STUDY GROUP 19 – REPORT 4: Draft SG 19 Meeting Report



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|INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION |COM 19 – R 4 PUBLIC– E | |

| |TELECOMMUNICATION |March 2006 |

| |STANDARDIZATION SECTOR | |

| |STUDY PERIOD 2005-2008 | |

| | |English only |

| | |Original: English |

|Question(s): |ALL | |

|STUDY GROUP 19 – REPORT 4 |

|Source: |Study Group 19 (Mobile Telecommunication Networks) |

|Title: |Report of the Geneva meeting (23-27 January 2006) |

Structure of the report R 4 of the fourth meeting of the SG 19

(Geneva, 23-27 January 2006)

|COM 19-R |REPORT OF |OBSERVATIONS |

|4 |Study Group 19 (Mobile Telecommunication Networks) |Contains list of liaisons |

|Annexes to the report R 4 |SG19 Questions 1, 3, 4 and joint 2, 5/19 6/13 and 29/16 |Annex 3 contains SG19 Work Programme |

| |meetings | |

Table of contents

Table of contents 2

1. General 3

2. Documentation for the meeting 4

3. Approval of Draft Recommendations 4

4 Next Generation Networks and SG 19’s Role 4

5. Reports of Interim and Related Activities 5

6 Meeting Timetable and Appointment of Coordinators 5

7. Approval of reports of individual Questions 6

8. Allocation of NGN deliverable responsibilities 9

9. Future meetings 9

10. Approval of outgoing liaison statements 10

11. Work Programme for SG 19 11

12. Planning for Workshops and Seminars 11

13. Reducing Documentation Costs 11

14. Closing of the Meeting 12

Annex 1 - Agenda 13

Annex 2 - Notes on Additional Documents Identified in the Opening Plenary 14

Annex 3 - SG 19 Work Programme 17

Annex 4 - Q.1/19 Report: Service and network capability requirements and network architecture 19

Annex 5 - Q.3/19 Report: Identification of existing and evolving IMT-2000 systems 23

Annex 6 - Q.4/19 Report: Preparation of a handbook on IMT-2000 25

Annex 7 - Report of Joint Meetings of Q.2/19, Q.5/19, Q.6/13 and Q.29/16 27

Annex 8 - Extract of Proposal on Trial for Further Reducing Paper Consumption at ITU-T Meetings 34

Annex 9 - Draft Work Plan for July 2006 Meeting of SG 19 36

1. General

1.1 The fourth meeting of ITU-T Study Group 19 “Mobile Telecommunication Networks” in the 2005-2008 study period, took place in Geneva, Switzerland, in the ITU Facilities from 23-27 January 2006. The meeting was convened by TSB Collective Letter 4/19 dated 1 November 2005 and was chaired by Mr John Visser (Nortel, Canada), assisted by the following SG 19 Vice-Chairmen:

• Mr Maurice Ghazal (MPT, Lebanon)

• Mr Kiritkumar Lathia (Siemens Mobile Communications, Italy)

• Mr Bruno Ramos (ANATEL, Brazil)

• Mr Motoshi Tamura (NTT DoCoMo, Japan)

• Mr Konstantin Trofimov (NIIR, Russia)

1.2 One Vice-Chairman was not able to participate in this meeting, extended apologies for his absence, and designated a representative to take his place:

• Mr Young Kyun Kim (Samsung Electronics, Korea) represented by Mr Kees den Hollander

1.3 One Vice-Chairman was not able to participate in this meeting and extended apologies for his absence:

• Mr Patrick Masambu (Communications Commission, Uganda)

1.4 The Chairman opened the meeting at 09:30 on 23 January 2005 and welcomed the participants. The Chairman invited Dr Houlin Zhao, ITU TSB Director, to provide some opening remarks. Dr Zhao gave a warm welcome to the delegates, and then noted a number of points:

• SG 19 is the only study group in ITU-T that addresses mobility. From discussions in 2005 on proposals on restructuring the study groups, it was clear that the membership does not support merging study groups for at least another year, and it was considered very important that Study Group 19 continue.

• Noting the strong relationships of the work across study groups involved in the NGN-GSI, he was pleased to note that all involved were working closely together to ensure the work progresses as quickly as possible.

• He also noted that there are a number of new initiatives and topics being worked, including networked RFIDs, Home Networking and IPTV. He encouraged participants to become involved in these areas, noting that ITU-T is holding a number of workshops on these and other topics.

1.5 The SG 19 Chairman provided his opening remarks and stated his overall objectives for the meeting. These are summarized here:

• Continue to play an essential role in and actively contribute to the progress of the NGN-Global Standards Initiative by progressing our work on Mobility, and on Fixed Mobile Convergence, as essential aspects of the NGN-GSI initiative; in particular:

o progress our work on Mobility Management in Q.2/19 towards completing the deliverable Q.MMR (Mobility Management Requirements for Systems Beyond IMT-2000) at this meeting;

o progress the work on Fixed Mobile Convergence, adding significant momentum to this activity; and

o advance the work on requirements and architecture for IMT-2000 and systems beyond while also providing a better description of its positioning with respect to NGN;

• Progress the work on the next iterations of Recommendations Q.1741 and Q.1742;

• Advance the state of the next version of the Handbook for IMT-2000 and systems beyond, and consider where else we could usefully develop guidance documents for the benefit of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and how we should go about doing so successfully;

• Continue to assert and promote SG 19’s mandate and role in the NGN-GSI context, namely continue with our position that SG 19 should handle the approval of NGN-GSI deliverables that fall within its mandate, while ensuring that progress on defining the NGN is maintained in order to meet the needs of end users and operators; and

• Consider future directions for effectively handling the topics and work areas allocated to SG 19 with the aim of seeing these progress rapidly and effectively in meeting the needs of the telecommunications industry.

2. Documentation for the meeting

2.1 The agenda, as provided in TSB Collective Letter 4/19, is available as TD 245 and has been attached to this report as Annex 1. It was accepted as proposed.

2.2 The meeting considered thirteen contributions (D 29 through D 41). The meeting considered eighteen liaison statements, listed in TD 277. One series of Temporary Documents was assigned. A proposed document allocation was made available as TD 293R1. TDs generated during the meeting are not included in this allocation.

2.3 The list of participants was distributed as TD 317.

2.4 All documents for the meeting may be downloaded from the SG 19 web page: .

3. Approval of Draft Recommendations

3.1 AAP Consent of Draft New Recommendations

3.1.1 No draft new Recommendations were presented for consideration for AAP Consent.

4 Next Generation Networks and SG 19’s Role

4.1 The report and the draft output document “NGN Release 1 – Scope” of the final meeting of the Next Generation Networks Focus Group (Gatwick, UK, 14-17 November 2005) are found in TD 263.

4.2 SG 19 continues to assert its position on its role in NGN studies, especially with respect to mobility and fixed-mobile convergence, based on the mandate assigned to it at WTSA-2004, as further discussed in §8 below. At the same time, SG 19 is working closely with relevant Questions in SG 13 and other study groups to ensure that the technical work progresses expeditiously. One example is the coordinated and effective discussions involving Q.2 and 5.19 with Q.6/13 and Q.29/16 at this meeting.

5. Reports of Interim and Related Activities

5.1 While an interim e-meeting of Q.1/19 was scheduled 8 - 22 November 2005, this meeting was cancelled due to lack of sufficient input documents to warrant proceeding.

