COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW Volume 10, Number 6 July1999 In This Issue The following reports of recent standards meetings represent the view of the reporter and are not official, authorized minutes of the meetings. Report of ITU-T SG16, Multimedia, May 17 - 28, 1999, Santiago, Chile ....................................................2 Documents Approved by Resolution No. 1 Process................................................................................ 2 Other Documents Approved by the Study Group ...................................................................................3 Documents Determined (i.e., First Part of the Resolution No. 1 Approval Process).......................... 4 WP1, Low Rate Systems ...........................................................................................................................5 WP2, Services and High Rate Systems............................................................................................ ....... 7 WP3, Signal Processing......................................................................................................... ....................8 Q1/16 WP2, Audiovisual/multimedia Services..................................................................................... .. 10 Q2/16 WP2, Interactive Multimedia Information Retrieval Services (MIRS)..................................... 11 Q3/16 WP2, Data Protocols for Multimedia Conferencing.................................................................... 11 Q4/16 WP1, Modems for Switched Telephone Network and Telephone Type Leased Lines............. 12 Q5/16 WP1, ISDN Terminal Adapters, and Interworking of DTEs on ISDNs with DTEs on Other Networks............................................................................................................................... ......................14 Q6/16 WP1, DTE-DCE Interchange Circuits........................................................................................ 14 Q7/16 WP1, DTE-DCE Interface Protocols......................................................................................... ....15 Q8/16 WP1, DCE-DCE Protocols................................................................................................... ..........16 Q9/16 WP1, Accessibility to Multimedia for People with Disabilities.................................................. 16 Q10/16 WP1, Modem Testing...................................................................................................... ............. 18 Q11/16 WP2, Circuit Switched Network (CSN) Multimedia Systems and Terminals...................... 18 Q12/16 WP2, B-ISDN Multimedia Systems and Terminals................................................................. 21 Q13/16 WP2, Packet Switched Multimedia Systems and Terminals................................................... 23 Q14/16 WP2, Common Protocols, MCUs & Protocols for Interworking with H.300-series Terms.... 31 Q15/16 WP3, Advanced Video Coding.............................................................................................. ....... 36 Q16/16 and Q17/16, Multimedia Harmonization and Coordination..................................................... 40 Q19/16 WP3, Extension to Existing ITU-T Speech Coding Standards at Bit Rates Below 16 kbit/s 41 Q20/16 WP3, Audio and Wideband Coding in Public Telecommunication Networks........................ 43 Q21/16 WP3, Encoding of Speech Signals at Bit Rates around 4-kbit/s.............................................. 47 Q22/16 WP3, Software and Hardware Tools for Standardization of Speech and Audio Coding Algorithms ..................................................................................................................................................50 Q23/16 WP1, PCM Modems......................................................................................................... .............52 ITU-T SG/16 Meeting Roster, May 17 - 28, Santiago Chile................................................................... 54 Acronym Definitions .........................................................................................................................................58 1999 and 2000 Standards Committee Meeting Schedules as of June 25, 1999 ...........................................62 July 1999 Vol. 10.6 Copyright © CSR 1999 1 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW REPORT OF ITU-T SG16, MULTIMEDIA, MAY 17 - 28, 1999, SANTIAGO, CHILE DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION NO. 1 PROCESS Q Title Documents 1 F.700 Annex C.1, Control and processing elements descriptions COM 16-R 41© 1 F.700 revised Annex B.2, Communication task conferencing COM 16-R 41© 19 G.728 Annex I, Frame or packet loss concealment for the LD-CELP COM 16-R 44©, TD- decoder 25(PLEN) 19 G.728 Annex H, Corrigendum Variable bit rate LD-CELP operation