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Executive Summary of SG11 meeting (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)

ITU-T Study Group 11 “Signalling requirements, protocols, test specifications and combating counterfeit telecommunication/ICT devices” meeting was held in Geneva from 1 to 10 May 2024 and was attended by 169 delegates from 35 countries.

The webcast was provided for the Study Group 11 opening and closing plenary sessions, i.e., remote participants were able to listen but not to speak. All other sessions were supported by ITU MyMeetings remote participation tool.

Interpretation was provided in English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian at the closing plenary, which was supported by Zoom remote participation tool. The remote participation guideline was available on the ITU-T SG11 webpage for Delegates and Moderators. Additional remote participation guidance is contained in SG11-TD808/GEN.

Parallel events:

ITU-T Conformity Assessment Steering Committee (ITU-T CASC), Geneva, 3 May 2024; more information is available on the CASC webpage (http://itu.int/go/casc);
Preparation for next study period (NSP-WTSA sessions) (2 and 8 May 2024);
Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) training session, 1 May 2024 (SG11-TD809-R1/GEN and SG11-TD966-R1/GEN);
Orientation session for newcomers, 2 May 2024 (SG11-TD810/GEN).

1 Draft Recommendations for (TAP) Determination (Resolution 1)

The following table shows the “Determined” draft Recommendations (see SG11-TD815/GEN). See WP2/11 and WP4/11 reports (SG11-TD858-R1/GEN, SG11-TD860-R1/GEN).

#	Q	Draft new/revised Rec. No.	Title	TD	A.5 Justification
1	7/11	ITU-T Q.5010 (ex. Q.UAMS-SRA)	Signalling requirements and architecture for urban air mobility service environment	SG11-TD1037/GEN	-
2	15/11	ITU-T Q.5054 (ex. Q.CCF-CCSD)	Consumer centric framework for combating counterfeit and stolen ICT mobile devices	SG11-TD1000/GEN	-

2 Consented Recommendations (ITU-T A.8)

The following table shows the “Consented” draft Recommendations (see SG11-TD815/GEN).

#	Q	WP	Draft new/revised Rec. No.	Title	Final TD	A.5 justification
1	1/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.3064 (ex. Q.NICE-SA)	Signalling architecture of NICE (Network Intelligence Capability Enhancement) in support of awareness capabilities	SG11-TD1012/GEN	-
2	1/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.3648 (ex. Q.DC-SA)	Signalling architecture of data channel enhanced IMS network	SG11- TD1013-R1/GEN	-
3	1/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.4142 (ex. Q.SASO)	Signalling architecture for service orchestration in computing power network	SG11-TD1014/GEN	-
4	2/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.5032 (ex. Q.NCRP)	Network coding protocol for network repeaters	SG11-TD1072/GEN	-
5	4/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.3742 (ex. Q.SD-DCI)	Signalling requirements and data models for SD-DCI service	SG11-TD1127/GEN	-
6	5/11	WP1/11	ITU-T Q.4143 (ex. Q.BNG-PUP)	Signalling requirements for cloud-based control plane and pooled user plane of vBNG (virtualized Broadband Network Gateway)	SG11-TD1109/GEN	-
7	6/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5031 (ex. Q.PMMC)	Protocol for traffic flow coordination of multi-modality communication	SG11-TD1050/GEN	-
8	6/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5009 (ex. Q.PEC)	Signalling Requirements and Protocols for enhanced quality assured connections in IMT-2020 network and beyond	SG11-TD1051/GEN	-
9	6/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5013 (ex. Q.SP-twqos)	Signalling requirements and protocol procedures for two-way QoS mechanism between access networks and core networks in IMT-2020 network and beyond	SG11-TD1052-R1/GEN	-
10	7/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5011 (ex. Q.IEC-EEMA)	Signalling requirements and interfaces of edge-aided energy management agent at intelligent edge computing	SG11-TD1038/GEN	-
11	7/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5012 (ex. Q.WLAN5G-REQ)	Signalling architecture of WLAN access network for interworking with 5G network	SG11-TD1039/GEN	SG11-TD932/GEN
12	7/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5029 (ex. Q.IEC-DTINF)	Data management interfaces in digital twin smart aquaculture system with intelligent edge computing	SG11-TD1040/GEN	SG11-TD959/GEN
13	7/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.5030 (ex. Q.IEC-FWINF)	Data management interfaces for intelligent edge computing-based flowing-water smart aquaculture system	SG11-TD1041/GEN	SG11-TD960/GEN
14	8/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Amd.1 to Q.4102	Hybrid peer-to-peer communications: Peer protocol	SG11-TD1023/GEN	-
15	8/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Amd.1 to Q.4103	Hybrid peer-to-peer communications: Overlay management protocol	SG11-TD1024/GEN	-
16	8/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.4104 (ex. Q.HP2P-dss)	Hybrid peer-to-peer communications: Signalling requirements for data streaming service	SG11-TD1022/GEN	-
17	8/11	WP2/11	ITU-T Q.4105 (ex. Q.HP2P-fvsigreq)	Hybrid peer-to-peer communications: Signalling requirements for feature-based video services	SG11-TD1021/GEN	-
18	12/11	WP3/11	ITU-T Q.4074 (ex. Q.TSN)	Testing of robotics based on a model network	SG11-TD995-R1/GEN	-
19	12/11	WP3/11	ITU-T Q.4075 Q.TSRT_IoT	Test specifications for remote testing of Internet of Things using the probes	SG11-TD996/GEN	-
20	13/11	WP3/11	ITU-T Q.4072 (ex.Q.PIS)	Monitoring Parameters for Intelligent Speech in Future Networks	SG11-TD1084/GEN	-
21	14/11	WP3/11	ITU-T Q.4047 (ex. Q.Scvh-iopt)	Interoperability testing between software-defined networking (SDN) and hypervisor based computing virtualization	SG11-TD1030/GEN	-
22	16/11	WP3/11	ITU-T Q.4073 (Q.FW-IVV5G)	Framework for interconnection testing of Voice, Video over 5G	SG11-TD986/GEN	SG11-TD915-R1/GEN
23	15/11	WP4/11	ITU-T Q.5055 (ex Q.CEIR)	Technical requirement, interfaces and generic functions of CEIR	SG11-TD1001/GEN	-

