Report from STRATEGIC Session #3, Critical communication Document No: GSC(14)18_042r1 Source: ETSI Contact: Jonas Sundborg, jonas,sundborg@ericsson.com Jane Brownley, jane.brownley@alcatel-lucent.com Kohei Satoh, satoh@arib.or.jp Agenda Item: 8.4 Report from STRATEGIC Session #3, Critical communication Jonas Sundborg, ETSI Board Chairman, ETSI GSC-18 Meeting, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis, France

List of presentations at the session #3 The session #3 on Critical Communication covered presentations about: GSC Task Force on Emergency Communications Recent work in ITU on disaster relief & emergency communication TCCA activities and issues for the global community Critical Communications in North America Region Critical Communications in Asia-Pacific Region Through the Experience of Great East Japan Earthquake Critical communication in China Critical Communications in Europe Region GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (1/6) Decision has been taken by the GSC HoDs to continue the GSC Emergency Communications Task Force GSC members are encouraged to share the latest version of the GSC EM TF report (word document), which is publicly available http://www.etsi.org/gsc-18 , under Documents An overview of the ITU Focus Group activities was provided Focus Group on Disaster Relief Systems, Network Resilience and Recovery http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/drnrr/Pages/default.aspx Ten (10) service proposals as output from the Focus Group were outlined GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (2/6) TETRA community encourages global standards for successful critical communications and envision going forward with Commercial LTE for “non mission critical data” and Private LTE for “mission critical data & voice” Need to require spectrum for private LTE GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (3/6) ATIS activities were presented (including standards development as well as regulatory requirements and guidance plus joint activities with TIA) across the four general types of Critical Communications in addition to Device-to-Device (M2M, ITS) Supports “ a global standard to fulfill public safety requirements” Supports interworking with existing systems and the seamless transfer & migration to newer systems (such as ALL-IP networks) Supports addressing regional needs while coordination with global directives with other organizations GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (4/6) ARIB shared their experiences and identified needs resulting from the great east Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011, e.g. Need for reliable radio and (mobile) TV broadcasting during and after disasters Need to be prepared before disasters, e.g. Backup system using satellite Large zone base stations Disaster Voice Messaging Service GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (5/6) CCSA shared their work with Critical Communication in China The balance of Telecommunication network and Mobile Internet Application, such as public warning The balance between Public benefit service and Market service, such as priority call Priority Services standard is ready, but how to use and implement standard is more important GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

SUMMARY of presentations (6/6) ETSI shared their work on Critical Communication in the Europe region Preserve strengths of LTE while adding features needed to support critical communications by maximizing technical commonality between commercial and critical communications aspects The standardization of Critical Communication systems is essential… …and so is the participation of the wider Critical Communications community in preparing those standards Better knowledge sharing and collaboration is required between all stakeholders Global solutions offer significant economy of scale advantages Intelligent use of modern ICT technologies will help save lives But, Prevention is always better than cure….. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis

Conclusion and recommendations The objectives of the session #3 Critical Communication were met to: Share information between all GSC Members and invited participants. Address topics that are of high interest of the individual GSC Members, and also to bring in views from other players in the market. Recommendation Continue to encourage and enhance collaboration between SDOs, fora and consortia worldwide in order to get harmonized Critical Communication standards Continue to encourage interoperable solutions based on global, commercial standards. GSC-18, 22-23 July 2014, Sophia Antipolis