The ITU-T SG5 meeting was chaired by Mr. Dominique Würges (France), Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5, and supported by the following Vice-Chairmen: Pedro Brisson (Argentina), Jean Manuel Canet (France), Beniamino Gorini (Nokia Corporation Finland), Byung Chan Kim (Korea (Rep. of), Shuguang Qi (China (P.R.), Kazuhiro Takaya (NTT Corporation, Japan), and Nevine Tewfik (Egypt).
As the ITU-T SG5 meeting was a physical meeting, delegates were reminded that decisions were taken by those physically present in the Plenary meeting in Geneva.
Information was also provided on WTSA-20 which took place from 1 to 9 March 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. The following TDs were presented:
Additionally, it was highlighted that the ninth TSAG meeting was held virtual, from 10 to 17 January 2022. The meeting report is available as TSAG Report 24. The first TSAG meeting for the study period 2022-2024 will take place from 12 to 16 December 2022, inclusive. More details of the upcoming TSAG meeting can be found here.
Promotion activities and bridging the standardization gap
The following TDs were presented by TSB and were noted during the ITU-T SG5 opening plenary:
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TD97 Conclusions of the 4th Global Standards Symposium 2022
Additionally, information was provided on:
During the ITU-T SG5 closing plenary, a presentation on the results/highlights of WTDC was delivered by a BDT representative as contained in
TD285. The BDT representative also introduced the report
Greening digital companies: Monitoring emissions and climate commitments and the
two webinars related to the report held on 23 June 2022.
ITU-T SG5 Newcomers' session
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Newcomers' session was held on 21 June 2022. The following TDs were prepared and presented:
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TD72 ITU-T Study Group 5:Newcomers' Presentation;
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TD75-R1 ITU-T Contribution tutorial;
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TD78 Recommendation ITU-T A.2 – Presentation of Contributions.
Working Party meetings
- The draft Report of Working Party 1/5 can be found in TD140-R4.
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The draft Report of Working Party 2/5 can be found inTD145-R4.
- The draft Report of Working Party 3/5 can be found in
TD150-R4.
Working Party 1/5 - EMC, lightning protection, EMF
Working Party 1/5, chaired by Mr Fryderyk Lewicki, has made significant progress on various work items and achieved the following key outcomes:
Q1/5: Electrical protection, reliability, safety, and security of ICT systems
The Rapporteur of Q1/5 (Mr Chuanyou Dai) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD81-R1, which was approved without modifications. The meeting received and reviewed three Contributions relevant to Q1/5.
C12 “Proposed revision of Recommendation K.87 "Guide for the application of electromagnetic security requirements - Overview"", was discussed and agreed to be consented during the meeting.
TD235-R1 was submitted to reflect the revision and was the final document for consent.
C11-R1 “The new draft of Recommendation ITU-T K.pids “Protection of the indoor signal distribution system in smart buildings", was discussed. Several comments and suggestions were presented, including the scope of draft Recommendation ITU-T K.pids, the definition of smart building, and the sourcing of the requirements for the safety distance. Based on the discussion, a TD document,
TD286, was presented to reflect the revision of the discussion and act as the new baseline document.
C13 “Draft Recommendation ITU-T K.lp- "Using data of lightning positioning system for network protection", was reviewed. A draft document to propose the new structure for draft Recommendation ITU-T K.lp was presented.
TD221-R1 reflects the revision of the discussion and act as the baseline for draft Recommendation ITU-T K.lp. Dr Ryuichi Kobayashi was nominated as a co-editor for draft Recommendation ITU-T K.lp.The Work Item list was also updated.
The report of the Q1/5 meeting is contained in
TD141-R1.
Q2/5: Protecting equipment and devices against lightning and other electrical events
The Rapporteur of Q2/5 (Mr Mick Maytum) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD82-R1, which was approved without modifications.
The meeting reviewed four Contributions and ten incoming liaison statements. Two Contributions were accepted for new supplements, one contribution for supplement revision and one Contribution for revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.21 “Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in customer premises to overvoltages and overcurrents”.
