Executive Summary of the ITU-T Study Group 5 Meeting (Geneva, 12-23 October 2015)

Statistics

Participants: 143 - The final list of participants is available in TD1138R2.
Contributions: 136
TDs (not counting the revisions): 335
Incoming liaison statements: 47
Outgoing liaison statements: 32

Main discussions and results

At its meeting in Geneva, 12-23 October 2015, ITU-T SG5  achieved the following outcomes.

Meeting reports:

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 Recommendations

• ITU-T K.44 Amd.2 "Resistibility tests for telecommunication equipment exposed to overvoltages and overcurrents" is intended to improve the description of the surge generators used in the resistibility tests and to modify the definition of remote power feeding. (TD1279)
• ITU-T K.67 "Expected surges on telecommunication networks due to lightning" was revised in order to be aligned with ITU-T K.98. ITU-T K.67 provides information for the design of protective measures against lightning surges, such as the need and rating of surge protective devices (SPDs) and the routing of internal cabling of buildings. (TD1244)
• ITU-T K.107 (ex K.hvps2) "Method for determining the impedance to earth of earthing systems" establishes a method for measuring the earth impedance of the earthing systems usually encountered in telecommunication networks. This recommendation provides new techniques, alongside with the traditional ones. (TD1246)
• ITU-T K.108 (ex K.jup) "Joint-use of poles by telecommunication and solidly earthed power lines" specifies the protective procedures to be followed when installing telecommunication cables in joint use of poles with solidly earthed power lines. Solidly earthed power lines are those that deliver a high short circuit current under earth faults, which can cause extensive damage to the telecommunication plant and safety hazard to the customers. This new recommendation is likely to be very useful for developing countries. (TD1242)
• ITU-T K.109 (ex K.tup) "Installation of telecommunication equipment on utility poles" specifies the safety and protective requirements to be observed when installing a telecommunication equipment on a utility pole. Are examples of these equipment the small base stations used to provide wireless access to broadband services in urban areas. (TD1243)
• ITU-T K.110 (ex K.ldt) "Lightning protection of the dedicated transformer for radio base station" establishes the lightning protection requirements for the power transformer that feeds a radio base station. These requirements are intended to improve the reliability of the base stations, especially those installed in a lightning exposed environment. (TD1273R1)
• ITU-T K.111 (ex K.ntt) "Protection of surrounding structures of telecommunication towers against lightning" provides guidance for the installation of telecommunication towers in urban areas, in order to avoid an increased risk of lightning damage to the nearby houses and buildings. This recommendation will be very useful for the legislators when establishing the rules for the installation of new towers and for retrofitting the existing ones. (TD1257R1)
• ITU-T K.112 (ex K.tot) "Lightning protection, earthing and bonding: practical procedures for radio base station" provides a set of engineering procedures that can be used by the field engineer in order to specify and to implement the lightning protection of radio base stations  (TD1272R1).

Agreed informative text

​Document	​Title
Supplement to ITU-T K-series Recommendations - ITU-T K.20, K.21, K.45 and K.82	​​Additional criteria to protect telecommunication cabling during a power cross event (TD1274)

New work item

​TD	​Title
​​TD1198	Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.jup: Joint-use of poles by telecommunication and solidly earthed power lines
​TD1197	​Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.idc: Dangerous effects and protective measures against electromagnetic disturbances when internet data centre is co-sited with high-voltage substation
​TD1216R1	​Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.vss: Lightning protection and earthing of video surveillance system
​TD1275R1	Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.psp: Protection of small-size telecommunication installation with poor earthing condition

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 Recommendations

Agreed informative text

Document	​Title
​Supplement 2 to ITU-T K.91	Electromagnetic field (EMF) considerations in smart sustainable cities (TD1256)

New work items

​TD	​Title
​​TD1223R1	Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.emf “Exposure levels in the close proximity of the radiocommunication antennas”
​TD1268	​Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.light “EMC requirements for lighting equipment installed in the telecommunication equipment room”
​TD1169R2	​Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.soft_mes “Quality estimation method and application guidelines for countermeasures based on atmospheric radiation tests”
​TD1168R2	​Draft Recommendation K.soft_test “Test methods for atmospheric radiation effects on telecommunications equipment”
​TD1167R2	​Draft Recommendation K.soft_des “Design methodologies for applying soft error countermeasures in telecommunications systems”
​TD1166R2	​Draft Recommendation K.soft_ba “Overview of atmospheric radiation effects on telecommunications systems”