5.2 Notes on the discussions on the remaining general documents identified in the opening plenary may be found in Annex 2.

5.3 Open Access to SG 19 Documentation

5.3.1 The SG 19 Chairman noted the substantial increase in the proportion of contributions that have been designated as available for public access. The SG 19 Chairman is also required to report to TSAG on SG 19’s experience to date with respect to the conduct of a trial of making SG 19 documents publicly accessible. It is noted that ten of thirteen contributions (77%) and a number of TDs to this meeting are designated for public access. All the publicly accessible documents, including a public version of the previous meeting’s report, are available at itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com19/docs.

5.3.2 No issues or concerns of any sort have arisen as a result of the open and public access to these documents to date. The SG 19 Chairman will so indicate to TSAG at the upcoming meeting,

3 - 7 July 2006.

5.3.3 The SG 19 Chairman encouraged participants to continue to strive for greater openness and public accessibility for their documents within the agreed guidelines in order to obtain the fullest possible experience in this area.

6 Meeting Timetable and Appointment of Coordinators

6.1 The SG 19 Management Team proposed a meeting timetable in the Collective Letter and this was provided in TD 246. This timetable includes joint sessions of various questions as referenced above.

6.2 There has been no change to the list of Rapporteurs included in the previous meeting’s report.

6.3 The following table provides the updated list of SG 19 Coordinators.

|Function |Coordinator |

|EDH |open (SG 19 Chairman by default) |

|IETF, IEEE 802 |Mr Young Kyun Kim (Samsung Electronics, Korea) |

|ITU-D Q.18/2 Liaison |Mr Maurice Ghazal (MPT, Lebanon) |

|ITU-R WP 8F Liaison |Mr Konstantin Trofimov (Russian Federation) assisted by Mr Kiritkumar Lathia (Siemens |

| |Mobile Communications, Italy) |

|Liaison |Mr Konstantin Trofimov (Russian Federation) |

|Meeting Scheduling |Mr Motoshi Tamura (NTT DoCoMo, Japan) |

|NGN |Mr Leslie Graf (Australia) |

|OPs of 3GPP and 3GPP2 |Mr Ilkka Hyvärinen (Nokia, Finland; Q.3/19 Rapporteur) |

|Project Plan |Mr Bruno Ramos (ANATEL, Brazil) |

|Publicity |Mr John Visser (Nortel, Canada) |

|Security |open (SG 19 Chairman by default) |

|Seminars and Workshops |Mr Kiritkumar Lathia (Siemens Mobile Communications, Italy) |

7. Approval of reports of individual Questions

7.1 Q.1/19 “Service and network capability requirements and network architecture”

7.1.1 The meeting reviewed and approved the report of Q1/19 in TD 310R1, attached as Annex 4.

7.1.2 The key results extracted from the report of Q1/19 are:

• discussed how to progress the work on draft new Recommendation “Functional Network Architecture for Systems Beyond IMT-2000” (Q.FNAB); and

• reviewed, and agreed to an updated work plan for Q.1/19, changing the timing for Q.FNAB from 3Q2006 to 2Q2007.

7.1.3 Q.1/19 proposed one outgoing liaison statement as listed in §10 below.

7.1.4 Proposed interim activities were approved and details are included in §9 below.

7.1.5 A discussion on reinvigorating the work of Q.1/19 supported that the work should be more closely coupled with Q.3/13 (“Principles and functional architecture for NGN”) as indicated in the report and in the proposed liaison statement, and that this should be extended to include Q.2/13 (“Requirements and implementation scenarios for emerging services in NGN.”)

7.2 Q.3/19 “Identification of existing and evolving IMT-2000 systems”

7.2.1 The meeting reviewed and approved the report of Q.3/19 in TD 299R1, attached as Annex 5. A public version of this TD has also been posted.

7.2.2 The key results extracted from the report of Q.3/19 are:

• reviewed and approved inputs from ARIB and TTC for draft new Recommendation Q.1742.5 “ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network” in preparation for anticipated submission for AAP Consent at the July 2006 meeting of SG 19.

7.2.3 Q.3/19 proposed one outgoing liaison statements as listed in §10 below.

7.2.4 No interim activities were proposed.

7.3 Q.4/19 “Preparation of a handbook on IMT-2000”

7.3.1 The meeting reviewed and approved the report of Q.4/19 in TD 311R1, attached as Annex 6.

7.3.2 The key results extracted from the report of Q.4/19 are:

• a new chapter on safety and security issues for IMT-2000 was reviewed and adopted subject to revision as might be suggested by ITU-T Study Group 17 in response to a liaison being sent to this study group; and

• material for a new chapter on FMC was proposed to the editor.

7.3.3 Q.4/19 proposed four outgoing liaison statements as listed in §10 below. One of these was not approved as indicated in §7.3.6 below.

7.3.4 No interim activities were proposed.

7.3.5 The review of the report identified that recent ITU-BDT workshops in Damascus and Nairobi might also be used as a source of material for the Handbook, similar to the material identified in TD 311R1 for recent events in Kyiv and Tunis:

• ITU/BDT Regional Workshop for the Arab Region on Guidelines on the Smooth Transition of Existing Mobile Networks to IMT-2000 for Developing Countries, Damascus, Syria, 13-15 June 2005

• ITU/BDT Regional Seminar for Africa on Fixed Mobile Convergence and Guidelines on the smooth transition of existing mobile networks to IMT-2000 for Developing Countries, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-12 May 2005

Information in these events may be found at

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7.3.6 The proposed liaison statement in TD 305R1 was discussed. It was clarified that what is being requested is only a brief description of the ITU-D Q.18/2 MTG document. Considering that the WTDC-06 will occur in March 2006, that no meetings of ITU-D Q.18/2 are scheduled before then, and that the outcome of WTDC-06 may alter the structure and content of the ITU-D Questions, it was considered not appropriate to send this proposed liaison statement. Mr Kiritkumar Lathia kindly volunteered to draft text to meet the need expressed by Q.4/19. It was therefore agreed that this liaison statement was not needed and hence it was not approved.

7.4 Joint Q.2/19, Q.5/19, Q.6/13 and Q.29/16

7.4.1 Questions Q.2/19, Q.5/19, Q.6/13 and Q.29/16 met jointly. The titles of these Questions are:

• Q.2/19 Mobility management

• Q.5/19 Convergence of evolving IMT-2000 networks with evolving fixed networks

• Q.6/13 NGN mobility and fixed-mobile convergence

• Q.19/16 Mobility for Multimedia Systems and Services

7.4.2 The meeting reviewed and approved with editorial corrections the report of the joint meetings in TD 302 as reflected in TD 302R1, attached as Annex 7. Note that this review and approval does not include that part of the report dealing with Q.6/13 specific aspects, that is §2 of TD 302R1, which was handled by SG 13.

7.4.3 Key results extracted from the report are:

Joint:

• agreed to propose that circuit switched services (i.e., voice services) of 2G and 3G mobile networks are emulated/simulated in NGN in the earliest Release possible in order to be able to use 2G/3G access networks in conjunction with NGN.

Mobility Management (MM):

• agreed to combine SG 19’s draft Q.MMR[1] and draft Q.MMF[2], and SG 13’s draft Y.NGN-MOB in order to create a common Stage 1 (MMR) and common three-volume Stage 2 (MMF, LMF[3], and HMF[4]) Mobility Management Recommendations across the Study Groups.

