To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 29/16

Cc Mr P-A Probst, Chairman of SG16 probst-pa@bluewin.ch Mr P Barrett, Vice Chairman of SG16 paul.barrett@psytechnics.com Mr Y Naito, Vice Chairman of SG16 Naito.Yushi@dr.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp Ms C Lamblin, Vice Chairman of SG16 claude.lamblin@orange-ftgroup.com 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, 5 and 12/16 paulej@packetizer.com C Groves, Rapporteur for Q3/16 Christian.Groves@nteczone.com S-H Jeong, Rapporteur for Q4 and 24/16 shjeong@hufs.ac.kr B Kenrick, Associate Rapporteur for Q12/16 brody.kenrick@dilithiumnetworks.com M Kawamori, Rapporteur for Q13/16 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 L Lehmann, Rapproteur for Q29/16 Leo.Lehmann@bakom.admin.ch

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Dear Experts of 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 21, 22, 25 and 29/16,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Details of the meeting are contained herein. Please note that Q1/16 will meet concurrently and we will have joint or serial sessions with the other Questions. Please also note that this meeting precedes the IPTV-GSI event (1-9 September)* and the WP2/16 Plenary (5 September)** as well as the NGN- GSI event (1-11 September)***.

* http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/gsi/iptv/ ** http://www.itu.int/md/T05-SG16-COL-0010/en *** http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/ngn/

1. Date ^^^^^^^

25 (Monday) - 29 (Friday) August 2008 Meeting will start at 9:00 on the first day and close around 18:00 on the final day.

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Place des Nations 1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Phone: +41 22 730 6805 Fax: +41 22 730 5853 E-mail: tsbsg16@itu.int

The meeting room allocated for the meeting will be displayed on the monitors.

Note: For picking up badges please use the entrance of the Montbrillant building. No one will be admitted to the ITU facility without a valid badge.

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

1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q2/16 real-time audio, video, and data communication over packet- switched networks

- Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, and Study Groups - Progress work on H.245v15, H.323v7, H.225.0v7, H.323 Annex I, H. 460.geo, H.460.tm, and H.460.presence - 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.248.19 Amendment 2, H.248.48 (ex. H.248.QHR), H. 248.50 (ex. H.248.NATTT), H.248.1 Appendix IV (Ex. H.248.Statistics), H.248.60 (ex. H.248.cci), H.248.61 (ex. H.248.IPOCS), H.248.63 (ex. H. 248.Resman), H.248.64 (ex. H.248.IPR), H.248.65 (ex. H.248.RSVP), H. 248.66 (ex. H.248.RTSP), H.248.67 (ex. H.248.TrM), H.248.PIPA, H. 248.TDR, H.248 Sub Series IG, H.248.1v2 IG, H Series Supp 2 Release 11 - Consider new material

4) Q4/16 Advanced multimedia communication service features on top of the ITU-T defined multimedia system platforms

- Progress work on the revision of H.350 Sub-series - Discussion on new topics

5) Q5/16 Control of NAT and firewall traversal for H.300-series multimedia systems

- Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, and Study Groups - Progress work on H.460.23, H.460.24, TP.HNFT - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

6) Q12/16 Advanced multimedia system for next generation and other packet-switched networks

- Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, and Study Groups - Progress work on requirements - Progress work on AMS system and terminal architecture - Progress work on a signalling specification - Progress work on media transmission and processing - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

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

- Progress items identified for the June meeting

8) Q21/16 Multimedia architecture

- Progress work on Home Network, Visual Surveillance, Networked ID, Remote Management

9) Q22/16 Multimedia applications and services

- Progress work on agreed upon work items: service awareness, visual surveillance, NID, USN, etc.

10) Q24/16 Quality of service and end-to-end performance in multimedia systems

- Progress work on H.trans.control, H.hnqos.analysis and H.codec.qoe - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

11) Q25/16 Multimedia security in Next-Generation Networks

- Progress study of NGN-MM-SEC issues - Review of the items relative to H.235-series, H.460.22, etc.

12) Q29/16 Mobility for multimedia systems and services

- Coordinate with other SDOs, forums - Mobility support for AMS - Mobility needs for disabled persons

13) Interaction with other groups

14) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 15 August 2008 /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 18 August 2008 /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify Mr Sakae Okubo okubo@aoni.waseda.jp, document manager of this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 15 August 2008 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/2005-2008/0808_Gen/AVD-template_0808_Gen.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 18 August 2008 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 0808_Gen directory of the ftp site once Mr Okubo 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/2005-2008/0808_Gen/ ftp://ftp3.itu.int/avc-site/2005-2008/0808_Gen/ 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: make sure you have the right power adapter for Switzerland, see http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_power_plugs_and_sockets type C (2-pin CEE 7/16) or J (3-pin SEV 1011).

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

The meeting will be hosted by ITU TSB at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Badges will be available in the registration desk at the entrance of the Montbrillant building to those that pre-registered for the meeting. Following the security measures implemented in ITU in August 2005, no one without a valid badge will be admitted into the facilities.

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

To register your meeting attendance, please pre-register using the online form at:

http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-T/studygroup/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=3000025

Additionally, please forward to Sakae Okubo okubo@aoni.waseda.jp a copy of the registration acknowledgement message that will be automatically sent to you after you pre-register.

Early registration of your attendance is welcome and encouraged, but preferably before 15 August 2008 to facilitate the production of badges for all participants. People needing visa support letters (see below for requirements) should register as soon as possible.

We would remind you that citizens of some countries are required to obtain a visa in order to enter and spend time in Switzerland. The visa must be requested and obtained from the office (embassy or consulate) representing Switzerland in your country or, if there is no such office in your country, from the one that is closest to the country of departure. If problems are encountered for ITU members, the ITU can, at the official request of the administration or company you represent, approach the competent Swiss authorities in order to facilitate delivery of the visa. Visa requests should be made by official letter from the administration or company you represent. This letter must specify your name and function, date of birth, passport number as well as the date of issue and expiry. The letter must be accompanied by a photocopy of your passport and a copy of the completed pre-registration form and must be sent to TSB, bearing the words "visa request", by fax (No.: +41 22 730 5853) or e-mail (tsbreg@itu.int). Please note that ITU needs at least one week to process all papers required for the delivery of a visa.

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

Participants should contact the hotels directly regarding room availability and for making room bookings. However, they *MUST* use the ITU hotel registration form available from the ITU web site in order to be eligible for the special ITU rates. Hotels offering preferential room rates for participants of ITU meetings, instructions and the form are found at: http://www.itu.int/travel/.

Note: the closest business-class hotel to the ITU buildings is the Intercontinental, and a more popular strategy is to obtain hotel accommodations downtown, e.g., near the Cornavin train & bus station (which is more centrally located than the ITU or the Intercontinental), from which buses run frequently to the vicinity of the ITU. Not all hotels are equipped with high-speed internet access, so participants may want to check with the hotel for the availability of this service.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Geneva.

Sincerely yours,

Paul JONES (meeting organizer of this meeting) Christian GROVES Seong-Ho JEONG Brody KENRICK Masahito KAWAMORI Yoshinori GOTO Ming Jun SUN Noah LUO Leo LEHMANN Sakae OKUBO (document manager of this meeting)

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