Dear SG16 Experts, This is a follow-up to Paul's posting. All the "H.325" related contributions/documents are collected at the following place: <http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/avc-site/2005-2008/H325_requirements/> <ftp://ftp3.itu.int/avc-site/2005-2008/H325_requirements/> User ID: avguest, Password: Avguest (Note the uppercase 'A') Its index page is: 0-h325req_index.html 0-h325req_index.xls The first document h325req-000 collected "H.325" related records from the meeting reports. Documents referred to therein have been numbered sequentially from h325req-001 to h325req-048. Best regards, OKUBO Sakae e-mail: okubo@aoni.waseda.jp Visiting Professor Global Information and Telecommunication Institute (GITI) Waseda University ****************************************************************** Waseda University, YRP Ichibankan 312 Tel: +81 46 847 5406 3-4 Hikarinooka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken Fax: +81 46 847 5413 239-0847 Japan H.323 videoconferencing: arranged by advice ****************************************************************** At 21:46 -0500 07/02/27, Paul E. Jones wrote:

Dear SG16 Experts,

Over the past year, we have held a few meetings to discuss the development of a third-generation multimedia system (namely, H.325). I have been encouraged by the number of people who have either stated privately or publicly that, indeed, there is a need and point to reasons why something new needs to be considered as a replacement to the now 11 year old second-generation systems (H.323 and SIP).

At the same time, there have been some who have maintained the position that we have already put a lot of investment into the existing second-generation systems and ask why we should change. Perhaps the simplest answer is that “technology never stops”. A slow-down in research and development activities that aim to improve the way that we communicate effectively means that little progress will be made and we will not improve communication much beyond what the state of the art is today. Innovation should never slow down and, in fact, I do not think it will. However, innovating around the architectures and “baggage” of the second-generation systems is proving to be a challenge, in my opinion. The development, management, and operation of second-generation systems are becoming more expensive and, generally, only provide basic voice services are provided to end users.

I am trying to collect all of the requirements that have been submitted thus far in a single document that will not be considered accepted or rejected, but will serve as a starting point for further discussion and elaboration. Having read through some of the material, I still believe that it is important to receive contributions that speak to these areas:

Why is it important to consider development of a third-generation multimedia system? What are the business requirements that we need to consider as part of such an effort? What problems are we trying to solve? What modes of communication would we like to enable that are simply impossible or too costly due to constraints imposed by existing systems?

Perhaps you can also think of other fundamental questions that are still not answered or not answered sufficiently. In any case, we have just a few days left before the document registration deadline, so I would like to request that if you have some ideas to share, please request a document number from Mr. Okubo and submit a contribution. Even if your company is not a member of the ITU, contributions are still welcome at this next meeting!

Cheers! Paul