The liaison from the IEEE 802.3 related to Recommendation ITU-T K.147 “Protection of networked information technology equipment” consisted of six pages of comments. To answer the IEEE 802.3 liaison, three liaison replies were created. Additionally, it was agreed to start the revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.147.
The report of the Q2/5 meeting is contained in
TD142-R3.
Q3/5: Human exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) due to digital technologies
The Rapporteur of Q3/5 (Mr Fryderyk Lewicki) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD83-R2, which was approved without modifications.
During eight sessions, seventeen input documents were considered. The new Supplement K.Suppl.WPT to ITU-T K-series Recommendations “EMF strength inside and outside of electric vehicle using wireless power transfer (WPT) technology” was submitted for agreement. This Supplement assesses the EMF measurements and numerical-analysis conducted inside and outside of dynamic and static electric vehicles (
TD204-R1).
Supplement 16 to ITU-T K-series Recommendations “Electromagnetic field compliance assessments for 5G wireless networks” was updated (
TD216-R2). It now includes a link to an interactive map showing the results of 5G RF-EMF assessments. It was agreed to include in the new ITU-T K.Suppl.5G assessment several other Contributions with case studies concerning the implementation of the 5G system.
Other Contributions, including results of measurements of the EMF levels, may be included in draft Recommendations ITU-T K.devices “RF EMF exposure assessment of the wireless radiocommunication devices operating close to the human body” and ITU-T K.reflection “Impact of the metallic structures for the EMF exposure level”.
Draft revision of the ITU-R Recommendation BS.1698 was considered and ITU-T comments were sent separately in LS to ITU-R WP6A. All other input documents were discussed and may be used for future work of Q3/5.
During the meeting, WHO’s activity in RF-EMF was presented by Dr Emilie van Deventer as contained in
TD295. In addition, ITU's Perspective on Compliance with the new 2020 RF Guidelines was presented briefly in the ICNIRP Mini Symposium in Nagoya, Japan.
The report of the Q3/5 meeting is contained in
TD143-R3.
Q4/5: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) aspects in ICT environment
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q4/5 ( Messrs Beniamino Gorini & Xing Hai Zhang) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD84-R2. The agenda was approved with the addition of the liaison:
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TD-186 “LS/i Proposal for the formal appointment of a liaison officer from IEEE PES SPDC to ITU-T SG5 (from IEEE PES SPDC)”
All documents related to Question 4/5 were discussed in the meeting segments from 22 to 29 June 2022. Six technical Contributions were received and discussed.
The following Recommendations were finalized and agreed to be submitted to WP1/5 for consent:
- Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.123 “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for electrical equipment in telecommunication facilities” (TD217-R1);
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Recommendation ITU-T K.power.emc “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for power equipment in telecommunication facilities” (TD215-R1); the draft for consent is in;
- Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.114 “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for digital cellular mobile communication base station equipment”(TD229-R2);
- Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.76 “EMC requirements for telecommunication network equipment (9 kHz -150 kHz)” (TD203); . This revision has the new title is “EMC requirements for DC power ports of telecommunication network equipment in the frequency range below 150 kHz”.
Progress was made on the following Work Items:
- The latest draft of new Recommendation ITU-T K.plc.emc “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements and measurement methods for outdoor equipment and installation using power line communication technology” was discussed and it is in TD228-R2;
- Revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.136 “Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for radio telecommunication equipment”; the fourth draft was produced at the meeting (ref.:
TD265).
Q4/5 agreed to start the revision of Recommendation ITU-T K.80 “EMC requirements for telecommunication network equipment (1 GHz – 6 GHz)” because requirements need to be updated. A.1 justification is in
TD273 and the first draft is in
TD274.
Q4/5 also agreed to start a new draft Recommendation ITU-T K.DMEI “Determination and mitigation of electromagnetic interference between base stations due to tropospheric radio-duct”; A.1 justification is in
TD231-R1.
