Executive Summary of the ITU-T Study Group 5 Meeting (Geneva, 10-14 October 2016)
Statistics
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Participants: 103 - The final list of participants is available in
TD1567 Rev.1.
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Contributions: 80
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TDs (not counting the revisions): 253
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Incoming liaison statements: 42
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Outgoing liaison statements: 24
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Consented Recommendations:16 at this meeting
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Recommendations Decided/Determined/Approved:1 Approved at this meeting
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Recommendations Revised: 7 at this meeting
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Recommendations agreed for Deletion: 1 at this meeting
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Other texts approved: 9 Supplements at this meeting
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New work items:18 at this meeting
Main discussions and results
At its meeting in Geneva, 10-14 October 2016, ITU-T SG5 achieved the following outcomes.
Meeting reports:
The draft Report of Working Party 1/5 can be found in
TD1684 Rev.3.
The draft Report of Working Party 2/5 can be found in
TD1685 Rev.3.
The draft Report of Working Party 3/5 can be found in
TD1686 Rev.3.
Question 12/5 – Guides and terminology on environment and climate change
During this meeting, Q12/5 achieved the following key outcomes:
- Reviewed the new or revised A Recommendations introduced in 2016; Recommendations ITU-T A.5, A.7 Amendment 1, A.12 Corrigendum. 2, A.25, A Supplement 5.
- Trained attendees on the style elements of ITU-T Recommendation skeleton template (ITUT-Recs-Skelet.docx). Materials presented are in
TD1725.
- Reviewed incoming liaison TD1670 from ITU-T SG2 concerning Internet terms & definitions and provided a response in
TD1713.
- Reviewed incoming liaison TD1616 concerning the proposed update of the Rapporteurs and editors manual and provided a response in
TD1784.
- Reviewed Q12/5 work program and set new dates in the next study period.
Working Party 1/5 – Damage prevention and safety
Working Party 1 made significant progress on its Work Programme and achieved the following key outcomes:
Consented revised Recommendations:
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ITU-T K.20 "Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunication centre to overvoltages and overcurrents" provides surge test requirements for telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunication centre.
TD1759
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ITU-T K.21 "Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents" provides surge test requirements for telecommunication equipment installed in a customer premises.
TD1755 Rev.1
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ITU-T K.44 “Resistibility tests for telecommunication equipment exposed to overvoltages and overcurrents – Basic Recommendation” seeks to establish fundamental test methods and criteria for the resistibility of telecommunication equipment to overvoltages and overcurrents.
TD1766
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ITU-T K.45 "Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in the access and trunk networks to overvoltages and overcurrents" provides surge test requirements for telecommunication equipment installed in access and trunk networks.TD1775
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ITU-T K.50 "Safe limits of operating voltages and currents for telecommunication systems powered over the network" provides guidance on voltages and currents that may safely be used to power telecommunication systems that are part of the telecommunications service providers' network.
TD1731 Rev.1
Consented new Recommendations:
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ITU-T K.117 (ex. K.spd) "Primary protector parameters for the surge protection of equipment Ethernet ports" specifies the common-mode, common mode to differential mode conversion and differential mode surge parameter and test circuit requirements of an Ethernet port primary protector.
TD1669 Rev.1
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ITU-T K.118 (ex.
K.fttdp)
"Requirements for Lightning Protection of Fibre To The distribution point (FTTdp) Equipment" contains the necessary information to enable the protection of a Distribution Point (DP) node in the access network and the associated equipment in the customers' premises. TD1665 Rev.3
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ITU-T K.119 (ex.
K.acrb)
"Conformance Assessment of Radio Base Stations Regarding Lightning Protection and Earthing" provides the technical requirements and measurement methods to assess the validity and reliability of the lightning protection and earthing system of radio base stations (RBSs). It focuses on the quality control in the process of construction, acceptance, inspection and maintenance.
TD1668 Rev.1
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ITU-T K.120 (ex. K.lem) "Lightning Protection and Earthing of Miniature Base Station" gives guidance on protection of miniature wireless base stations against lightning surges, especially for exposed environments and unconventional telecommunication sites.
TD1703 Rev.1
Agreed informative text: None at this meeting.
New work items
TD |
Title |
TD1712 | Draft Recommendation K.fttdp "Requirements for lightning protection of fibre to the distribution point (FTTdp) equipment" |
TD1743 |
Draft Recommendation K.sod "Surge and over-current protection parameters of external disconnector for surge protective devices used in telecommunication equipment" |
TD1740 | Draft Recommendation K.rcd "Technical requirements for residual current operated device (RCD) with automatic re-closing device" |
Working Party 2/5 – Electromagnetic fields: emissions, immunity and human exposure
Working Party 2 made significant progress on its Work Programme and achieved the following key outcomes:
Consented revised Recommendations
- ITU-T K.52
"Guidance on complying with limits for human exposure to electromagnetic fields" aims to help with compliance of telecommunication installations and mobile handsets or other radiating devices used against the head with safety limits for human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs).TD1735
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ITU-T K.93 "Immunity of home network devices to electromagnetic disturbances" aims to ensure normal operation of home networking devices and to provide a new additional immunity test method for broadband services, especially for devices that are sensitive to broadband interferences.