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.1440 “Methodology for environmental impact assessment of information and communication technologies at city level” gives general guidance for city level environmental assessments related to ICT, and provides a description of methodologies to be used for the assessment of the environmental impact of ICT in cities. The document provides specific guidance in setting the city boundaries, preparing and performing the assessment of ICT related GHG emissions and energy consumption at city level. (TD1112R2)

• ITU-T L.1502 (ex L.Infrastructure Adaptation) “Adapting information and communication technology infrastructure to the effects of climate change" specifies identifies direct and indirect threats of climate change on ICT services and provides options for adaptation and mitigation. These threats include extreme rainfall, flooding, landslides, extreme wind, lightning, extreme humidity, drought, ice storms and heavy snowfall. This Recommendation was developed within the framework of Recommendation ITU-T L.1500. It focuses on telecommunication networks and infrastructure. (TD1141R2)
• ITU-T L.1503 (ex L.cities adaptation) “Information and communication technologies for climate change adaptation in cities” is aimed at a broad audience of stakeholders interested in ICTs, climate change adaptation, and sustainable cities, including city decision makers and planners. Urban stakeholders, including mayors and city planners, are invited to consider novel approaches to sustainability by integrating the use of ICTs in their climate change adaptation strategies and policies. (TD1208R1)

• ITU-T L.1002 (ex L.UPA portable) “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. (TD1164R4)

Energy Efficiency

• ITU-T L.1302 (ex L.assessment_DC) “Assessment of energy efficiency on infrastructure in data centre and telecom centre” specifies energy efficiency assessment methodology for data centre and telecom centre, test equipment accuracy requirements, assessment period, assessment conditions and calculation methods for infrastructure/ facilities parts including power system cooling system. (TD1151R5)

Efficient Power Feeding Solution

• ITU-T L.1203 (ex L.DCmarking) “Colour and marking identification of up to 400VDC power distribution for ICT systems” establishes a frame for assessing performances of up to 400VDC power feeding systems and savings compared to other power feeding systems such as -48VDC power system and AC UPS commonly used in ICT sites. This Recommendation deals with performances such as efficiency, reliability/availability, and environmental impact. (TD1159R5)

Methodologies and Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

• ITU-T L.1600 (ex L.KPIs-SSC-overview) "Overview of key performance indicators in smart sustainable cities” establishes a general guidance for cities and provides an overview of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the context of smart sustainable cities (SSCs). (TD1189)
• ITU-T L.1601 (ex L.KPIs-SSC-ICT) "Key performance indicators related to the use of information and communication technology in smart sustainable cities" establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in smart sustainable cities.  (TD1190R1)
• ITU-T L.1602 (ex L.KPIs-SSC-impact) "Key performance indicators related to the sustainability impacts of information and communication technology in smart sustainable cities" establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the sustainability impacts of the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in smart sustainable cities. (TD1192R1)

Agreed informative texts

​Document	​Title
Supplement to ITU-T L-series Recommendations	​Green Public ICT Procurement (TD1286)
Supplement to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1500	Requirements for water sensing and early warning systems (TD1226)
​Supplement to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1500	​Smart water management in cities (TD1227)
Supplement to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1500	​Standardization gap analysis for smart water management (TD1255)
Supplement to ITU-T L.1410	Case study: a hybrid approach based comparative analysis of the environmental impact of a baseline data centre and an energy-efficient data centre (TD1225)
Supplement 1 to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1600	​Definition for smart sustainable city (TD1188R1)
Supplement 2 to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1600	Smart sustainable cities: an analysis of definitions (TD1214)
​Supplement 3 to ITU-T L-series Recommendations - L.1600	​Key performance indicators definitions for smart sustainable cities (TD1206)

Agreed questionnaires

​TD	​Title
​TD1187	​Green ICT standard landscape questionnaire

New work items

​TD	​Title
​TD1278	​Supplement on Green public ICT procurement (Supp_Green_ICT_proc)
​TD1277	​Supplement on Extended Producer Responsibility (Supp_Extended Producer)
	Supplement on low cost sustainable telecommunications for rural communications in developing countries using cellular radio technologies (L.supp.CRT)
​TD1258R1	Supplement on Best practices for Infrastructure Adaptation (L.Infra_Best_Practices)
​TD1157R1	Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.mnee “Assessment of mobile network energy efficiency"
​TD1170R1	Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.GAL2 - Interface for power management in NFV environments “Green Abstraction Layer2”
​TD1174	Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.mmNFV - Measurement method for energy efficiency of Network Function Virtualization
​TD1229	​Supplement on Green ICT standard landscape questionnaire (Suppl. Green ICT SLQ)

Other activities:

A new EMF Guide & Mobile App on EMF was launched during the last SG5 meeting. The EMF Guide and App in 6 languages provides information and education resources on Electromagnetic Fields suitable for all communities, stakeholders and governments and is available online at http://emfguide.itu.int or via the iOS, Blackberry World and Google Play app stores. The Mobile app offers an introduction to EMF and their relationship with health, as well as the various internationally agreed guidelines and standards designed to ensure safety in the use of mobile phones and other wireless technologies. It is designed for smart phones, tablets or desktops.

