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 Mr. G. Sullivan, Rapporteur for Q.15/16 Mr. R. Roy, AT&T Mr. G. Freundlich, Lucent

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 Lucent Technologies 620 Tinton Avenue Building A, Second Floor Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 USA Tel: +1 732 578 3101 Fax: +1 732 578 3120 E-mail: Dale.Skran@ascend.com

Glen FREUNDLICH Rapporteur for Q.14/16 in ITU-T SG16 Lucent Technologies 11900 N. Pecos Westminster, Colorado 80234 USA Tel: +1 303 538 2899 Fax: +1 303 538 3907 E-mail: ggf@lucent.com

------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Notice of Q.12-14/16 Rapporteur Meeting in Red Bank Date: 10 September 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Q.12-14/16 experts,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Red Bank, USA at the kind invitation of AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

Please note that Q.11/16 and Q.15/16 will meet concurrently at the same place and have joint sessions with Q.12-14/16.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

18 (Monday) - 22 (Friday) October 1999 starting at 9:00 on the first day closing at 15:30 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

Molly Pitcher Inn 88 Riverside Avenue Red Bank, NJ 07701 Voice: out of state +1 800 221 1372 New Jersey 732 747 2500 Fax: +1 732 747 2713 E-mail: mollypitcher@msn.com

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

1) Review of the relevant group meetings

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

- H.321 v2 Implementors Guide - H.310 v2 Implementors Guide - Work with Q.13 on high quality video transmission over IP - Future AV communication systems

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

- Update H.323 Implementers guide - Further Develop: * H.323 V4 * H.225.0 V4 * H.323 Annex H (User and Service Mobility) * H.323 Annex I (Terminal Mobility) * H.323 Annex J (Secure SET) * H.323 Annex K (HTTP Service Control Transport Channel) * H.323 Annex L (Stimulus Signaling in H.323) * H.450.9 (Call Completion on Busy) - Work with Q.14 on H.248 white paper - Work with Q.14 on H.246 Annex C white paper - Work with Q.14 on H.246 Annex D

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

- Prepare H.248 white draft - Prepare H.246 Annex C white draft - Progress work on IN-H.323 interface (H.246 Annex D) - Progress work on H.341 V2 - Consider work for H.235 V2 - Update implementer's guide

5) Coordination with Q.11/16 and Q.15/16

- System aspects - Video coding aspects - Questions in the new study period

6) Interaction with other groups

7) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 8 October (Friday) /// /// Distribution of the document: by 11 October (Monday) /// /// 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 8 October (Friday) at the latest. Document number (APC-1nnn) will be allocated. Early indication of your submission plan is welcome and encouraged.

Note - Prefix "APC" comes from Atm (Q.12/16), Packet based (Q.13/16) and Common protocols (Q.14/16) based on the 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}| | Red Bank, 18-22 October 1999 | | | | 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 (11 October or before) 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 /9910_Red directory of the ftp site.

5) Please bring 80 copies of your document to Red Bank if it should be in hardcopy. 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 very limited and expensive.

6) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be electronic (i.e. participants must bring their laptop and 10BASE-T cord along).

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

Please see the invitation distributed by the meeting host (http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/9910_Red/invitation.zip).

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send an e-mail registration of the following form:

To: rrroy@att.com, eileen.patterson@acsend.com Cc: okubo@giti.or.jp, dskran@ascend.com, ggf@lucent.com, tom.geary@conexant.com, garysull@microsoft.com Subject: Red Bank meeting registration

Name: Company: Arrival: Departure: Special needs:

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

Please directly contact Molly Pitcher Inn mentioning "ITU-SG16 meeting". Application forms (e-mail, fax) are in the meeting host's invitation. Special room rate is $85 per night (not including taxes).

The block reservation is held until 22 September.

8. Meeting Fee ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To support the meeting organization, $60 meeting fee is collected by the Molly Pitcher Inn.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Red Bank.

Sincerely yours,

Sakae OKUBO Dale SKRAN Glen FREUNDLICH

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