To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Questions 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 24, and 25/16

Cc Mr Y Naito, Chairman of SG16
      <yushi.naito@ties.itu.int>
     Mr S-H Jeong, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <shjeong@hufs.ac.kr>
     Mr N Luo, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <noah@huawei.com>
     Mr M T Neibert, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <markneibert@mac.com>
     Ms C Lamblin, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <claude.lamblin@orange-ftgroup.com>
     Mr I Oueichek, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <oueichek@tarassul.sy>
     Mr F Soumah, Vice-Chairman of SG16
      <drfsuma@yahoo.fr>
     Mr S Campos-Neto, ITU TSB
      <simao.campos@itu.int>
     Mr P Luthi, Rapporteur for Q1/16
      <patrick.luthi@TANDBERG.NO>

De P Jones, Rapporteur for Q2 and 12/16
      <paulej@packetizer.com>
     C Groves, Rapporteur for Q3/16
      <Christian.Groves@nteczone.com>
     S-H Jeong, Rapporteur for Q4/16
      <shjeong@hufs.ac.kr>
     B Kenrick, Associate Rapporteur for Q12/16
      <brody.kenrick@dilithiumnetworks.com>
     M Kawamori, Rapporteur for Q13/16 and Q28/16
      <kawamori.masahito@lab.ntt.co.jp>
     Y Goto, Rapporteur for Q21/16
      <goto@ansl.ntt.co.jp>
     MJ Sun, Associate Rapporteur for Q21/16
      <sunmingjun@catr.com.cn>
     N Luo, Rapporteur for Q22/16
      <noah@huawei.com>
     B He, Rapporteur for Q24/16
      <hebaohong@mail.ritt.com.cn>
     H J Kim, Rapporteur for Q25/16
      <khj@etri.re.kr>

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Subject: Notice of Joint Rapporteur Meeting in Shanghai, China
Date:    8-12 March 2010
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Dear Experts of Questions 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 24, and 25/16,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Shanghai,
China, at the kind invitation of China Telecom. Details of the meeting
are contained herein.

1. Date
^^^^^^^

8 (Monday) - 12 (Friday) March 2010
The meeting will start at 9:00 AM on the first day
and close at around 6:00 PM on the final day.

2. Venue
^^^^^^^^

Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park
Address: 1199 Ying Chun Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Phone: +86 21 51300000-6015/6014/6010 
Fax: +86 21 51300099
E-mail: reservations.pudong@radisson.com
Website: http://www.radisson.com/shanghaicn_pudong


3. Topics (tentative)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q2/16 H.323 real-time multimedia system

 - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups
 - Progress work on H.460.geo
 - Progress work on H.323 Annex I
 - Progress work on TP.HNFT
 - Initiate work to revise H.450-series and other Recommendations
   with corrections recorded in the H.323-Series IG
 - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

3) Q3/16 Multimedia gateway control architectures and protocols

 - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups
 - Progress work on:
   * H.248.48 (ex H.248.QHR)
   * H.248.50 (ex H.248.NATTT)
   * H.248.66 (ex H.248.RTSP)
   * H.248.73 (ex H.248.MSCML)
   * H.248.74 (ex H.248.MRCP)
   * H.248.PIPA
   * H.248.PACKETS
   * H.248.DPI
   * H.248.ALG
   * H.248.SDPMAPPER
   * H.248.SRTP
   * H.248.FILTER
   * H.248 Sub Series IG
   * H Series Supp.2
 - Consider new material

4) Q4/16 Advanced functions for H.300-series systems and beyond

 - Progress work on H.codec.qoe
 - Progress work on the revision of H.350 Sub-series and
   H-series Supplements
 - Discussion of new topics on QoS, mobility, and security for
   multimedia services

5) Q12/16 Advanced multimedia system for NGN and other packet-
   based networks

 - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups
 - Progress work on requirements
 - Progress work on AMS system and terminal architecture
 - Progress work on AMS network entities
 - Progress work on H.cis, H.ifa, and H.ifb signalling
   specifications
 - Progress work on media transmission and processing
 - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

6) Q13/16 Multimedia application platforms and end systems
   for IPTV

 - Progress work on IPTV

7) Q21/16 Multimedia architecture

 - Progress work on home network and remote management, NID,
   network-based speech-to-speech translation, visual surveillance

