/// Please note that the invitation has been updated /// /// with addition of visa requirement to Australia. ///

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

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 pierre-andre.probst@swisscom.com 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. P. Luthi, Rapporteur for Q.1/16 Patrick_Luthi@pictel.com Mr. C. Groves, Ericsson Christian.Groves@ericsson.com

De T Taylor Rapporteur for Q.D/16 taylor@nortel.com M Buckley Rapporteur for Q.F/16 mikebuckley@44comms.com M Euchner Rapporteur for Q.G/16 Martin.Euchner@icn.siemens.de P Jones Rapporteur for Q.2/16 paulej@packetizer.com G Freundlich Rapporteur for Q.3/16 ggf@avaya.com S Okubo Rapporteur for Q.4/16 okubo@giti.waseda.ac.jp P Reddy Rapporteur for Q.5/16 paul.k.reddy@intel.com

--------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Notice of Joint Rapporteur Meeting in Launceston Date: 24 January 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------

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

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

1. Date ^^^^^^^

5 (Monday) - 9 (Friday) March 2001 starting at 9:00 (registration) and 9:30 (session) 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.2/16 Multimedia over packet networks using H.323 systems Q.F/16 Quality of Service and End-to-end Performance in Multimedia Systems

- Progress work for * H.323 Annex N QoS * H.323 Annex H Mobility * H.323 Annex I Error prone channels * H.225.0 Annex Gv2 * H.323 Annex P "Modem Relay" * H.323 Annex R "Robustness" * H.323 Annex M.3 "DSS1 Tunneling" * H.450.x new recommendations * SS7 interworking * H.GEF.x guidelines and new recommendations - Other works that may arise

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

- Revise Implementer $B%f (Bs Guide - Advance H.248 Annexes L, M, N, O - Progress H.248 V2 - Progress work on new packages and annexes - Progress work on new annexes to H.246 - Revise H.245 to support new features - Set additional objectives and develop work plan

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

- Set objectives and develop work plan

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

- Set objectives and develop work plan - Transfer the Mobility work under Q.2 to Q.5 - Progress of H.323 Annex H Mobility

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

- Develop work plan - Progress work on new annexes to H.246

7) Q.G/16

- Progress work on H.235 V3 - Progress work on new annexes to H.235 - Develop work plan for Q.G - Revise H.233, H.234, H.235 as needed

8) Interaction with other groups

9) Future work plan

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

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

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify P Jones paulej@packetizer.com, document manager of this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 23 February 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}| | Launceston, 5-9 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, Monday 26 February or before) by posting them at either of the following:

- PictureTel ftp site (please advise P Jones of your posting)

Site: standard.pictel.com/avc-site Login name: anonymous Directory: Incoming

- Intel e-mail reflector

e-mail address: itu-sg16@mailbag.intel.com

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

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /0103_Lau 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/Ericsson_invitation_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

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

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Launceston.

Sincerely yours,

Tom TAYLOR Mike BUCKLEY Martin EUCHNER Paul JONES Glen FREUNDLICH Sakae OKUBO (meeting manager of this meeting) Paul REDDY

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