Folks,
 
I have been asked by a number of people for an update on the Advanced Multimedia System (AMS) / H.325.  The mailing lists have been pretty quiet, but work is steadily progressing.  I was also asked to refresh the AMS project page at the ITU.  I produced a draft, but it still needs some work, as we're trying to present it simply and concisely; I have a tendency for verbosity.
 
However, an update was definitely in order since it has been several years, in fact, since I updated my "overview" slides.  Since that time, there has been a lot of progress in terms of defining the message flows, the relationship between entities, and the signaling syntax of the new system.
 
The presentation is available in several formats, so please use whichever format you prefer:
http://hive.packetizer.com/users/packetizer/papers/h325/ams_overview_and_update.pptx
http://hive.packetizer.com/users/packetizer/papers/h325/ams_overview_and_update.pdf
http://hive.packetizer.com/users/packetizer/papers/h325/ams_overview_and_update.xps
 
Feel free to direct questions to me or the the h325-design@lists.packetizer.com mailing list.
 
Best regards and I wish everyone a happy new year!
Paul E. Jones
Rapporteur, ITU-T Q2/16