GSC9_012
Global Standards Radio Collaboration (GRSC)-1
Plenary
Tuesday, 29 April 2003
Ottawa, Canada
1.OPENING OF THE MEETING AND ADDRESS BY CHAIR
Mr. David FARNES, Chair of GRSC, welcomed all the participants to Canada and noted that the topic of wireless continues to be of great importance in the evolution of telecommunications networks worldwide and that convergence is an ever-emerging topic.
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved as written. Chairmen FARNES commented that while many presentations had been made during the joint session on topics of interests to both the GTSC and GRSC, that presenters were permitted to present additional details that may interest the GRSC participants. However, agenda item 6.6 “Internet Protocol over wireless media” was already covered in the joint session, so this item will not be presented again.
3.ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Chairmen FARNES indicated that there seemed to be a strong interest in all the High Interest Subjects based on the amount of contributions received. He asked in the interest of time that presenters confine their presentations to 10 minutes to leave ample room for questions and discussion.
4.REPORT OF RAST-10 AND ACTIONS
The Resolutions from the RAST-10 meeting held in Sydney, Australia were reviewed.
5.ACTIVITIES AT INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS SINCE RAST-10
Mr. Asok CHATTEREE, Committee T1, presented “T1P1 Activities on Wireless/Mobile Services and Systems” (GSC-8-039). He stressed the importance of the coordination between T1P1 and 3GPP on lawful intercept.
Mr. Grant SYMONS, ACIF, presented “Australian Mobile, Radio & Spectrum Developments since GSC 7/RAST 10
” (GSC-8-041).
Mr. Bruce GRACIE, ITU, presented “Preparations for the 2003 Radiocommunication Assembly” (GSC-8-113). He provided an overview of the upcoming Radiocommunication Assembly (RA) to be held 2-6 June, 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland.
He highlighted cost reductions for the financial plan of the Union for the period 2004-2007.
Miss Cheryl BLUM, TIA, presented “TR-45 activities since RAST 10” (GSC-8-133).
TTA presented its contribution “Report on TTA Activities” (GSC-8-006) at the opening session of the GSC so it was not presented again at the GRSC. Mr. CHIN, TTA, presented “Radio Standardization Activities in TTA Since RAST-10” (GSC-8-138). He described the major radio standards developed in areas such as Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI);
Numeric Access System for Wireless Internet (WINC);
I/O Connection Interface for Digital Cellular Phone;
Digital CATV; and
Application I/F for Electronic Toll Collection Systems.
ARIB mentioned that it already had given its update in opening plenary “ ARIB Activities- Standardization for Radio Systems” (GSC-8-78).
6.ACTIVITIES IN RAST HIGH INTEREST SUBJECTS
6.1 ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, presented “Update on EMC Activities in ETSI” (GSC-8-50). He noted that there is a new European Commission (EC) mandate that affects the regulations of EMC in Europe. He also indicated that tighter values might be required for spurious emissions.
Mr. Grant SYMONS, ACIF, presented “Standardization and Regulation of EMC and EMR in Australia” (GSC-8-42).
6.2 Human Health Effects by RF Exposure
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, presented “Update on European EMF Activities” (GSC-8-051) which provided ETSI’s view of the work being done by CENELEC. He commented that there are practical problems in implementing the recommendation of the regulatory bodies.
Dr. Kyu-Jin WEE, TTA, presented “Facilitating Liaison to the Public in Human Health of RF” (GSC-8-079). He noted based on Resolution 10/3 from Sydney, Australia that TTA attempted to invite the general community and there was no attendance because of lack of knowledge. Dr. WEE wished to raise the matter to the GRSC participants that there seems to be a lack of knowledge by the public and asked for the experiences of other PSOs. Mr. WEE also reported that in Korea the Parliament has asked to make public the measurement value of SAR, and that request is now on the web.
