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ITU Study Groups

ITU Regional Development Forum for Arab Region, Beirut, Lebanon, 19 March 2019

I T U

S T U D Y G R O U P S

Why do we have Study Groups? Platform for Knowledge & Information

exchange & Capacity building mechanism

Sharing of Experiences

Standards and recommendations setting

SGs work through Questions and Questions are set by ITU World Conferences and Assembles

Addressing fields of growing strategic relevance to ITU members (5G, Artificial

Intelligence (AI), Blockchain , Data processing and Management, Network 2030 and Beyond 5G)


Standardization:

Produces standards and

defines tariff principles

for international

telecommunication

services

Radiocommunication:

Manages radio-frequency

spectrum and satellite

orbits, ensures interference

free operations of

radiocommunication

systems

Development:

Facilitates the creation,

development and

improvement of

telecommunication

and ICT

6 Study Groups dealing

with 231 Questions


with 155 Questions


with 17 Questions

ITU Regional Develop Forum for the Arab Region (RDF-ARB), Beirut, Lebanon 19th March 2019

ITU Study Groups

• Policy and Regulatory Reform

• Big Data

• Smart/Sustainable Cities

• Cybersecurity

• E-waste

• Connected car

• Spectrum Management

• Rural Connectivity

• Climate Change

• Economics of Roaming

• Disaster Relief

• Digital Financial Inclusion

• Video technologies

• Accessibility

• Mobile communications

• Broadcasting communications

• Satellite systems

• Radio wave propagation

• Radio determination systems

• Earth exploration,

meteorological aids, space

research

• Radio amateur, Radio

astronomy

Each Sector of ITU has a number of Study Groups related to the sectors’ specific field.

Academia has the opportunity to contribute their ideas and expertise on important topics through 19

Study Groups and 403 questions.

Key themes of Study Groups include:

ITU Study Groups


ITU-D Study Groups


SG1: Enabling environment for the development of telecommunications/ICTs

SG2: ICT services and applications for the promotion of sustainable development


ITU-R Study Groups


• Spectrum management: Principles and

techniques

• General principles of sharing

• Spectrum monitoring

• Long-term strategies for spectrum

utilization

• Economic approaches to national

spectrum management

Study Group 1: Spectrum Management


• Wireless Power Transmission(incl. for Electric Vehicle)

• Harmonization for short-range devices(incl. UWB, RFID)

• Performance evaluation of

mobile Direction Finder (DF) units

• Electromagnetic field measurements to assess

human exposure

• Reporting on harmful interference

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Study Group 1: Some topics of particular interest


• Propagation in ionized and non-ionized

media

• Point-to-point, point-to-area and Earth-space propagation

• Modelling and development of prediction

methods

• Radio noise

Study Group 3: Radiowave propagation


• Propagation models for sharing studies

between IMT and incumbent services in bands in the range 24.25-86 GHz (WRC-19agenda item (AI) 1.13)

• Propagation models in the range 275-450GHz for sharing and compatibility studies

between the land-mobile, fixed and passive services (WRC-19 AI 1.15)

• Building entry loss models (80 MHz and 100 GHz)

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Topics of particular interest in Study Group 3


• Systems, air interfaces and performance in FSS, BSS,

MSS and RDSS

• Efficient orbit/spectrum utilization for FSS, BSS, MSS

and RDSS

• IP global broadband Internet access via satellite

• Integration of satellite systems into Next Generation

Access Technologies (5G)

• Early warning and relief operations

• Systems and networks in the RNSS

Study Group 4: Satellite Services


• Use of the frequency bands 17.7-19.7 GHz

(space-to-Earth) and 27.5-29.5 GHz (Earth-

to-space) by Earth Stations In Motion (ESIM)

communicating with geostationary space

stations in the fixed-satellite service

• Technical, operational issues and regulatory

provisions for non-geostationary fixed-

satellite service satellite systems in the

frequency bands 37.5-39.5 GHz (space to-

Earth), 39.5 - 42.5 GHz (space to-Earth),

47.2-50.2 GHz (Earth to-space) and 50.4-

51.4 GHz (Earth-to-space)



• IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced and IMT-2020 (5G)

• Fixed, mobile, portable and nomadic

communications, including BWA, RLANs,

HAPS, ITS

• Radiodetermination service

• Maritime and aeronautical services

• Amateur service

• Software Defined Radio (SDR) and

Cognitive Radio System (CRS)

Study Group 5: Terrestrial Services


• Detailed investigation, production and approval of the key elements of

IMT-2020 (5G) are well underway.