For more information, please see our Info Sheet.

View EMF Guide information video developed during SG5 meeting.
View EMF Guide summary presentation
EMF Guide Blog (20 October 2015) written by Mike Wood, WP2/5 Chairman

Dates of next SG5 meeting

Rapporteur group meetings (including e-meetings)

The complete list of planned meetings can be found at: http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/db/rgm-sg5

Regional Groups of SG5

The report of the Regional Group of SG5 for the Arab Region (SG5 RG-ARB) can be found in TD1289.

Results in terms of Recommendations and Other Publications

Please click here to see the meeting results concerning the Recommendations.

Updates in the SG 5 Management Team and Rapporteurs

Joint Coordination Activity on ICT & Climate Change (JCA ICT&CC)

The last Meeting of the JCA ICT&CC was held on 14 October 2015 under the Chairmanship of Ahmed Zeddam and Dave Faulkner. The meeting focused on "Cooperation with SDOs and other organizations" in the area of ICT and Climate Change.
The documents and the presentations of the meeting can be found here. The summary of meeting can be found in TD1241. It was agreed to close the JCA-ICT&CC as it met its objectives.

Joint coordination session between SG5 and SG20

A joint coordination session between SG5 and SG20 took place on 20 October 2015.

Following TSAG's decision to create a new Study Group 20 on "Internet of Thing (IoT) and its applications, including smart cities and communities" and taking into consideration the need for SG5 to revise the wording of the text of Q20/5 in order to avoid any overlap between the two Study Groups, SG5 has agreed to proceed as follows:

• The deletion of Q20/5 was proposed;
• Work items related to the ‘Key performance indicators for smart sustainable cities “ have been transferred to Q18/5;
• Some of the deliverables of the FG-SSC have been discussed within Q18/5 and Q15/5 and are expected to form the basis for future ITU-T Recommendations or Supplements;
• All the others work items relating to Q20/5 will be transferred to SG20 for its consideration.

Forum on Internet of Things: Empowering the New Urban Agenda

A forum on Internet of Things: Empowering the New Urban Agenda took place on 19 October 2015 and was attended by over 200 participants. This forum discussed, inter alia, the role that Internet of Things (IoT) plays in relation to converging technologies for building smart sustainable cities with integrated ecosystems.

This forum brought together smart city stakeholders, managers and engineers working with IoT applications, service providers planning on delivering IoT solutions, and policy and standards makers. It assembled IoT experts from industry, government and academia.

Programme and presentations can be found at: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/iot/20151019/Pages/default.aspx

Connect 2020 Agenda 

A session on Connect 2020 agenda with a special focus on environmental sustainability goals took place on 15 October 2015.

An implementation initiative covering issuing pertaining to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and e-waste generated by the ICT sector was required to achieve the Connect 2020 Agenda targets for environmental sustainability.  Within the Connect 2020 Agenda, Target 3.2 calls for the reduction of the volume of redundant e-waste by 50% by the year 2020, while target 3.3 advocates that GHG emissions generated by the telecommunication/ICT sector should be decreased per device by 30% by 2020.  In order to facilitate the attainment of these targets, two separate roadmaps have been defined by ITU Study Group 5 on "Environment and Climate Change".

The Implementation Initiative includes several phases, including an initial definition of its vision and mission, according to the Connect 2020 goals and the ICT sector goals.  Secondly, the initiative will be followed by an analysis of the requirements for the success of its implementation; including three steps: 1) the identification of the ICT Sector Challenges and Opportunities in this framework, 2) the definition of the correct Governance model for the implementation initiative and 3) a financial model to allocate the necessary resources for the implementation initiative and the subsequent follow up.

The next part of the Initiative includes the roadmaps implementation activities to be carried out by the different actors, to guarantee the accomplishment of the Connect 2020 targets.  Finally, the Initiative will require the definition of several metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to follow up on the advancement of the roadmaps and their success. This must be supported by an effective communications plan, led by ITU and its members.

In addition, this Initiative proposes an implementation schedule from early 2016 until 2020, based on which decisive actions must be taken in the first semester of 2016. Activities in the individual roadmaps cover the attainment of targets pertaining to the reduction of GHG emissions and e-waste and aim to contribute to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by UN-Member States in September, 2015 (TD1146; TD1177; TD1282R1)