Mr. Toshio NOJIMA, ARIB, presented “Recent ARIB Activities on Human Protection Issues from RF Exposure” (GSC-8-080). There has been great interest in the research of the impact of RF exposure on human health. In the results of the research in Japan, there was no impact noted and no scientific link with EMF exposure was established. The ARIB standard T-56 (1998 version) was revised based on results.
Mr. Bill BELT, TIA, presented “Update on Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) activities”(GSC-8-134).
Miss Kathy MACLEAN, IEEE, presented “IEEE SCC 34 and IEC TC 106 update”(GSC-8-150).
She proposed a resolution on cooperation and information exchange on the topic of EMF exposure. The topic was accepted and assigned to a drafting group for presentation in the closing plenary.
Mr. Ron PETERSON, IEEE, presented “IEEE SCC28 Activities and Harmonization”(GSC-8-151) an overview of the activities of ANSI C95. C.95.1 is standard most relevant to this topic of human health effects by RF exposure, and C95.6 is also important since many countries do not have limits.
6.3 Fixed Wireless Access and Radio Local Area Networks
Mr. Remi CHAYER, TSACC, presented “Broadband Evolution and Deployment”(GSC-8-118).
It was suggested more cooperative work between standards organizations would be beneficial to this area. Mr. Gerry PETERSON, IEEE, commented that IEEE would like to work with TIA in the spirit of cooperation. Mr. Alain RICHARD, ETSI, noted that TIA and ETSI are already working cooperatively in developing joint standards in the area of satellite and that is an attempt to avoid duplication of work.
TSACC, presented “Need for Standards for Economical Rural Broadband Wireless Access Equipment”(GSC-8-019).
Mr. Doug SWARD, TSACC, proposed a resolution on cooperation and information exchange on the topic of fixed wireless access.
Clarification was requested on the subject matter and the scope of the proposed resolution. It was asked if satellite is included in the topic of fixed wireless access and the rapporteurs of the Resolution replied affirmatively.
Concern was expressed that developing countries may be excluded by the proposed resolution and that the wording should not be so limiting. This draft resolution needs some mention of developing countries, keeping in mind the goals of the ITU
Other concerns were expressed that the resolution seem to be limiting what technologies should be used, and that the wording seemed to customize a certain type of technology. Also, concern was expressed that the existing IMT-2000 has not been fully implemented and that this resolution should not encroach on future adaptations of IMT-2000 solutions.
Mr. Doug SWARD, TSACC expressed that current technology for broadband focuses on urban areas and does not take into account broadband for rural areas. In addition, current wireless technologies have physical limitation issues that make it less easy to provide broadband to rural areas. The proposed resolution is to address the “digital divide” and TSACC believes the impact of standardization impacts the implementation of broadband.
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, expressed reservation as to whether or not the proposed resolution was necessary. Decision to move forward with the proposed resolution was tabled until further presentations were made.
Mr. Doug SWARD, TSACC, presented “The Use of DFS in WAS RLANs in the 5 GHz Range” (GSC-8-012). The work being done in Canada addresses requirements that arises in the 5GHz range, and focuses on dynamic frequency selection.
Mr. Bill LUTHER, TIA, in his capacity as an employee of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, suggested that each national body concerns about requirements for the 5GHz to the World Radioconference (WRC) in June. The WRC agenda item 1.5 addresses this issue.
Mr. Hideaki MATSUE, ARIB, presented “Radio Local Area Networks and Fixed Wireless Access” (GSC-8-081).
Mr. Jose COSTA, ITU, presented “Wireless Access Systems, including RLANs” (GSC-8-082). Attached to this contribution in Annex 1 was a proposed resolution for the group’s consideration and discussion. The proposal was designated as the first draft resolution.
Mr. Bill LUTHER, TIA, noted the one part of the contribution related to the spectrum has not been approved by the WRC. The request to have more than 1GHZ of spectrum estimated for RLANS is expected to generate a lot of discussion at the upcoming WRC.
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, offered the suggestion of combining the proposed resolution from ITU with the previous proposed resolution from TSACC. Mr. COSTA indicated that the intent of the proposed resolution from ITU was to create better coordination. Mr. SWARD commented that the ITU resolution provides a top level commonality and is broad; whereas, the Canadian resolution is specific.
