Dear Q12-14/16 experts,

Please find attached the notice of the Portland meeting during 21-25 August 2000 as well as the logistic information from the host, Intel. The two files are also placed at the PictureTel ftp site:

http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/0008_Por/Notice_ITU-T_Portland.txt http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/0008_Por/PortlandInfoPack.zip

Please note that you are required to send your participation registration and hotel room reservation by 7 August 2000.

Best regards,

Sakae OKUBO *********************************************************** Waseda Research Center Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO) 5th Floor, Nishi-Waseda Bldg. 1-21-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051 Japan Tel: +81 3 5286 3830 (to be transferred) +81 3 3204 8194 (direct) Fax: +81 3 5287 7287 e-mail: okubo@giti.or.jp ***********************************************************

To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Q.12/16, Q.13/16 and Q.14/16

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 Mr. G. Helder, Vice-Chairman of SG16 Mr. F. Tosco, Chairman of WP2/16 Mr. F. Bigi, ITU-TSB Mr. T. Geary, Rapporteur for Q.11/16 Mr. G. Sullivan, Rapporteur for Q.15/16 Mr. G. Meyer, Intel

De Sakae OKUBO Rapporteur for Q.12/16 in ITU-T SG16 TAO Waseda Research Center 5th Floor, Nishi-Waseda Bldg. 1-21-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051 Japan Tel: +81 3 3204 8194 Fax: +81 3 5287 7287 E-mail: okubo@giti.or.jp

Dale SKRAN Rapporteur for Q.13/16 in ITU-T SG16 Sonus Networks 4400 Route 9 South Suite 1000 Freehold, NJ 07748 USA Tel: +1 732 409 5107 Fax: +1 732 409 5172 E-mail: dskran@sonusnet.com

Glen FREUNDLICH Rapporteur for Q.14/16 in ITU-T SG16 Lucent Technologies 11900 N. Pecos Westminster, Colorado 80234 USA Tel: +1 303 538 2899 Fax: +1 303 538 3907 E-mail: ggf@lucent.com

------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Notice of Q.12-14/16 Rapporteur Meeting in Portland Date: 3 July 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Q.12-14/16 experts,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Portland, USA at the kind invitation of Intel Corporation.

Please note that Q.11/16 and Q.15/16 will meet concurrently at the same place and have joint session(s) with Q.12-14/16.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

21 (Monday) - 25 (Friday) August 2000 starting at 9:00 on the first day closing at 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

The Resort At The Mountain 68010 East Fairway Welches, OR 97067 Tel: +1-503-662-3101 (for messages)

3. Topics (tentative) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1) Review of the relevant group meetings

2) Q.12/16 B-ISDN multimedia systems and terminals

- Work with Q.13 on high quality video transmission over IP - Future AV communication systems

3) Q.13/16 Packet switched multimedia systems and terminals

- Toward determination in November: * H.323 Annex H (User, Service, and Terminal Mobility in H.323) * H.323 Annex I (Packet based MM Telephony over Error Prone Channels) * H.450.10 (Call Offer Supplementary Services) * H.450.11 (Call Intrusion) * H.450.12 (Common Information Additional Network) * H.225.0 Annex G V2 (Inter-domain) * H.323 Annex R (Robustness) * H.323 Annex M.3 (DSS1 Tunneling) * H.323 Annex E V2 (UDP call signaling)

- Progress work for: * H.323 Annex N (QoS) * H.323 Annex O (Internet protocols and technologies complementary to H.323) * Other new items that may arise

4) Q.14/16 Common protocols, MCUs and protocols for interworking with H.300-series terminals

- Toward determination in November: * H.248 Annex L * H.248 Annex M * H.235 V8

- Progress work for: * H.246 Annex D * H.248 V2 * H.341 V2 * other new items that may arise (e.g., new packages for H.248)

5) Coordination with Q.11/16 and Q.15/16

- System aspects - Video coding aspects

6) Interaction with other groups

7) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 11 August /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 14 August /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify S. Okubo as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 11 August at the latest. Document number (APC-nnnn) will be allocated. Early indication of your submission plan is welcome and encouraged.

Note - Prefix "APC" comes from Atm (Q.12/16), Packet based (Q.13/16) and Common protocols (Q.14/16) based on the coordination with Q.1 ("Q1City"), Q.3 ("T120"), Q.11 ("Q11"), Q.15 ("Q15") groups.

2) You are advised to include a header as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Document APC-{nnnn}| | Study Group 16 {Version m if relevant}| | Q.12-14/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Portland, 21-25 August 2000 | | | | SOURCE*: { } | | TITLE : { } | | PURPOSE: {Proposal, Discussion, Information, Report, etc.} | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | | | *Contact: Name, e-mail | ------------------------------------------------------------------

3) 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 14 August or before) by posting them at either of the following:

- PictureTel ftp site (please advise S. Okubo of your posting)

Site: standard.pictel.com/avc-site Login name: anonymous Directory: Incoming

- Q.12-14/16 experts reflector

e-mail address: itu-sg16@mailbag.intel.com

Please avoid the use of reflector when your document is voluminous.

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /0008_Por directory of the ftp site.

5) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be all electronic. Participants must bring along their laptop, 10BASE-T card and cord, and optionally wireless LAN card (please follow the host's advice).

6) The copying service is very limited and expensive at the meeting site.

5. Logistic information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please see the attached document provided by the meeting host (http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/0008_Por/PortlandInfoPack.zip).

6. Registration ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To register your meeting attendance, please send the attached form to the meeting secretariat by 7 August 2000:

Intel Meeting Service ATTN: Valerie Nester Fax: +1 480 554 7775

AND advise Rapporteurs of your attendance by e-mail:

To: okubo@giti.or.jp, dskran@sonusnet.com, ggf@lucent.com, tom.geary@conexant.com, garysull@microsoft.com Subject: Portland meeting registration

Name: Company: Arrival: Departure:

7. Hotel Room Reservation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please send the attached form to the meeting secretariat together with the meeting registration. Special package room rate is $149.18 (single or double occupancy) per night including breakfast, tax and gratuity.

The block reservation is held until 7 August.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Portland.

Sincerely yours,

Sakae OKUBO Dale SKRAN Glen FREUNDLICH

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