Dear SG 16 Experts,

At the Launceston meeting two contributions, AVD-2057 & AVD-2056, were presented proposing enhancements to support interworking for H.324 Annex C terminals and multimedia gateways. AVD-2057 describes several H.248 packages that can be used in a decomposed gateway with an MGC and MG to support this type of multimedia interworking. The delegates in Launceston requested additional information on the background behind these packages; consequently, we have prepared the attached white paper. The white paper describes some of the issues behind supporting multimedia interworking gateways for H.324 & H.323 and thus the rationale for the work behind AVD-2057. <<WhitePaperMultimediaGateways.zip>> Comments are welcome. The co-authors of the white paper are listed on the footer of the paper.

Regards,

Cliff Sayre

Clifford Sayre Lucent Technologies Phone (732) 332-6060 clsayre@lucent.com