TD1676 Rev.1
Consented new Recommendations
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ITU-T K.121 (ex. K.env)
"Guidance on the Environmental Management for Compliance with Radio Frequency EMF limits for Radiocommunication Base Stations" gives guidance on how to manage the compliance with RF-EMF limits in areas near to radiocommunication installations and how to establish processes for responding to public concern about exposure to RF-EMF. TD1656 Rev.5
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ITU-T K.122 (ex. K.emf) "Exposure levels in the close proximity of the radiocommunication antennas" gives information concerning the electric field strength levels that can be expected in close proximity to the broadcasting and radiocommunication antennas so that a comparison with the exposure limits is possible. TD1737 Rev.2
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ITU-T K.123 (ex. K.e_faci) “EMC requirements for electrical systems in telecommunication facilities” describes the requirements for radiated and conducted emissions from electrical systems installed in telecommunication facilities. TD1757 Rev.2
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ITU-T K.124 (ex. K.soft_ba) "Overview of particle radiation effects on telecommunications systems" provides basic guidance on soft errors that are caused by particle radiation and that affect telecommunication systems. TD1742 Rev.1
Agreed informative texts
Provisional name |
Title |
K.Suppl.6 to ITU-T K.115 |
Measuring shielding effectiveness using normalized site attenuation in free space TD1714 |
New work items
TD |
Title |
TD1736 Rev.1 | Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.BPrac “Best Practices of the use of mobile devices for exposure reduction” |
Working Party 3/5 – ICT and climate change
Working Party 3 made significant progress on its Work Programme and achieved the following key outcomes:
Approved Recommendation:
ITU-T L.1002 “External universal power adapter solutions for portable information and communication technology devices” defines requirements, and provides guidelines on environmental aspects, of universal power adapter solutions (UPA) designed for use with portable information and communication technology ICT devices. It is complementary to Recommendations ITU-T L.1000 and ITU-T L.1001 and aims to cover the widest possible range of ICT devices for portable use within identified voltage and power ranges. This Recommendation is contained in TD1709 Rev.2.
Consented new Recommendations
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1006 (ex L.test suites stationary) "Test suites for assessment of the External universal power adapter solutions for stationary information and communication technology devices" defines test methods for UPA to demonstrate the compliance with ITU-T Recommendation L.1001. TD1699 Rev2
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1007 (ex L.test suites portable) "Test suites for assessment of the External universal power adapter solutions for portable information and communication technology devices" defines test methods for UPA to demonstrate the compliance with ITU-T Recommendation L.1002. TD1769 Rev.1
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1504 (ex.
L.ICT and adaptation of agriculture) "ICT and adaptation of agriculture to the effects of climate change" defines requirements and provide description of how the use of ICT can help sustain the agricultural sector in the event of poor yields or disasters triggered by climate change TD1721 Rev.3.
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1360 (ex L.EE-ARCH) "Energy control of SDN architecture", defines an energy-efficient Software Defined Network general architecture and an energy states model. TD1693 Rev.1
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1331 (ex.
L.mnee) "Assessment of mobile network energy efficiency", defines the methodology to assess the energy efficiency of mobile network.
TD1700 Rev.4
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1315 (ex.
L.std tandt in EE) "Standardization terms and trends in energy efficiency" contains definition and base measurement test requirement for energy efficiency and energy management of ICT equipment.
TD1776 Rev.1
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1325 (ex.
L. Green STNI) "Green ICT solutions for telecom network facilities" introduces highly-efficient infrastructure solutions, including highly-efficient power solutions, renewable energy solutions, air-conditioning energy saving solutions and free and economized cooling solutions.
TD1682 Rev.2
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1205 (ex.
L.renewable) "Interfacing of renewable energy or distributed power sources to up to 400 VDC power feeding systems", defines the coupling of local or remote renewable energy into and up to 400VDC power system without reducing DC performances defined in [ITU-T L.1202] mainly for efficiency and reliability.