Q4/5 Work programme was reviewed and updated.
The Liaison Statements assigned to Q4/5 were discussed and a response to the liaison from ITU-T SG16 in
TD021 was prepared; see
TD272.
The report of the Q4/5 meeting is contained in
TD144-R1.
Working Party 2/5 - Environmental efficiency, e-waste, circularity, and sustainable ICT networks
Working Party 2, chaired by Mr Paolo Gemma, has made significant progress and achieved the following key outcomes:
Q6/5: Environmental efficiency of digital technologies
The Rapporteur of Q6/5 (Mr Magnus Olsson) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD86-R6, which was approved with modifications.
All eleven Contributions were reviewed and the documents under study were improved based on the Contributions received. Eight incoming Liaisons were reviewed and three of them discussed in detail. Four outgoing Liaisons were prepared.
Two new Work Items, draft Recommendation ITU-T L.FEMS “Reference Model of Factory Energy Management System” and draft Supplement ITU-T L.Sup.MDEE “Multi-Dimensional Energy Efficiency” were established based on the Q6/5 discussions.
Three draft Recommendations ITU-T L.TIME “Qfactor: A fundamental metric expressing integrated circuit energy efficiency”, ITU-T L.5G_sav “Energy saving technologies and best practices for 5G RAN equipment” and ITU-T L.NCIe “Carbon data intensity for network energy performance monitoring” were agreed to be sent for consent. One Work Item, L.EAS_network slicing “Energy-Aware States network slicing” was proposed to be discontinued.
Progress was made on the following work items based on the input documents:
- Draft Supplement ITU-T L.Sup.EMUE “Energy related mobile end-user experience”;
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.BBU “Requirements and use cases of liquid cooling solutions and high energy efficiency solutions for 5G BBU in C-RAN mode”;
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EE_serv “Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for servers”;
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Energy_sav_Cloud & Edge “Energy saving design for Data Centre considering harmonization of Cloud and Edge”;
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.EE_sgpu “Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for servers: Graphical Processor Unit (GPU) solution based”.
It is also worth noting that in draft Recommendation ITU-T L.sgpu it was agreed to change the title to “Energy Efficiency measurement methodology and metrics for heterogeneous servers”, and that a change of editors was made in draft Recommendation ITU-T L.BBU.
It was also decided to ask TSB to open a formal contact with CNIS to qualify them to enable the server energy efficiency rating tool BenchSEE to be used in some Recommendations (ITU-T L.sgpu, ITU-T L.EE_serv). It was also decided to ask TSB to open a formal contact with SPEC to qualify them to enable the server energy efficiency rating tool SERT to be used in the Recommendation (ITU-T L.sgpu, ITU-T L.EE_serv).
The report of the Q6/5 meeting is contained in
TD146-R2.
Q7/5: E-waste, circular economy, and sustainable supply chain management
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q7/5 (Ms Nevine Tewfik & Mr Leandro Navarro) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD87-R3, which was approved with modifications.
Q7/5 experts reviewed a total of sixteen Contributions received. A total of thirteen work items were addressed and discussed including:
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.AUVE “Effects of ICT enabled autonomy on vehicles longevity and waste creation”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_DIS “Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy) part 5- server and data storage product disassembly and disassembly instruction”
- Draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.resource_sav “Examples of resource saving within the ICT Sector”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ICT_PROCURE “Public procurement of ICTs to mitigate the adverse effects of e-waste”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.e-waste_collection “Guidelines on the collection, pre-treatment, dismantling, valorization and final disposal of WEEE”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Counterfeit “Adequate Assessment and Sensitisation on Counterfeit ICT Products and their Environmental Impact”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_DD “Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy). Part 2: server and data storage product secure data deletion functionality”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_AF “Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy). Part 3: Server and data storage product availability of firmware and of security updates to firmware”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.GDSPP “Requirements for a global digital sustainable product passport to achieve a circular economy”
- Draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.ICIP “Best practices for implementing the circular economy in ICT management”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.SCCA “Supply-chain based carbon accounting information guidelines for ICT manufacturing industries”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.GPSIM “Good practices for the sanitization of the information media in end-of-life ICT devices”
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 “Guideline for achieving the e-waste targets of the Connect 2030 Agenda”.