• Q.MMR was updated (D 30) resulting in TD 119 (WP2/13) / TD 312 (GEN/19)

• Additional description of ‘Local’ and ‘Home’ Location Manager and MM Scenarios were added to Q.MMF resulting in TD 120 (WP2/13) / TD 313 (GEN/19).

Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC):

• agreed to narrow the scope of Q.FMC stage 2 to a stage 2 recommendation on IMS based FMC and to clarify this in the working title by changing it to Rec.FMC-IMS[5]. Material in the output draft from this meeting that is outside the new scope will be transferred at the next meeting to another FMC recommendation or a living list. A draft containing a substantial amount of new stage 2 material can be found in TD 303R1(GEN/19) / TD 118 (WP2/13)

• agreed to start a new recommendation on an FMC scenario using PSTN as the fixed access network for a UMTS network with working title Rec.FMC-PAU[6]. A first working draft was produced and can be found in TD 304 (GEN/19) / TD 117(WP2/13)

• Rec.FMC-REQ[7] sections on high level requirements and capabilities were considerably enhanced including a new definition of FMC that makes it clear that FMC is an aspect of NGN, but not limited to NGN. It can be found in TD308(GEN/19) / TD116R1 (WP2/13)

7.4.4 Mr Li Mo of ZTE kindly volunteered to replace Mr David McFarlane as editor for Rec.FMC-IMS. Mr Minrui Shi of China Telecom kindly volunteered to take on the editorship for the new draft recommendation Rec.FMC-PAU. The appointment of these editors was approved.

7.4.5 The joint meeting proposed one outgoing liaison statement as listed in §10 below.

7.4.6 Proposed interim activities were approved and details are included in §9 below.

7.4.7 In TD 302 R1 §5.5.3, a definition of FMC was noted. The Rapporteurs are encouraged to ensure this definition is coordinated with the work on definitions in the NGN-GSI.

7.4.8 It was observed that the joint meetings benefited from the involvement of a number of participants who were not registered for SG 19. (It is estimated that twenty-one participants in the joint Questions discussions were not registered for SG 19.) All participants are kindly requested to consider registering for SG 19 in addition to other study groups in the NGN-GSI. Noting that associate members might be financially impacted if they are required to register for multiple study groups, it was made clear that this request to also register for SG 19 is desirable but optional, and that registering for any one of the involved study groups is sufficient to participate in a joint meeting.

7.4.9 It was noted by the SG 19 Chairman that the Rapporteurs for the four Questions making up this joint activity had worked together very well in the best spirit of resolving differences in points of view and in moving the work forward. An indication of appreciation was suggested and the meeting responded promptly with a substantial round of applause.

8. Allocation of NGN deliverable responsibilities

8.1 SG 13 TD 137 (PLEN) provides a listing of draft Recommendations and deliverables and their evolution as the work of the FGNGN has transitioned into the regular study groups structure. For SG 19, the deliverables FRMOB “Mobility management capability requirements for NGN” and FGNGN-IFN “IMS for Next Generation Networks” remain marked as target study group “13/19*” with the asterisk referring to a note at the end of the table that indicates: “The allocation of responsibilities is under review.”

8.2 SG 19 continues to be of the view that these two deliverables fall within its purview per WTSA-2004 discussions and decisions as captured in WTSA document 118 and Resolution 2, and as “endorsed by a meeting between the TSB Director and Heads of Delegation on 7 September [2005] and form the basis of the ongoing coordination, planning and management of the NGN work.” (TD 240, previous SG 19 meeting.) At the same time, SG 19 has every intention of progressing the approval process for these deliverables expeditiously in order that SG 19’s involvement in the NGN-GSI be positive and constructive in delivering timely results to meet the needs of all parties involved.

9. Future meetings

9.1 The next meeting of SG 19 is scheduled to take place 24-28 July 2006 in Geneva per TSB Circular 40 dated 25 July 2005, during the same period as SGs 13 and 11. Further details will be provided by Collective Letter and will be posted on the SG 19 web site in the usual manner.

9.2 There was discussion of how to better schedule the activities of the three study groups making up the core of the NGN-GSI. To this end, SG 19 considered whether the current schedule was appropriate or whether a better allocation of time slots over the two week period 17 - 28 July 2006 might be defined. As a result of these discussions, it was agreed that the meeting plan provided at Annex 9 would meet the needs of the technical discussions.

9.3 The SG 19 Meeting Schedule Coordinator, Mr Motoshi Tamura, presented TD 284 which provides information on the schedule for selected meetings of other groups relevant to SG19. This provides an excellent overview of meetings of interest to SG 19 and will also be used by the SG leadership and Rapporteurs in planning meeting schedules as noted above. An update reflecting SG electronic meetings and Rapporteurs’ meetings, etc., will be provided after the meeting as TD 284R1. Mr Tamura’s efforts are much appreciated.

9.4 Interim meetings were proposed and approved as listed below. Electronic meetings will take place using the electronic discussion board facilities at supplemented by meeting document access on TIES. Guidelines for the conduct of electronic meetings may be found at itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/templates.

• Q1/19:

• Electronic: 23 May - 6 June 2006

• Terms of Reference: To progress the work on Q.FNAB

• Joint Q2/19, Q.5/19, Q.6/13:

• Rapporteurs: (22 - 27 April 2006; Kobe, Japan)

• Terms of Reference:

Mobility Management:

• to combine SG19’s Q.MMR, Q.MMF, and SG13’s Y.NGN-MOB in order to create a Stage 1 (MMF) and three Stage 2 (MMF, LMF, and HMF) Mobility Management Recommendations.

FMC:

• progress the work on draft Rec.FMC-REQ

• progress the work on draft Rec.FMC-IMS

• progress the work on draft Rec.FMC-PAU

9.5 Mr Hideo Imanaka (NTT) kindly provided a brief presentation on the arrangements for the Workshop and Rapporteurs meetings in Kobe, Japan, 20-27 April 2006. Further information on the arrangements is available in TD 318. Information on the arrangements for the above meeting is available on the NGN GSI web page:

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9.6 Rapporteurs are encouraged to send out reminders as they approach the dates for their meetings. The TSB will only post information about the above meetings as provided by the Rapporteurs.

10. Approval of outgoing liaison statements

10.1 The following table provides a list of the liaison statements that were proposed. All the listed Liaison Statements were reviewed and approved during the presentation of the individual Question reports except as noted in §10.2. The work of Mr Konstantin Trofimov in coordinating these liaison statements is much appreciated.

10.2 In TD 112, received at the previous SG 19 meeting, TSAG requested that study groups provide information on tracking outgoing LSs to non-ITU-T organizations. A report to TSAG on this is provided in TD 298. All the Liaison Statements listed in this table were reviewed and approved in the closing plenary.

|LS No. |TD No. |Title |For |To |Source |

|24 |298 |Tracking of Liaison Statements with non-ITU-T |Information |TSAG |SG 19 |

| | |organizations | | | |

|25 |300R1 |Alert to SDOs of Q.1742.5 publication status |Action |ARIB, CCSA, TIA, |Q.3/19 |

| | | | |TTA, TTC | |

|26 |301R1 |Development of a PDNR in response to Q.223 |Information/Action/C|ITU-R WP 8F |SGs 13 and 19 |

| | | |omment | | |

|27 |306 |Revision of the draft new chapter for the Handbook |Action |ITU-T |Q.4/19 |

| | |on IMT-2000 | |SG 17 | |

|28 |307R1 |Preparation of the Handbook on IMT-2000 |Action |ITU-R |Q.4/19 |

| | | | |WP 8F | |

|29 |309R2 |Request for analysis and comments on Q.FNAB |Action |ITU-T |Q.1/19 |

| | | | |Q.3/13 | |

|30 |314 |Request for material for the Handbook on IMT-2000 |Action |ITU-T |Q.4/19 |

| | | | |SG 3 | |

|31 |319 |Correction to TD 43 (WP 1/13), Q.1/13 Living List of|Action |ITU-T |SG 19 |

| | |approved/draft Recommendations that could fall into | |SG 13 | |

| | |the scope of NGN | | | |

All Liaison Statements are available at .