Miss Jina MACEACHEM, ITU, presented “Spectrum Vision for the Fixed Service” (GSC-8-114) for information.
Mr. Kevin HUGHES, ITU, commented that the vision exercise in Study Group 9 is a very beneficial exercise, and that Contribution 114 may be a rather useful base document for the participants to examine. Mr. KIM, TIA, noted that there may be problems with definitions of fixed service and mobile services, and there might be overlap with beyond IMT 2000 definitions.
Clarification was sought as to which working party developed the contribution in Study Group 9, and Miss MACEACHEM replied that it was Working Party 9B.
6.4 IMT-2000
Mr. Adrian SCRASE, ETSI, presented “Review of 3GPP” (GSC-8-052) which provided an ETSI perspective on what has occurred since the last RAST meeting held in November 2001.
Mr. Kohei SATO, ARIB presented “ARIB’s Activities on IMT-2000 and Systems beyond IMT-2000” (GSC-8-083).
6.5 Satellite Services
Mr. Alain RICHARD, ETSI, presented “The Satellite Earth Stations and Systems” (GSC-08-53).
Mr. Bill BELT, TIA, presented “Recent TIA Activities Related to Lawful/legal Interception to Satellite Telecommunications”(GSC-8-131).
Mr. Eric SCHIMMEL, ITU posed a question about proposals emerging on High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) and asked where this should be addressed. There was no response from the participants.
6.7 Digital Broadcasting
Mr. Masayoshi WAKAO, ARIB, presented “Digital Broadcasting in Japan” (GSC-8-084).
TSACC, presented “Digital Broadcasting, Part 1” (GSC-8-157) and “Digital Broadcasting, Part 2” (GSC-08-158).
Mr. Grant SYMON, ACIF, presented the relevant portion of “ACIF Activities since RAST 10” (GSC-8-41).
6.8Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
Mr. Paul MANUEL, TSACC, presented “Interoperable 5.9GHz SSRC to Enable New Public Safety” (GSC-8-010).
Mr. Gerry PETERSON, IEEE, offered to share the TSACC presentation with IEEE in effort to stimulate more mutual cooperation and action on the subject.
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, presented “Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)” (GSC-8-054).
Mr. Kyo-han ANH, TTA, presented “Status and Plan for ITS” (GSC-8-085).
Mr. KUDO, ARIB, presented “Developments of the next generation ITS radio communication in Japan” (GSC-8-86).
6.9Public Protection and Disaster Relief
As mentioned in the opening logistics, the presentation from TIA (GSC-8-121) had already been presented in the opening session of GSC.
6.10Pervasive Radio and Generic Regulation of Radio Based Devices
Mr. Oliver WHEATON, ETSI, introduced contributions GSC-8-065, 066, 067, 069, 070. He noted that resolutions were not desired, and he provided an update on “RESOLUTION RAST 10/2: Compliance regimes, equipment mobility, spectrum and market implications.” He commented that the scope of the resolution 10/2 is extremely wide and generic, and that an individual focus on more limited objectives or single aspects such as the preparation of global radio microphone standards may be prove to be more beneficial. He recommended that a narrower resolution be crafted to be more specific to microphones rather than in generic terms. The group accepted his proposal and Mr. WHEATON agreed to draft the proposed resolution for the closing plenary.
7.Additional High Interest Subjects
Mr. Bill BELT, TIA, provided for information “Supplemental material on UWB and FCC decisions” (GSC-8-135). He asked that the meeting record capture that “As an organization, TIA has taken no position on Ultrawide Band (UWB), and that members of TIA have divided opinions regarding UWB. This contribution is for information only and to provide an informational update on regulatory actions taken by the United States.”
Mr. Bill LUTHER, TIA, presented in his role as an employee of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), “UWB Possible Areas for Standardization” (GSC-8-109). He noted that standards may be needed for the different operational limits depending on the application, and drew the participants’ attention to Slide 18 of the contribution.
