Minutes of the 2024-07-23 IAB Business Meeting, Vancouver

Attendance

Present

- Matthew Bocci
- Alissa Cooper
- Roman Danyliw (IETF Chair)
- Dhruv Dhody
- Wes Hardaker
- Suresh Krishnan
- Mirja Kühlewind
- Cindy Morgan (IAB Executive Administrative Manager)
- Tommy Pauly (IAB Chair)
- Ryan Polk (ISOC Liaison)
- Colin Perkins (IRTF Chair)
- Alvaro Retana
- David Schinazi
- John Scudder (IESG Liaison)
- Christopher Wood
- Qin Wu

Regrets:

- Cullen Jennings

Guest:

- Benoit Claise
- Mahesh Jethanandani
- Scott Mansfield (ITU-T Liaison)



1. ITU-T Liaison Update

  Scott Mansfield joined the IAB to give an update on ITU-T activities.

  ITU-T has several Study Groups:

    • SG2 - Operational aspects of service provision and
      telecommunication management
    • SG3 - Tariff and accounting principles and international
      telecommunication/ICT economic and policy issues
    • SG5 - EMF, environment, climate action, sustainable
      digitalization, and circular economy
    • SG9 - Broadband cable and TV
    • SG11 - Signaling requirements, protocols, test specifications and
      combating counterfeit telecommunication/ICT devices
    • SG12 - Performance, QoS and QoE
    • SG13 - Future networks and emerging network technologies​
    • SG15 - Networks, technologies and infrastructures for transport,
      access and home​
    • SG16 - Multimedia and related digital technologies
    • SG17 - Security
    • SG20 - Internet of Things and smart cities & communities


  The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is the
  governing conference of the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T).
  Member States put forward candidates, and the Director of the TSB
  appoints the leaders from the pool of candidates.

  There are several ITU-T Study Group Proposals that will be considered
  at WTSA:

    • SG2 (Operational Aspects)
      - Operational aspects of telecommunication and ICTs
      - International telecommunication/ICT numbering, naming,
        addressing, and identification (NNAI) resources
      - Service provisioning
      - Telecommunications for Disaster Relief
      - Identity and Identification related to IoT

    • SG3 (Economic and Policy Issues)
      - For international telecommunication/ICT
      - Tariff and accounting principles
      - Economic issues
      - Policy issue

    • SG5 (Environment, EMF, Efficiency)
      - Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), resistibility and
        lightning protection
      - Human exposure to EMF
      - e-Waste
      - Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy

    • SG9 (Broadband cable and TV)
      - Current plan is to merge this SG with SG16
      - One Transport Equipment Question moves to SG15

    • SG11 (Protocols, testing and combating counterfeiting)
      - Network Signaling, control architectures, and protocols
        • Non-radio part of IMT-2030
        • SDN, NFV, FN, Cloud Computing, VoNR/ViNR
      - Test Specifications
      - Combatting Counterfeiting and Stolen ICT equipment

    • SG12 (Performance, QoS and QoE)
      - Quality of service and quality of experience
      - Driver Distraction
      - Quality assessment of video

    • SG13 (Future networks)
      - Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks
      - Networks beyond IMT-2020
      - Network Softwarization
      - Convergence
      - Cloud Computing/Big Data End-to-End management and
        governance
      - FG on Artificial Intelligence Native for Telecommunication
        Networks (AINN)

    • SG15 (Transport, access and home)
      - Access Network Transport
      - Home Networking
      - Optical Technology

    • SG16 (Multimedia and digital technologies)
      - Planned to merge with SG9
      - Multimedia technologies
      - IP-based television
      - Automotive-related intelligent services

    • SG17 (Security)
      - Security Model, Framework, Architecture and Lifecycle
      - Cybersecurity and Service
      - End-device, Edge, Network, Cloud, and Application Security
      - Identity Management
      - Directory, PKI, formal languages, object identifiers

    • SG20 (IoT, smart cities and communities)
      - Internet of Things (including identification)
      - Smart sustainable cities and communities (SSC&C) and
        related digital services, including effective energy
        management, digital twins and metaverse
      - Digital Health

  All in-force WTSA Resolutions can be found at:
  https://www.itu.int/pub/T-RES

  Scott Mansfield noted that there are several Resolutions that may
  impact the IETF, including YANG at Scale and Time Synchronization.


2. NEMOPs workshop preparation

  The IAB reviewed the proposal for an IAB workshop on the Next Era of
  Network Management Operations. The IAB agreed to post the initial
  workshop description with a note that the content is subject to
  change, and begin mentioning the workshop at various sessions during
  IETF 120. The official call for papers will follow in the next few
  weeks.


3. Executive Session: ICANN Board Liaison Appointment

  The IAB discussed the appointment of the IETF Liaison to the ICANN
  Board of Directors in an executive session.