1. Rapporteur: Dr. Shoichi Narahashi, Dr. Ryo Yamaguchi, NTT DOCOMO

2. Date/time: 11:00 - 16:10, 9 January, 2009

3. Venue: Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

4. Registration fee: Free

5. Listed attendees: 23 persons

6. Local arrangement: Dr. Kenji Itoh, Dr. Kazutomi Mori, Mitsubishi Electric,
Prof.Koji Mizuno, Tohoku Univ.
Program arrangement: Dr.Shoichi Natahashi, Dr. Ryo Yamaguchi, NTT DOCOMO

7. Session title: "IMT-Advanced"

8. Presentation: 50 min including Q&A for each speaker

• 8.1 Opening Talk, Dr. Kenji Itoh URSI-C-Japan, Chair
  
• 8.2 "Challenges of radio transmission technologies for IMT-Advanced", Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University
  
• 8.3 "Standardization process and future trends of radio interface for IMT-Advanced in ITU-R", Dr. Hitoshi Yoshino, NTT DOCOMO
  
• 8.4 "Wireless broadband technologies by eXtended Global Platform", Mr. Yoshioki Chika, WILLCOM
  
• 8.5 "Time-spatial propagation model for next generation mobile communication systems such as IMT-Advanced", Dr. Teruya Fujii, Softbank Mobile
  
• 8.6 "Service requirements for IMT-Advanced", Dr. Hajime Nakamura, KDDI
  
  

9. Reception and Lamp Session at Akiu, Miyagi, Japan.

10. The steering committee meeting took place from 08:00 to 09:00 on 10 January, 2009.

11. Concluding Remarks
In this workshop, we had discussed fundamental technologies, standardization process and requirements for IMT-Advanced, the next complete evolution in wireless communications. We had one keynote speech and four interesting talks. These talks include radio transmission technologies and propagation models for achieving high-speed data transmission in mobile environment, standardization strategies and business schemes for IMT-Advanced. In the lamp session, we deeply discussed on a definition and interpretation of "brain communication", and a comprehensive analysis for the oscillation frequency of RF oscillation circuits.