3 Supplements, Handbooks, Technical Papers, Guidelines and Corrigenda

3.1 Supplements

No Supplements were approved at this meeting.

3.2 Guidelines
No Guidelines were approvedat this meeting.

3.3 Handbooks

No Handbooks were approvedat this meeting.

3.4 Technical Papers / Technical Reports
No Technical Papers/Technical Reports were approved at this meeting.

3.5 Corrigenda
No Corrigenda were approved at this meeting.

4 Recommendations/Technical reports/Supplements deleted
No Recommendations/Technical Reports/Supplements were deleted at this meeting.

5 SG11 Structure, Management and Rapporteurs

The current ITU-T SG11 Management is as follow:

SG11 Chair: Ritu Ranjan MITTAR (Ministry of Communications, India)

Vice-chairs:

Uwe BAEDER (Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
Ibrahim BALA (Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority, Sudan)
Juan Matias CATTANEO (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, ENACOM)
Namseok KO (ETRI, Korea, Rep. of)
Karim LOUKIL (Tunisian Administration, CERT, Tunisia)
Arezu OROJLU (Communications Regulatory Authority, CRA)
Kofi Ntim YEBOAH-KORDIEH (National Communications Authority, Ghana)
João Alexandre Moncaio ZANON (Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency, ANATEL)
Xiaojie ZHU (China Telecommunications Corporation, China)

Note: according to “resolve 7” of Resolution 208 (PP-22), it is noted that Juan Matias CATTANEO (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, ENACOM), Arezu OROJLU (Communications Regulatory Authority, CRA) and Ibrahim BALA (Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority, Sudan) did not attend the meeting.

There were no changes to the structure of ITU-T SG11.

The current structure of ITU-T SG11, including acting Rapporteurs and Acting WPs Chairs appointed for this particular meeting is available in SG11-TD803/GEN.

6 Questions

There were no changes to the Questions texts at this meeting.

7 Liaison officers and Rapporteurs

There were no changes to the list of Liaison Officers at this meeting. The current list can be found in SG11-TD804/GEN.

8 Conformity Assessment Steering Committee

The seventeenth meeting of the ITU-T Conformity Assessment Steering Committee (CASC) was held in Geneva on 3 May 2024 during the ITU-T SG11 meeting.

The CASC Chair gave a comprehensive presentation about the current status of the ITU Testing Laboratories database (SG11-TD818/GEN), which provides information about updates for some of the TLs listed in the database since October 2023. Among recent updates are two new Testing Laboratories registered in the ITU TL Database, as well as updates for existing entries.

Also, it was noted that validity of accreditation of Bharat Test House Pvt. Ltd. is expired. CASC encourages TSB to communicate with testing laboratory and provide updates for next CASC meeting.

It was noted that according to TSB Circular 368 (31 January 2022), all testing laboratories which were registered in ITU TL database, are invited to register ICT products, which are tested in this TL against ITU-T Recommendations, in the ITU Product Conformity Database (https://itu.int/go/tcdb).