New baseline documents were developed for the different ongoing work items.
Q7/5 experts agreed to submit draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Counterfeit found in
TD262-R1 and draft Recommendation ITU-T L.AUVE found in
TD187-R1 to consent at ITU-T SG5 plenary, as well as draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.resource_sav to agreement found in
TD243. In addition, Q7/5 experts agreed that work in the latest baseline document of draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_DIS (
TD188) has been completed at this stage; however, since it is a joint work item with ETSI EEPS, experts agreed to wait for the ETSI’s comments before submitting the document to consent.
A joint work session was held between Q7/5 and Q9/5 to discuss
C98 received from Orange on Standard circular economy metrics for network and IT equipment. Experts of both questions took note and discussed the Contribution, and suggested simplifying the application of measurement methods of carbon emissions and circularity. Experts agreed that as a first step, efforts will be put into developing adapted methods to apply Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 “Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of information and communication technology goods, networks and services” and ITU-T L.1023 “Assessment method for circular scoring”, which are under revision in Q9/5 and Q7/5 respectively.
A joint session was held between Q7/5 and ETSI EEPS. Draft Recommendations ITU-T L.ME_DD and ITU-T L.ME_AF were discussed based on four TDs. The baseline document for ITU-T L.ME_DD was updated and is found in
TD251-R2. Experts of both groups agreed to hold a joint meeting in July to continue to work on the draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ME_DD.
The following new work items were agreed upon on the level of Q7/5 experts: ITU-T L.1023_rev, “Assessment method for circular scoring” (
TD189-R1); draft Recommendation ITU-T L.DLB “Guidelines for the durability assessment of Lithium-ion Battery Products” (
TD290-R1), and draft Recommendation ITU-T L.DMTT “Specifications for the durability assessment of mobile telecommunication terminals” (
TD288-R2).
The work plan of Q7/5 was reviewed and updated as appropriate and a number of rapporteurs’ e meetings were scheduled for the interim period between Study Group meetings to progress the work.
The status of two stale work items was discussed: draft Recommendations ITU-T L.ICT_CE “ICT response to circular economy” and ITU-T L.ME_RM “Assessment of material efficiency of ICT network infrastructure goods (circular economy). Part 4: Server and data storage product critical raw materials”. Concerning draft Recommendation ITU-T L.ICT_CE, experts decided to discontinue the work item due to lack of Contributions. Concerning the latter, it was agreed that Q7/5 will delay its decision and await the decision of ETSI concerning this work item as it is a joint work between Q7/5 and ETSI EEPS.
The report of the Q7/5 meeting is contained in
TD147-R3.
Q13/5: Building circular and sustainable cities and communities
The Rapporteur of Q13/5 (Mr Leonidas Anthopoulos) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD93-R1, which was approved with modifications.
Q13/5 meeting reviewed the submitted Contributions and Liaison Statements, and the following items were achieved:
- Progress was made on the draft Recommendation ITU-T L.FUB on “Development framework for bioeconomy for cities and communities” (TD224-R1); Q13/5 experts agreed to submit for consent this work item;
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Progress was made on the draft Recommendation ITU-T L.CSAF on “City Science Application Framework” (TD223); Q13/5 experts agreed to submit for consent this work item;
- Progress was made on the draft Recommendation ITU-T L.GCC on “Guide to Circular Cities” (TD222); Q13/5 experts agreed to submit for consent this work item;
- Progress was made on draft Supplement L.Suppl.CSAF_CaseStudies on “Case studies on city science application framework” (TD239); Q13/5 experts agreed to submit this work item for agreement;
- Progress was made on the draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.CaseStudies_Circular on “Case Studies on Implementation of Cities’ circular actions” (TD238); Q13/5 experts agreed to submit this work item for agreement;
Progress was made on the draft Recommendation ITU-T L.FrameworkBIMSssc on “Framework of Building Infrastructure Management System for Sustainable City” (
TD255); Q13/5 experts agreed to continue working on this work item. A new work item has been discussed, based on input document (
C71) entitled “IoT-based sustainable firefighting infrastructure management system”. The aim of this document will be to define the overall framework and requirements for the entire building infrastructure and supplement the item draft Recommendation ITU-T L.FrameworkBIMSssc (
TD255). The meeting agreed that this Contribution should be revised and resubmitted to align properly with the scope of Q13/5.
