APT Wireless Forum

INTRODUCTION

The APT Wireless Forum (AWF) is the renewal of the APT IMT-2000 Forum (APTIF). The 27 th session of the APT Management Committee (21-24 October 2003, Macau) approved the proposal from Republic of Korea to set-up the APT Wireless Forum (AWF). In accordance with this Management Committee decision, the APTIF-4 meeting (13-14 November 2003, Bangkok) wound up its APTIF activities and launched the APT Wireless Forum (AWF) program.

The AWF covers not only the aspects of APT IMT systems but also the various aspects of emerging wireless systems to meet the upcoming digital convergence era for the Asia-Pacific region. It will also assist the process of providing cost effective and timely radiocommunications solutions and to facilitate the transfer of technology. The Forum will report and present its activities and outputs to the APT Management Committees and will conduct electronic meetings in between physical meetings.

OBJECTIVES

The principle objectives of the AWF are:

To promote new wireless applications
To add value, and not duplicate, the work being undertaken by other relevant APT programs, and to work closely with other APT programs promoting a harmonized vision of wireless communications systems and services in the Asia-Pacific region to meet the emerging digital convergence era
To provide cost effective and timely radiocommunications solutions;
To facilitate the transfer of technology.

TERMS OF REFERENCES

The APT Wireless Forum focuses primarily on the following areas:

Share and discuss information of emerging radio technologies, stimulate research and development and promote related telecommunication business within the Asia-Pacific region
Pursue effective solutions in the Asia-Pacific region to meet the rapid movements towards digital convergence
Provide regular channels to discuss and study spectrum sharing methodologies, spectrum harmonization and to provide advice that countries' can use in frequency band planning
Develop technical and radio regulatory solutions based on emerging and conventional wireless technologies including satellite technologies to meet APT member's needs
Possible out put can be recommendations and technical reports, etc.

STRUCTURE

APT Wireless Forum is composed of the Chairman, vice-Chairman, Working Group, Task Groups and Forum Coordinator. Currently there are three Working Groups and oneTask Group who report to the Chairman.

Working Groups:

Task Group:

Task Group on Modern Satellite Applications (TG-SAT)

To significantly perform the objectives of AWF, the coordination activities not only with APT internal forums but also with the external forums such as ITU-R WP5A, WP5D would be required. A forum may be added or removed when a task of AWF is created, modified or completed.

WORK SCOPES

High Level Work Scopes for AWF Groups according to the structure level are as follows:

Group	Scope
Plenary	Plenary is responsible for making final decisions and approvals regarding all matters within the APT Wireless Forum Plenary shall meet at least once a year to discuss outstanding issues, to monitor the status of work items and to take action when required Plenary elects Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons for tow-year term.
Chairperson & Vice-Chairperson	Chairperson is responsible for overall administrative matters regarding the APT Wireless Forum and presides over Plenary meeting. Vice-Chairperson shall support Chairperson in their capacity APT Wireless Forum appoints Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of Working Groups/Task Groups Working Groups/Task Groups appoint an editor for each deliverables in their respected groups.
Forum Coordinator	Work in coordination with the APT Secretariat Assist chairperson by managing strategic policies and plans for AWF Coordinate the work of the forum to facilitate and efficient and timely production of its prioritized deliverables Coordinate suitable Seminars/Exhibition/Road Shows/Pilot Projects that could benefit APT members by APT sponsorship or co-sponsorship.
Working Group	Each Working group will promote an exchange of information, the sharing of available resources and pooling of expertise Each Working group will have meetings during the time of Plenary Meeting with additional meetings as necessary. E-mail discussion is highly recommended between the scheduled meetings.
Task Group	Each task group will promote an exchange of information, the sharing of available resources and the pooling of expertise After completing the task, the task group could be dismissed A task group could be established whenever AWF has consensus Each task group could have additional physical meetings by itself E-mail discussion is highly recommended between the scheduled meetings

LIST OF THE OFFICE BEARERS

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Chairman	Dr. Young-Kyun Kim Research Fellow Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Republic of Korea Email: youngkyunkim@gmail.com
Vice Chairmen	Mr. Sun Lixin Head, Wireless Standardization Huawei Technologies E-mail: sunlixin@huawei.com Dr. Kohei Satoh Managing Director Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB), Japan E-mail: satoh@arib.or.jp
Chairman of Spectrum Working Group	Mr. John Lewis Consultant in Spectrum Management Email: john.lewis@ties.itu.int
Chairman of IMT Working Group	Mr. Akira Hiroike Director, Land Mobile Communications Group Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) Email. hiroike@arib.or.jp
Chairman of Convergence Working Group	Dr. Wiseto Agung Senior Manager, R&D of Service and Product R&D Centre, PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA Email: wiseto@telkom.co.id
Chairman of Task Group Task Group on Modern Satellite Applications	Ms.Onanong Petnim Engineering Specialist Thaicom Public Co. Ltd Email: onanongp@thaicom.net
Forum Coordinator	Ms. Juyeon Song Senior Researcher Global Standards & Strategy team Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. E-mail : jysong@samsung.com