8) Q22/16 Multimedia applications and services

 - Progress work on service awareness, NID, USN, network-based
   speech-to-speech translation

9) Q24/16 Multimedia functions in NGN and other networks

 - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups
 - Progress work on scenarios and requirements of multimedia
   optimization control components, service awareness and
   traffic control functional component

10) Q25/16 USN Applications and Services

 - Progress work on H.SNMF and F.USN-CC
 - Discussion of USN applications and services

11) Interaction with other groups

12) Future work plan


4. Documents
^^^^^^^^^^^^

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 26 Feb. 2010 ///
/// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 1 March 2010 ///
/// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify
   Mr Yoshinori Goto <goto@ansl.ntt.co.jp>, document manager of
   this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 26 Feb.
   2010 at the latest. Document number AVD-nnnn will be allocated.
   Early indication of your submission plan is welcome and encouraged.

   Note - Prefix "AVD" comes from Audio, Video and Data.

2) You are advised to use the document template available at the
   following place:

<http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/AVD-template_1003_Sha.doc>.

3) File format: Use of Word, PDF, ASCII or HTML is recommended.

4) All the contributors are requested to distribute their documents
   as early as possible, at least 7 calendar days in advance of the
   meeting (23:59 UTC, Monday 1 March 2010 or before) by posting
   them at either of the following:

 - Uploading via FTP
   Site: ftp3.itu.int/
   User ID: avguest
   Password: Avguest (Note the uppercase 'A')
   Directory: avc-site/Incoming

 - E-mail reflector
   E-mail address: <itu-sg16@lists.packetizer.com>
   To subscribe: please visit
   <http://lists.packetizer.com/mailman/listinfo/itu-sg16>

   Please avoid the use of reflector when your document is voluminous
   (i.e., more than 100 kbytes).

5) Input documents can be retrieved from 1003_Sha directory of the
   ftp site once Mr Goto has an opportunity to put them into place.

   The documents will be available through the following URLs:
   <http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/>
   <ftp://ftp3.itu.int/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/>
   user: avguest, password: Avguest

6) The document distribution/presentation at the meeting will be
   all electronic. Participants must bring along a laptop, wireless
   LAN card and/or Ethernet card, in order to access the documents
   (Internet access will be available in the meeting rooms).

   Note: Please make sure you have the right power adapter for China.
   For more detailed information, please see
   <http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/Sha_Invitation.zip>.
  

5. Logistic Information
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The meeting will be hosted by China Telecom.
The meeting host's invitation containing logistic information can be 
found at 
<http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/Sha_Invitation.zip>.


6. Registration and VISA Information
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To register your meeting attendance, please send e-mail to Mr Xin Shen
<shenxin@sttri.com.cn>, copying noah@huawei.com and shjeong@hufs.ac.kr,
providing the family name, given name, company name, and e-mail
address of person(s) attending.

We would remind you that citizens of some countries are required
to obtain a visa in order to enter and spend time in China. The
visa must be requested and obtained from the office (embassy or
consulate) representing China in your country. Participants
who need the invitation letter for visa need to fill out the invitation
letter form and send it to Mr Xin Shen <shenxin@sttri.com.cn> not later
than 11 Jan. 2010 as already announced. The form can be found at
<http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/Inv_Letter.doc>.
In case you need any help of the meeting host, please contact
Mr Xin Shen.

Early registration of your attendance is welcome and encouraged, but
preferably before 26 Feb. 2010 to facilitate the production of badges
for all participants.


7. Hotel Room Reservation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park in
Shanghai, China. The detailed hotel information and reservation form
can be found at
<http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2009-2012/1003_Sha/Sha_Invitation.zip>.

Participants should contact the hotel directly regarding room
availability and for making room reservations.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Shanghai, China.

Sincerely yours,

Paul JONES
Christian GROVES
Brody KENRICK
Masahito KAWAMORI
Ming Jun SUN
Baohong HE
Hyoung Jun KIM
Noah LUO (meeting organizer of this meeting)
Seong-Ho JEONG (meeting organizer of this meeting)
Yoshinori GOTO (document manager of this meeting)