• IMT provides the global platform on which to build the next generations of

mobile broadband connectivity

• Internet of Things (IoT) - ITU-R is studying Machine Type

Communications in IoT to be connected through IMT networks, dedicated

networks and short range radio devices (SRDs)

• AI will contribute in processing and analysis of big data generated by IoT

• IoT will be the main part of massive data availability which is an important

contributor to AI

• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) - ITU-R developed several outputs on

ITS connectivity and advanced ITS radiocommunications - a key enabler

of self-driving cars

• AI will contribute in the analysis of ITS data for vehicle control and traffic

prediction - Self-driving cars will be one of the main AI applications



The broadcasting chain, end-to-end

• Programme production and quality

of service

• Programme assembly and access

• Terrestrial delivery

Study Group 6: Broadcasting Service


Advanced technologies for terrestrial digital broadcasting system;

Global Platform for the broadcasting service;High dynamic range television (HDR-TV);Integrated broadcast-broadband (IBB) systems;New audio and video codecs for digital broadcasting;Advanced Immersive Audio-Visual (AIAV) systems;Renderer specifications for advanced sound systems;Application of Artificial Intelligence for broadcasting;Audio–visual accessibility (AVA).



• Systems for space operation, space

research, Earth exploration and

meteorology

• Radio astronomy

• Standard frequency and time

signals

Study Group 7: Science Services


• Preserving spectrum for operation and

development of meteorological

applications

• Timely warning of impending natural

disasters, accurate climate prediction,

the status of global water and bio

resources – in support of the Sustainable

Development Goals

• Revision of joint ITU/WMO Handbook

“Use of Radio Spectrum for

Meteorology”



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ITU-T Study Groups


Operational Aspects

New or revised ITU standards address

NNAI: Issuer Identifier Number, Universal International

Freephone Number, Maritime communications – Ship station

identity (approved)

Disaster Relief: Terms and definitions for DR&NRR

(determined)

Telecommunication Management: Requirements for

resource management in cloud-aware telecommunication

management system (approved), Principles for on-site

telecommunication smart maintenance (consent)


Study Group 2

Economic and policy issues

New ITU standards under approval

Relationship between OTTs and

network operators

Competition in mobile financial services

Principles for a unified format of

price/tariffs/rates-lists used for

exchanging telephone traffic

International Mobile Roaming


Study Group 3

New ITU standards for transport, access

and home

Radio over fibre

Multi-vendor interoperable 100G

coherent Dense Wave Division Multiplexing

(DWDM) line interfaces

Fibre-optic cable installation in remote

areas

SDN control of transport networks

Visible light communications

95%International traffic carried over fibre networks built on ITU standards


Study Group 9 Broadband Cable and TV

Protocols and Test specs

New ITU standards for VoLTE interconnection

Interconnection of VoLTE/ViLTE-based networks

VoLTE/ViLTE interconnection testing for interworking and

roaming scenarios

Combating ICT counterfeiting and theft

New ITU standard under approval: Framework for solution to

combat counterfeit ICT devices

Renewed emphasis on combating tampering with or cloning of

ICT device identifiers

Conformity Assessment Steering Committee (ITU-T CASC)

Guideline on Testing Laboratories recognition procedure

Guideline on ITU-T CASC procedure to appoint ITU-T technical

experts

Joint collaboration IEC/ITU on Testing Laboratories recognition

procedure and joint certification scheme


Study Group 11

Performance, QoS & QoE

New ITU standards address the quality of

VoLTE, ViLTE, video streaming, video gaming

Comms involving vehicles

ICT services at major sporting and entertainment

events

Considerations for virtual measurement systems.

Initiatives on practices & policies on service quality,

incl. measurement of IP performance


Study Group 12

Strong progress - 5G transport projects

Updated Technical Report GSTR-TN5G TR captures requirements for

Transport Network support of 5G mobile fronthaul, middle-haul, and backhaul

New ITU standard on synchronization for IMT-2020/5G

New Supplement on PON support for 5G fronthaul


Study Group 15 Transport, access and home

New ITU standard on the safe listening

of music players in support of the

WHO ‘Make Listening Safe’ initiative

Multimedia & health

New and updated conformance

test specs for ITU H.810

Continua Design Guidelines


Study Group 16

IoT, Smart Cities & Green ICTsAccelerating standardization of IoT test specifications, supported by collaboration with oneM2M

Establishing Smart City KPIs and setting environmental requirements of IMT2020/5G

- ITU case studies on Dubai, Singapore, Moscow (New!) and Riyadh (New!)


