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Preliminary Notice of Joint Rapporteur Meeting in Geneva (10-14 March 2014)
by Paul E. Jones 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

Dear WP1/16 Experts, I am sending this email as preliminary notice of our intent, as discussed during this most recent SG16 meeting, to hold a Rapporteur Group meeting 10 - 14 March 2014 in Geneva. The complete text of the meeting invitation can be found on the AVC site here: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2013-2016/1403_Gen/Notice_1403_Gen.pdf As was mentioned during the SG16 meeting, hotel space during that week may be limited due to other events. However, booking early you should be able to find accommodations. We prepared the invitation a little early both to ensure that people have ample time to find accommodations and, due to the holidays approaching over the next few weeks in both the east and west, to ensure people have time to get a visa (if required). Note that, while the document registration deadline in the invitation is rather generous, we really need to have a fairly accurate count of registrations by early February so that we will know that we have sufficient contributions to go forward with the meeting. Therefore, please register contributions you intend to make as early as possible. All other details you will find in the above referenced meeting notice. Kindest Regards, Paul E. Jones

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Amazon testing 'octocopter' package-delivery drones
by Paul E. Jones 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

WP1/16 Experts, During the most recent meeting where we talked about conferencing robots, we talked about a class of robots like these: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57614166-93/amazon-testing-octocopter-pack… http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-dron… I found it interesting that this was revealed so soon after our meeting. I doubt there is a connection, but I nonetheless thought you might be interested in getting a glimpse of what is in the works. Paul

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Posting output documents
by Paul E. Jones 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

WP1/16 Experts, Now that this most recent SG16 meeting has concluded, I would like to request that you provide me with copies of output documents so that we can archive them at the avc-site here: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2013-2016/1310_Gen/1310_Gen.html I posted the input documents received already (though I see now that I listed them as output documents; I'll fix that soon). You can either email documents to me or post them to the /incoming directory. Kindest regards, Paul

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Meeting documents posted
by Paul E. Jones 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

WP1/16 Experts, Last week, I asked for people to send any input contributions they would like to have posted to the AVC Site. I have uploaded all of the documents that I received to this location: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2013-2016/1310_Gen/ If you sent a document to me that is missing and/or if you still have a document you would like for me to post, please send it and I will update the document listing. I look forward to seeing everyone in Geneva next week! Kindest regards, Paul

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Fwd: [T16ALL] SG16 - Deadline for contributions - Today
by Paul E. Jones 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

FYI. Also, as we have historically done, if you would either upload your contributions to the AVC site or email them to me, I will put them in the meeting directory on the AVC site. Cheers, Paul -------- Original Message -------- From: "Campos, Simao" <simao.campos(a)itu.int> Sent: Tue Oct 15 03:10:31 EDT 2013 To: "t13sg16all(a)lists.itu.int" <t13sg16all(a)lists.itu.int> Cc: "t13sg16mgt(a)lists.itu.int" <t13sg16mgt(a)lists.itu.int> Subject: [T16ALL] SG16 - Deadline for contributions - Today Dear all A reminder that today is the deadline for SG16 contributions. Best regards, Simão ><((((º>.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º>.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ===================================================================== Simão Ferraz de Campos Neto Counsellor, ITU-T SG 16 International Telecommunication Union Tel: +41-22-730-6805 Place des Nations Fax: +41-22-730-5853 Geneva CH1211 - Switzerland E-mail: simao.campos(a)itu.int On the web: www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16 ===================================================================== ***** Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty ***** =====================================================================

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Recent progress in H.323 and H.325
by Paul E. Jones 17 Sep '13

17 Sep '13

Folks, For the benefit of those who have not attended SG16 meetings recently, I want to share some of the more exciting work the group is doing in the area of IP-based multimedia communications (IPMC). Specifically, this message is focused on H.323 and H.325 (AMS) work. The work on H.325 has been moving forward slowly, partly due to changes in peoples' priorities due to the global economic crisis, but also do to challenges with finding the right path forward. The vision for what H.325 will enable has not substantially changed, but we had to find a way to realize that vision in a way that can actually be easily implemented. In recent meetings, I think that's starting to become clearer with new concepts being introduced in H.323 called "Assets". An Asset is a an application that implements a subset of the H.225.0 and H.245 protocols to provide a very specific function (or set of functions), such as an electronic whiteboard, file transfer, or application sharing. Each application type will be defined in its own Asset application specification. At a high level, the user's terminal and an Asset associate with each other using call-independent supplementary service messages, which are a type of message already defined and supported in H.323. In this way, we do not introduce new message types and messages will work over the existing H.323 infrastructure. Once devices are associated, they can be queried, invoked, and terminated using similar message constructs. Assets themselves register with the Gatekeeper as a "Simple Endpoint Type" (SET). Presently, H.323 defines two SET device types, so Assets will be a third type of SET. During the IMTC meeting that will be held in Portugal next month (http://imtc.org/forum2013/agenda.html), Spranto (http://www.spranto.com) will be there providing a live demonstration of the H.323 Asset concept. Not only that, but it will be a demonstration working through NAT/FW devices. This should be really interesting since, in my opinion, this represents the next-step in multimedia communications by bringing together a plurality of devices and applications to provide for a richer user experience. In parallel, we are now modeling the same approach in H.325. We're defining the H.325 signaling messages, working to ensure that we keep the number of message primitives to a minimum and to reduce the complexity of every entity. We also decided to switch to using JSON for signaling in H.325, which should be very interesting to developers. It should make it easier to build a web-based H.325 application, but it is also much easier to explain the protocol, extend it, etc. JSON has proven to be a very flexible and simple syntax. If you are interested in getting involved either the H.323 Asset work or the H.325 work, feel free to reach out to me. I've have been neglectful of the H.325 design mailing list for a while now, I know, due to my other priorities preempting a lot of my direct involvement. However, I would very much like to re-start the interim electronic meetings on H.325 if there is interest. We can do that following the upcoming SG16 meeting (28 October - 8 November). Just let me know and I'll make plans accordingly. In the meantime, I would definitely encourage you to try to make it to the IMTC meeting to see some of this new stuff in action. Cheers! Paul E. Jones Rapportuer, ITU-T Q2/SG16

