Our country is leading international standardization in the future network field, with five international standards proposed by our country, including 5G, cloud computing, and quantum cryptography, being adopted and securing a total of 11 research group chairs.

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)'s National Radio Research Agency announced on the 18th that at the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Future Network Study Group (SG13) (Chief Representative of the Korean Delegation: Dr. Hyung-soo Kim of KT) meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland from July 4 to 15, five international standards (drafts) developed by Korea in the fields of 5th generation (5G), cloud computing, and quantum cryptography were pre-adopted, and 11 seats in the SG13 international chair were secured.

There are five international standards (drafts) adopted this time.

The standard 'Jitter Upper Bound Guarantee Framework in 5th Generation Mobile Communication (IMT-2020) Large-Scale Networks' prevents data delays in large-scale networks, providing stable and deterministic services. Based on this, it is expected to contribute to the activation of industries related to ultra-low latency services in 5G, the Internet, and the metaverse.

The 'Multi-cloud Functional Requirements' standard is the world's first multi-cloud technology standard developed by Korea, and provides multi-cloud concepts and functional requirements.

The 'Distributed Cloud Global Management Framework' standard defines the requirements for distributed clouds, a key application technology for fifth generation (5G).

The two standards are expected to form a new market that expands the existing cloud computing environment and serve as a guide for it.

The standards for 'Quantum Key Distribution Network (QKDN) Network Quality Assurance Function Structure' and 'Machine Learning-based QKDN Network Quality Assurance Requirements' contain technologies for quality assurance of quantum cryptography communication networks, which are attracting attention as future security communication technologies, and are expected to be of great help in commercialization through construction of quantum cryptography communication networks utilizing the technologies and service quality evaluation in the future.

Meanwhile, as a new study period (2022-2024) began following the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) held in March, the reorganization of the leadership of the organizations under the Future Network Research Group (three working groups, 13 research task groups, etc.) was also discussed.

Our country secured 11 seats in the SG13 leadership, 9 seats were re-elected, and 2 additional seats were added, including the Cloud and Big Data Working Group and the Joint Coordination Group on Machine Learning (JCA-ML), which was newly established under our leadership.

The National Radio Research Agency said, “We will continue to work with industry, academia, and research to continue to lead international standardization in future network fields such as quantum, space, 6G, artificial intelligence, and cloud.”