IMT Work in the ITU-R

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IMT Work in the ITU-R
DOCUMENT GSC13-PLEN-63
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SOURCE 3G Americas
AGENDA ITEM 6.1
CONTACT(S) Chris Pearson chris.pearson_at_3gamericas.org 1 425 372 8925

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Submission DateJuly 10, 2008
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Current Activities Study Group 5

• New Study Group 5 was created in ITU-R to work on
  systems and networks for fixed, mobile,
  radiodetermination, amateur and amateur-satellite
  services.
• This includes the work of all aspects of IMT
  (IMT-2000 (3G) maintenance, IMT-Advanced (4G)
  evaluation and documentation, spectrum
  requirements and sharing studies, etc.)
• SG5 created WP5D as the group dedicated to the
  IMT work, which will hold 3 meetings this year.
• The next SG5 meeting will determine if this work
  on IMT will remain in a working group dedicated
  solely to all aspects of the IMT work or combined
  with dissimilar radio services, which would put
  the IMT work in jeopardy of being dismantled.

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Current Activities - Working Party 5D

• The working group dedicated to IMT has been and
  remains larger than most ITU Study Groups and has
  more work assigned than any other working party
  in the ITU.
• In addition, WP5D has been assigned the work
  associated with defining the band plans related
  to new IMT spectrum allocated at the WRC-07.
• The work going forward, of evaluating and
  developing the specifications for IMT-Advanced
  will require the dedicated focus of industry
  subject matter experts.

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Current Activities - Working Party 5D

• Attendance in the IMT Working Party encompasses
  regulatory and policy agencies from around the
  world, as well as the top tier network operators,
  infrastructure manufacturers, terminal suppliers,
  and other key representatives of the wireless
  value chain.
• These operators, manufacturers and others
  represent a combined market valuation
  (capitalization) of an estimated 10 trillion
  equivalent US dollars.

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Current Activities - Working Party 5D

• The vast majority of these global
  telecommunications participants believe - because
  of the importance for the future
  telecommunications needs of the global village -
  the ITU should keep this work in a dedicated,
  stand alone working party within Study Group 5.
• It is ONLY in the ITU-R and specifically in IMT
  Group that the confluence of the four pillars of
  the industry come together
• the requirements of the users and the market
  place,
• the scarce/limited resource of the spectrum,
• the technology to utilize the spectrum
  efficiently and effectively
• overarching GLOBAL regulatory view
• A dedicated work effort on IMT will set the stage
  for long term work in future ITU study periods.

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Next Steps/Actions

• Therefore, it is proposed the GSC communicate to
  the ITU Secretary General its desire to maintain
  the work of IMT in a dedicated, stand alone
  working party to enable this work to continue
  with the speed and expertise required for the
  continuing advancement of Information
  Communication Technology (ICT) into all regions
  including developing nations.
• The GSC encourage the ITU Secretary General to
  convey this support for a working party within
  SG5 dedicated exclusively to all aspects of IMT
  from a radio perspective (IMT-2000 maintenance,
  IMT-Advanced evaluation and documentation,
  spectrum requirements and sharing studies, etc.)
  to the next meeting of SG5.