TTA presented “Identification of Agenda items of WRC that are of interest to PSO” (GSC-8-087). It was requested that discussion take place on considering the high interest subjects and whether there is a need to identify new wireless technology and applications. It was also requested that participants consider spectrum needs for IMT-2000 and systems beyond.
Chairmen FARNES postponed discussion until the closing plenary since agenda items of WRC may also be of interest to the participants of GTSC.
8.Input to ITU
There was no direct input to ITU other than ITU-R should be sensitive in scheduling the next radio conference (WRC-2007), and take into consideration the schedules of other major radio standardization groups. ITU-R participation is particularly important to GRSC, and the participants from ITU-R were thanked for their participation.
9.Next Meeting, Planning for the Future
The participants reviewed the current agenda and format for GRSC. The joint session is very constructive as there are common topics across both GTSC and GRSC. They noted that there is a continuing need for a forum for specialized radio subjects, and made
recommendations for deletions and additions to the Potential High Interest Subjects.
Topics removed were: EMC, IMT-2000, Public Protection and Disaster Relief, and
Pervasive Radio and Generic Regulation of Radio Based Devices. Some of these are being addressed in the joint session (IMT-2000, PPDR) and do not need to be addressed in the GRSC. Others are more mature and lack contributions.
Topics modified included Fixed Wireless Access. It was recommended that Fixed Wireless Access be included in the joint GRSC/GTSC session under a suggested broad subject title of “Broadband Access”. FWA would also be continued on the GRSC for more detailed discussion.
Topics added as emerging issues of interest to the group were: Software Defined Radio. It was noted that in 2000 that ARIB intended to invite the Software Defined Radio Forum to present an overview but that invitation was not extended due to extenuating circumstances. Participants of GRSC still expressed interest in learning about the activities of this group, or other relevant information.
Also added was the topic of Ultrawide Band (UWB). TIA provided information on UWB which is an emerging technology in the US, and Bill BELT, TIA offered to draft terms of reference. All PSOs were invited to bring updates on the technology to the next meeting.
It was also suggested to add ad hoc networking as a new topic and that it applies not only to GRSC but also to GTSC so it should be introduced as a joint topic. Ad hoc networking is when multiple networks area used by the same device. Terminals equipped with the ad hoc protocols sense each other and construct a dynamic 'ad hoc' network through sharing resources to get from a source to a sink. Algorithms are non-trivial. Simpler forms deal with such things as sharing resources among WLAN access points such that not all the access points have to be backhauled to the "core network" leading to serious cost savings. The standardization issues are all in the specification of the protocols. Remi CHAYER, TSACC, offered to draft terms of reference.
Mr. WEE, TTA, suggested changing title of the other emerging topics to Potential High Interest Subject to accommodate other possible topics that may arise between meeting cycles. Others suggested making a two-tier structure under OTHER TOPICS. One tier would be for potential high interest subjects, and the second-tier would be for other subjects.
PSOs should submit contributions updating their activities between meeting cycles; however; these contributions should not be included as a GRSC agenda item which is currently listed as “Activities at international, regional and national levels since RAST-10” nor should they be presented unless there is an unusual activity.
5.0 / CONTINUING WORK AREAS5.1 / RF Exposure Measurement
5.2 / Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Radio Local Area Networks (LANS)
5.3 / Satellite Services
5.4 / Digital Broadcasting
5.5 / Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
6.0 / OTHER TOPICS
6.1 / Software Defined Radio *need to invite SDRF
6.2 / Ultra Wideband (UWB)
6.3 / Ad Hoc Networking
The proposed agenda for GRSC-2 was created for introduction to the closing GSC plenary.
10.Report of GRSC 1
Agreement was reached between TSACC and ETSI on the scope of the resolution for broadband wireless access. TSACC noted that broadband wireless access is an emerging requirement, and that it is important to bring it to the attention of other PSOs. ETSI expressed its concern that it the resolution not be a stand-alone resolution. The resolutions were not combined, and presented as separate items.