TSB also showed a video guideline about ITU Testing Laboratories and the ITU Product Conformity Databases and gave a presentation on the ITU Tutorial on ITU Tutorial on Testing Laboratories recognition procedure which was held in Geneva on 12 October 2023. It was noted that the tutorial was aimed at guiding all stakeholders on Testing Laboratories recognition procedure established by ITU, its benefits and all logistical details needed for submitting applications.

All details are available in the CASC report (SG11-TD861/GEN).

9 Signalling and protocols, including IMT-2020, CPN and P2P communications related issues

ITU-T SG11 determined new Recommendation ITU-T Q.5010 (ex. Q.UAMS-SRA): Signalling requirements and architecture for urban air mobility service environment. This Recommendation provides the signalling requirements and architecture for urban air mobility (UAM) services. These requirements include signalling information over each reference points and service procedures for communication between the user equipment (UE), access layer, core layer and service layer for UAM services.

Also, ITU-T SG11 finalized and consented the following draft Recommendations on signalling aspects, including IMT-2020:

ITU-T Q.3064 (ex. Q.NICE-SA): Signalling architecture of NICE (Network intelligence capability enhancement) in support of awareness capabilities;
ITU-T Q.3648 (ex. Q.DC-SA): Signalling architecture of data channel enhanced IMS network;
ITU-T Q.3742 (ex. Q.SD-DCI): Signalling requirements and data models for SD-DCI service;
ITU-T Q.4143 (ex. Q.BNG-PUP): Signalling requirements for cloud-based control plane and pooled user plane of vBNG (virtualized Broadband Network Gateway);
ITU-T Q.5009 (ex. Q.PEC): Signalling Requirements and Protocols for enhanced quality assured connections in IMT-2020 network and beyond;
ITU-T Q.5011 (ex. Q.IEC-EEMA): Signalling requirements and interfaces of edge-aided energy management agent at intelligent edge computing;
ITU-T Q.5012 (ex. Q.WLAN5G-REQ): Signalling architecture of WLAN access network for interworking with 5G network;
ITU-T Q.5013 (ex. Q.SP-twqos): Signalling requirements and protocol procedures for two-way QoS mechanism between access networks and core networks in IMT-2020 network and beyond;
ITU-T Q.5029 (ex. Q.IEC-DTINF): Data management interfaces in digital twin smart aquaculture system with intelligent edge computing;
ITU-T Q.5030 (ex. Q.IEC-FWINF): Data management interfaces for intelligent edge computing-based flowing-water smart aquaculture system;
ITU-T Q.5031 (ex. Q.PMMC): Protocol for traffic flow coordination of multi-modality communication;
ITU-T Q.5032 (ex. Q.NCRP): Network coding protocol for network repeaters.

With regard to Computing Power Network (CPN), SG11 consented the draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.4142 (ex. Q.SASO): Signalling architecture for service orchestration in computing power network.

Also, two new Recommendations and two amendments on Hybrid P2P communications were consented during SG11 meeting, as follows:

ITU-T Amd.1 to Q.4102: Hybrid peer-to-peer (P2P) communications: Peer protocol;
ITU-T Amd.1 to Q.4103: Hybrid peer-to-peer communications: Overlay management protocol;
ITU-T Q.4104 (ex. Q.HP2P-dss): Hybrid peer-to-peer (P2P) communications: Signalling requirements for data streaming service;
ITU-T Q.4105 (ex. Q.HP2P-fvsigreq): Hybrid P2P communications: signalling requirements for feature-based video services.

ITU-T SG11 advanced 49 ongoing work items and agreed to initiate 16 new work items on signalling and protocols-related aspects.

Among new work items started at this particular meeting are:

Q.SA-CSB: Signalling architecture of cloud service brokerage;
TR.SP-UAV: Signalling requirements and protocols between unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicle controllers using IMT-2020 networks and beyond;
TR-AL-PRC: Application layer protocol for robotics control;
Q.IEM_arch_req: Reference architecture and Signalling requirements for interactive emergency messaging through mobile network;
Q.FGNS: Signalling requirements for fine-grained network slicing orchestration and management in bearer networks;
Q.CPN-GW-IBN: Signalling and procedure of intelligent control to computing power gateway in computing power network by adoption of Intent-Based Network;
Q.BNG-SFC: Signalling requirements of virtualized broadband network gateway for service function chain;
Q.BNG-IBN: Signalling requirements for virtualized Broadband Network Gateway in Intent-Based Network;
Q.SPLC: Signalling and protocol for lightweight core for dedicated networks in future network including IMT-2020;
Q.SPACDN: Signalling and protocol for AI enabled cross-domain network in future network including IMT-2020;
Q.CCONS: Signalling requirements and protocol for confidential computing orchestration of network slices in IMT-2020 networks and beyond;
TR.PML-IMT-2020: Protocol to provide machine learning in future networks including IMT-2020;
Q.IEC-ERINF: Data management interfaces in educational robot system with intelligent edge computing;
Q.IEC-SPDM: Data management interfaces for intelligent edge computing-based smart pest and disease management service;
Q.IEC-PDMF: Data management interfaces for public decision-making framework on Intelligent edge computing;
Q.AIDCS-SRA: Signalling requirements and architecture for AI data centre.

