SGN Technical Planery (December 14-15, 2020: Online)

14^th December 2020

1. Welcome, Introductions and Approval of Agenda
2. Read out the IPR policy of TSDSI
3. Approval of Minutes of Meeting held on 28^th & 29^th May 2020 Carried forward to Day 2
4. Approval of Minutes of Meeting held on 7^th & 8^th September 2020. (Minutes and Comments received) Carried forward to Day 2

1.1) Enhancements in flexible UL-DL resource utilization in Release 17 (CEWiT)-SWIP 676 and SWIP 678

1.1.1) SWIP 686 (Summary of Email discussion on SWIP 678)

1.1.2) SWIP 687 (TR update on enhancement of flexible UL/DL resource utilization)

1.1.3) Updated version of NIP 223

1.2) Extension of Broadcast Offload (Saankhya Labs)– Updated SWIP 679

1.3)  NIP 248 on Evaluation of the existing IAB architecture in 5G Networks by (IIT-B)

1.4) NIP 249 on NB-IoT Performance Assessment for Metering and SCADA (Sensorise) Carried forward to Day 2

1.5) NIP 250 on Bandwidth aggregation for 5G TV Broadcast from the co-located UEs: A physical layer prospective with FeMBMS and downlink broadcast control channel by (IIT-KGP)

1.6) Updated NIP 251 on Dynamic joint deployment of SDN Controllers and Hypervisors (Load and Latency Aware Joint Hypervisor Controller Deployment for 5G) (IIT-KGP) (Presentation)

1.7) NIP 252 on EPON based back-hauling in 4G/5G networks to reduce hand-off latency by IIT-KGP Carried forward to Day 2

1.8) Updated  NIP 253 on UAV Assisted C-RAN for 5G and beyond by (IIT-KGP) (Presentation)

15^th December 2020

2.1) NIP 257 on Virtualization for Open-Disaggregated RAN by Sooktha (Presentation) Taken Up on Day 1

2.2) SI-70 Status Report on Proposal for study on use cases , requirements and technologies towards 6G- Reliance Jio Taken Up on Day 1

2.3) SI-73 Status Report on Study of 6 GHz spectrum for IMT applications in India Reliance Jio

2.4) SI-74 Status Report on Study of 6 GHz spectrum for license-exempt applications  in India- Reliance Jio 

2.5) NIP 258 on Characterization of E-band for 4G/5G Backhaul & Rural Broadband Astrome To be taken up as first item on Day 2

2.6) NIP 259 on MC-IOT Standard Proposal for channel BW below 100kHZ – Lekha Wireless (Submitted on 14th December 2020)

3. Carried forward Items:

3.1) Technical Proposal for Deployment Option-6 as a 5G NR SA mode (WI1-NIP 224)

3.2) Fixed and Mobile Convergence with 5G Core (WI1-NIP227)

4. Liaison Statements

4.1) Incoming Liaison Statements received from ITU-R

4.1.1) Future Technology Trends for the evolution of IMT towards 2030 and beyond.

4.1.2) LIAISON STATEMENT TO GCS PROPONENT AND TRANSPOSING ORGANIZATIONS OF LTE-ADVANCED ON THE REVISION OF IMT-ADV/31. (SCHEDULE FOR REVISION 5 OF RECOMMENDATION ITUR M.2012)

4.1.3) Development of a draft new Report ITU-R M.[IMT.C-V2X] – The use of the terrestrial component of IMT systems for Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything

4.1.3.1) Working Document towards a draft new Report ITU-R M.[IMT.C V2X] (Received on 8th December 2020 from counsellor WP5D as a  current version) 

4.2) Outgoing Liaison Statement sent to DoT, WPC, TEC, MIB:

4.2.1) Request for information for coexistence and compatibility studies in 6GHz Band

5.1) Draft Updated on NIP/SWIP Template for approval

5.2) Pending SI on 5G Spectrum Studies (3600-3700 MHz) [SI 64]

5.3) TSDSI IMs participation and contributions in 3GPP meetings and preparation of metrices.

5.4) Discussion regarding the next SGN Technical workshop on “Beyond 5G/6G” to be scheduled by January End or Early February.