Hi, Maureen: It is nice to see that a conference call will be held to discuss "robustness mechanisms for H.323." In the last Red Bank meeting, I proposed that the contribution D.225 - "Framework for Reliable H.323 Gatekeeper Architectures" submitted in the last SG16 May'99, Santiago, Chile, should also be included in the terms of reference. I believe that the Rap. of Q.13 has included this in meeting report. However, I could not attend the H.323 robustness group meeting because of conflicting schedules with other H.323 activities. When I noticed that TD-28 did not contain any reference to D.225, I gave an electronic copy of D.225 to one of the participant group members of TD-28. Even then I found that TD-28 had not been modified to include any reference to D.225. As a first step, I would request to look into D.225 and examine how the robustness in H.323 can be also addressed in view of D.225. I will try to attend the conference call on November 16 (Tuesday, 11-12 EST). By the way, is this time of the conf. call in EST of USA? Please clarify this in the subsequent mail. Again, my thanks to you for hosting the conference call. Best Regards, Radhika R. Roy AT&T + 1 732 420 1580 rrroy@att.com

-----Original Message----- From: Maureen.Stillman@NOKIA.COM [SMTP:Maureen.Stillman@NOKIA.COM] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 6:07 PM To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: [Robustness] group formed

A new group has formed to study the area of providing robustness mechanisms for H.323. This group has agreed to work on items together. Attached is TD-28 written in Red Bank which outlines terms of reference for work to be undertaken towards providing robustness mechanisms in H.323 and identifies a number of potential future work areas. The group decided to initially work on defining a set of terms for robustness via the mailing list. Please send contributions of relevant terms (and optionally their definitions). Please put [Robustness] in the subject line for those who want to filter e-mail. The group will schedule occasional conference calls open to any interested parties. Nokia will host the first conference call.

Conference Call Agenda:

A. terms submitted on the mailing list B. next steps for the group

I propose Tuesday, November 16 as the first conference call to be held from 11-12 EST. Please send e-mail to me at: maureen.stillman@nokia.com if you wish to participate or if the time is not good, but you wish to participate.

The TD-28 document is attached and the Web site is:

ftp://standard.pictel.com/avc-site/9910_Red/TD-28.zip

<<TD-28 robust.doc>>

-- maureen

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