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The Second Japan-China Working Group Meeting on 4G Mobile Communication Systems
The second Japan-China Working Group Meeting on 4G Mobile Communication Systems
Consensus reached on the cooperation in the development and standardization of IMT-Advanced technology
Following the first Japan-China Working Group Meeting on 4G Mobile Communication Systems held in Hainan province of China in November of 2006, the second Japan-China Working Group Meeting was held on March 25th of 2008 in Tokyo of Japan. The meeting was attended by the Japanese delegation, headed by Mr. TERASAKI Akira, Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau of MIC, consisting of eight representatives from MIC and some relevant research institutes and the 9-reprensentative Chinese delegation headed by Mr. Feng Jichun, Director-General of Department of High & New Tech. Development & Industrialization of MOST, including Mr. Qiang Xiaozhe, Director from Division of Information, Department of High & New Tech. Development and Industrialization of MOST, Mr. Chen Zhimin and Mr. Fu Yaowei, Directors of High Tech Research and Development Center, Mr. Miao Jun, Director of Information Division of STCSM, Prof. You Xiaohu, Secretary-General of FuTURE FORUM, Prof. Zhang Ping from BUPT, Ms. Wang Yuhong and Ms. Cao Yuan, staff of FuTURE FORUM.
Mr. TERASAKI Akira, Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau of MIC first made a welcome speech expressing his pleasure to meet the representatives from MOST of China and FuTURE FORUM and to have the opportunity to improve the cooperation between the both sides. Japanese government is currently implementing U-Japan Plan targeting at building a society where you can be connected at any time in Japan. Meanwhile, the continuous growth of mobile users and the increasing demand on popularization of wireless broadband both require a lot of effort made by the government in the aspect of the standardization of electric wave frequency and the improvement of transmission rate. In such an environment, 4G mobile communication technology will play a key role to develop the mobile industry through the application of technology and to offer better service to the economic and social development. Additionally, the international cooperation has become extremely important with the development of IMT-Advanced standards. Japanese government hoped to maintain the official and civilian cooperation with Chinese government and FuTURE FORUM to enhance the communication and information exchange between China and Japan in the development of IMT-Advanced technology.
Director Feng made a speech subsequently to affirm the enhanced communication and cooperation between Chinese and Japanese governments, enterprises, research institutes and universities conducted since the first Japan-China Working Group Meeting on 4G Mobile Communication Systems held in 2002 and introduced the effort that Chinese government had been made to promote the development of mobile communication technology. He indicated that the next generation broadband wireless communication, representing the main direction of the information technology development, had been listed as one of the 16 significant programs under the national medium-and-long-term scientific and technological development. Chinese government will invest more outlay to support the R&D and industrial development of the next generation mobile communication technology. According to Director Feng, MOST of China has been attaching great importance to the close cooperation with MIC of Japan in developing mobile communication technology. It is predictable that B3G technology will generate great impact on the development of mobile communication technology in Asia and even around the whole world. Chinese government is looking forward to cooperating with Japanese government and to strengthening the mutual communication between the both sides through this meeting.
After the addresses, experts and scholars on mobile communication technology from both China and Japan respectively made speeches concerning Progresses in IMT-Advanced Technology in Japan, R&D of 4G Technology in China, and Plan and Prospect for Future Sino-Japan Cooperation. The both sides subsequently discussed the future cooperation and signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on continuing to support the cooperation between FuTURE FORUM based in China and ADWICS/mITF based in Japan, jointly promoting the international standardization of IMT-Advanced technology, propelling the collaboration between MIC of Japan and MII of China in relate to IMT-A technology and standards, and emphasizing the cooperation in IPR on the basis of personnel and academic communications.
After the meeting, Chinese and Japanese representatives were invited to attend the banquet to celebrate the consummation of the meeting.
Subsequently, Chinese delegation, headed by Director Feng, paid a visit to Areaportal and DoCoMo in YRP.
Areaportal, as a member of YRP, is a research institute established in November of 2007, focusing on R&D of mobile playing. On the afternoon of March 26th, Chinese delegation, recommended and arranged by MIC of Japan, paid a visit to Areaportal Corporation. The senior managers of Areaportal including Board Chairman received Chinese delegation and introduced and demonstrated the progresses made on terminal mobile playing service and the solutions they provided to Japanese F1 Racing, art exhibition, shopping promotion, and campus, subway and community related applications. Director Feng and members of Chinese delegation showed great interest in the discussion on spectrum plan and management, corporate profitable mode and provision of mobile services.
Invited by NTT DoCoMo, Chinese delegation visited NTT DoCoMo Company in YRP on the afternoon of March 26th and warmly received by senior administrators of DoCoMo. During the exchange, the growth of the number of FOMA 3G users since 2006 was presented that among the 54.38 million mobile users of DoCoMo in Japan, over 43 million have transferred into FOMA 3G services since September of 2007.
Afterwards, DoCoMo made a special introduction of their advancement in R&D of Super 3G technologies. The trials of super3G projects started from July of 2007 while the R&D of Super3G system is expected to be finished by the end of 2009. At present, the uploading and downloading rate are respectively achieved at 240Mbps and 40Mbps while the transmission is realized at 5M broadband width and later at 10M or 20M as expected. DoCoMo demonstrated the trial system and exhibited the One Seg Mobile TV and Satellite Communication Terminals.
DoCoMo is now transferring from traditional vocal services to mobile Internet services while mobile phones function not only as communication devices but also major daily supplies. DoCoMo has been advocating ubiquitous network services, expecting the future commercial modes of enterprises to involve charge package, civil assistant and mobile Internet services.
Director Feng, grateful to the warm welcome and detailed introduction by DoCoMo, expressed that he was impressed with the new progresses and accomplishments each time he visited DoCoMo. It is remembered that DoCoMo achieved the peak rate at 2.5Gbps in 4G system transmitting 21-route TV programs in September of 2006 while currently the peak rate has reached 5Gbps able to transmitting 32-route in-door programs and 24-route out-door programs. Director Feng, felt quite inspired by the several demonstrations arranged by DoCoMo and greatly appraised the R&D capacity of DoCoMo. Director Feng introduced that the FuTURE experts are doing the same research in China and hoped China and Japan, supported by the both governments, can jointly promote the R&D of the next generation mobile communication standards to make Asia a stronger role in the international future mobile communication industry.
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