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FW: [T16ALL] FW: Invitation to the III ITU Green Standards Week, Madrid 2013 (16-20 September 2013)
by Paul E. Jones 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

FYI From: Campos, Simao [mailto:simao.campos@itu.int] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 3:02 AM To: t13sg16all(a)lists.itu.int Subject: [T16ALL] FW: Invitation to the III ITU Green Standards Week, Madrid 2013 (16-20 September 2013) Dear Colleagues, can you please share the invitation below with your networks? The Green Standards Week is a global event and we would like to have the participation from people from all over the world. Thank you in advance for your help with the promotion of this event. Many thanks, (On behalf of) Ms Cristina Bueti <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1377795449-ba2a80c8faa2e636de1c1625ee95ed5 b-1e51af6?pa=524266470951368624> <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1377795449-64be727d827c9c2076d74460f552b65 1-1e51af6?pa=524266470951368624> <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1377795449-9713101cd18504b6b67f996287d4c28 8-1e51af6?pa=524266470951368624> <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1377795449-f27a962453354e311d50a8f4ee6b33a c-1e51af6?pa=524266470951368624>

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Interesting technical presentations @ IMTC 20th Anniversary Forum
by Patrick Luthi 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Dear Experts, As many of you know, I have been involved with IMTC for a number of years. IMTC (www.imtc.org) invites you and your organization members to participate in its 20th Anniversary Forum taking place in Porto, Portugal between the 8th and 10th of October. This year we are focusing on WebRTC, H.265, spatial audio, VoLTE and video clouds, with some of the biggest names of the industry sharing their knowledge and vision about these technologies. We have a glittering list of keynote speakers: Laurent Philonenko - VP & CTO, Collaboration Technology Group, Cisco Pedro Falcão - Director (Deputy CTO), Network Engineering & Planning, Portugal Telecom Touradj Ebrahimi - Professor, Head of Multimedia Signal Processing Group, EPFL Annicken Rød - Founder & Evangelist, Corporate Spring Tom-Erik Lia - CEO and Co-founder, Videxio Jeff Pulver - Chairman, Zula In the video coding session, you will happy to learn that 2 of our SG16 friends and colleagues, Thomas Wiegand and Sakae Okubo, will be presenting. The theme of the IMTC 20th Anniversary Forum is "Today and tomorrow of visual communications, building on 20 years of technology breakthroughs." As you can see in the agenda (http://imtc.org/forum2013/agenda.html), all our speakers will share their insight on the latest in Internet audio/video technologies, and discuss how we got here. There is an early-bird special for registrants who complete their order by September 14th (http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1233016) - so don't miss out! We look forward to seeing you there! You can find more information here: http://bit.ly/IMTCForum. Please feel free to forward this message to some of your member mailing lists and any interested parties! Best regards, Patrick Luthi Rapporteur for Q1/16 Chairman, IMTC 20th Anniversary Forum Planning Committee

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Oslo meeting report posted
by Paul E. Jones 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Dear WP1/16 Experts, My apologies for not sending this note a little earlier. The meeting report for the Oslo meeting has been posted to the AVC site and also posted as a TD for the upcoming SG16 meeting. If you want to read the final report, you can access it here: http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/avc-site/2013-2016/1306_Osl/AVD-4470.zip The report is also posted as TD 77R1/WP1: https://www.itu.int/md/dologin_md.asp?lang=en <https://www.itu.int/md/dologin_md.asp?lang=en&id=T13-SG16-131028-TD-WP1-007 7!R1!MSW-E> &id=T13-SG16-131028-TD-WP1-0077!R1!MSW-E Cheers! Paul

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Document submission deadline is today
by Paul E. Jones 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

WP2/16 Experts, This is to remind you of the following deadline (today): /// Distribution of the document: by 23:59 UTC, 10 June 2013 /// The current list of registered documents can be found here: http://www.packetizer.com/standards/itu-sg16/wp1/ You may also register a TD at that URL. Paul

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