The complete list of new work items agreed at this particular meeting is available in SG11-TD816-R1/GEN.

More details are available in WP1/11 and WP2/11 reports (SG11-TD857-R2/GEN and SG11-TD858-R1/GEN).

10 QKDN protocols

As a continuation of studies related to signalling protocols for QKDN, ITU-T SG11 started two new work items and the revision of ITU-T Q.4164:

Q.QKDN_GC: General control protocols for interfaces on quantum key distribution network controller for quantum key distribution networks;
Q.QKDN_Cq: Protocols for Cq interfaces for quantum key distribution networks;
Q.4164_rev: Revision of ITU-T Q.4164 “Protocols for Ck interfaces for quantum key distribution networks”.

The complete list of new work items agreed at this particular meeting is available in SG11-TD816-R1/GEN.

More details are available in WP1/11 report (SG11-TD857-R2/GEN)

11 Signalling security

Since 2016, ITU-T SG11 continues its studies on implementation of security measures on signalling level in order to cope with different types of attacks on existing ICT infrastructure and services (e.g. OTP intercept, calls intercept, spoofing numbers, robocalls, etc.).

All ITU-T SG11 results and related events (workshops, webinars) on signalling security are available on dedicated web page at: https://itu.int/go/SIG-SECURITY.

The meeting discussed the draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.TSCA based on the contributions received. The meeting did not reach consensus on the content of this document for starting its approval process via determination. There are some issues which need to be clarified and confirmed in the future meeting. The latest version of the baseline text is available in SG11-TD1006/GEN.

ITU-T SG11 continues close collaboration with ITU-T SG17 and ITU-T SG2 on this subject matter and informed them via LS accordingly (SG11-LS156).

More details are available in WP1/11 report (SG11-TD857-R2/GEN).

12 IoT testing

ITU-T SG11 consented two new Recommendation which deal with IoT testing, as follows:

ITU-T Q.4074 (ex. Q.TSN): Testing of robotics based on a model network;
ITU-T Q.4075 (ex. Q.TSRT_IoT): Test specifications for remote testing of Internet of Things using the probes.

Also, SG11 started new work item Q.MUD_IOT: Framework for testing and monitoring IoT devices & networks using technical Requirements from Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD).

More details are available in WP3/11 report (SG11-TD859-R2/GEN).

13 Testing and monitoring specifications

ITU-T SG11 consented three new Recommendations related to testing and monitoring specifications, including:

ITU-T Q.4072 (ex.Q.PIS): Monitoring Parameters for Intelligent Speech in Future Networks;
ITU-T Q.4047 (ex. Q.Scvh-iopt): Interoperability testing between software-defined networking (SDN) and hypervisor based computing virtualization;
ITU-T Q.4073 (Q.FW-IVV5G): Framework for interconnection testing of Voice, Video over 5G.

ITU-T SG11 advanced 18 ongoing work items and started 12 new work items including series of new work items on federated testbeds which are based on outcomes of FG-TBFxG, as follows:

Q.MPSG: Monitoring parameters for IMT-2020 networks and beyond supporting smart grid;
Q.CPN-BNG-iopt: Interoperability testing of the border network gateway in computing power network (CPN);
Q.BaaS-iopt-ts: Test suite for interoperability testing of blockchain as a service;
Q.CSP-IOPT: Cloud computing infrastructure capabilities interoperability testing - part 2: Interoperability testing between the CSPs;
Q.FTT: Federated testbeds taxonomy;
Q.URRM: User requirements and reference model for Testbed as a Service;
Q.TADIR: Testbed as a Service application program interfaces descriptions and interoperability requirements;
Q.ETFRM: Evolution of Testbeds Federations Reference Model;
TR-TFR: Testbeds Federation roadmap;
TR-UCFTBS: Use cases for federated testbeds and business scenarios;
TR-GDM: Guide on development and maintenance of Open Networking Platforms and federations for IMT-2020 and beyond;
ITU-T TR-USO: Use of open-source and open hardware projects/products in testbed federations for IMT-2020 and beyond.

