ITU Regional Standardization Forum for
Asia Pacific Region
(Bangkok, Thailand, 25 August 2014)
Corresponding system to ITU in Korea
Jongbong Park,
Director,
TTA of Korea
jongbong@tta.or.kr
Bangkok, Thailand, 25 August 2014
Standardization structure in Korea
Government sector
Standards development
International cooperation and responding
Ministry of Science, ICT and
Future Planning
Notification of
National standards
review results
Commissioning of national standards
development rights
Operational supervision
Radio Research Agency
IT National Standards Council
Request
for
National
Standards
review
Providing
Secretariat Service
Private sector
Selection /
Support
ETRI
KISA
NIA
KCA
etc
Reflection of national position / Participation
Korea ITU Committee
International
Standardization Experts
R&D project for developing
draft standards
Operational
support
IT Standardization
Strategy Forum
Forum standards
proposal
Selection /
Support
Telecommunications
Technology Association
Manufacturers
Communication
service
providers
Standards draft
proposal participation
Laboratories
Standards
Contribution
Standards
contribution
APT joint
contribution
ITU
Fora/
Consortiums
Standards
contribution
GSC/CJK/3GPPs
Collaboration between standardization organizations
TTA Standardization Committee
TTA standards establishment /
Provision
APT
Academia etc.
Korea ITU Committee : structure
General Assembly
Chairman : President of RRA
Coordination Committee
Chairman : Director of RRA
ITU-R Advisory Committee
Chairman : Director of RRA
ITU-T Advisory Committee
Chairman : vice-President of TTA
SG1
SG2
SG12
SG3
SG3
SG13
SG4
SG5
SG15
SG5
SG9
SG16
SG6
SG11
SG17
SG7
ICT&CC
ITU-D Advisory Committee
Chairman : Director of KISDI
SG1
SG2
Korea ITU Committee : history
 History
- In 1983, WRC preparatory group has been established under MIC
- In 1984, corresponding group to ITU-T was established in KT
- In 1988, role to correspond to ITU-T/R was moved to TTA since TTA
has established. ITU research department was established in TTA
and the department operated ITU committee
- Mid 1990s, ITU committees were merged into TTA Standardization
committees
- In 1999, Korea ITU-R Committee was established(renamed)
- In April of 2004, ITU-T Committee was established(renamed)
- In December 2004, Korea ITU-R Committee and ITU-T Committee
merged into Korea ITU Committee including ITU-D Committee
Korea ITU Committee : history
 Before Korea ITU Committee
- Government agencies and companies were in charge of
international as well as domestic standardization activities, such as,
Korean Telecom (currently, KT) for CCITT.
Domain for CCITT
Ministry of Post & Telegraph
Korean Telecom
Domestic Study Group
Coordination
Committee
SG
SG
2
3
Joint WP
SG
1
Domain for CCIR
Ministry of Post & Telegraph
Radio
RRL
Satellite
ETRI
Fixed and
Mobile Comm.
Korean Telecom
Broadcasting
KBS
What was challenges?
Limited number of personnel in the Ministry who
was in charge of international & domestic
standardization activities
needs for outside experts to cope with rapidly changing
environment
Diverse technologies and services, but no platform
to collect voices from various stakeholders
Needs for platform to assemble stakeholders
Korea ITU Committee : role and responsibility
Set up national strategy on ITU
Government
Decision of national position on ITU meeting
Contact Point to ITU
Final approval of national delegation, contribution, etc
Support
Review ITU Recommendations and Questions
Review relations between ITU recommendation & domestic standards
ITU
Committee
Review domestic contribution to ITU
Review other countries’ contributions
Provide information on ITU activities to interested parties
Korea ITU Committee : role of secretariat
- General Assembly -> RRA
- ITU-T Committee -> TTA
- ITU-R Committee -> TTA
- ITU-D Committee -> KISDI
 Terms of Reference
- Organizational and procedural consultation / assist (ITU working methods as
well as ITU Korea Committee working methods)
- Allocation ITU circular letters to relevant experts and monitoring working
status
- Preparation of each committees’ meetings
- Providing information on ITU meetings
Korea ITU Committee : members (1/2)
SG
Chair
Members
T Sector
SG2
TTA
RRA, KCC, TTA, KT, LG UPLUS, ETRI, KISA,
Universities
SG3
ETRI
RRA, KT, ETRI, SKT, TTA, Universities
SG5
RRA
MSIP, RRA, SAMSUNG Elec., TTA, KEPCO, KRISS,
ETRI, KETI, ETRI, LG Elec., LGT UPLUS, SKT, KT,
NIA, RAPA, Universities, etc
SG9
ETRI
RRA, ETRI, CJ HelloVision, KLABS, C&M, RAPA,
SAMSUNG Mobile Display, Mcastvision, LG UPLUS,
TTA, Universities, etc
SG11
ETRI
RRA, ETRI, Hudicom, TTA, Universities
SG12
KT
SG13
ETRI
SG15
Bookyung Univ.
RRA, ETRI, KT, TTA, NIA
RRA, ETRI, MS Korea, TTA, Universities
RRA, ETRI, KT, LS cable, Actus Networks, SAMSUNG
Optical Comm., Ericsson LG, SKT, TTA, Universities
Korea ITU Committee : members (2/2)
SG
Chair
Members
SG16
HUFS (Univ.)
RRA, ETRI, SAMSUNG Elec., SKT, SAIT, Goodday Lab,
SK Planet, TTA, Universities,
SG17
SCH Univ.
RRA, ETRI, KISA, KISTI, TTA, FSA, TCA Services,
Universities
R Sector
SG1
Kongju Univ.
RRA, CRMO, ETRI, LG Innotek, Qualcomm Korea,
KASI, KCA, RAPA, TTA, Universities
SG3
RRA
RRA, MSIP, KCC, ETRI, KRISS, KCA, TTA, Universities
SG4
RRA
RRA, Ministry of Defense, KT, SKT, ETRI, KCC, TTA,
Universities, AR Technology, SS Global
SG5
WP5D
RRA
RRA, MSIP, ETRI, RAPA, KCA, KT, ADD, LG UPLUS, SKT,
Samsung Elec., Intel, Qualcomm Korea, LG Innotek,
LS Cable, TTA, Universities
SG6
RRA
RRA, MBC, KBS, SBS, LG Elec., Samsung Elec., ETRI,
Samsung Display, TTA
SG7
KASI
RRA, KMA, KISTI, KRISS, Universities