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

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 probst-pa@bluewin.ch Mr. S. Campos-Neto, ITU TSB simao.campos@itu.int Jean-Pierre Blin, France Telecom jeanpierre.blin@francetelecom.com Claude Hervault, France Telecom claude.hervault@francetelecom.com

De M Buckley Rapporteur for Q.F/16 mikebuckley@44comms.com M Euchner Rapporteur for Q.G/16 Martin.Euchner@siemens.com 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 E Horvath Rapporteur for Q.5/16 ernst.horvath@siemens.com

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

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Paris, France at the kind invitation of France Telecom. Details of the meeting are contained herein.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

02 (Tuesday) - 05 (Friday) September 2003 Meeting will start at 9:00 AM on the first day Closing around 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

France Telecom Salle Orange 8-10, Bd de Vaugirard 75015 Paris France Tel: +33 1 66 66 71 33 (during the meeting only)

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

1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q.D/16 Interoperability of Multimedia Systems and Services

- Develop roadmap for future activity on interoperability - Progress work on vocabulary - Cooperate in the development of recommendations on systems

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

- Progress work for: * H.qos.arch * Annex N H.323 * H.priority

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

- Progress work for: * H.235 Annex G * H.235 Annex H

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

- Progress work for: * H.460.tppr * Annex I/H.323 * Annex N/H.323 * H.460.suspend * H.sms * H.460.holding * H.460.cpc * H.460.delayed * H.presence * H.460.mlpp

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

- Progress work for: * H.248.1 Annex F * H.248 ICAS * H.248 ICASC * H.248 AJB * H.341v2

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

- Further development of H.350-series - Describe new service scenarios - Elaborate workplan

8) Q.5/16 Mobility for Multimedia Systems and Services

- Progress work for: * H.500 * H.550 * H.520 * H.560

9) Interaction with other groups

10) Future work plan

- Elaborate Question texts

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 22 August 2003 /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 26 August 2003 /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify Sakae Okubo sokubo@waseda.jp, document manager of this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 22 August 2003 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.D, F, G, 2-5/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Paris, 2-5 September 2003 | | | | 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, Tuesday 26 August 2003 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.

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /0309_Par directory of the ftp site once Mr. Okubo has an opportunity to put them into place.

The documents will also be available through this URL: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/0309_Par/

5) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be all electronic. Participants must bring along a laptop, Ethernet card, and Ethernet cable in order to access the documents. Wireless 802.11b access will also be available during the meeting.

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

The meeting will be hosted by France Telecom in Paris, France.

Please refer to the meeting invitation document kindly prepared by the host available at: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/0309_Par/France_Telecom_Invitation_1.zi...

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send the meeting registration form provided by the host in the invitation document to Claude Hervault claude.hervault@francetelecom.com.

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

As indicated the the inviation document from the meeting host, please make hotel arrangements directly with one of the reserved for this meeting. Note that hotel reservations should be made before 3 August 2003. You may find that hotel rooms will be more scarce and more expensive if not booked in advance, due to other meetings being held in Paris in September.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Paris.

Sincerely yours,

Mike BUCKLEY Martin EUCHNER Paul JONES (meeting manager of this meeting) Christian GROVES Sakae OKUBO (document manager of this meeting) Ernst HORVATH

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