The complete list of new work items agreed at this particular meeting is available in SG11-TD816-R1/GEN.

More details are available in WP3/11 report (SG11-TD859-R2/GEN).

14 Combating counterfeit telecommunication/ICT devices/software and mobile device theft

At this particular meeting, SG11 determined Recommendation ITU-T Q.5054 “Consumer centric framework for combating counterfeit and stolen ICT mobile devices”. This Recommendation provides a framework to enable consumers to verify the regularity of mobile telecommunications/ICT devices ubiquitously and provide a comprehensive overview to law enforcement agencies and regulators while enabling other stakeholders. The document covers possible scenarios under which such mobile telecommunications/ ICT devices may enter in the mobile network ecosystem, including through legal and illegal channels, emphasizing need for consumer centric approach to combat counterfeit, tampered and stolen mobile telecommunication/ICT devices including detection mechanisms for such devices with tampered/replicated unique identifiers.

Also, SG11 completed and consented draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.5055 “Technical requirement, interfaces and generic functions of CEIR” which defines requirements for Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR).

SG11 updated the draft Supplement ITU-T Q.Supplement.75-Rev: Use cases on the combat of counterfeit ICT stolen mobile devices, based on received contributions including multi-country contributions came following discussion at the SG11 Regional Group for Africa (SG11RG-AFR).

ITU-T SG11 advanced six ongoing work items and started a new work item Q.F-MSCF which will define framework on the use of market surveillance for combat counterfeit Telecommunications/ICT equipment.

More details are available in WP4/11 report (SG11-TD860-R1/GEN).

15 Preparation for WTSA-24

During its meeting held in Geneva in May 2024, SG11 finalized preparation for WTSA and agreed on revised Questions ToR as well SG11 title, mandate, points of guidance and lead SG roles (updates to Resolution 2 of WTSA-20) for next study period.

Q15/11 and Q17/11 were merged. With such change the number of questions is reduced to 13 Questions in total. The outcomes of the SG11 NSP-WTSA discussion are available in:

SG11-TD821-R1/GEN: Consolidated text of ToR of SG11 Questions for next Study Period (2025-2028) (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)
SG11-TD822/GEN: Consolidated text of SG11 Mandate for next Study Period (2025-2028) (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)

Also, SG11 Chair presented the observations concerning future work of ITU-T SG11 for the upcoming study period 2025-2028 which were discussed at the SG11 management team (SG11-TD931/GEN). During NSP-WTSA sessions several modifications were made and SG11-TD931-R3/GEN was agreed. These observations will be included in the SG11 Chair report to WTSA (Part I). SG11 informed TSAG RG-IEM about these observations (SG11-LS207) and TSAG and all SGs on its progress on preparation for WTSA-24 (SG11-LS163).

The detailed report of the ITU-T SG11 NSP-WTSA sessions held in May 2024 is available in SG11-TD823-R1/GEN.

16 ITU-T Focus Group on Testbeds Federations for IMT-2020 and beyond (FG-TBFxG)

ITU-T SG11 was informed that during its last meeting held in Sophia Antipolis (France) on 10-12 April 2024, ITU-T FG-TBFxG completed and approved all its deliverables. Mr Giulio Maggiore (FG-TBFxG Chair) gave an overview of FG-TBFxG progress and achieved results (SG11-TD977/GEN).

He highlighted that FG-TBFxG was established by ITU-T SG11 in 2021 in order to harmonize testbeds specifications across SDOs and Fora, develop the required application program interfaces (APIs) aligned with the testbeds federations reference model defined in Recommendation ITU-T Q.4068 as well as define a set of use cases for federated testbeds and associated APIs, such as “Testbed-as-a Service” (TaaS). It was noted that the Focus Group was established following the results of joint ITU/IEEE/ETSI Workshop, which was organized in 2021.

FG-TBFxG conducted eight meetings since its first meeting in April 2022. It organized several introduction sessions as kind of webinars during FG's meetings where different stakeholders shared their insights. Also, Focus Group leadership organized a webinar Episode #27: Digital transformation of testing: federated testbeds as a service (virtual, 21 June 2023) which provides general overview of the FG activities and the issue of distributed remote testing (federated testbeds) in general.

Within two years term, the FG-TBFxG developed eight deliverables, which includes the set of 18 use cases for testbeds federations and associated requirements for different APIs. During its lifetime the FG-TBFxG actively collaborated with several SDOs/Fora and other stakeholders.

The progress report as well as all deliverables agreed by FG-TBFxG are contained in SG11-TD954/GEN and available on the Focus Group webpage at: https://itu.int/go/fgtbf.