Study Group 20

Blockchain

WHOLESALEROAMING/

SETTLEMENTS

KNOW YOURCUSTOMER

DIGITALIDENTITY

COMBATING FRAUD

Focus Group developing ‘assessment framework’ to understand the strengths and weaknesses ofBlockchain platforms in different use cases

Assessment framework to guide potential adopters of Distributed Ledger Technologies


Artificial Intelligence

Focus Group developing specifications for Machine Learning to

support IMT-2020/5G systems

Focus Group (ITU & WHO) to deliver framework for the performance

benchmarking of ‘AI for Health’ algorithms


Data processing and management

Data management, interoperability and security for IoT and Smart Cities


Network 2030 beyond 5GNovel scenarios such as hologram communications

Extremely high throughput and low latency

High-precision communications for tactile &haptic applications


Bridging the Standardization Gap

The BSG programmeassists developing countries in

improving their capacity to participate in the

development and implementation of international ICT

standards.

BSG hands-on training sessions for effective participation

in ITU-T work

Regional Groups assist ITU-T in addressing the needs

of all regions

+ Fellowships; Study Group mentoring programme; e-learning courses…

Guidelines for the establishment of National Standardization Secretariats



- Reports,

- Guidelines,

- Best Practices

And Recommendations

- ITU-R Recommendations

- Reports and Handbooks

- Technical bases for radioconferences

-More than 290 new and revised ITU standards approved

- Standards

- ITU Operational Bulletin

- International Numbering Resources

- ITU Terms and Definitions

- ITU-T Publications

ITU-D SGs ITU-R SGs ITU-T SGs

Products and Reports Produced by ITU SGs

Participation from the region in the ITU SGs


Study Group 1Vice-Chairmen

Dr. Elsayed AZZOUZ (Egypt)

Mr. Jamal AL MAHRUQI (Oman)

Study Group 3

Mr. Abdelkarim BELKHADIR (Morocco)

Mr. Mohammed OMER (Sudan)

Study Group 4

Ms. Deena ABDALLA AHMED ABBAS (Sudan)

Mr. Radhi Abdullah ALHAMAD (KSA)

Mr. Mohamed SOLIMAN (Egypt)

Study Group 5

Mr. Ali AL-AMRI (KSA)

Mr. Sultan AL-BALOOSHI (UAE)

Mr. Wael SAYED (Egypt)

Study Group 6Mr. Majeed ABDULRAHMAN (Lebanon)

Mr. Abdullah AL ARAIMI (Oman)Study Group 7

Mr. Muhammed ABDELHASEEB (Egypt)

Mr. Ahmad AMIN (UAE)

Study Group 11

Mr Karim LOUKIL (Tunis)

Mr Awad Ahmed Ali Hmed (Sudan)

Study Group 12

Mr Zeid ALKADI (Jordan)

Mr Hassan Mukhtar (Sudan)

Mr Aymen SALAH (Tunis)

Study Group 13

Ms Rim BELHASSINE-CHERIF (Tunis)

Mr Ahmed EL-RAGHY(Egypt)

Study Group 15

Mr Khaled AL-AZEMI (Kuwait)

Mr Fahad Abdullah AL-FALLAJ (KSA)

Study Group 16

Mr Mohannad EL-MEGHARBEL (Egypt)

Mr Mohsen GHOMMAM MALEK (Tunis)

Study Group 17

Mr Muataz Elsadig ISHAG (Sudan)

Ms Wala TURKI LATROUS (Tunis)

Study Group 20

Chairman:

Mr Nasser Saleh AL MARZOUQI (UAE)

Vice-Chairmen:

Mr Bilel CHABOU (Tunis)

Mr Ramy Ahmed FATHY (Egypt)Mr Abdurahman M. AL HASSAN (KSA)

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Study Group 1 Vice-Chairmen:

Ms Sameera Mohammad (Kuwait)

Mr Ahmed Abdel Aziz Gad (Egypt)Study Group 2

Mr Nasser Al Marzouqi (UAE)

Ms Nora Abdalla Hassan Basher (Sudan)

Study Group 2

Vice-chairmenMr Hossam ABD EL MAOULA (Egypt)

Mr. Abdullah AL-MUBADAL (KSA)

Mr Ahmed Tajelsir Atya (Sudan)

Study Group 3Mr Adel DARWISH (Bahrain)

Mr Ahmed SAID (Egypt)

Mr Mohammad ALMOMANI (Jordan)

Mr Muneer ELMAKI (Sudan)

Study Group 5Ms Eiman Farouk Mahmoud (Sudan)

Ms Nevine TEWFIK (Egypt)

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More information on the ITU Study Groupscan be found at:

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ITU-R https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/study-groups/Pages/default.aspx

ITU-Thttps://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2017-2020/Pages/default.aspx

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