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

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 5286 3830 Fax: +81 3 5287 7287 E-mail: okubo@giti.or.jp

Dale SKRAN Rapporteur for Q.13/16 in ITU-T SG16 Ascend Communications, Inc. 621 Shrewsbury Avenue Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 USA Tel: +1 908 450 1635 Fax: +1 908 450 1611 E-mail: Dale.Skran@ascend.com

Gary Thom Rapporteur for Q.14/16 in ITU-T SG16 Delta Information Systems Inc. Horsham Business Center Bldg. 3 300 Welsh Road, Horsham, PA 19044 Tel: +1 215 657 5270 ex 23 Fax: +1 215 657 5273 E-mail: gthom@delta-info.com

------------------------------------------------ Subject: Notice of Q.12-14/16 Rapporteur Meeting Date: 8 October 1998 ------------------------------------------------

Dear SG16 Colleagues,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Torino, Italy at the kind invitation of CSELT.

Please note that Q.11/16 will meet concurrently at the same place and have joint sessions with Q.12-14/16.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

17 (Tuesday) - 20 (Friday) November 1998 starting at 9:00 on the first day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

CSELT Via Reiss Romoli 274 10148 TORINO Italy Tel: +39 011 2285521 Fax: +39 011 2285295

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

1) Review of the relevant group meetings

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

- White contribution for H.222.0 Amend. 6 - H.321 Implementors Guide - MPEG packetization - Future AV communication system

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

- Issue white papers for H.450.4/5/6/7, H.323 Annexes E/F/G - Advance the work of H.323 V3/H.225.0 V3

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

- Review Recommendations for decision at next SG16 meeting: H.245V5, H.341 (H.MediaMib), H.283 (H.RDC) - Preparation of H.246 Annexes for determination - Discussion of new H.246 interworking Annexes - Discussion of new H.341 Annexes

5) Any other Q.12-14/16 related matters

- Interaction with other groups

6) Future work

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

/// Registration of the document: by 6 November /// /// Distribution of the document: by 10 November /// /// 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 6 November (Friday) at the latest. Document number (APC-1nnn) will be allocated. Early indication of your submission plan is welcome.

Note - Prefix "APC" comes from Atm (Q.12/16), Packet based (Q.13/16) and Common protocols (Q.14/16) based on 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-{1nnn}| | Study Group 16 {Version m if relevant}| | Q.12-14/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Torino, 17-20 November 1998 | | | | 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 (by 10 November) 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.jf.intel.com

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

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /9811_Tor directory of the ftp site.

5) Please bring 60 copies of your document to Torino. Your cooperation is needed to start the meeting with all the documents at hand; please note that the copying capacity at the meeting site is limited.

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

Please see the attached information from the meeting host.

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

Please notify the following person (Mr. Tosco's secretary) of your participation as soon as possible, by 10 November at the latest:

Donatella Bertolotti Tel: +39 011 2285521 Fax: +39 011 2285295 E_mail: donatella.bertolotti@cselt.it

with copy to three Rapporteurs (e-mail: okubo@giti.or.jp, Dale.Skran@ascend.com, gthom@delta-info.com).

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

Please directly contact a hotel suggested in Mr. Tosco's message as attached.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Torino.

Sincerely yours,

Sakae OKUBO Dale SKRAN Gary THOM

-----<Mr. Tosco's message to Rapporteurs dated 29 September 1998>----

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:34:49 +0200 From: Tosco Federico Federico.Tosco@CSELT.IT Subject: November Expert meeting To: "'Geary, Tom'" tom.geary@nb.rockwell.com, "'Okubo, Sakae'" okubo@giti.or.jp, "'Skran, Dale'" Dale.Skran@ascend.com, "'Thom, Gary'" gthom@delta-info.com

Dear all,

First of all I would like to confirm the facilities available for the November meeting: - auditorium (170 seats) - meeting room, 40 places - meeting room, 15-20 places

For information about CSELT, how to reach it, hotels in Torino, etc., I suggest you to visit our homepage: http://www.cselt.it.

In particular on the presentation page click on "Overview", where you will find:

- "Getting to CSELT", where you find information about how to reach CSELT - "A guided tour", where under "Supports" some of the facilities, including the Auditorium, are presented

Under "Getting to CSELT" you find also a list of hotels, where you can obtain reduced rates mentioning "CSELT Convention".

Torino airport is connected with the main European cities (Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Zurich, Madrid,...) and has many flights to/from Rome every day (see link to Turin Airport under "Getting to CSELT").If you arrive with an intercontinental flight, I suggest to avoid the intercontinental airport of Milano (Milan), which is not far from Torino but has poor connections to Torino. Much better to arrive to Rome or to another destination in Europe having a flight connection to Torino.CSELT is very close to the Torino airport (15 minutes by taxi).

...

Best regards

Federico CSELT Via Reiss Romoli 274 10148 TORINO Italy Tel.: +39 0112285321 Fax: +39 0112285295 E_mail: federico.tosco@cselt.it

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