COM 16-R 44© mainly for DCME at rates less than 16 kbit/s 11 H.221 revised, Frame structure for a 64 to 1920 kbit/s channel in COM 16-83© audiovisual teleservices 12 H.222.0 Amendment 5, ISO/IEC 13818-1, Information technology - COM 16-76© generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: systems 12 H.222.0 Amendment 6, ISO/IEC 13818-1, Information technology - COM 16-77©, TD- generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: 28(PLEN) systems 11 H.223 Annex D, Optional multiplexing protocol for low bit rate mobile COM 16-81©, D.308© multimedia communication over highly error-prone channels 13 H.225.0 Annex G*, Communication between administrative domains COM 16-75©, TD- 32(PLEN), TD-53(PLEN) 11 H.230 revised, Frame-synchronous control and indication signals for COM 16-84©, TD- audiovisual systems 18(PLEN) 11 H.242 revised, System for establishing communication between COM 16-85©, TD- audiovisual terminals using digital channels up to 2M kbit/s 19(PLEN) 14 H.245 version 5 Control protocol for multimedia communication COM 16-79©, TD- 54(PLEN) 15 H.262 Amendment 5, ISO/IEC 13818-2, Generic coding of video, high COM 16-82© level for the 4:2:2 profile 14 H.282 (ex-V.RDC), Remote device control protocol for multimedia COM 16-R 41© applications 14 H.283 (ex-H.RDC), Remote device control logical channel transport COM 16-78©, TD- 27(PLEN) 11 H.320 revised, Narrow-band visual telephone systems and terminal COM 16-86©, TD- equipment 17(PLEN) 13 H.323 Annex E, Framework and wire-protocol for multiplexed call COM 16-74©, TD- signaling transport 33(PLEN), TD-53(PLEN) 13 H.323 Annex F, Simple Endpoint Types (SET) COM 16-73©, TD- 52(PLEN) 14 H.341 (ex-H.media MIB), Multimedia management information base COM 16-80©, TD- 55(PLEN), TD-55Att© 13 H.450.4, Call hold supplementary service for H.323 COM 16-87© 13 H.450.5, Call park and call pickup supplementary services for H.323 COM 16-88© 13 H.450.6, Call waiting supplementary services for H.323 COM 16-89© 13 H.450.7, Message waiting indication supplementary service for H.323 COM 16-90© 3 T.123 revised, Network specific data protocol stacks for multimedia COM 16-R 41©, TD- conferencing 5(PLEN), TD-35(PLEN) 3 T.136 (ex-T.RDC), Remote device control application protocol COM 16-R 41© 4 V.8 Addendum, Modem handshake TD-39(PLEN) 23 V.91 (ex-V.adm), All digital modem (adm) operating at data signaling COM 16-72©, TD- rates of up to 64 000 bit/s for use on a 4-wire circuit switched connection 38(PLEN) and on leased point-to-point 4-wire digital circuits 5 V.120 Corrigendum, Support by an ISDN of DTEs with V-series type COM 16-R33© interfaces with provision for statistical multiplexing 7 V.250 revised, Serial asynchronous automatic dialing and control COM 16-R33© * The USA Administration applied the 4-week rule (i.e., requested a further 4 weeks for consideration) on this Recommendation. However, it is expected to pass. (See Q14/16 report, below.) 2 Vol. 10.6 Copyright © CSR 1999 July 1999 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW OTHER DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY THE STUDY GROUP Q Title Documents 19 Implementors Guide for G.723.1 Annexes A, B and G.729 Annex E TD-26(PLEN) 11 H.223 Implementors Guide Update TD-16(PLEN) 11 H.324 Implementors Guide Update TD-15(PLEN) 13 Implementors Guide for ITU-T H.323, H.225.0, H.245, H.246, H.235 and H.450 TD-37(PLEN), TD-56(PLEN) 9 & 15 Supplement to H.series Recommendations on Sign Language and Lip Reading D.290©* 3 Implementor’s Guide for T.120, T.124, T.127 TD-6 (PLEN) 4 Implementors Guide for V.8bis, Modem handshake TD-40(PLEN) 9 Implementors Guide for V.18, Operational and interworking requirements for TD-8(PLEN) DCEs operating in the text telephony mode * A copyright statement regarding the video material supplied with this Supplement is available in TD- 75(PLEN). In concurrence with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 (MPEG), ITU-T SG16 agrees to publish an integrated edition of common text Recommendations including the following texts: 1) ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1, Information technology - generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: systems Pub. Date Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 07/95 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.1 11/96 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.2 11/96 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.3 02/98 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.4 02/98 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.5 05/99 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.6 05/99 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Amd.7 to be 02/00 Q12 ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1 / Corr.1 03/97 2) ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2, Information technology - generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: