Document No:
GSC17-PLEN-41
Source:
ISACC
Contact:
Jim MacFie
GSC Session:
PLEN
Agenda Item:
4.5
ISACC Activities Since GSC-16
Jim MacFie
Chairman, ISACC
Jeju, 13 – 16 May 2013
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ISACC Plenary Meetings Since
GSC-16
• ISACC-46 (May 2012): Canadian Priorities and
Collaboration for ICT Standards Development
• ISACC-47 (November 2012): Canadian
Broadband Mobile Deployment Opportunities
and Challenges
• ISACC-48 (May 2013): Canadian Standards
Priorities beyond WTSA and WCIT
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Standards Priorities (ISACC-46)
• ISACC Task Group on ICT Standards Priorities
was struck at 46th ISACC Plenary, to examine
challenges Canada is experiencing in ICT
standards development, including:
– Declining Canadian participation in ICT Standardization (ISO,
IEC, JTC 1, ITU-T) in recent years
– A shift in standardization focus from accredited Standards
Development Organizations (SDOs) to non-accredited Forums
and Consortia
– A loss of Canadian ICT business competitiveness through lack
of engagement in standardization, or lack of knowledge, or
training, of current standards in place
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Task Group Terms of Reference
• Has Canadian participation in ICT standards
development really declined in recent years, and if yes,
is it a problem that needs to be addressed?
• Could Canada be a Taker vs. a Maker of standards and
achieve acceptable results?
• Is there overlap occurring on high priority or “hot topic”
areas of standardization? If so, is this a problem that
needs to be addressed?
• What opportunity exists to better coordinate ICT
standards activities by Canadians?
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Top 5 Priorities
Most important ICT standards subject areas for
Canada:
– Information security (cyber-security, spam and cybercrime)
– Software and system engineering
– Information privacy and the protection of personal information
– Product safety
– Operation and maintenance of ICT systems
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Broadband Mobile Deployment
(ISACC-47)
Mobile broadband services available to 98% of
Canadians at speeds up to 21 Mbit/s
Eleven million Canadians had mobile data plans in
2012; twenty million will use mobile data by 2016
Trends driving the demand for mobile broadband:
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the on-going invention of new wireless products
the application of ICTs to new areas (e.g. smart grids, smart homes)
new research into wireless machine-to-machine communications
the licensing of addition wireless spectrum
the evolution of end-user behaviour
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Spectrum Harmonization
Mobile broadband spectrum harmonization is
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enable economies of scale
reduce equipment and device design complexity
increase device battery life
facilitate global roaming services
encourage competition
increase overall network efficiency
reduce capital expenditures
reduce cost for consumers
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Beyond WTSA & WCIT
(ISACC-48)
• Focussed on preparing ISACC members to
contribute to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
in 2014 and the prior meetings including the
World Telecommunication Policy Forum and
Development Conference
• Discussed the appropriate model for the future
of global ICT standards development
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GSC-16bis
• ISACC successfully organized an interim
meeting of the GSC IPR Working Group,
October 9th 2012, hosted by ITU in Geneva
• Fulfilled an agreement reached at GSC-16
• Summary of the GSC-16bis meeting is at:
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/gsc/Documents/GSC-16/gsc16bis/GSC16bis-IPR-12.pptx
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Support for Cooperation at WTSA
• Canada supported WTSA Resolution 81, which
created a cooperation and coordination group
within TSAG
• Canada supported WTSA Resolution 82, which
established a Review Committee to conduct a
strategic review of ITU-T
• The ISACC Chairman is the Review Committee
Vice-chairman from the Americas region
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ITU-T and JTC 1 Experience
• Canada is active in the Collaborative Teams
formed by ITU-T and JTC 1 to develop
standards for cloud computing
• Canada has devised a mechanism to form a
single mirror committee for Canadian
participation in the Collaborative Teams
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ISACC Proposals
• Canada is proposing to GSC-17 a new
Resolution on the topic of Collaboration and
Cooperation
• Canada is proposing to GSC-17 the creation of a
new GSC Task Force on Collaboration and
Cooperation
• Canada is proposing that GSC-17 revise the
Governing Principles and Operating Procedures
document to further promote cooperation and
collaboration among Members
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ISACC Contributions to GSC-17
• Proposals to revise four Resolutions from GSC-16:
– GSC-16/01 (Plenary) Continuing Cooperation on IMT
Standardization (Revised)
– GSC-16/21: (GRSC) Broadband Wireless Access, RLANs and adhoc Networking (Revised)
– GSC-16/15: (GRSC) Reconfigurable Radio Systems (Reaffirmed)
– GSC-16/32: (Plenary) Cloud Computing (Revised)
• Proposal for a brand new Resolution:
– Resolution GSC-17/xx (Plenary) Strengthening Collaboration and
Cooperation
• Proposed revision to Scope and Mandate of GSC in:
– (ADMIN WG) Governing Principles and Operating Procedures
– (ADMIN WG) Guidance to Meeting Hosts
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