GSC in a Nutshell on the Eve of GSC-14 12 July 2009

1. Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14 GSC in a Nutshellon the Eve of GSC-1412 July 2009 Reinhard Scholl, ITU

2. “The Mandate of GSC-14 is … … to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations and the ITU to: • Freely exchange information on the progress of standards development in the different regions and the state of the global standards development environment; and • Collaborate in planning future standards development to gain synergy and to reduce duplication. Further, the mandate of GSC is to provide a venue for the leaders of the Participating Standards Organizations to: • Support the ITU as the preeminent global telecommunication and radiocommunication standards development organization. GSC is not a standards development organization.” (from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)

3. Output of GSC • Resolutions: • Currently 25 (running #s 1-26; no Res #16) • From now on, Res-#s will stay fixed, i.e., if a Resolution is deleted, the number stays blank • Communique • ITU is the permanent repository of all past GSC documents

4. “Decision making in GSC … …is by consensus of the Heads of Delegation. This can either be expressed in HoD-only meetings/teleconferences or in GSC Plenary meetings.” (from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)

5. GSC-14 Participants – some 100

6. 15 Observers registered for GSC-14 • American National Standards Institute (ANSI) • APT Wireless Forum • Broadband Forum • CDMA Development Group (CDG) • European Patent Office (EPO) • HGI (Home Gateway Initiative) • IEC Sector Board 4 (SB4) • IEEE-SA • IETF • ISO/IEC JTC1 • ISO TC204 • Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) • UMTS Forum • U.S. Patent & Trade Office • WiMAX Forum

7. Observer privileges • May participate at a GSC meeting (1 delegate); • May author and present contributions and/or status reports if invited to do so by the host Organization or on an HIS by the relevant PPSO (see Section 7.1.2 Prime PSO (PPSO)); • May submit an ISS (information sharing subject) document (i.e., it will be posted but not discussed); • May provide input to Resolutions for consideration by the Members; and • May participate in the discussion of GSC Members’ or other Observers’ contributions if invited to do so by the meeting Chair

8. GSC-14 Structure • Heads of Delegation (HoD) • Plenary • Opening plenary (Mo, Tu) • Closing plenary (Th am) • GTSC (Global Telecommunications Standards Collaboration) • GRSC (Global Radiocommunications Standards Collaboration) • IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) • Administration • “GSC Governing Principles” • “GSC Guidance for Meeting Hosts” • Task Forces: • Radio Microphone Task Force (GRSC) • Intelligent Transport Systems (Plenary) • International Mobile for Telecommunications (IMT) (Plenary)

9. HIS (High Interest Subjects): Definition • “a subject of sufficient importance … to exchange views …” • “… be … of interest to multiple GSC Members … • “… of global interest …” (from “GSC Governing Principles” v1.4)

10. HIS: Adoption and Deletion Criteria • Criteria for adoption of a HIS: • if 3 GSC Members are in favor • Criteria for deletion of a HIS: • if majority of GSC Members support proposal for removal or • if it receives fewer than 3 presentationsat each meeting for two consecutive GSC meetings

11. HIS and Resolutions • A HIS may have an associated GSC-Resolution but it is not a requirement • vice-versa, a GSC-Resolution may have an associated HIS but it is not a requirement: • 3 Res on IPR (Res 22-24) (no HIS) • 2 Res from User Working Group (no HIS) • There are some Resolutions but the HIS they came from is no longer a HIS • Res 5, 13, 18-21 • See mapping on next two slides

12. 17 HIS prior to GSC-14, with mapping to GSC Resolutions

13. Mapping of GSC-Resolutions to High Interest Subjects }HIS

14. New and Novel Topics (N&N) • Goal: to allow for discussion of topics which are not yet established as HIS. • First time at GSC-14 • ITU issued a call for abstract as part of the invitation to GSC-members and observers • 6 N&N presentations at GSC-14: • Smart grids (3) • Service Oriented Networks • Future Network Issues • Machine-to-Machine communications

15. Information Sharing Subjects • Goal: to share info but not to present or discuss • There is no formal list of ISS-topics. • Any GSC-Member and invited observer can issue an ISS document on any topic to GSC-14 • The ISS document is given a document number, put on the server and noted in the agenda item ISS (for information only – no discussion).

16. Theme of GSC-14 “Fostering worldwide interoperability”

17. Tentative GSC-14 Schedule as of 9 July 2009

18. GSC-14 Leadership

19. Role of PPSO • A Prime PSO is the discussion leader for each High Interest Subject (Prime PSO = Participating Standards Organization or the ITU). • Responsibilities of a PPSO: • Liaise with each GSC Member’s contact person for the HIS in advance of the meeting; • Prepare and present a keynote contribution on the topic; • Lead the discussion; • Summarize views and eventually conclusions. • Serve as a moderator on the HIS topic between the meetings and during the meeting.

20. Documents, Website, SharePoint • www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsc/gsc14 • meeting schedule • All documents • hyperlinked agendas • guidelines, • info on social events • During event: • GSC SharePoint: Read/Write/Delete Scratch Area

21. Preparation and Support of GSC-14 • 5 HoD conf calls led to the preparation of GSC-14 • #1: 10 October 2008 • #2: 25 February 2009 • #3: 14 April 2009 • #4: 10 June 2009 • #5: 6 July 2009 • Microsoft, Cisco and Qualcomm are supporters of GSC-14 • Thank you to all !