Dear H.323 friends and colleagues,
I am happy to report that version 8 of the H.323-series was approved
on 16 March 2022 (the ITU AAP page was just updated to show the
approved status).
This is a summary of the main changes (see specific recommendations
for more details):
- ITU-T H.323 v8 "Packet-based multimedia communications systems".
This revised version incorporates enhancements to the usage of URLs
and DNS (Annex O), tunnelling of signalling protocols (Annex M) and
other clarifications.
- ITU-T H.225.0 v8 "Call signalling protocols and media stream
packetization for packet-based multimedia communication systems"
This revised version includes enhancements for language capability
exchange, a modification to the scope regarding use on the Internet
and clarifications to the Facility message.
- H.245 v17 "Control protocol for multimedia communication".
This revised version includes support for WebRTC data channel and the
use of DTLS for media streams.
- H.235.10 "H.323 security: Support of DTLS for media streams".
This Recommendation describes the security procedures for the
establishment of media streams utilising Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS).
Thank you to all those who contributed and edited those drafts over
the years and a special thank you to Paul and Liang, who pulled the
last changes and editorial cleanups through in the last 2 years, so
that we could Consent the H.323-series Recommendations at the last
SG16 meeting (17-28 January 2022).
Best regards,
Patrick
Rapporteur for Q11/16 (Multimedia systems, terminals, gateways and
data conferencing)
