COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS REVIEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS Volume 9, Number 6 August – September 1998 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. TIA TR-41.3 And CSA T-510, Analog And Digital Wireline Telephones, May 14, 1998, Norfolk, VA..................................................2 TR-41.3 Meeting Roster, May 14, 1998, Norfolk, VA........................................................................................................................4 Q11/16 Circuit-Switched Network (CSN) Multimedia Terminals and Systems Experts Meeting, June 8-11, 1998, Cannes, France.......5 Systems..................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Mobile...................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Q11/16 Closing Session.........................................................................................................................................................................7 Q11/16 Experts Meeting Roster, June 8-11, 1998, Cannes, France....................................................................................................8 ITU-T STUDY GROUP 8, Terminal Equipment for Telematic Services, June 9 – 18, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland................................9 Decided SG8 Recommendations..........................................................................................................................................................10 Determined SG8 Recommendations....................................................................................................................................................10 Question 1/8, Facsimile Terminals.......................................................................................................................................................10 Question 2/8, Facsimile Test Charts and test images...........................................................................................................................16 Question 3/8, Cooperative Document Handling (including Binary File Transfer).............................................................................17 Question 4/8, Document communication services...............................................................................................................................18 Question 5/8, Color for telematic applications.....................................................................................................................................22 Question 6/8, Common Components for Image Communication.........................................................................................................24 Question 7/8, Coded character sets and control functions for telematic and other ITU-T services.................................................25 Study Group 8 Partial Meeting Roster, June 9 – 18, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland...............................................................................26 ETSI TIPHON Meeting #8, Jun 16-19, 1998, Helsinki, Finland..................................................................................................................27 Working Group 1, Requirements.........................................................................................................................................................28 Working Group 2, Architecture...........................................................................................................................................................30 Working Group 3, Call Control............................................................................................................................................................32 Working Group 4, Naming, Addressing..............................................................................................................................................32 Working Group 5, Quality of Service.................................................................................................................................................33 Working Group 6, Verification...........................................................................................................................................................33 TIPHON #8 Meeting Roster, June 16 – 19, 1998, Helsinki, Finland...................................................................................................34 ETSI Analog Terminals and Access (ATA) Meeting, June 22 – 26, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden...............................................................36 ATA Meeting Roster, June 22 - 26, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden..........................................................................................................41 ETSI TM6 Access Transmission Systems On Metallic Cables Meeting, June 22 – 26, 1998, Lulea, Sweden...........................................42 Q3/16 T120 Rapporteurs Meeting, June 22 – 26, 1998, Colorado Springs, CO...........................................................................................48 Q3/16 Rapporteur Meeting Roster, June 22 – 26, 1998, Colorado Springs, CO.................................................................................50 Q11/16 Circuit-Switched Network (CSN) Multimedia Terminals and Systems Experts Meeting,............................................................52 Mobile...................................................................................................................................................................................................52 Joint Meetings Of Q11/16 and Q15/16.................................................................................................................................................53 Q11/16 Work Plan................................................................................................................................................................................54 Q11/16 Experts Meeting Roster, July 21 – 23, 1998, Whistler, BC, Canada......................................................................................54 ITU-T Q15/16 Video Coding Experts Group, July 21 – 24, 1998, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada....................................................55 Deployment and Support of H.263 and H.263+..................................................................................................................................55 Joint Q15/16 and Q11/16 Meeting........................................................................................................................................................56 Test Model, Software, Encoding Optimization....................................................................................................................................59 Proposals and Demonstrations For H.263++ & H.26L........................................................................................................................60 Video Coding For Signing and Lip Reading.........................................................................................................................................62 Workplan For H.263++........................................................................................................................................................................62 Workplan For H.26L............................................................................................................................................................................63 Continuing Ad Hoc Committees...........................................................................................................................................................63 Q15/16 Experts Meeting Roster, July 21 – 24, 1998, Whistler, BC, Canada......................................................................................64 TR-30, Data Transmission Systems and Equipment, July 27 – 29, 1998, Quebec, PQ, Canada.................................................................65 TR-30.1, Modems.................................................................................................................................................................................65 TR-30.2, Data Transmission.................................................................................................................................................................65 TR-30.3, Data Communications Equipment Evaluation and Network Interfaces..............................................................................66 TR-30 Meeting Roster, July 27 – 29, 1998, Quebec, PQ, Canada......................................................................................................68 ITU-T Q23/16 PCM Modem Meeting, July 30 - 31, 1998, Quebec City, Canada.......................................................................................69 Q23/16 PCM Modem Meeting Roster, July 30 - 31, 1998, Quebec City, Canada..............................................................................71 Q4/15 DCEs for Subscriber Access Systems Rapporteurs Meeting, August 3 – 7, 1998, Antwerp, Belgium............................................72 Q4/15 Meeting Roster, August 3 – 7, 1998, Antwerp, Belgium..........................................................................................................79