Summary of GSC6RAST9 Opening Plenary and GSC Plenary

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Summary of GSC6/RAST9 Opening PlenaryandGSC
Plenary
GSC6/RAST9 Sapporo, Japan, 29 August - 1
September, 2000

• GSC6 Chair
• KITAMI, Kenichi

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GSC6/RAST9 Opening Plenary (1/2)

• Agenda associated with time allocation was
  agreed.
• A moment of silence was devoted as a tribute to
  Mr. Rex Christensen (GSC5/RAST8 ACIF Head of
  Delegation) who died recently.
• Active discussion occurred on the shortened
  Ballot interval (i.e. 4 weeks) of Committee T1
  and relationship to the WTO Code of Good
  Practice. The meeting agreed that E-WG may
  discuss this topic.
• Discussion on a proposed joint meeting among
  ITU-T and SDOs G03 led to the creation of an
  Ad-hoc Group 1 on improved relationship between
  the SDOs of the 3GPPs and ITU-T to be chaired by
  Mr. Philip Davidson. The meeting asked this
  Ad-hoc to review and finalize a draft Resolution
  proposed by Mr. Pandya

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GSC6/RAST9 Opening Plenary (2/2)

• Discussion on a proposed approach on ITU-Ts
  standardization for IMT2000 and beyond G15 led
  to an agreement to consider the draft Resolution
  proposed by Mr. MacFie.
• Updates since last GSC/RAST were provided on the
  activities of ITU-T, ITU-R, ATM-F, APT/ASTAP,
  ETSI, T1, TTC, ACIF, TSACC, TTA, TIA and ARIB.
• An update on the activities of Fora and Consortia
  was also provided.
• Concern was expressed on more wider attendance of
  Liaison Organizations, especially IETF.
  Necessity of additional effort was pointed out to
  achieve participation of IETF in future GSC/RAST
  meetings.

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GSC6 Plenary (1/3)

• The current status of High Interest Subjects
  (HISs) IN/WIN/VHE, TMN, Number
  Portability, IP, B-ISDN and BICC, was
  reviewed.
• Necessity of more comprehensive approach on the
  IP-related subject was highlighted G21. The
  meeting agreed to create Ad-hoc 2 to be chaired
  by Mr. Peter Darling to further study this issue.
• The meeting reviewed all HISs. IN/WIN/VHE,
  TMN, IP, and BICC were recognized to
  continue as HISs for future GSCs, while Number
  Portability, UPT and B-ISDN were recognized
  to be matured enough so that they can be removed
  from the HIS list. For the better collaboration,
  need for further clarification of individual HIS
  was recognized.

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GSC6 Plenary (2/3)

• Proposal to add Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
  G21, Identification and Location Service
  G16 and Optical Transmission Networks (OTN)
  as new Information-Sharing Subjects (ISS) was
  agreed.
• Overview of WTSA2000 G05, G08 along with a
  proposed approach to it G17 was made.
  Discussion lead to creation of a Resolution
  proposed by Mr. Fishman.
• Reform of ITU G19 along with a proposed
  approach to it G34 was reviewed. After
  discussion, the meeting agreed on the creation of
  a Resolution to be drafted by Mr. Williams based
  on text in G34.

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GSC6 Plenary (3/3)

• The necessity of follow-up for the GSCs
  conclusions up to next meeting as pointed out in
  G09 was fully supported by the meeting. It was
  agreed that an appointment of a Rapporteur should
  be sought for each Resolution, so that he/she
  will keep track of it.
• It was also agreed that G09 will be used as the
  basis to further develop a method for follow-up
  which not only enables a light-load for
  Rapporteurs but also provides sufficiently
  effective follow-up for the meaningful
  achievement of Resolutions.
• The meeting unanimously accepted the kind
  invitation of the next GSC meeting by ACIF. It
  will be held on 5 -8 (or 9) November 2001 in
  Sydney.