To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Questions 2,3,4,5,21,22,24,25 and 29/16.

Cc Mr. P-A. Probst, Chairman of SG16 probst-pa@bluewin.ch Mr. Paul Barrett, Vice Chairman of SG16 paul.barrett@psytechnics.com Mr. Yushi Naito, Vice Chairman of SG16 naito.yushi@dr.mitsubishielectric.co.jp Ms. Claude Lamblin, Vice Chairman of SG16 claude.lamblin@orange-ftgroup.com Mr. S. Campos-Neto, ITU TSB simao.campos@itu.int

De P Jones Rapporteur for Q.2/16 and Q.5/16 paulej@packetizer.com C Groves Rapporteur for Q.3/16 Christian.Groves@nteczone.com S Okubo Rapporteur for Q.4/16 okubo@aoni.waseda.jp L Lehmann Rapporteur (Acting) for Q.21/16 Leo.Lehmann@bakom.admin.ch M.J. Sun Associated Rapporteur for Q.21/16 sunmingjun@catr.com.cn N Luo Rapporteur for Q.22/16 noah@huawei.com S.H. Jeong Rapporteur for Q.24/16 shjeong@hufs.ac.kr Vacant Rapporteur for Q.25/16 L Lehmann Rapporteur for Q.29/16 Leo.Lehmann@bakom.admin.ch

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Dear Experts of Questions 2,3,4,5,21,22,24,25 and 29/16,

The subject meeting of ITU-T SG16 experts will be held in Shenzhen, PR China at the MING WAH CENTRE. This meeting is kindly hosted by Huawei Technologies. Details of the meeting are contained herein.

1. Date ^^^^^^^

12th (Monday) March - 16 (Friday) March 2007 Meeting will start at 9:00 AM on the first day Closing around 18:00 on the final day

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

MING WAH CENTRE Address: No.8 Guishan road, Shekou, Shenzhen, P.R.China Post Code: 518000 Tel: +86 755 26689968 Fax: +86 755 26679615 E-mail: market@mhctr.com Website: http://www.mhctr.com

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

1) Review of the relevant group activities

2) Q.2/16 Real-Time Audio, Video, and Data Communication over Packet-Switched Networks - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups - Review items for the H.323-Series Implementors’ Guide - Progress work on H.460.geo - Progress work on H.460.presence - Progress work on H.460.tm - Progress work on H.245v14 - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items - Discuss plans for future meetings

3) Q.3/16 Multimedia Gateway Control Architectures and Protocols - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups - Progress work on: * H.244.9 Amendment 1 * H.248.19 Amendment 2 * H.248.43 (ex H.248.GM) * H.248.48 (ex. H.248.QHR) * H.248.49 (ex. H.248.SDPVER) * H.248.50 (ex. H.248.NATTT) * H.248.51 (ex. H.248.TCM) * H.248.52 (ex. H.248.QoS) * H.248.53 (ex. H.248.TMAN) * H.248.54 (ex. H.248.MPLS) * H.248.55 (ex. H.248.PLM) * H.248.56 (ex. H.248.VPN) * H.248 Sub Series IG * H.248.1v2 IG * H Series Supp 2 Release 10 * H Series Supplement 7 “Control Association” - Consider new material

4) Q.4/16 Advanced multimedia communication service features on top of the ITU-T defined multimedia system platforms - Progress with H.350.8 and revision of H.350 Sub-series - New topics

5) Q.5/16 Control of NAT and Firewall Traversal for H.300-Series Multimedia Systems - Coordinate with other SDOs, Questions, or Study Groups - Review items proposed for the H.323 Implementors’ Guide - Progress work on H.proxy - Progress work on TP.HNFT - Discuss miscellaneous and new work items - Discuss plans for future meetings

6) Q.21/16 Multimedia Architecture - Coordinate with other SDOs, forums (e.g. HGI, DSL Forum), Questions (e.g. Q22), or Study Groups (e.g. SG13) - Consider to progress work on: * “H.325” * “H.612” * H.saarch * H.GHNA * Visual surveillance - Discussion over the Q.21 contribution to working on NGN items

7) Q.22/16 Multimedia applications and services - Progress on the following subjects: * Networked ID * Videotelephony * Visual surveillance * TV Emulation and Simulation

8) Q.24/16 Quality of Service and End-to-end Performance in Multimedia Systems - Progress work on Annexes A, B, and C of H.361 and H.trans.control - Discussion of miscellaneous and new work items

9) Q.25/16 Multimedia Security in Next-Generation Networks - Develop future directions for Q.25 - Study NGN-MM-SEC issues

10) Q.29/16 Mobility for Multimedia Systems and Services - Progress the text of the Technical Paper TP.MMSM on Service Mobility in context of "H.325" architecture - QoS Adaptation in case of Multimedia Service Handover - Coordination with other Questions

11) Interaction with other groups

12) Future work plan

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

/// Registration of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 2 March 2007 /// /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 5 March 2007 /// /// Use the ftp site (or e-mail reflector) for distribution ///

1) When you are going to submit a document, please notify Sakae Okubo okubo@aoni.waseda.jp, document manager of this meeting, as soon as possible, by 23:59 UTC, Friday 2 March 2007 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}| | 2,3,4,5,21,22,24,25 and 29/16 Rapporteur Meeting {Date}| | Shenzhen, 12 - 16 March 2007 | | | | SOURCE*: { } | | TITLE : { } | | PURPOSE: {Proposal, Discussion, Information, Report, etc.} | | | | _________________________ | | | | | | | | *Contact: Name, e-mail | ------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: A template for the AVD document can be found at: <http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2005-2008/0703_She/AVD-template_0703_Sh...

This may be modified and used for the purpose of document submission at this meeting.

3) File format: Use of Word, PDF, ASCII or HTML is recommended.

4) 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 5 March 2007 or before) by posting them at either of the following:

- Uploading via FTP Site: ftp3.itu.int/ User ID: avguest Password: Avguest (Note the uppercase 'A') Directory: avc-site/Incoming

- E-mail reflector

E-mail address: itu-sg16@external.cisco.com To subscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@cisco.com In the body of the message, put: subscribe itu-sg16

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

5) Input documents can be retrieved from 0703_She directory of the ftp site once Mr. Okubo has an opportunity to put them into place.

The documents will also be available through the following URLs: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2005-2008/0703_She ftp://avguest:Avguest@ftp3.itu.int/avc-site/2005-2008/0703_She

6) The document distribution / presentation at the meeting will be all electronic. Participants must bring along a laptop, wireless lan card and/or Ethernet card, and Ethernet cable in order to access the documents.

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

The meeting will be hosted by Huawei at the MING WAH CENTRE in Shenzhen, PR CHINA.

The meeting invitation containing logistic information can be found at:

http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2005-2008/0703_She/Shenzhen_Invitation....

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

To register your meeting attendance, please send e-mail to Christian Groves Christian.Groves@nteczone.com, providing the family name, given name, company name, and e-mail address of person(s) attending.

Early registration of your attendance is welcome and encouraged.

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

The meeting will be held at the MING WAH CENTRE. To secure a room please fill in the hotel registration form in the meeting invitation (http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2005-2008/0502_Mel/Shenzhen_Invitation....) as soon as possible and return as indicated on the form.

We are looking forward to meeting with you in Shenzhen.

Sincerely yours,

Paul JONES Christian GROVES (meeting organizer of this meeting) Sakae OKUBO (document manager of this meeting) MingJun SUN Noah LUO Seong-ho JEONG Leo LEHMANN

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