Based on received contributions, SG11 started eight new work items based on all FG-TBFxG deliverables. More details are available in WP3/11 report (SG11-TD859-R2/GEN).

17 SG11 Workshops and Webinars
Since previous meeting, SG11 along with SG2 organized informal ad-hoc meeting dedicated to discussion on work item Q.TSCA (virtual, 9 January 2024). More details are available in the LS addressed by WP1/11 in February 2024 (SG11-TD132/WP1) and report submitted to TSAG (TSAG-TD461).

Also, ITU organized a special session ITU “Ask the Expert" dedicated to “Guardians of Authenticity: Battling Counterfeiting" which was run by Kaoru Kenyoshi (NICT, Japan) and Joao Zanon (Anatel, Brazil) on 28 March 2024.

18 New Terms and Definitions

ITU-T SG11 continues its practice to inform SCV about new terms and definitions of the work items proposed for consent and determination. ITU-T SG11 informed SCV about new terms and definitions extracted from work items determined and consented at this particular meeting and the one which is planned to be consented at the next SG11 meeting (February 2025, TBC).

The liaison statement is available in (SG11-LS164).

19 Stale work items

ITU-T SG11 considered the list of stale work items (SG11-TD811/GEN). There were three work items, which are supposed to achieve stale status in 3 months. There were no updates for them at this particular meeting. Editors were encouraged to progress in the next meeting.

20 Action plan

There were no changes in the SG11 action plan for the study period 2022-2024, which was agreed in July 2022 (SG11-TD139-R1/GEN).

21 Outgoing Liaison Statements

The following table shows the list of the 56 outgoing liaison statements agreed by ITU-T SG11 on 10 May 2024, including two outgoing LSs (SG11-LS142 and SG11-LS143), which were agreed by the Management Team by correspondence in December 2023 and noted at the SG11 opening plenary.

The full list of oLSs is available in (SG11-TD814/GEN).

