ITU Workshop on
“Benchmarking QoS Evaluation of Multimedia
Networks”
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 18 July 2013)
ITU-T overview
18 July 2013
Hiroshi OTA,
TSB/ITU
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ITU: UN Agency for ICTs
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ITU : enabling communication since 1865
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ITU: a unique Membership
193 Member States and regulatory bodies
750+ companies
58 Universities
and
Research
Establishments
Business
associations
International
organizations
NGOs
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Leading Private Sector Members
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ITU’S network of academia members
58 universities (39 ITU-T) in 38 countries
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Academia members
Rights
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Access to all ITU-T Study Groups
Submit contributions
Leading positions: rapporteur or editor
Unlimited participation of delegates
Benefits
 Working with Member States and
regulatory bodies from all around the
world
 Meeting key players in the ICT industry
 Partner with the most innovative research
institutes and universities
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ITU is international organization with
an established global presence
ITU 5 Elected
Officials
760 Staff from 80 Countries
6 UN Official Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Headquarters in Geneva with Liaison Office in New York
Regional offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Brasilia, Cairo
Area offices in Bridgetown, Dakar, Harare, Jakarta, Moscow, Santiago, Tegucigalpa,
Yaoundé
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ITU’s 3 Sectors: Standards,
Radiocommunications and Development
ITU-T Standardization
ITU-D Development
ITU-R Radiocommunication
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ITU-T’s strategic goals
 To develop interoperable, nondiscriminatory international
standards (ITU-T Recommendations)
 To assist in bridging the
standardization gap between
developed and developing countries
 To extend and facilitate international
cooperation among international,
regional and national standardization
bodies
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Malcolm Johnson
TSB Director
Bridging the Standardization
Gap (BSG)
 BSG is one of the three strategic goals of ITU-T
 The gap is defined as the disparities in the ability
of developing countries, relative to developed
ones, to access, implement, contribute to and
influence international ICT standards, specifically
ITU‐T Recommendations.
 Bridging the standardization gap: PP Res 123,
WTSA Res 44 and WTDC Res 47
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WTSA-12 Action Plan
 Strengthen Standard Making Capability
 Assist Developing Countries in Standards
Implementation
 Develop Human Resources
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TSB Actions
 E-learning courses:
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Rec. ITU-T A.1 – Work Methods of Study Groups
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QoS (under development)
 Provide assistance to developing countries to establish a
national organization structure to coordinate
standardization activities
 Regional Standardization Forums back to back with
meetings of regional organizations
 Mentor for SGs
 Standards Q&A (http://groups.itu.int/itut/StandardsQA.aspx)
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ITU-T collaborates with
standards organizations to avoid overlap
40+ formal
partnerships
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ITU-T work areas
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ITU-T Study Groups
SG2 Operational aspects
SG3 Economic and policy issues
SG5 Environment and climate change
SG9 Broadband cable and TV
SG11 Protocols and test specifications
SG12 Performance, QoS and QoE
SG13 Future networks
SG15 Transport, access and home
SG16 Multimedia
SG17 Security
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Some hot topics from
each Study Group
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Numbering Resources
SG2
ITU-T Recommendation E.164
“International public telecommunication numbering plan”
Burkina Faso +226
Current Issues:
Misuse/misappropriation of
numbers
WTSA Resolution 61
Cell Broadcasting
Management
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Tariff and Accounting
SG3
Current Issues:
International Internet
connectivity (IIC)
International Mobile
Roaming
Alternative Calling
Procedures
Dispute Resolution
Economics of Transition to
IPv6
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SG5
ICTs and Climate Change
Set of Standardized
Methodologies to assess the
environmental impact of ICT
Universal charger: e-waste
reduction
Human exposure to and
measurement of
electromagnetic fields
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SG5
Recommendation ITU-T L.1300
Best Practices for Green Data Centers
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What is the problem?
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SG5
SG5
Recommendation ITU-T L.1000
Universal Mobile Charger
Saves 82,000 tons of waste per year
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Recommendation ITU-T L.1100
Recycling Rare Metals in ICT
Products
 20 Rare Metals in a mobile phone
 1 ton gold ore
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5 grams
 1 ton of used mobile phones  400 grams
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SG5
Television and integrated
broadband cable networks
SG9
 Telecommunication systems for broadcasting of television
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and sound programs (e.g., IPTV)
Use of CATV networks to provide interactive video
services, telephone and data services, including Internet
access (e.g. cable modems, set top boxes, APIs)
Quality assessment of video and multimedia over cable
networks
Transmission of Large Screen Digital Imagery (LSDI and
new services such as 3DTV and Ultra High Definition TV)
Conditional Access (e.g. protection of subscription
services etc.)