11. Work Programme for SG 19

11.1 Mr Bruno Ramos produced an updated SG 19 Work Programme which is provided at Annex 3 and is also available as TD 247R1. Mr Ramos’s work is much appreciated.

12. Planning for Workshops and Seminars

12.1 TD 273 provides information on the upcoming ITU-T/ATIS Workshop on Next Generation Network Technology and Standardization, 19 - 20 March 2006, Las Vegas, USA. Further information may be found at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ngn/200603. SG 19 participants, especially those based in North America, are encouraged to participate. (A similar event took place in Gatwick, UK, on 18 November 2005. A future event is also planned for 20-21 April 2006 in Kobe, Japan. Further information may be found at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ngn/200604. See also SG 13 TD 141 (PLEN) for practical information.)

13. Reducing Documentation Costs

From TSAG Report R 7;

11.3.2 TSAG endorsed a trial to distribute paper copies of pre-meeting documents for SG 15 and SG 19 only to those delegates requesting them on the meeting registration form. TSB will include this option in the Collective Letters for these study groups. The Chairman of Study Group 15 said that this choice would save more than 60% of the paper in Study Group 15. Taking into account the needs of developing countries, paper copies will continue to be distributed to those who want them. Iran pointed out that this method already works very well in ITU-R. The trial will be evaluated with the consideration to apply this option in all study groups.

This refers to the discussion in TSAG Report R 10, section 4.3.

The Collective Letter for the current SG 19 meeting was issued before this decision was taken. Therefore, the SG Chairman provided a proposal on how to conduct such a trial by email to the SG 19 reflector. The edited text of this email is included at Annex 8.

The proposal by the SG 19 Chairman in this regard was found to be suitable. No issues were identified. All appreciated the ongoing efforts to reduce paper consumption and the associated cost savings. Based on initial experience, a positive Recommendation can be made to TSAG to extend this process to all study groups.

14. Closing of the Meeting

14.1 The Chairman thanked the TSB Secretariat (Ms. Tatiana Kurakova and Ms. Maite Comas Barnés) for their excellent support to the meeting, and all the participants for their hard work, proactive input and cooperation.

14.2 The delegates expressed their appreciation for the SG 19 Chairman’s efforts in guiding the meeting.

14.3 The meeting was closed.

Annex 1 - Agenda

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Welcome by TSB Director

3. Chairman’s comments and key objectives for this meeting

4. Approval of agenda

5. Brief reports of interim meetings

1. Q.1/19 E-Meeting (8 – 22 November 2005)

6. Related activities

6.1 Next Generation Networks Focus Group meeting (Gatwick, London, UK, 14 - 17 November 2005)

6.2 ITU-T SG 13 (Geneva, 29 August – 9 September 2005)

6.3 Others as identified

7. Information on other events of interest

7.1 ITU-T SG 19 Workshop “Mobile Telecommunications and Fixed/Mobile Convergence - the realities going forward” (Kyiv, Ukraine, 12-14 September 2005)

7.2 ITU-D SG 2 meeting (Geneva, 12 – 15 September 2005)

7.3 ITU-R WP 8F meeting (Helsinki, Finland, 12-19 October 2005)

7.4 Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges in Home Networking (Geneva,

13 – 14 October 2005)

7.5 SG Chairmen’s meeting (Geneva, 3-4 November 2005)

7.6 TSAG meeting (Geneva, 7-11 November 2005)

7.7 WSIS II - Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, Tunisia, 16-18 November 2005)

7.8 NGN Industry Event (Gatwick, London, England, 18 November 2005)

7.9 ITU-BDT Regional Seminar on Fixed Mobile Convergence and New Network Architecture for the Arab Region (Tunis, Tunisia, 21-24 November 2005)

8. Organization of the work

8.1 Working methods

2. Appointment of Rapporteurs, Editors and Coordinators as required

8.3 Others as identified

9. Approval of Meeting Work Plan

10. Document allocation

11. Meetings of Individual Questions

12. Examination and approval of the reports of the Questions

1. Consent of Recommendations in accordance with the rules of Recommendation A.8

13. Future activities

14. Miscellaneous

15. Closure of the Meeting

Annex 2 - Notes on Additional Documents Identified in the Opening Plenary

D 29 from France Telecom is lists ETSI TISPAN NGN Release 1 Specifications and how they are related to ITU-T NGN related Questions in NGN-GSI activities. The presentation at the opening plenary noted that there are several documents relevant to SG 19 on the subjects of requirements, service capabilities, architecture, mobility management, IMS and roaming interface protocols. In the opening plenary, it was noted that there is agreement that the TISPAN specifications will not be simply imported en bloc by referencing, but rather that they will be individually assessed against requirements and referenced accordingly. Further discussion of the details of this document was remanded to the Questions 1, 2 and 5/19 as indicated in TD 293R1.

D 41 (Korea) provided an overview of recent activity in groups within the IETF that are addressing aspects of mobility. Remanded to Q.2/19 for further consideration.

TD 250 from SG 4 provides the Terms of Reference for the continuing Focus Group on NGN Management which is supporting the NGN-GSI in this dimension. It was noted.

TD 251 is SG 9’s reply to TSAG on TDR/EW. SG 9 is working on a draft new Recommendation J.pref (“Specifications for preferential telecommunications over IPCablecom networks”) which will address the requirements in J.260. This document is for SG 19’s information. Noted.

TD 252 provides the list of contacts in SG 9, including details of how they may be contacted. Noted.

TD 253 provides SG 17’s action plan to support the involvement of developing countries and countries with economies in transition (DC-CET) in the standardization work on security, languages and telecommunication software. Noted.

TD 254 indicates that, according to a request from TSAG, SG 17 started to review its work programme for work that Telecommunications for Disaster Relief and Early Warning (TDR/EW) system development can use and adapt the Action Plan. This liaison provides TSAG and SG 2 with a first feedback on the actions taken. It is for information to other study groups. Noted.

TD 255 provides SG 17 guidance to TSAG and Study Groups on how ITU-T could strengthen its role in conformance and interoperability testing. The Chairman noted that this document provides a succinct and informative overview of the subject area and he encouraged SG 19 participants to take part in an informal workshop on this area that SG 11 is conducting on the morning of 25 January. Noted.

TD 258 is an action item from TSAG on behalf of the TSB asking that Rapporteurs ensure that the TSB is provided with all documents from their meetings so that they may be archived. It was noted that all SSG and SG 19 Rapporteurs meeting documents have made use of the ITU facilities and therefore all our documents are already covered. No further action is needed.

TD 259 is a request from TSAG which is a request for registration and dissemination of the ITU-T Technology Watch function. SG 19 participants are encouraged to sign up to this reflector.

TD 260 provides TSB Circular 47 which describes the NGN-GSI initiative. Noted.

