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. M. Wada, KDD

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 3204 8194 Fax: +81 3 5287 7287 E-mail: okubo@giti.or.jp

Dale SKRAN Rapporteur for Q.13/16 in ITU-T SG16 Sonusnet USA Tel: +1 732 972 2653 Fax: +1 732 972 6389 E-mail: dskran@sonusnet.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 Osaka Date: 31 March 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------

Dear Q.12-14/16 experts,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Osaka, Japan at the kind invitation of Group of Interested Organizations in Japan.

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 ^^^^^^^

15 (Monday) - 19 (Friday) March 2000 starting at 9:00 on the first day closing at 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

Osaka International Convention Center 5-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku Osaka-shi, 530-0005 Tel: +81 6 4803 5555 Fax: +81 6 4803 5620

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

1) Review of the relevant group meetings

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

- 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

- Issue white papers for: * H.323 V4 * H.225.0 V4 * H.323 Annex J * H.323 Annex K * H.323 Annex L * H.323 Annex M.1 and M.2 * H.450.8 [may have been issued already] - Progress work for: * H.323 Annex N (QoS) * H.323 Annex H (Mobility) * H.323 Annex I (Error prone channels) * More robust operations * H.225.0 Annex G V2 * T.38-like protocol for modems & related H.323 signaling * H.450.x new recommendations * SS7 interworking

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

- Issue white papers for: * H.235 V2 * H.245 V7 * H.248 Annex F * H.248 Annex G * H.248 Annex H * H.248 Annex I * H.248 Annex J * H.248 Annex K * H.246 Annex E - Progress work for: * H.246 Annex D * H.248 V2 * other new items that may arise (e.g., new packages for H.248)

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

- System aspects - Video coding aspects

6) Interaction with other groups

7) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 5 May (Friday) /// /// Distribution of the document: by 8 May (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 5 May (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}| | Osaka, 15-19 May 2000 | | | | 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 (8 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.intel.com

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

4) Input documents can be retrieved from /0005_Osa directory of the ftp site.

5) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be all electronic. Participants must bring their laptop and 10BASE-T cord along.

6) The copying service is very limited and expensive at the meeting site.

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

Please see the attached document provided by the meeting host (http://standard.pictel.com/ftp/avc-site/0005_San/Information_ITU-T_Osaka.zip).

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send the attached form to the meeting secretariat by 24 April:

Ms. Noriko Hosokawa Global Information and Telecommunication Institute Waseda University 29-7 Waseda University Bldg. 1-3-10 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051 Japan e-mail: nonko@giti.waseda.ac.jp Tel & Fax: +81 3 5286 9863

AND advise Rapporteurs of your attendance by e-mail:

To: okubo@giti.or.jp, dskran@sonusnet.com, ggf@lucent.com, tom.geary@conexant.com, garysull@microsoft.com Subject: Osaka meeting registration

Name: Company: Arrival: Departure:

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

Please send the attached form to the meeting together with the meeting registration. Special room rate is 12,600 Yen (single) or 18,900 Yen (twin room, single use) per night including breakfast, service charge, local tax and consumption taxes.

The block reservation is held until 24 April.

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

To support the meeting organization, about 20,000 Yen meeting fee is collected by the secretariat (exact amount will be announced later).

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Osaka.

Sincerely yours,

Sakae OKUBO Dale SKRAN Glen FREUNDLICH

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