#	Q	To	Title	Reference
1	1/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on consent of draft new Recommendation ITU-T Q.3064 (ex.Q.NICE-SA) “Signalling architecture of NICE (Network intelligence capability enhancement) in support of awareness capabilities"	SG11-LS165
2	1/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on consent of draft new Recommendation ITU-T Q.4142 (ex.Q.SASO) “Signalling architecture for service orchestration in computing power network"	SG11-LS166
3	1/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on the new work item on ITU-T Q.SA-CSB “Signalling architecture of cloud service brokerage"	SG11-LS167
4	1/11	ITU-T SG13	LS/r on work items related to computing power network (CPN) transaction platform in Q1/SG11 (reply SG13-LS183)	SG11-LS168
5	2/11	ITU-T SG2, SG17	LS/r on the new work item ITU-T Q.TSCA “Requirements for issuing End-Entity and Certification Authority public-key certificates for enabling trustable signaling interconnection between network entities in support of existing and emerging networks" (reply SG2-LS104 and SG17-LS130)	SG11-LS156
6	2/11	ITU-T SG17	LS/r on Coordination for Identity Management (reply SG17-LS110)	SG11-LS169
7	2/11	ITU-T SG13, SG17, ETSI ISG-QKD, ISO/IEC JTC1-SC27, ISO/IEC JTC3	LS on new work items of QKDN protocols and revision of ITU-T Q.4164	SG11-LS170
8	2/11	ITU-R SG5, IRTF NWCRG	LS on the consent of draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.5032 (ex. Q.NCRP) “Network coding protocol for network repeaters"	SG11-LS171
9	2/11	TSAG, ITU-T SG2, SG3, SG5, SG9, SG12, SG13, SG15, SG16, SG17, SG20, ICAO, ITU-R WP4A, WP4C, WP5B, RAG, IETF and ISO/IEC JTC 1	LS on initiation of draft new Technical Report TR.SP-UAV "Signalling requirements and protocols between unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicle controllers using IMT-2020 networks and beyond"	SG11-LS157
10	2/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on initiation of draft new Technical Report TR-AL-PRC “Application layer protocol for robotics control"	SG11-LS172
11	3/11	ITU-T SG2, 3GPP SA1, 3GPP SA2, ETSI-EMTEL, GSMA	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.IEM_arch_req “Reference architecture and signalling requirements for interactive emergency messaging through mobile network"	SG11-LS173
12	3/11	ITU-T SG2, ITU-D SG1, ITU-R WP5A	LS on draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.Req_Frame_RRDN "Requirements and framework for rapid response to sudden natural disasters in network"	SG11-LS174
13	4/11	ITU-T SG13, SG17, IETF WG OPSAWG	LS on consent of draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.3742 (ex.Q.SD-DCI) “Signalling requirements and data models for SD-DCI service"	SG11-LS175
14	4/11	OIF, ITU-T SG13, SG15, SG17	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.FGNS “Signalling requirements for fine-grained network slicing orchestration and management in bearer networks	SG11-LS176
15	4/11	ITU-T SG17	LS on promoting ongoing work item ITU-T Q.SFCO “Signalling requirements and data models for service function chaining orchestration based on SRv6"	SG11-LS177
16	4/11	ITU-T SG13	LS/r on the title and scope of Q.sup.netsoft-roadmap (reply to SG13-LS151)	SG11-LS178
17	4/11	all ITU-T Study Groups and TSAG	LS/r on utilisation of tools to produce Recommendations (reply to SG17-LS108)	SG11-LS158
18	4/11, 7/11	ITU-T SG15	LS/r on the terms and definitions in ITU-T SG11 (reply SG15-LS105)	SG11-LS179
19	5/11	SCV	LS/r on the terms and definitions for “Computing Power Network Gateway" and “3D ultra high density IoT" in SG11 (SCV-LS22)	SG11-LS180
20	5/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on initiation of new work items on research BNG by adoption of IBN-related technology in SG11	SG11-LS181
21	6/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on the consent of new Recommendations ITU-T Q.5031 (ex Q.PMMC), ITU-T Q.5009 (ex Q.PEC) and ITU-T Q.5013 (ex Q.SP-twqos)	SG11-LS182
22	6/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on initiation of two new work items ITU-T Q.SPLC and Q.SPACDN	SG11-LS183
23	6/11	ITU-T SG13, SG16, IETF RATS and IETF TEEP	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.CCONS: "Signalling requirements and protocol for confidential computing orchestration of network slices in IMT-2020 networks and beyond"	SG11-LS184
24	6/11	ITU-T SG13 and SG17	LS on the initiation of a new Technical Report ITU-T TR.PML-IMT-2020 "Protocol to provide Machine Learning in future networks including IMT-2020"	SG11-LS185
25	6/11	TSAG, All ITU-T SGs and FG-MV	LS/r on consideration of a new work item ITU-T Q.PMV "Protocol map for metaverse"(reply TSAG-LS35)	SG11-LS159
26	6/11	JCA-ML ITU-T SG13	LS/r on invitation to provide inputs to the “Machine learning standardization roadmap" and “Glossary of terms and definitions for machine learning" (reply JCA-ML-LS7)	SG11-LS186
27	6/11	JCA-ML and ITU-T SG13	LS/r on invitation to provide inputs to the "Glossary of terms and definitions for machine learning" (reply JCA-ML-LS8)	SG11-LS187
28	6/11, 7/11, 8/11	JCA-IMT2020 ITU-T SG13	LS/r on invitation to update the information in the IMT-2020 and beyond roadmap (reply JCA-IMT2020-LS15)	SG11-LS188
29	6/11 13/11	ETSI ISG ZSM and 3GPP SA5	LS/r on ongoing work on Network Digital Twin (reply ETSI ISG ZSM-(24)000087-LS10)	SG11-LS189
30	7/11	ITU-T SG16 and SG20	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.IEC-ERINF	SG11-LS190
31	7/11	ITU-T SG13 and SG20	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.IEC-SPDM	SG11-LS191
32	7/11	ITU-T SG13 and SG20	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.IEC-PDMF	SG11-LS192
33	7/11	ITU-T SG5, SG13 and JTC 1/SC 42	LS on initiation of new work item ITU-T Q.AIDCS-SRA	SG11-LS193
34	12/11	ITU-T SG 20 and SG13	LS on consent of the draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.4074 (ex. Q.TSN) "Testing of robotics based on a model network"	SG11-LS194
35	12/11	ITU-T SG 20 and SG13	LS on consent of draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.4075 (ex. Q.TSRT_IoT) "Test specifications for remote testing of Internet of Things using the probes"	SG11-LS195
36	12/11	ITU-T SG20, SG13 and IETF	LS on the new work item ITU-T Q.MUD_IoT “Framework for testing and monitoring IoT devices & networks using technical Requirements from Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD)	SG11-LS196
37	12/11 14/11	SCV/CCT, ITU-T SG9, SG20, SG2 and SG3	LS/r on the Validation of English terms and definitions (reply SCV-LS29)	SG11-LS160
38	13/11	ITU-T SG13	LS/r on draft new Recommendation ITU-T Q.CED "Monitoring parameters for cloud-edge-device collaboration system" (reply SG13-LS181)	SG11-LS197
39	13/11	ITU-T SG16	LS on the consent of Recommendation ITU-T Q.4072 (ex. Q.PIS): Monitoring parameters for intelligent speech in future networks	SG11-LS198
40	13/11	SG13, SG20, ICAO	LS on the creation of draft new Recommendation ITU-T Q.MPSG " Monitoring parameters for IMT-2020 networks and beyond supporting smart grid "	SG11-LS199
41	14/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on the new work item ITU-T Q.CSP-IOPT "Cloud computing infrastructure capabilities interoperability testing - part 2: Interoperability testing between the CSPs" (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)	SG11-LS200
42	14/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on the creation of a new work item ITU-T Q.CPN-BNG-iopt "Interoperability testing of the border network gateway in computing power network (CPN)"	SG11-LS201
43	14/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on the new work item ITU-T Q.BaaS-iopt-ts "Test suite for interoperability testing of blockchain as a service"	SG11-LS202
44	14/11	ITU-T SG13, IETF NVO3	LS on the consent of draft new Recommendation ITU-T Q.4047 (ex. Q.Scvh-iopt) "Interoperability testing between software-defined networking (SDN) and hypervisor based computing virtualization"	SG11-LS203
45	15/11 17/11	ITU-T SG2, SG5, SG9, SG13, SG17, SG20, ITU-D SG2 (Q4/2), GSMA, APT, LAS, ATU, CEPT, CITEL and RCC	LS on the progress of the work on Combating Counterfeit and Stolen Telecommunication/ICT devices/software	SG11-LS161
46	16/11, 17/11, CASC	ITU-T SG9	LS/r on agreement of a draft new ITU-T J Supplement 13 (ex J.FSR-TEST) "Factual subscriber-base reporting and protected content delivery in Conditional Access System - Test Methods" (reply SG9-LS50)	SG11-LS162
47	16/11	3GPP	LS on consent of the draft Recommendation ITU-T Q.4073 (Q.FW-IVV5G) "Framework for interconnection testing of Voice, Video over 5G"	SG11-LS204
48	All/11	ITU-T SG2	LS/r on using the term "In force" instead of indicating the actual date of Approval of the Recommendations in clause 2 references (reply SG2-LS103)	SG11-LS205
49	All/11	TSAG and all ITU-T SGs	LS on SG11 preparation for WTSA-24	SG11-LS163
50	All/11	ITU-T SG13	LS on request for clarification on terms related to IMT-2020 and IMT-2030 for future study of ITU-T SG11 in the next study period	SG11-LS142
51	All/11	ITU-T SG9, SG13, SG16	LS on request for clarification on some terms for future study of ITU-T SG11 in the next study period	SG11-LS143
52	All/11	TSAG	LS/r on latest WTSA Action Plan and draft "WTSA preparation guideline on Resolutions" (reply TSAG-LS32)	SG11-LS206
53	All/11	TSAG	LS on observations concerning future work of ITU-T SG11 for the upcoming study period 2025-2028	SG11-LS207
54	All/11	TSAG RG-WM	LS Review of draft new A-series Supplement "Guidelines for the development of a standards gap analysis"	SG11-LS208
55	All/11	TSAG	LS/r on draft analysis of operational parts (resolves, instructs etc) of WTSA/PP/WTDC/Council/ITU-R Resolutions (reply TSAG-LS42)	SG11-LS209
56	All/11	SCV, All ITU-T SGs	LS on new ITU-T SG11 terms and definitions (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)	SG11-LS164