The report of the Q13/5 meeting is contained in
TD153-R2.
Working Party 3/5 - Climate change, adaptation, mitigation, and net-zero emissions
Working Party 3, chaired by Ms Qi Shuguang, has made significant progress, and achieved the following key outcomes:
Q9/5: Climate change and assessment of digital technologies in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q9/5 (Mr Jean Manuel Canet & Ms Pernilla Bergmark) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD89-R6, which was approved with modifications.
The meeting received in total twenty Contributions, which were discussed during fifteen sessions.
The most intensive work during the meeting was related to the preparation of draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Enablement “Enabling the Net Zero transition: Assessing how the use of ICT solutions impacts GHG emissions of other sectors” for consent following the reception of three substantial Contributions and good proposals for further clarification of the text during reviewing.
Q9/5 successfully agreed to send the prepared draft for consent (
TD307-R1). Moreover, Q9/5 agreed to also send draft Recommendation ITU-T L.Connect2030 “Guidance on how to address Connect2030 targets on net abatement” for consent (
TD190-R2).
The meeting also resulted in the first drafts of Recommendations ITU-T L.GHGemissions_IP “Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Industrial Parks” (
TD271), ITU-T L.GHGemissions_BS “Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Base Station sites” (
TD306) and ITU-T L.GHGemissions_DC “Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Data Centers and Telecommunication Rooms” (
TD305).
Finally, Q9/5 created seven new work items: draft Recommendations ITU-T L.1400rev “Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of information and communication technologies” (
TD201), ITU-T L.1410rev “Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of information and communication technology goods, networks and services” (
TD200-R2), draft Recommendation ITU-T L.BatteriesLCA (
TD207-R2), draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.Administrations “Guidance for Administrations on the application of Recommendation ITU-T L.1480 (ex. L.Enablement)” (
TD202-R1), draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.Examples “Examples related to applying methodology to assess ICT solution GHG impacts” (
TD270-R1), draft Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.FinancialGains “Guidance for assessing the GHG emissions consequences of the financial effects generated by ICT” (
TD177), and draft Supplement
ITU-T L.Suppl.Scope3Operators “Guidance for assessment of Scope 3 emissions for operators” (
TD304-R2).
The report of the Q9/5 meeting is contained in
TD149-R2.
Q11/5: Climate change mitigation and smart energy solutions
The Co-Rapporteurs of Q11/5 (Ms Qi Shuguang & Mr Sangjin Jeong) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD91-R5, which was approved with modifications.
All twelve contributions were reviewed and the documents under study were improved based on the Contributions received. Thirty-six incoming Liaisons were discussed in detail, and two outgoing liaisons were prepared.
It was agreed that two draft Recommendations were proposed to be consented in ITU-T SG5 Plenary. The new Recommendations are
ITU-T L.10 kVAC_up to 400 VDC “Specifications of 10 kVAC input and up to 400 VDC output integrated power system in data center and telecommunication room” and ITU-T L.ESE “Evaluation method of safety operations and energy saving for power supply system in telecommunication room/building”. Also, one new Supplement was proposed to be agreed upon in SG5 Plenary, which is ITU-T L.Suppl.dces “Data center energy saving: Application of AI technology in improving energy efficiency of telecommunication room and data center infrastructure”.