MEETINGS

The 7th Meeting of the APT Wireless Forum, 23 - 26 September 2009, Phuket, Thailand
APT Workshop on "Spectrum Management & Monitoring", 30 March 2009, Danang,Vietnam
The 6th Meeting of the APT Wireless Forum, 31 March - 3 April 2009, Danang, Vietnam
The 5th Meeting of the APT Wireless Forum, 26 -29 August 2008, Macao, China
The APT Wireless Forum Interim Meeting 2008, 4 -5 March 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
The 4th APT Wireless Forum Meeting, 31 July -3 August 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia
AWF Interim Meeting 2007, 13 January 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
The 3rd APT Wireless Forum Meeting, 27 - 30 September, Hanoi, Vietnam
AWF Interim Meeting 2006, 17 -18 February 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
APT Workshop on RFID in Ubiquitous Environment, Shenzen, P. R. China ( 9 September 2005)
The Second APT Wireless Forum Meeting, Shenzen, P. R. China ( 5 - 8 September 2005)
The APT Wireless Forum Interim Meeting 2005 ( 4 - 5 March 2005, Bangkok, Thailand)
The First APT Wireless Forum Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea (7-9 September 2004)

DOCUMENTS & ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULARS

APT Recommendations by AWF:

“Use of the Band 4940-4990 MHz for Public Protection and Disaster Relife (PPDR) Applications” (September 2006)

"Guidelines for the Frequency Coordination for the Terrestrial Services at the Border Areas between Administrations" (February 2006)

"Spectrum for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identificatio (RFID) Devices" (February 2006)

“The APT Spectrum Database – Guidelines for Constructing and Maintaining the APT Frequency Information System” (September 2006)
"Spectrum Use and Sharing by Very Low Power Wireless Heart Implant Transmitter" (September 2006)
"Use of 5GHz Wireless LAN Onboard Aircraft" (August 2007)

APT Reports/Opinions by AWF:

APT Report on "Ultra Wide Band" (August 2007)
APT Report on "Cost Effective Wireless Systems in Under Served Areas of Asia Pacific Using IMT-2000 and Other Technologies for FWA" (August 2007)
APT Report on " Application of IMT-2000 Technologies for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Application" (August 2007)
APT Report on " Studies on the Co-Existance Between IMT-200 Technologies and Between IMT-2000 Technologies and Other Wireless Access Technologies in Adjacent and Near-Adjacent Frequency Bands" (August 2007)
APT Opinion on " The Framework for the Use of Mobile Phones Onboard Aircraft" (August 2007)
APT Report on " The Co-Existence of Broadband Wireless Access Networks in the 3400-3800 MHz Band and Fixed Satellite Service Networks in the 3400-4200 MHz Band". Attached documents of this report: 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E1, 6E2, 6F1, 6F2 (March 2008)
APT Survey Report on "Business and Regulatory Issues of Wireless Convergence Services” (March 2008)

Documents:

Working Method of the AWF
Output Approval Procedure of the AWF
AWF Workplan Document (Updated on August 2008)
Final Report of the AWF-5 Meeting (24 October 2008)

Administrative Circulars: (Click here to view Circular Archives)

Circulation of APT Wireless Forum Questionnaires on 2GHz Bands (28 May 2009)
Circular letter on the outcomes of Spectrum Working Group from the AWF-6 Meeting (30 April 2009)
Circular Letter for Memebr's Approval on the Outcomes of AWF-6 to submit to ITU-R (17 April 2009)
Circular letter on APT Wireless Forum Questionnaire on Digital Dividend (17 September 2008)
Circular letter on the outcomes of Spectrum Working Group from the AWF-5 Meeting (16 September 2008)

E-MAIL REFLECTORS

Three email reflectors for the Spectrum Working Group and two Task Groups have been set up for e-communication between members and interested parties. The email reflectors are only accessible by members and registered participants. To join as a participant of the email reflector group, please contact the APT aptawf@apt.int by providing your complete contacts and informing which group discussions you wish to join. Below are the email reflectors for the three groups.

Spectrum WG Reflector

IMT WG Reflector

Convergence WG Reflector

Task Group on Satellite Reflector