TD 261 provides CCSA’s letter in response to Circular 47 in which the CCSA Secretary General indicates clear support for the NGN-GSI activities in the ITU-T. Noted with thanks to CCSA for their expression of support.

TD 263 is the report of the final meeting of the FGNGN. The attachments include the report of that final meeting of the FGNGN. The SG 19 Chairman walked through this to note the deliverables that were transitioning from the FGNGN to the NGN-GSI. The document indicates that any feedback on the report or the outputs being transitioned to the NGN-GSI should be addressed to SG 13. The document includes the FGNGN “NGN Release 1 Scope” document. Noted.

TD 264 provides the FGNGN’s response to the SG 19 liaison regarding comments on FGNGN output documents. It is noted that essentially all the comments and suggestions provided by SG 19 were agreed and are reflected in associated amendments to the FGNGN draft deliverables transitioned to the NGN-GSI. The exception is the comment on whether FRMOB is needed for Release 1 considering the assertion in FGNGN-OD-00229 NGN Release 1 Scope (attached to TD 263 as noted above) that: “No major new interfaces for mobility are proposed for Release 1. Existing interfaces between networks, users and terminals, users and networks, terminals and networks will be used. Release 1 continues to use existing signalling capabilities for all types of mobility as currently defined.” Noted.

TD 265 provides a summary report of the SG 19 workshop held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 12-14 September 2005. There were several indications that this workshop had been well received and was considered very successful. Further information is available at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/imt2000/200509. Noted.

TD 266 indicates that SG 2 is the lead SG on TDR/EW. Noted.

TD 267 indicates that SG 2 is the lead SG on Service Definition, Numbering and Routing. SG 2 has approved a new Recommendation (E.910), Procedures for the Registration within the Domain “.int”, and also determined one new and three revised Recommendations:

• E.156: Procedures to determine ITU action on reported misuse of E.164 number resources.

• E.118: The international telecommunication charge card

• E.152, The international freephone service

• E.164.1, Criteria and procedures for the reservation, assignment and reclamation of E.164 CCs and associated ICs

Noted.

TD 270 is a summary of relevant discussions in the SG Chairmen’s meeting which took place just prior to the last meeting of TSAG. The SG 19 Chairman noted the discussion on further clustering of SG meetings and the consideration in doing this. He noted that ITU-T Recommendation A.9 (“Working procedures for the Special Study Group on IMT-2000 and Beyond”) was proposed for deletion as these had been made available to all the study groups. One point was identified as a change to Resolution 1. The deletion and change to Resolution 1 were agreed by the SG Chairmen and were proposed to the TSAG meeting which also agreed. This is reported in TSAG Report R 7, §11.1.1 and further elaborated in TSAG Report R 8, §4. The SG 19 Chairman also indicated that an ITU-T/ATIS NGN Workshop is being prepared. Further information may be found at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ngn/200603. Noted.

TD 271 indicated that the Resolution 40 should be used as guidance in deciding which approval procedures, TAP or AAP, is to be used for a draft new Recommendation. Noted.

TD 272 provides the report of a workshop on “SOS by SMS” which took place 28 November 2005 in Geneva. This addressed how charitable donations in support of victims of natural and other disasters might be made using mobile telephone technology, and addressed a number of issues in doing so. Noted.

TD 273 alerts participants to the upcoming “ITU-T/ATIS workshop on Next Generation Network Technology and Standardization,” 19 - 20 March 2006, Las Vegas, USA. Further information on this event may be found at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ngn/200603. Delegates, especially those from North America, are encouraged to participate.

TD 274 provides information on a number of upcoming ITU-T workshops, including some described in other TDs. Delegates are encouraged to review this list and give positive consideration to participating and contributing to workshops. Noted.

TD 275 provides information on meeting facilities, etc. Noted.

TD 276 provides the list of Delayed contributions. Noted.

TD 277 provides the list of incoming liaison statements. Noted.

TD 286 provides extracts of the results and outcomes of WSIS II. Noted for information.

TD 287 provides the “Consolidated Study Group reply to the TSAG Action Plan for TDR/EW Standardization.” Noted.

TD 288 provides extracts from the TSAG report R 7 on conformance and interoperability testing and follow-up actions. The informal workshop being organized by SG 11 for the morning of 25 January was noted and participants were encouraged to join this event if they had time available to do so. Noted.

TD 289 provides extracts from TSAG report R 7 on Home Networking and RFID. A Joint Coordination Activity on Home Networking is continuing. The attention of participants was drawn to an ITU-T Workshop on “Opportunities and Challenges in Home Networking” that was held in Geneva, 13 - 14 October 2005. Further information is available at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/homenetworking. A correspondence group on RFID is continuing. An ITU-T Workshop on "Networked RFID: Systems and Services" will be held in the CICG, Geneva, 14 - 15 February 2006. Further details are available at itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/rfid.

TD 290 provides extracts from TSAG report on Network security. This indicates endorsement by TSAG of SG 17 recommended actions: SGs to identify relevant Recommendations for review of adequate security considerations and that relevant SGs review Recommendations within their areas of responsibility and provide results each year to the TSB, with a copy to SG 17, in time for the TSB Director to report to Council. SG 19 had previously provided inputs to the “Manual - Security in Telecommunications and Information Technology - December 2003” and updated for October 2004 . These manuals are available at itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/85097.pdf and itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/86435.pdf. No updates to this information were identified at this meeting.

TD 291 provides extracts from TSAG report on NGN-related issues. This includes the results of a discussion on a contribution from Lebanon concerning moving certain work from one study group to another. Continuation of the NGN Management Focus Group was supported. Transition of the work from the FGNGN to the NGN-GSI was reported and endorsed. Noted.

TD 294 provides information on a “Regional Seminar on Fixed Mobile Convergence and New Network Architectures for the Arab Region” which took place in Tunis (Tunisia), 21-24 November 2005. The SG 19 Chairman was also the Chairman for this event. Noted.

Annex 3 - SG 19 Work Programme

|Recommendation |ST |Ques |SG |

|Q.1742.5 |“ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access |Mr Charles C. Teising Jr. | |

| |network” |Lucent Technologies (USA) | |

3 Meeting Documentation

All documents considered at this meeting are available at



4 Liaison Statements

The meeting resulted in the preparation of Liaison Statements as summarized in Table 2.

Table 2 – Outgoing Liaison Statements

|Addressee |Document number |Question |For |Title/ Subject |

|ARIB, CCSA, TIA, TTA, |GEN 300R1 |3/19 |Action |Alert to SDOs of Q.1742.5 publication status |

|TTC | | | | |

5 Recommendation status and Work Plan

Status and Work Plan for Recommendations and other deliverables under the responsibility of this Question are summarized in the overall plan for the Study Group.

Meeting made the following change to the work plan of Q.3:

- change the consent of Q.1742.5 from 1Q2006 to 3Q2006

5.1 Future work

No interim meetings proposed.

6 Detailed report of discussions

6.1 Work item 3a: General

The meeting reviewed and approved the agenda (document TD GEN 281R1) as recorded under clause 1.2.

TD GEN 247 provides the draft work programme of SG 19. The Q.3 meeting reviewed the document and made the updates recorded under clause 5 of this report.

6.2 Work item 3b: Q.1742.5

TD GEN 268 provides inputs of TTC for Q.1742.5. Document reviewed and as the presented input information included all the requested data, it was approved to be included into the draft Q.1742.5.