Three new work items for Recommendations regarding greenhouse gas emission monitoring and measurement and waste heat re-use in data were initiated based on the discussion. The new work items are ITU-T L.DMA “Methodology for dynamic monitoring and analysis of greenhouse gas emissions in city”, ITU-T L.GHG_management “Framework and Functional Requirements of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management System for Public Sectors”, and ITU-T L.WHR “Specification for Waste Heat Reuse in Telecommunication Rooms and Data Centres”.
Draft Recommendations ITU-T L.PSU_for server “Methodologies for evaluating the functionality and performance of power supply unit configured for servers”, and ITU-T L.NZ solutions “Best practices to achieve Net Zero with information and communication technologies” were progressed based on the Contributions and discussion.
In addition, it was agreed to revise ITU-T Supplement 44 to ITU-T L-series Recommendations “Guidelines on best practices and environment friendly policies for effective information and communication technology deployment methods” based on the Contribution and discussion.
The proposal to initiate the development of a new Supplement regarding “Questionnaire on ITU-T Recommendations on Environment, Climate Change, EMF and Circular Economy (“Green ITU-T Rec”) at the national policies and regulations” was discussed based on C7-R1. As the scope of the proposal exceeds the scope of Q11/5, it was proposed to address the issue in the WP3/5 Plenary.
After further discussion during the WP3/5 plenary, it was decided not to open this work item given the lack of consensus on this proposal.
The report of the Q11/5 meeting is contained in
TD151-R1.
Q12/5: Adaptation to climate change through sustainable and resilient digital technologies
The Rapporteur of Q12/5 (Messrs Claudio Bianco & Derick Khamali) opened the meeting and presented the draft agenda contained in
TD92-R2, which was approved with modifications.
Q12/5 experts met (online and in person) and addressed the Contributions and Temporary Documents received to Q12/5. A total of seven Contributions were received, namely
C16-R1,
C17-R1,
C76-R1,
C86,
C87,
C88, and
C89 while eight Temporary Documents were submitted, namely;
TD36-R1,
TD37-R1,
TD38-R1,
TD59,
TD60,
TD100,
TD136, and
TD164.
The Q12/5 meeting reviewed the Contributions and Temporary documents and proposed Supplement ITU-T L.Suppl.oa2cc – “Overview on Adaptation to Climate Change for ICT Networks” (
TD236-R1) for agreement. Q12/5 experts also proposed the following four new work items, for approval:
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.KPIs_infrastructure-“Environment Key Performance Indicators for Digital Infrastructure Adapting to Climate Change” (TD219-R1);
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Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.5G_sharing-“Specification of 5G network sharing and co-construction adapting to climate change” (TD220-R1);
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.CArural “Low-cost sustainable ICT solutions for climate adaptation in rural areas and communities” (TD233-R2);
- Draft Recommendation ITU-T L.CAcoast “Framework for climate change adaptation in coastal cities using ICT and digital technologies” (TD234-R2).
The Q12/5 acknowledged information contained in
TD100 on the work carried out by TC111, as well as ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC39 and the content of
TD164 on liaison report from ISO/TMBG/CCCC noting that this was valuable information that will aid in the development of the proposed new Recommendations.
The Q12/5 Members agreed to hold e-meetings on a monthly basis and seek to attract more members from across the ITU membership to participate in its work as per the updated work programme.
The report of the Q12/5 meeting is contained in
TD152-R2.
Rapporteur group e-meetings can be found
here.
Question 8/5 - Guides and terminology on environment and climate change
During this meeting, Q8/5 experts reviewed four incoming Liaison Statements and prepared the respective responses.
Most of the Q8/5 activity has been concerned with liaison vocabulary. The IEEE 802.3 working group is intent in preventing ITU from using the abbreviations SPE (single pair Ethernet) and SPoE (single pair power over Ethernet) – yet these are commonly used and established ISO/IEC terms. In an effort to obtain Author's Guide compliance, Q8/5 will check consented Recommendations in AAP.
The meeting report of the Question 8/5 can be found in TD148-R1.
Updates in the SG5 Management Team and Rapporteurs:
