To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Question 1/16

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 probst-pa@bluewin.ch Mr. G. Wreikat, Vice-Chairman of SG16 wreikat@hotmail.com Mr. F. Tosco, Chairman of WP2/16 Federico.Tosco@CSELT.IT Mr. F. Bigi, ITU-TSB Fabio.Bigi@itu.int Mr. C. Grooves, Ericsson Christian.Groves@ericsson.com

De Mr. P. Luthi, Rapporteur for Q.1/16 Patrick_Luthi@pictel.com

--------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Notice of Joint Rapporteur Meeting in Launceston Date: 29 January 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------

Dear experts of Question 1/16,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Launceston, Australia at the kind invitation of L. M. Ericsson.

Please note that Q.D, F, G, 2-5/16 will meet concurrently at the same place and has joint session(s) with Q.1/16.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

7 (Wednesday) - 8 (Thursday) March 2001 starting at 9:00 on the first day closing around 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

Novotel Launceston, Tasmania 29 Cameron Street Launceston Tasmania 7250 Australia Tel: +61 03 6334 3434 Fax: +61 03 6331 7347

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

1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q.1/16 Multimedia systems, terminals and data

- Review of the items relative to H.324 - Progress the work to revise H.324 Annex D - Progress the work on H.324 Annex Security ? Review of final text of H.324 Annex I (HTTP) ? Review of the items relative to H.320 ? Align H.320 with new H.263 Annex X - Review of the items relative to T.120 - Identify and organize the activities of Q.1 for the 2001-2004 Study Period (Revision of H.320, H.324, H.223, etc)

3) Coordination with Q.D, F, G, 2-5/16

- System aspects - Interoperability - Security

4) Interaction with other groups

5) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 26 February /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 28 February /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify P. Luthi as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Monday 26 February at the latest at luthip@pictel.com. Document number (Q1-Ann) will be allocated. Early indication of your submission plan is welcome and encouraged.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector Document Q1-A{nn}| | Study Group 16 {Version m if relevant}| | Q.1/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Launceston, 8-7 March 2001 | | | | 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, Wednesday 28 February or before) by posting them at either of the following:

- PictureTel ftp site (please advise Mr. P. Luthi of your posting)

Site: standard.pictel.com/lbc-site Login name: anonymous Directory: dropbox

- Q.1/16 experts reflector

e-mail address: tsg16q1@itu.int (http://www.itu.int/ITUT/com16/edh/subscribe.html)

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

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /0103_Lauceston 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 according to the host's guidance.

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

Please see the attached document provided by the meeting host (http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/0103_Lau/Launceston_info_a.zip).

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send the attached form to the meeting secretariat by 19 February 2001:

Nicole Crook Ericsson Australia C/- MP Events, PO Box 2182, Kew, 3101 Victoria, Australia Tel: +61 3 9852 9941 Fax: +61 3 9852 9961 Email: nicole@mpevents.com.au

AND advise the Rapporteur of your attendance by e-mail:

To: luthip@pictel.com Subject: Launceston Q1 meeting attendance

Name: Company: Arrival: Departure:

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

Please send the attached form to the meeting secretariat together with the meeting registration by 19 February 2001. The room rate is $A135 per night including breakfast

I am looking forward to meeting with you in Launceston.

Sincerely yours,

Patrick Luthi (See attached file: Ericsson_invitation_a.zip)