TD1716 Rev.6
Agreed informative texts
Provisional name |
Title |
Best practices on e-waste management | L.Suppl.27: Supplement on success stories on e-waste management TD1655 Rev.1 |
Suppl._Circular |
L.Suppl.28: Circular Economy in Information and Communication Technology; Definition of approaches, concepts and metrics TD1654 Rev.2 |
L.Suppl.CRT | L.Suppl.29: L.1700 - Supplement on low-cost sustainable telecommunication for rural communications in developing countries using Cellular Radio Technologies. TD1673 Rev.4 |
L.Suppl.CTVR |
L.Suppl.30: L.1700 - Supplement on setting up a low-cost sustainable telecommunications network for rural communications in developing countries using cellular network with capacity transfer. TD1672 Rev.3 |
L.Suppl.Sat |
L.Suppl.31: Supplement on setting up a low-cost sustainable telecommunications network for rural communications in developing countries using satellite systems. TD1671 Rev. 2 |
L.Suppeco-rating |
L.Suppl.32: Supplement for eco-specifications and rating criteria for mobile phones eco-rating programs TD1658 Rev.1 |
Suppl.ene_ICT_SERV | L.Suppl.33: Assessment of Energy Consumption of ICT Services TD1675 Rev.1 |
Agreed questionnaires:
None at this meeting
New work items
TD |
Title |
TD1753 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.EW2020frame “Connect 2020 agenda E-Waste reduction framework " |
TD1754 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.EW2020metrics “Connect 2020 agenda E-Waste reduction Metrics” |
TD1756 Rev.3 | Draft Recommendation L.EW2020scen “Connect 2020 agenda E-Waste reduction scenario” |
TD1760 Rev.1 | Draft Recommendation L.CE “Circular Economy. Definitions and concepts for material efficiency for ICT network infrastructure goods” |
TD1761 Rev.3 | Draft Recommendation L.BP “Best practices on e-waste management” |
TD1752 | Draft Recommendation L. ICT and FA “Use of ICT in the adaptation of the Fisheries Sector to the Effects of Climate Change ” |
TD1751 | Draft Recommendation L. CCRisk “Framework of climate change risk assessment for telecommunication and electrical facilities” |
TD1768 | Draft Recommendation L. SES “Use of ICT sites to support environmental sensing” |
TD1749 Rev1 | Draft Supplement Suppl MM_5G “Study on methods and metrics to evaluate energy efficiency for future 5G systems” |
TD1748 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.EE_frame “Energy efficiency framework” |
TD1750 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.EE _5G “Energy efficiency Metrics and measurement methodology for 5G solutions” |
TD1741 Rev 2 | Draft Recommendation L.Connect2020 framework “Connect 2020 GHG emissions target, guidelines” |
TD1744 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.400migration “Progressive migration of Telecom/ICT site to 400VDC sources and distribution” |
TD1770 Rev.2 | Draft Recommendation L.dualpowerinput “Impact on ICT equipment architecture of multiple AC or up to 400VDC power” |
Dates of next SG5 meeting
The next meeting of ITU-T SG5 will take place from 15 to 24 May 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Rapporteur group meetings (including e-meetings)
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Results in terms of Recommendations and Other Publications
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Updates in the SG 5 Management Team and Rapporteurs
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Special Session on WHO EMF Activities
A Session on "Updates on WHO EMF activities" took place on 11 October 2016 within Q7/5. Dr. Emilie Van Deventer, Team Leader, Radiation Programme from WHO delivered a presentation on the "Updates of WHO on EMF". Her presentation is contained in
TD1734.
Connect 2020 Agenda
Two sessions on Connect 2020 agenda with a special focus on environmental sustainability goals took place on 11 and 12 October 2016.
On 11 October 2016 the session was dedicated to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions target of the Connect 2020 Agenda. This target advocates that GHG emissions generated by the telecommunication/ICT sector should be decreased per device by 30% by 2020. The session concluded with the creation of a new work item on “ITU-T L.Connect 2020 GHG emissions target, guidelines”. This new work item is contained in TD1741 Rev.2.
On 12 October 2016, the session was dedicated to the e-waste target of the Connect 2020 Agenda and was held within Q13/5. This e-waste target emphasizes on the need to reduce volume of redundant e-waste by 50% by 2020. TSB gave a short presentation related to the Connect 2020 Agenda e-waste target, based on the document contained in TD1710 . After the presentation, it was decided to create the following work items linked to the Connect 2020 Agenda e-waste target:
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EW2020scen contained in TD1756 Rev.3
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EW2020metrics contained in TD1754 Rev.2
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EW2020frame contained in TD1753 Rev2.
Deletion of Recommendation ITU-T K.5 "Joint use of poles for electricity distribution and for telecommunications"
The last version of Recommendation ITU-T K.5 “Joint use of poles for electricity distribution and for telecommunications” was approved in 1988.
As the text of this Recommendation does not provide any specific advice, a new Recommendation ITU-T K.108 “Joint use of poles by telecommunication and solidly earthed power lines” was approved in 2015.
This new Recommendation ITU-T K.108, superseded ITU-T K.5 and provides advice for the joint use of poles. ITU-T K.108 is also adapted to the new requirements of the field.
For this reason, ITU-T SG5 agreed to propose Recommendation K.5 for deletion.