22 Approved new work items

22.1 New work items initiated during ITU-T SG11 meeting (Geneva, 1-10 May 2024)

ITU-T SG11 agreed to start 33 new work items. See SG11-TD816-R1/GEN.

22.2 Work items initiated during the interim Rapporteur meetings

None.

23 Work plan for interim Rapporteur Group e-meetings (RGM)

ITU-T SG11 decided to conduct several interim RGM as follows:

Q4/11 (e-meeting, 9-10 July 2024)
Q13/11 (e-meeting, 15-17 July 2024)
Q8/11 (e-meeting, 22-26 July 2024)

More details are available in SG11-TD817/GEN.

24 Regional Groups meetings

SG11RG-AFR conducted its virtual meeting on 25-27 March 2024. As a result, two multi-country contributions were submitted and discussed at this particular meeting.

There were no meetings of SG11RG-EECAT since last SG11 meeting.

25 Next Study Group 11 meeting

It was noted that the first ITU-T SG11 meeting in the next study period is planned to be held in Geneva from 19 to 28 February 2025, TBC. More details are available in SG11-TD817/GEN.

26 AOB

The certificates of appreciation were delivered to Rapporeturs, Associate Rapporteurs and SG11 leadership for their excellent support and work performed during the 2022-2024 study period (see photo).