ITU-T
Highlights 2011 - 2012
ITU Americas Region
Preparatory Meeting
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-15 May
2012
Richard Hill
Counselor, Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau, ITU
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2011: A year in highlights
 179 ITU-T Recommendations approved
 Remote participation on the rise
 New work:
 Smart grids
 Cloud
 AV accessibility
 Methodologies
 Universal charger
 Cybersecurity information exchange
 New ITU-T H.264 on its way
 Emergency
 Child Online Protection
 WTSA Action Plan: On target
 Bridging the standardization gap: Excellent progress
 Academic membership: Great success
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Membership increase
 Associates grew by 21 (Jan 2011 to April 2012)
 Academia grew by 28 (Jan 2011 to April 2012)
 Sector Members stayed stable but an overall reduction of
income of 129,850 CHF
(exemption of membership fee by Council for
some Sector members, new reduced fee for companies from certain developing
countries)
 Retain members
 Mentoring programme started
 Pro-active outreach to existing members
 Tutorial for Editors and Rapporteurs
 Attract new members
 Participation in key ICT conferences
 TSB staff promote membership on mission
 New promotional materials developed
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ITU-T Study Groups
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ITU-T SG 2 (Operational aspects)
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ITU-T SG 3 (Economic and policy issues)
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ITU-T SG 5 (Environment and climate change)
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ITU-T SG 9 (Broadband cable and TV)
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ITU-T SG 11 (Protocols and test specifications)
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ITU-T SG 12 (Performance, QoS and QoE)
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ITU-T SG 13 (Future networks)
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ITU-T SG 15 (Transport and access)
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ITU-T SG 16 (Multimedia)
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ITU-T SG 17 (Security)
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Trend in participation according to
the regions (2009 – 2011 )
60.0%
51.3
49.6
50.0%
48.6
40.0%
30.0%
21.9
20.0%
22.1
20.8
17.0
17.0
10.0%
16.0
7.6
3.9
4.4
2009
2010
6.5
9.1
4.3
0.0%
2011
A: America,
D: Africa
B: Western Europe
E: Asia and Australia
C: Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
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Internet Access through ITU
standards
 Access:
 ADSL: ITU-T G.992
 Powerline Transmission:
ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)
 FTTX (Fibre to the <x>):
 GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical
Networks) ITU-T G.984
 Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657
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International Internet
Connectivity and
Misuse of numbering
 Supplement to ITU-T Recommendation D.50
…gives developing countries tools that will allow to
negotiate better rates (IIC)
 Misuse of numbering Resources
Supplement to Rec E.156 identifies
actions to counter misuse of numbering
resources
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Next Gen Home Networking
and Internet of Things (IoT)
 ITU hosted first G.hn Interop event
 Several SGs have approved home
networking Recommendations
 G.hnem for smart grid
 IoT-GSI promotes unified
approach for standards
 Draft Recommendations on
overview and terminology
 IoT-work plan agreed
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Internet of Things (IoT)/
Machine-to-Machine
communications
 ITU’s Global Standards Initiative on IoT
started May in 2011
 ITU-T Focus Group M2M Service Layers
created Jan 2012
 Focus initially on e-health
 1st meeting April 2012
 WHO/ITU Workshop on e-health standards and
interoperability
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Optical transport networks
and MPLS–TP
 Optical transport networks
 Network synchronization and time distribution
performance the fastest growing Question
 MPLS-TP
 Extensive discussions ITU-T and IETF
 First vote in an ITU-T study group
meeting
 ITU-T G.8113.1 to WTSA-12
(Ethernet based protocol for operations,
administration and management (OAM) for MPLS-TP)
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ICTs and Climate Change
 Recommendations
 Universal charger and methodologies
 Best practices for Green Data Centers
 Ongoing standards work
 Intelligent transport systems; Virtualization;
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Smart Grid; Smart Water; Telepresence
 Environmental sustainability guidelines
 Guidelines for the recycling of rare-metals
Global survey on e-waste (w/UNEP)
ITU Green ICT Application Challenge
Joint task force on submarine cables
6th ITU Symposia on ICTs and Climate Change
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Media coding, IPTV and
Telepresence
 Media coding
 Successor to ITU-T H.264 - H.HEVC, is expected to
reach Consent in early 2013
 1000 contributions to
November 2011 meeting
 IPTV
 Specifications on conformance
testing of IPTV implementations
 IPTV Application Challenge
 Telepresence
 Plans to organize Telepresence Interop events.
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Focus Groups
 FGs on Smart Grid and Cloud
Computing completed work
(New WP 6/13 + ID and security in
SG17 on Cloud Computing)
 FG CarCOM
 Speech recognition in cars
 FG on Driver Distraction
 1.2 million people dying
annually
 Focus Group on Audiovisual Media
Accessibility
 Focus on digital media (TV, IPTV and
mobile phones).
 Proposal from CTO group to create new FGs
on e-Health (M2M service layer) and Resilient
Networks
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6 Focus Groups
 Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to Standards
 Focus Group on M2M Service Layer
 Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and
Recovery
 Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
 Focus Group on Driver Distraction
 Focus Group on Car Communication
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Workshops
 34 events, 1885 participants
 Increased use of remote participation and new
standalone virtual events
 Topics included:
 … standards gap
 IPR
 IPTV
 Optical systems
 Conformity and
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Interoperability
Green ICTs
Accessibility
Digital signage
Intelligent Transport
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Conformance and
Interoperability Testing
 Conformity database
 Major task to increase number of test suites
 Interoperability events
 For IPTV and G.hn in Geneva; Rio de Janeiro and
Dubai
 Capacity building
 In cooperation with BDT
 Assistance in the establishment of test facilities
 In cooperation with BDT
 Questionnaire issued
 Business plan being developed with KPMG
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Cybersecurity & Identity
 Strengthen the confidence and
security in the use of ICTs
 Strengthen cybersecurity and
The Economist, July 2010
combat cyber threats
 Identity Management
 Child Online Protection
 Cybersecurity Information
Exchange Framework (CYBEX)
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Technology Watch:
Identifying the Hot Topics
 Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups,
Study Group Questions, workshops, discussions, etc.
 Widely recognized inside and outside ITU
 Open to contributions and topic proposals
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Four Technology Watch
Reports Issued
 Standards and e-Health
 Optical World
 Trends in Video Games and
Gaming
 Digital Signage: the right
information in all the right places
Topics in progress:
 privacy in cloud computing
 e-health standards and
interoperability
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Bridging the Standardization Gap
 BSG Fund contributors: Nokia Siemens, Microsoft,
Cisco and the Korea Communications Commission
 2 Members have taken advantage of reduced fees
 Handbook on Testing
 Standards Q&A Online Forum
 Mentoring programme for SG newcomers
 BSG Workshops: Fiji, Algeria and Moldova.
 14 workshops in developing countries including
Tutorial on Optical Fibres, Cables, and Systems
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ITU-T Tools
 Direct Document Posting
 90 per cent of SG 15’s (400)
contributions
 New ICT Security Standards
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Roadmap
Meeting Documents Sync
Application
Remote participation
SG Plenary Audiocast
E-lockers
Email Printing
RFID badges
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Director’s report to TSAG
itu.int/md/T09-TSAG-120110-TD-GEN-0308/en
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