Smart Cable Television
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Signalling requirements, protocols
and Test specifications
SG11
Lead Study Group on:
 signalling and protocols
 machine-to-machine (M2M) signalling and protocol
 test specifications, conformance and interoperability testing
Parent Study Group for
 FG M2M service layer
 JCA on Conformance and Interoperability testing
Research area:
 Signaling protocols and test specifications for IP-based
networks, NGN, M2M, IoT, Cloud Computing, Smart Grid,
SDN
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SG13
ITU-T Cloud Computing
From own to lease
Growth opportunity for
Telcos
Security, Audit, and Privacy
Inter-Cloud
 Load sharing
 Disaster recovery
 New Working Party on Cloud
Computing
The Economist, Oct 2009
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SG13
Cloud Computing
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Miniaturization and cost per unit
Internet of Things
Time
“The Internet of Things” (ITU, 2005)
www.itu.int/internetofthings
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ITU Internet Broadband Access
&Transport Standards
SG15
Access:
 ADSL: ITU-T G.992
 PLT: ITU-T G.9960/61 (G.hn)
 FTTX:
 XGPON (10G) ITU-T G.987.x
 Bendable fibers: ITU-T G.657
Optical Transport:
 SDH: ITU-T G.707
 Carrier Ethernet: ITU-T Y.1731
 Synchronization: Mobile Backhaul
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Smart Grid Communication
SG15
G.9901 (11/2012): Narrow-band OFDM power line communication
transceivers - Power spectral density (PSD) specification.
G.9902 (G.hnem) (10/2012): Narrow-band OFDM power line communication
transceivers – G.hnem Cenelec A, B, CD, and FCC.
G.9903 (G3-PLC) (10/2012): Narrow-band OFDM power line communication
transceivers – G3-PLC Cenelec A, B, FCC and ARIB bandplan.
G.9904 (PRIME) (10/2012): Narrow-band OFDM power line communication
transceivers – PRIME Cenelec A.
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SG16
Multimedia
Advanced video coding: ITU-T
H.264
Used to compress billions of clips on
YouTube, but also high-definition
content on Blu-ray Discs
High Efficiency Video Coding:
ITU-T H.265
Joint Collaborative Team on Video
Coding (ITU-T, ISO/IEC); reduces H.264
data rate by 50%
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SG16
IPTV
 ITU-T suite of IPTV standards
 ITU organized interoperability testing events and
showcasing events in Geneva, Singapore, India,
Brazil, United Arab Emirates
 Demo at WTSA-12
 2nd IPTV Application Challenge – prizes delivered
at WTSA-12
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SG16
Accessibility
for persons with disabilities
 Enhance ICT accessibility for persons with
disabilities, including age-related disabilities
 Provide accessibility to ICTs, and to ITU
facilities and services, for participants with
visual, hearing or physical disabilities
 Question 26/16 on accessibility for
persons with disabilities
 Focus Group on Audiovisual
Media Accessibility (FG AVA)
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Conformance and
Interoperability
 To ensure their interoperability, products of different
vendors must undergo conformity testing to
standards
 Interoperability is part of the mission of ITU: ITU-T
Conformity Database
 Conformity to ITU standards significantly increase
the probability of interoperability of tested
equipment, services and systems
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ITU Interop Events
 E-health Interop event, Dubai, UAE, 18-20 November, 2012
 NGN Interop Event organized by HATS (Japan), supported by ITU,
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Tokyo, Japan, 11-13 July, 2012
IPTV Showcasing, Telecom World-2011, Geneva, Switzerland, 24-27
October 2011
IPTV Showcasing, Dubai, UAE, 20-22 September 2011
4th ITU IPTV Interop Event, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-22 July 2011
1st G.hn Interop Testing, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-27 May 2011
3rd ITU IPTV Interop Event, Pune, India, 14-17 December 2010
2nd ITU IPTV Interop Event, Singapore, 23-24 and 27 September
2010
1st ITU IPTV Interop Event, Geneva, Switzerland, 20-23 July 2010
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Cybersecurity & Identity
SG17
Strengthen the confidence and
security in the use of ICTs
Strengthen cybersecurity and
combat cyber threats
The Economist, July 2010
Identity Management
ITU X.509 compliant services
Child Online Protection
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ITU-T Focus Groups (FG)
 Quick development of
specifications in chosen areas
 Addressing industry needs
 Participation is open
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ITU-T Focus Groups
Smart Water Management NEW!
Smart Sustainable Cities NEW!
Smart Cable Television
Bridging the Gap: from Innovation to
Standards
 Disaster Relief Systems, Network
Resilience and Recovery
 M2M Service Layer
 Audiovisual Media Accessibility
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ITU-T Output
3500 ITU-T Recommendations
available in PDF for free download
ITU Workshops
Technical papers
Technology Watch Reports
ITU Kaleidoscope Academic
Conferences
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TechWatch to publish your research
 TechWatch Reports identify ICT hot topics
 Output contributed to creation of new Focus Groups, Study Group Questions,
workshops, discussions, etc.
 Widely recognized inside and outside ITU
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ITU Kaleidoscope academic
conferences
 International events
bringing academia,
governments, and
industry together
 Brainstorming on future
ICT networks and
services
 Rigorous, double-blind,
peer-review process
 Top 3 papers win prize
money totaling USD$
10,000
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ITU Kaleidoscope 2014
Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University
of Telecommunications (SPbSUT)
Russian Federation
3-5 June 2014
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2014
Call for Papers
will be issued by 12 July 2013
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3rd ITU Green Standards Week
16-20 September 2013 – Madrid, Spain
Main Purpose:
 to raise awareness of the importance and opportunities of
using ICT standards to build a green economy and shape
smart sustainable cities.
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Thank you
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hiroshi.ota@itu.int
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