TD GEN 269 provides inputs of ARIB for Q.1742.5. Document reviewed and as the presented input information included all the requested data, it was approved to be included into the draft Q.1742.5.

6.3 AOB

No other business recognized.

6.4 Review of Meeting Report

The draft meeting report in TD 299 was reviewed, revised and approved as revision 1 of TD 299.

Annex 6 - Q.4/19 Report: Preparation of a handbook on IMT-2000

1 Organization of Meeting

1.1 Meeting Identification, Chairmanship and Participation

This is the report of a meeting of Q.4/19 Title: Preparation of a handbook on IMT-2000.

Q.4/19 met in Geneva on 24-26 January 2006. The meeting was chaired by Mr Maurice Ghazal, Ministry of Telecommunications, Lebanon, and was attended by 10 delegates from 6 countries.

1.2 Meeting agenda

The Meeting Agenda was published in Temporary Document 285R1. It was reviewed and approved by the meeting.

2 Key Results

2.1 Work Items Progressed

A new chapter on safety and security issues for IMT-2000 was reviewed, adopted by the meeting participants and sent to the ITU-T Study Group 17 for further revision. The material for new chapter on FMC was proposed to the editor.

3 Meeting Documentation

Documents considered at this meeting are available at

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4 Liaison Statements

The meeting resulted in the preparation of Liaison Statements as summarized in Table 1.

Table 1 – Outgoing Liaison Statements

|Addressee |Document number |Question |For |Title/ Subject |

|ITU-D Q.18/2 |TD 305R1 |Q.4/19 |Action |Request of the material for the Handbook on IMT-2000 |

|ITU-T SG17 |TD 306 |Q.4/19 |Action |Revision of the draft new chapter for the Handbook on IMT-2000 |

|ITU-R WP8F |TD 307R1 |Q.4/19 |Action |Preparation of the Handbook on IMT-2000 |

|ITU-T SG3 |TD 314 |Q.4/19 |Action |Request for material for the Handbook on IMT-2000 |

5 Recommendation status and Work Plan

Status and Work Plan for Recommendations and other deliverables under the responsibility of this Question are summarized in the overall Work Plan for the Study Group.

5.1 Future work

The next activity of Question 4/19 will be in the form of physical meeting on the next meeting of SG19 in July 2006 in Geneva. It was decided that no Q.4/19 Rapporteurs meetings are needed. An electronic Rapporteur meeting will probably be established after the next meeting of SG19 in July 2006.

6 Detailed report of discussions

• The Delayed contribution D 35 “The proposal on editing of the Handbook on IMT-2000” from Russian Federation was presented to the meeting, reviewed and adopted by the meeting participants. This contribution contained the proposal to use the material from Kyiv Workshop on FMC (TD 265) for the new chapter. It was proposed during the discussion to use the material both from Kyiv Workshop and Tunis Seminar (TD 294).

• TD 265 is the TSB Report of the SG19 Workshop on Mobile Telecommunications and FMC, Kyiv, Ukraine, 12-14 September 2005. It was noted. The material from the Workshop can be used as a material for new chapter.

• TD 294 contains the information about ITU-BDT Seminar on FMC and New Network Architectures, Tunis, 21-24 Nov 2005. It was noted. The material from the Seminar can be used as a material for new chapter.

• TD 248 is a Liaison Statement from ITU-D Q.18/2 on the Revision of WTDC Resolution 43 (Istanbul, 2002). The Liaison Statement to ITU-D Q.18/2 concerning the material for the Handbook within the scope of the Resolution 43 was prepared.

• TD 253 is a Liaison Statement from ITU-T SG17 informing the group about the SG17 Action Plan for developing countries and countries with economies in transition (DC-CET). It was noted. The Liaison Statement to ITU-T SG17 concerning the revision of the draft new chapter for the Handbook on safety and security issues was prepared.

• TD 283 is the Executive Summary of the 17th ITU-R WP8F meeting. It was noted. The Liaison Statement to ITU-R WP8F concerning the preparation of the Second Edition of the Handbook was prepared.

• TD 247 is a SG19 Work Programme. The Q.4/19 portion of it was reviewed. It was decided to postpone the issue of the Handbook to the 2Q.2007 because of the large amount of material to process.

• TD 282 R1 is a chapter on safety and security issues (for the second edition of the Handbook). It was revised, approved and sent to the ITU-T Study Group 17 for further revision.

• During the closing session discussion there was a proposal to prepare a liaison statement for ITU-T SG3 to request the information for tariff and accounting principles. The liaison statement was prepared and adopted as TD 314.

7 Review of Meeting Report

The draft meeting report in TD 311R1 was reviewed and approved.

Annex 7 - Report of Joint Meetings of Q.2/19, Q.5/19, Q.6/13 and Q.29/16

1. Organization of Meeting

This is the combined meeting report of the joint questions of 6/13, 29/16, 2 and 5/19 that were held during 16-27 January 2006. It covers the following sessions:

• Q6 Independent Meeting – 16-20 January 2006

o Reference to Q.3, 6, 9/13 Joint Meeting Report

• Joint meeting across Q.6/13, Q.29/16, Q.2/19 and Q.5/19 – 23, 26 January 2006

• Joint meeting of Q.2/19 and Q.6/13 on Mobility Management – 23-25 January 2006

• Joint meeting of Q.5/19 and Q.6/13 on Fixed Mobile Convergence – 23-25 January 2006

The meeting agenda was published in TD82r3 (WP2/13) and TD 280r1 (GEN/19).

2 Q6/13 Independent Meeting Reports

3 Joint Meeting Reports across Q.6/13, Q.29/16, Q.2/19 and Q.5/19

The meeting was chaired by Felix Zhang, Q.6/13 Rapporteur, Leo Lehmann Q.29/16 Rapporteur, Farrokh Khatibi, Q.2/19 Rapporteur and Kees den Hollander, Q.5/19 Rapporteur.

3.1 Key results

It was agreed to propose that circuit switched services (i.e., voice services) of 2G and 3G mobile networks are emulated/simulated in NGN in the earliest Release possible in order to be able to use 2G/3G access networks in conjunction with NGN.

3.2 Future Work

The next joint MM and FMC meeting of Q.6/13, Q.2/19, and Q.5/19 is scheduled during the Kobe meeting in the morning of 27 April. Please note that the joint meetings on FMC will be in the morning and the joint meetings on MM will be in the afternoon of April 24th-26th April.

3.3 Liaison Statements

• TD262(SG19) TD160GEN(SG13) LS - Development of a PDNR in response to Q.223

• TD295(SG19) ITU-R Q.223-1 Text

Discussion: This LS from ITU-R WP8F informs SGs 13 and 19 that it has started work on the development of a PDNR in response to Q.223 on IP applications over mobile systems. Based on a brief overview of the document, the group agreed that it is important for SGs 13 and 19 to be involved in this activity.

Action: An LS in TD 301 (GEN/19) and TD 104 (WP 2/13).

3.4 Contributions

• TD88r2(WP2/13) Report of Joint Meeting across Q3, 6 and 9/13

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• D546 (SG13) This contribution states the U.S.A. Position on the Use of IMS Terminology [USA]

• TD84(WP2/13), TD278 (SG19) Technical Paper on Service Mobility for new Multimedia Service Architecture (Rev. 0.3)

• D29(SG19) Disposition of ETSI TISPAN NGN Release 1 Specifications in ITU-T NGN related Questions (and in ITU-T NGN-GSI activities)

Discussion: This contribution lists ETSI TISPAN Specifications that are relevant to ITU-T NGN-GSI activities. Upon review of this list, TD 278 (SG19) was generated and reviewed in the MM section.

