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To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Questions F, G, K, 2, 3, 4 and 5/16

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 probst-pa@bluewin.ch Mr. M. Matsumoto, Vice-Chairman of SG16 mmatsumoto@waseda.jp Mr. S. Campos-Neto, ITU TSB simao.campos@itu.int Mr. L. Jiang, MII jianglt@public.bta.net.cn Ms. Y. Shen, MII shenyaqin@catr.com.cn Mr. C. Hansen, Rapporteur for Q.B/16 chris.hansen@INTEL.COM, Mr. P. Luthi, Rapporteur for Q.1/16 patrick.luthi@TANDBERG.NO

De S-H. Jeong Rapporteur for Q.F/16 shjeong@hufs.ac.kr M. Euchner Rapporteur for Q.G/16 Martin.Euchner@siemens.com L. Lehmann Rapporteur for Q.K/16 Leo.Lehmann@bakom.admin.ch P. Jones Rapporteur for Q.2/16 paulej@packetizer.com C. Groves Rapporteur for Q.3/16 Christian.Groves@ericsson.com.au S. Okubo Rapporteur for Q.4/16 sokubo@waseda.jp R. Gilman Rapporteur for Q.5/16 rrg@avaya.com

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Dear experts of Questions F, G, K, 2-5/16,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Beijing, China at the kind invitation of China Academy of Telecommunications Research of MII and China Communications Standards Association. Details of the meeting are contained herein.

Please note that Q.B/16 and Q.1/16 may meet concurrently and we will have joint sessions with these Questions in that case.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

11 (Tuesday) - 14 (Friday) May 2004 Meeting will start at 9:00 AM on the first day Closing around 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

GUANGZHOU HOTEL No.A3, Xi Dan Heng Er Tiao, Xicheng District, Beijing, China Tel: +86 10 66078866 Fax: +86 10 66085998 Post Code: 100031

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

1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q.F/16 Quality of Service and End-to-end Performance in Multimedia Systems

- Progress work for: * Annex N H.323 * H.priority * H.trans.cont

3) Q.G/16 Security of Multimedia Systems and Services

- Progress work for: * H.235 Annex G * other study items in the living list (TD-71/WP2, January 2004)

4) Q.K/16 Mobility for Multimedia Systems and Services

- Further elaboration TD-53/WP2 (January 2004) - Mobility aspects of presence service; co-ordination with Q.2/16 - Study of new service features - Follow up workplan

5) Q.2/16 Multimedia over packet networks using H.323 systems

- Progress work for: * H.460.tppr * H.460.trans * H.460.relreq * H.gaam * H.323 Annexes I & N * H.323 Annexes Dv3, Gv2, Ov2 * H.sms * H.presence

6) Q.3/16 Infrastructure and interoperability for Multimedia over packet networks

- Progress work for: * H.248-subseries * H.245 v11 * H.341

7) Q.4/16 Video and data conferencing using Internet-supported services

- H.350-series maintenance - Addition to H.350-series - Presence use scenarios - Study of new service features

8) Q.5/16 Control of NAT and Firewall Traversal for Multimedia Systems

- Progress NAT/firewall traversal methods

9) Interaction with other groups

- NGN - Others

10) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 30 April 2004 /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 4 May 2004 /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify Paul Jones paulej@packetizer.com, document manager of this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 30 April 2004 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 include a header as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Document AVD-{nnnn}| | Study Group 16 {Version m if relevant}| | Q.F, G, K, 2-5/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Beijing, 11-14 May 2004 | | | | SOURCE*: { } | | TITLE : { } | | PURPOSE: {Proposal, Discussion, Information, Report, etc.} | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | | | *Contact: Name, e-mail | ------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: A template for the AVD document can be found at: http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/avc-site/0405_Bei/AVD-template.doc This may be modified and used for the purpose of document submission at this meeting.

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, Tuesday 4 May 2004 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@external.cisco.com To subscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@cisco.com In the body of the message, put: subscribe itu-sg16

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

5) Input documents can be retrieved from /0405_Bei directory of the ftp site once Mr. Jones has an opportunity to put them into place.

The documents will also be available through the following URLs: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/0405_Bei/ ftp://avguest:Avguest@ftp3.itu.int/avc-site/0405_Bei/

6) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be all electronic. Participants must bring along a laptop and 802.11b wireless card in order to access the documents.

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

The meeting will be hosted by China Academy of Telecommunications Research of MII and China Communications Standards Association.

Please refer to the participants' information document kindly prepared by the host, which is available at: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/0405_Bei/Participants-info.zip

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send the Meeting Registration / Hotel Room Reservation Form provided by the host in the participants' information document to Ms. Jiang Hong jianghong@catr.com.cn with copy to Ms.Yaqin Shen shenyaqin@catr.com.cn and CCSA ccsacontact@ccsa.org.cn by 28 April 2004.

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

You are recommended to stay at GUANGZHOU HOTEL, the meeting place. For room reservation, please indicate the dates of your stay in the Meeting Registration / Hotel Room Reservation Form.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Beijing.

Sincerely yours,

Seong-ho JEONG Martin EUCHNER Robert GILMAN Paul JONES (document manager of this meeting) Christian GROVES Sakae OKUBO (meeting organizer of this meeting) Leo LEHMANN

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