FYI - SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF

[Euchner Martin]

just for your information for those interested in H.323/SIP:

I would like to draw your attention to an activity group already debating
H.323-SIP interworking for quite a while: IMTC aHIT!. To my knowledge they
already came out with some first results on architectures and interworking
scenarios. Please get in touch with this group and consider their results.
see also http://www.imtc.org/act_ahit.htm <http://www.imtc.org/act_ahit.htm>
and discussions on their mailing list.

Thus, it appears to me that there are already quite a few groups (IETF,
IMTC, ETSI) discussing H323/SIP interworking. I do not quite see necessity
to have ITU-T SG16 as yet another group for this topic.

regards

Martin.

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Joon Maeng [SMTP:joon_maeng at VTEL.COM]
        Sent:   Saturday, March 04, 2000 6:56 PM
        To:     ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.intel.com
        Subject:        Re: FYI - SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF

        Roy, you your are right.  It is focused on the SIP and H.323
interworking.
        I attached the tentative agenda for the BOF.  Depending on the
speakers we
        identify, the agenda may inlcude some presenters but the main focus
will not
        be modified.
        Regards,
        Joon

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        BOF: SIP and H.323 Interworking (sip323)
        Area: Transport
        Time requested: one 1 hour slot
        Chairs: Joon Maeng <joon_maeng at vtel.com>
                Dave Walker <drwalker at ss8networks.com>

        Description:

        There are two competing standards in the industry for establishing
and
        managing real-time interactive media communications over IP.  One is
the
        proposed IETF standard, Session Initiation Protocol (RFC 2543), and
the
        other is the ITU recommendation, H.323.  Although they use the same
        protocol (RTP) for media streaming, they cannot establish calls
between
        them.  In the absence of any formal interoperability standards, many
        vendors are beginning to develop proprietary application gateways
for
        interworking between SIP and H.323.

        In order to provide interoperability between the two standards, it
is
        urgent to define a common interworking specifications for the
industry.
        The recognition of the need for this interworking specification has
lead
        to calls for its development from both manufacturers and service
        providers, individually and through industry consortia (such as
IMTC)
        and other bodies concerned with interoperability (such as ETSI).

        In this BOF, we are going to discuss SIP and H.323 interworking
issues,
        execution plans and the scope of the work.

        Agenda:

        - Do we need SIP-H.323 interworking?
        - Coordination with other groups?
        - Scope of interworking
        - Outcome of the work?
        - Suggestions?

        Helpful reading:
            - draft-singh-sip-h323-00.txt
            - SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (RFC 2543)
            - SDP: Session Description Protocol (RFC 2327)
            - ITU recommendations: H.323, H.225.0, H.245

        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Roy, Radhika R, ALARC [mailto:rrroy at att.com]
        > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 3:12 PM
        > To: ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.intel.com
        > Subject: Re: FYI - SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF
        >
        >
        > Hi, Everyone:
        >
        > It appears that BOF is focused only on SIP-H.323 Interworking (not
        > H.323-Internet Interworking as titled by Orit).  I guess that
        > Joon and Dave
        > will clarify this better.
        >
        > Best regards,
        > Radhika R. Roy
        > AT&T
        >
        > > -----Original Message-----
        > > From: Orit Levin [SMTP:orit at radvision.com]
        > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 3:57 PM
        > > To:   ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM
        > > Subject:      Re: FYI - SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF
        > >
        > > Great!
        > > I am attaching the revised so far TOR. Please, send your
comments.
        > > Hope you will find it useful in Australia.
        > > Best regards,
        > > Orit Levin
        > > RADVision Inc.
        > > 575 Corporate Drive Suite 420
        > > Mahwah, NJ 07430
        > > Tel: 1 201 529 4300  (230)
        > > Fax: 1 201 529 3516
        > > www.radvision.com
        > > orit at radvision.com
        > > -----Original Message-----
        > > From: Joon Maeng <joon_maeng at VTEL.COM>
        > > To: ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM <ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM>
        > > Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:18 PM
        > > Subject: FYI - SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF
        > >
        > >
        > > >Hi folks.  There will be a SIP-H.323 Interworking BOF at
        > the IETF meeting
        > > in
        > > >Australia.  Dave Walker with SS8 Networks and I will chair
        > the BOF. You
        > > can
        > > >find the agenda at
        http://www.ietf.org/meetings/IETF-47.html when IETF
        > posts
        > >agendas.
        > >Regards,
        > >Joon << File: H323-Internet.zip >>