Action: Noted and review TD 278.

• D34(SG19), D370(SG13) 2G Mobile Access Network Support in NGN – A Requirement for 2G Network Evolution Towards NGN for Developing Nations

Discussion: The author of this contribution was unfortunately not available to present it or clarify some of the questions that were raised by the contribution. Nonetheless, the contribution was reviewed. The meeting agreed with the following statement to be addressed at the Plenaries:

Propose that circuit switched services (i.e., voice services) of 2G and 3G mobile networks are emulated/simulated in NGN in the earliest Release possible in order to be able to use 2G/3G access networks in conjunction with NGN.

Action: Agreed to forward the above statement to the Plenaries.

4 Mobility Management

The meeting was chaired by Farrokh Khatibi, Q.2/19 and Felix Zhang, Q.6/13 Rapporteur.

4.1 Key results

• It was agreed to combine SG19’s Q.MMR, Q.MMF, and SG13’s Y.NGN-MOB in order to create a common Stage 1 (MMR) and common three-volume Stage 2 (MMF, LMF, and HMF) Mobility Management Recommendations across the Study Groups.

• Q.MMR was updated (please refer to the D30) resulting in: TD119 (WP2/13) and TD312 (GEN/19)

• Additional description of ‘Local’ and ‘Home’ Location Manager and MM Scenarios were added to Q.MMF resulting in: TD120 (WP2/13) and TD313 (GEN/19).

4.2 Recommendation status and work plan

The following Work Plan update was agreed by the group:

MMR (Stage 1) AAP Consent in July 2006 Plenary

MMF (Stage 2) Stable document by 2Q2006 and AAP Consent 2Q2007

LMF Location Management (Stage 2) 2Q2007

HMF Handover Management (Stage 2) 2Q2007

4.3 Future Work

The next joint meeting of Q.2/19 and Q.6/13 is in the form of a joint Rapporteur level face-to-face meeting 24-27 April, during the NGN-GSI meeting in Kobe, Japan. The Terms of Reference for this meeting are:

To combine SG19’s Q.MMR, Q.MMF, and SG13’s Y.NGN-MOB in order to create a Stage 1 (MMR) and three Stage 2 (MMF, LMF, and HMF) Mobility Management Recommendations.

4.4 Liaison Statements

No liaison statements were assigned to the joint session on MM.

4.5 Contributions

• D40(SG19) Review of proposed new IETF work item: "Network-based Localized Mobility"

Discussion: This contribution reviews a proposal for a new IETF working group to address certain aspects of Mobility Management. The contribution includes the scope of the Network-based Localized Mobility Management (netlmm) Work Plan.

Action: The participants were encouraged to follow up on the discussions in this group and provide relevant discussion to the MM activities of ITU-T.

• D41(SG19) Executive Summary of the mobility-related WGs in IETF

Discussion: This contribution summarized the activities of 64th IETF Meeting related to MM.

Action: The participants were encouraged to follow up on the discussions in IETF and provide relevant interaction between IETF and ITU-T.

• D313(SG13) Mobility Management Capability Requirements for NGN (Ref. FGNGN-OD-00246r1)

• D469(SG13) Proposed added texts to Section 5.2 – IPv6 Capabilities in NGN

• TD159(GEN/13) Final Draft TR on Corporate Telecommunication Networks – Mobility for Enterprise Communications (ref. Ecma/TC32-TG17/2005/069)

• TD279 (SG19) Roaming Interface Protocol Definitions for TISPAN NGN Network Access - TISPAN NGN Release 1

• D30(SG19) Draft New Recommendation Q.MMR

• D33(SG19) Draft New Recommendation Q.MMF (version 0.9)

• D32(SG19) Clarification of Local and Home Location Managers

Discussion: This document defines the terms ‘Local’ and ‘Home’ Location Manager. Note that we could have multiple levels of Handover Management. There needs to be a clear connection between LM and HM.

Action: The contribution was agreed and the Editors were instructed to update Q.MMF to include these updates.

• D31(SG19) MM Scenarios by Service Models.

Discussion: This contribution proposes the texts for Section 9 (MM scenarios by Services Models) of Q.MMF. It points out that the application services models can be divided into the client-server model and peer-to-peer model. The contribution includes a table that compared different MM Scenarios by MMF. The comparison does not include all factors such as resource allocation. Contributions are invited to add other factors to the comparison

Action: The contribution was approved and the Editors were instructed to include it in Q.MMF.

5 Fixed Mobile Convergence

The meeting was chaired by Kees den Hollander, Q.5/19 Rapporteur and Felix Zhang, Q.6/13 Rapporteur.

In their opening remarks the Rapporteurs clarified that at future NGN-GSI and co-located SG 13 and SG 19 meetings, all FMC sessions will be joint meetings of Q.6/13 and Q.5/19.

It was further noted that the consequence of joining forces is that the scope of the recommendations of both questions will have to be reviewed in order to ensure that the joint group produces a consistent set of recommendations according to a consolidated work plan.

5.1 Key results

The meeting achieved the following results:

• It was agreed to narrow the scope of Q.FMC stage 2 to a stage 2 recommendation on IMS based FMC and to clarify this in the working title by changing it to Rec.FMC-IMS. Material in the output draft from this meeting that does no longer fall within the new scope will be taken out at the next meeting and transferred to another FMC recommendation or a living list. An output draft was produced that contains a substantial amount of new stage 2 material. It can be found in TD303R1(GEN/19)/TD118R1(WP2/13)

• It was agreed to start a new recommendation on an FMC scenario using PSTN as the fixed access network for a UMTS network with working title Rec.FMC-PAU. A first working draft was produced as output from the meeting. It can be found in TD304(GEN/19)/TD117 (WP2/13)

• Rec.FMC-REQ was considerable enhanced in the sections on high level requirements and capabilities. The new output draft contains a new definition of FMC that makes it clear that FMC is an aspect of NGN, but not limited to NGN. It can be found in TD308(GEN/19)/TD116R1 (WP2/13)

5.2 Recommendation status and work plan

The target date of Rec.FMC-IMS has been revised to 2Q 2007, because there is no SG meeting in Q1 (the current target date).

For the new draft Rec.FMC-PAU the meeting agreed to a planned completion date of 2Q 2007.

It was suggested that these stage 2 documents can only be completed if the stage 1, Rec.FMC-REQ, is available at least two meeting earlier. Since there is no SG meeting in November, it was agreed that it would be sufficient if Rec.FMC-REQ reaches stable draft status at the NGN-GSI meeting in November and the group hold an additional Rapporteur’s meeting between the November and April meeting. The official target date for Rec.FMC-REQ is also 2Q 2007.

Lawful interception

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5.2.1 Editors

Mr Li Mo of ZTE kindly volunteered to replace Mr David McFarlane as editor for Rec.FMC-IMS.

Mr Minrui Shi of China Telecom kindly volunteered to take on the editorship for the new draft recommendation Rec.FMC-PAU.

Both nominations were gladly accepted by the meeting and both new editors were wished every success in their endeavours.

5.3 Future Work

It was agreed to progress the work on the FMC deliverables during the NGN-GSI meeting in Kobe, Japan. The FMC meetings will held in the mornings of April 24 – 26. The output results will be reviewed in a joint session on FMC and MM in the morning of April 27.

