ITU-T SG11 “Signalling requirements, protocols, test specifications and combating counterfeit products” plenary meeting was held fully virtual on 18 December 2020 and was attended by 116 delegates from 34 countries.​

The objectives of the meeting were to take a decision on the proposed new Questions O/11, P/11 and revision of current Q8/11 (H/11) for the Next Study Period based on the outcomes of interim sessions of SG11 dedicated to preparation for WTSA-20.

The SG11 plenary was supported by ITU MyMeetings remote participation tool and simultaneous interpretation. Remote participation guideline was available on the SG11 webpage for Delegate and Moderator. Additional remote participation guidance is contained in SG11-TD1487/GEN​.

6        Liaison officers and Rapporteurs​
There were no changes since last SG11 meeting (July 2020).

7     Reports of previous SG11 and WPs meetings

SG11 plenary approved the reports of the previous SG11 and interim WPs meetings, as follows:​

• SG11 meerting (virtual, 22-31 July 2020) – SG11-R35; SG11-R36; SG11-R37; SG11-R38;
  
• WP1/11 meeting (virtual, 19 November 2020) – SG11-R39;
  
• WP3/11 meeting (virtual, 4 December 2020) – SG11-R40.​
  

8     Highlights of the SG11 meeting
At this particular meeting, SG11 achieved the following outcomes:​​

• The report of interim SG11 NSP sessions (October-November 2020) was considered (SG11-TD1500/GEN) and all received contributions were presented (C555; C556-R1; C557-R1; C558; C559; C560; C561; C562; C563; C564​); 
  
• SG11 did not approve new Questions O/11 and P/11, according to the following reasons:
  
• There was no consensus on the proposed texts of new Questions O/11 and P/11 (SG11-TD1495/GEN, SG11-TD1496/GEN);
  
• There was no consensus on creation of two new Questions O/11 and P/11;
  
• There was no consensus on the following actions according to cl.7.2.3 of Resolution 1 of WTSA-16:
  
• There was no consensus on the approval of those Questions by consultation of the Member States;
  
• There was no consensus to continue discussion of those two new Questions during this Study Period.
  
• The Chairman’s proposal to inform IETF working groups on the status of the SG11 discussions and consult whether they would wish to hold a joint brainstroming session in order to discuss the issues was not supported;
  
• It was agreed that the Chairman will inform TSAG about decision of this meeting accordingly;
  
• SG11 agreed the new text of revised Q8/11 (H/11), SG11-TD1497-R1/GEN​. The TSAG-TD977 will be revised accordingly;
  
• The received LSs from TSAG (SG11-TD1464/GEN) and ITU-T WP4B (SG11-TD1489/GEN), which are related to the subject of the meeting, were taken for information;
  
• The remainder iLSs (SG11-TD1494/GEN​) will be discussed at the next SG11 meeting (17-26 March 2021).​
  

​9     Outgoing Liaison Statements
SG11 Chairman will inform TSAG on the SG11 decision on Questions O/11 and P/11 respectively. The oLS which Chairman sent to TSAG in August 2020 was taken for information (SG11-TD1463/GEN). There were no other oLSs considered.

10    Approved new work items
None.

SG11 will continue its normal business until WTSA-20. Detailed information as well as FAQ are available in SG11-TD1499/GEN​.

None.

12.2 Next SG11 meetings

• SG11 meeting (virtual, 17-26 March 2021)
  
• RGM/WPs (virtual, 7-16 July 2021, TBC)
  
• SG11 meeting (Geneva, 1-10 December 2021, TBC)
  

​12.3 Planned Workshops/Brainstorming sessions/Regional Groups

• Brainstorming session among Q9/11, ETSI TC INT and IEEE on APIs for interoperable testbed federations (February 2021, TBC)
  
• Workshop on combating counterfeiting (March-April 2021, TBC)
  
• Workshop on protocol enhancements of roaming and interworking for IMS in LTE/IMT-2020 environment (June-July 2021, TBC)
  
• Workshop on improving security of signalling protocols used for DFS services (November-December 2021, TBC)
  
• SG11RG-EECAT (virtual, May 2021, TBC)
  
• SG11RG-AFR (virtual, October 2021, TBC)
  

​13    AOB
There was a proposal to nominate Ms Xu Dan (Q6/11 Rapporteur) as a candidate for Vice-Chairman of new Focus Group on autonomous networks created by SG13. There were no objections and the proposal was accepted.