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)