The terms of reference for the April meeting are:

• progress the work on Rec.FMC-REQ

• progress the work on Rec.FMC-IMS

• progress the work on Rec.FMC-PAU

The meeting discussed the planning for the July meeting of SGs 13 and 19. To allow enough time for the discussions on FMC and facilitate co-ordination with Q3/13 it was decided to hold the formal FMC sessions on July 20 and 21. Drafting may take place on July 24 and 25 and the results of drafting will be reviewed in a joint session with MM on July 26.

5.4 Liaison Statements

No liaison statements were assigned to the joint session on FMC.

5.5 Contributions

5.5.1 General

• D314(SG13) FGNGN-IFN (IMS for Next Generation Networks) (Ref.: FGNGN-OD-00245r1)

• D487(SG13) [Korea] Proposal for the categorization of the converged services in NGN.

• D538(SG13) [ZTE] Fixed Mobile Convergence - Services Migration and Architecture Migration Scenarios

• D36(SG19)/D464(SG13) [China Telecom] A proposal to initiate the study of FMC service scenario by using PSTN as the fixed access network for UMTS network.

5.5.2 Q.FMC Stage 2

• TD234r1 (SG19) Output Draft of Q.FMC stage 2 from September 2006 meeting

Discussion: No further work has been done on Q.FMC stage 2 since the last meeting and the output draft from the last meeting is therefore the basis for the work during this meeting. It was noted that the scope of the current draft is limited to an FMC scenario with a common IMS session control domain. In order to reflect this in the title it was agreed to change the title to: “FMC with a common IMS session control domain” and refer to the draft recommendation as Rec.FMC-IMS.

• D38(SG19) [Samsung] Proposed revised text for Q.FMC section 7 on high level design principles  

Discussion: The proposed concept of FMC network domains and reference points was accepted but the discussion raised the need to clarify the proposed text in a number of areas: the stated goal of FMC is too limited and needs to be expanded; converged service should be replaced by service transparency; the figure and in particular the reference point between the session control and access transport domain should be checked against FRA.

Action: Address the issues mentioned above in drafting and incorporate the results in the output draft from this meeting.

• D39(SG19) [Samsung] Proposed approach for the development of an FMC specific functional model

Discussion: It was clarified that it is proposed to complement the top down modelling approach of FRA with a bottom-up analysis of the existing functional models of fixed and mobile networks. The purpose is to identify the existing interfaces that are applicable at the FMC domain boundaries and to investigate on the basis of FRA which merged or new functions are required to support FMC. A number of questions were raised on the proposed baseline figure that portrays an FMC scenario with UTRAN, I-WLAN and TISPAN DSL access networks. It was agreed that the material is valuable, but needs further scrutiny, and should therefore be captured in an informative annex at this stage.

Action: Review the proposed baseline figure and associated text in drafting and incorporate the results in an informative annex in the output draft from this meeting.

• D37(SG19) [Samsung] Proposed text for Q.FMC section 8 on mechanism on Unique User Identity.

Discussion: During the discussions it appeared that many delegates interpret the requirement in the current draft for support of ISIM equivalent functionality in the User Equipment as a requirement to support IMS AKA. It was suggested that this is meant as a requirement to provide an authentication mechanism that is supported by existing or emerging IMS specifications and agreed that this should be clarified. It was further suggested and agreed to strike the sentence in the proposed text that says that the proposed mechanisms to support legacy terminals are not an alternative to ISIM functionality.

Action: Clarify the proposed text in drafting and incorporate the results in the output draft from this meeting.

Results of drafting

The results of the drafting group on Rec.FMC-IMS were reviewed and agreed. The output draft from this meeting is contained in TD303R1 (GEN/19)/TD118 (GEN/13).

5.5.3 Y.FMC_Req

• D418(SG13) [MII of CHINA] Proposal for FMC Definition in Y.FMC_Req

• D419(SG13) [MII of CHINA] Proposal for Objectives of FMC Y.FMC_Req

• D459(SG13) [ChinaTelecom] Proposal for adding FMC service requirements in "Y.FMC Req"

• D462(SG13) [ChinaTelecom] Some proposals to UPT Service Scenarios over NGN

• D498(SG13) [Korea (Rep. of)] Additional Requirements on Draft Y.FMCReq

• D509(SG13) [Alcatel Shanghai Bell, CATR/MII] Proposed text for Clause "Fundamental characteristics of FMC" in draft Recommendation Y.FMCReq

• D510(SG13) [MII of CHINA] Proposed text for Clause "FMC networking capabilities" in draft Recommendation Y.FMCReq

Results of drafting

The results of the drafting group on Rec.FMC-REQ were reviewed and agreed. The output draft from this meeting is contained in TD308 (GEN/19)/TD116R1 (GEN/13).

6. Acknowledgements

Rapporteurs of Q6/13, Q29/16, Q2 and 5/19 would like to thank all participants for their hard work and dedication during the course of the meeting. Thanks to TSB supporting team, for help and assistance before and during the meeting.

Annex 8 - Extract of Proposal on Trial for Further Reducing Paper Consumption at ITU-T Meetings

As part of increasing the emphasis on all electronic working while ensuring that the needs of the membership continue to be met, TSAG has authorized SGs 15 and 19 to conduct a trial of an enhancement to the indication of paper vs. electronic documentation when registering for a meeting. Please read through the remainder of this email for information about this change and the request for those of you who have indicated on your registration form that you wish paper copies to indicate whether you would be agreeable to an additional option.

This does not affect those who work only with electronic documents.

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Currently, the registration form in the SG 19 Collective Letter asks you to indicate whether you need paper copies of contributions or paper copies of TDs. If these options are not selected, it is taken as an indication that you work with electronic documents.

It has been proposed that this be modified to allow participants to download documents electronically from the web site prior to the meeting and then to receive paper copies only of new TDs generated during the meeting. This will save reproduction costs by not printing copies of TDs that participants have downloaded and printed for themselves before coming to the meeting (and would be bringing to the meeting), but still enables those participants who need, or prefer, to work from paper copies to be provided paper copies of new TDs generated during the meeting. TDs that participants have printed at home would not need to be printed again for the meeting, thereby potentially saving a considerable amount of paper and the associated printing and distribution costs.

In order for this to work, there would need to be a clear demarcation point for when TDs are considered "new" and would be printed, vs. when they would be considered to have been downloaded and printed at home. The suggested demarcation point is end-of-day one working day before the meeting when there is an intervening weekend, or end-of-day two working days before the meeting when there is not an intervening weekend. In other words, for a meeting beginning on Monday, this would be end-of-day Thursday; for a meeting beginning on a Tuesday, this would be end-of-day Friday; for a meeting beginning on a Wednesday, this would be end of day Monday; and so on. End-of-day would be nominally 1700 hours local time at the location where the meeting is to be held. For Geneva, this would be 1700 CET or 1600 GMT/UTC for our upcoming SG 19 meeting. Any TD not posted by this time (e.g., 1600 GMT/UTC Thursday for our meeting next week) would be considered "new" and would be printed for those requesting paper copies of "new" TDs.

The demarcation point for "new" TDs would be made clear in the Collective Letter. A change to the registration form would be needed to add an additional option which could be selected by those who still wish to work with paper copies of TDs. The following is a possible approach to this:

I need paper copies for all Delayed Contributions: [_] ................
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