to incorporate accessibility needs into
standards for:
 Multimedia: IPTV
 teleconferencing
 Next generation networks (NGN)
 accessibility check list
 On-line toolkit for policy makers, regulators etc
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Managing Spectrum
 World Radiocommunication
Conference 2007
 Spectrum for future mobile
communications
 Spectrum for broadcasting
 Satellite communications
 Spectrum for advanced aeronautical
communications
 Global Maritime issues
 Protect frequencies for earthexploration satellites to monitor
resources, emergencies,
meteorology, climate change
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IMT Background
 Broadband multimedia
 First IMT standards – IMT-2000
 Now more than a billion IMT-2000
(3G) subscribers
 IMT-Advanced
 Global platform for the next
generation of mobile services
 Fast data access, unified messaging
and broadband multimedia – exciting
new interactive services
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What is IMT-Advanced?
 IMT-Advanced systems will:
 Provide access to a wide range of services
supported by (increasingly packet-based)
mobile and fixed networks.
 Support low to high mobility applications
and a wide range of data rates in multiple
user environments.
 Provide for high quality multimedia
applications within a wide range platforms
with significant improvement in
performance and QoS.
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Key features
 A high degree of interoperability worldwide
 Flexibility to support a wide range of services
in a cost efficient manner
 Service compatibility: IMT and fixed networks
 Interworking with other radio access systems
 User equipment suitable for worldwide use
 Worldwide roaming capability
 Enhanced peak data rates to support
advanced services and applications
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Capabilities
IMT-Advanced will
encompass the capabilities
of previous systems
Mobility
New capabilities of
IMT-Advanced
High
IMT-2000
Enhanced
IMT-2000
New Mobile
Access
Enhancement t
Enhancemen
New Nomadic / Local
Area Wireless Access
Low
1
Interconnection
10
100
Peak useful data rate (Mbit/s)
Nomadic / Local Area Access Systems
1000
Digital Broadcast Systems
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IMT and WiMax (1)
 Radiocommunication
Assembly 2007
 Approved a subset of IEEE
802.16 as the sixth terrestrial
IMT-2000 radio interface
(IMT-2000 OFDMA TDD WMAN)
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IMT and WiMax (2)
 Additional spectrum for IMT
systems was identified at
WRC-07
 Took into account IMT-2000
OFDMA TDD WMAN.
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Resolution ITU-R 57
 Resolution ITU-R 57 outlines criteria and
principles which will be used in developing the
Recommendations and Reports for IMTAdvanced, including Recommendation(s) for
the radio interface specification.
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The IMT-Advanced Process
Market/
Services view
Technology view
Vision
Rec ITU-R M.1645 Spectrum view
Name
2002-2003
2005-2007
Spectrum
identification
Process definition
Open invitation
for proposals
2006-2008
Setting the stage for the future:
Vision, spectrum, and technology views
Proposals,
Evaluation,
&
Consensus
Building
2008-2010
Radio
Framework
&
Core
Specifications
2010-2011
Defining the
technology
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Schedule
2007
WP8F
#21
#22
Invitation for
proposals
5/LCCE/2
2008
#1
#2
2009
#3
Add#1 Add#2
Services
framework
Rec ITU-R M.1822
Technical requirements
Rep ITU-R M.2134
#4
WP5D
#5
#6
2010
#7
#8
2011
#9
#10
PROPOSALS
PROPOSALS
Preliminary
EVALUATION
EVALUATION Revise proposals
CONSENSUS BUILDING
inside & outside of ITU/ – revise proposals
Evaluation criteria
and methodology
Rep ITU-R M.2135
Framework and key characteristics
Rec ITU-R M.[IMT.RADIO]
Detailed specifications of the
radio interfaces
Rec ITU-R M.[IMT.RSPEC]
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itu.int/ITU-R/go/rsg5-imt-advanced
 Webpage for
development of
proposals and
evaluation for the
terrestrial
components of the
radio interface(s)
for IMT-Advanced
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ITU goal
 Emphasize benefits of fixed wireless access in
remote and sparsely-populated regions
 Adopt a cooperative approach
 Maximize the degree of commonality and
harmonization
 Facilitate interworking
 Promote competition
 Any new technology or standard needs to be
interoperable, and to be able to interface and
work with other technologies
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Mobile Broadband – ITU Stats*
 Global growth of 91.5% from beginning of
2007 to beginning of 2008 (from 136 million
to 260 million subscribers)
 Growth of 200% over same period in Africa,
and 500% in Arab States
 Grew 10-fold in Sri Lanka. 30-fold in Bulgaria
*
Figures refer to number of subscribers to mobile cellular networks
with access to data communications at broadband speeds, such as
WCDMA, HSDPA, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA 2000 1xEV-DV etc.
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Conclusion
 WiMAX offers tremendous potential to help
bring affordable broadband access to the
world's under-served communities
 ITU welcomes the continuing involvement of
IEEE and the WiMAX Forum in the
IMT-Advanced process
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