I guess that it is a good observation by Bob. It can be thought a "kind" of third party activities. However, a BE becomes a "party" in this process because people have now have a place to go to have the information. And that place is the BEs themselves.

So the basic question remains: What is the basic definition of the "third" party registration in H.323?

Thanks Bob for his important observation.

Best regards, Radhika

-----Original Message----- From: Callaghan, Robert [mailto:Robert.Callaghan@ICN.SIEMENS.COM] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:41 PM To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: Re: Third party registration/group registration

I might interject that H.225.0 Annex G can be thought of as a form of Third Party registration. This protocol allows a Border Element (or Gatekeeper) to registers its endpoints with other Border Elements (or Gatekeepers).

I do not know is this adds to the discussion, or not.

Bob

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