Executive Summary of the meeting
Major Plenary accomplishments:
- Consented Recommendations: 36 at this meeting.
- Recommendations Decided/Determined/Approved: none at this meeting
- Recommendations deleted or proposed for deletion: none
- Other texts approved: errata (0), appendices (0), supplements (2), technical papers (1), and implementors’ guides (2)
- Changes in SG 16 Question set:
- The final text of the set of Questions for SG 16 approved by WTSA-08 is found online in the SG 16 home page
- After discussion of COM16-C.2, changes were agreed by WP 2/16 to the text of Q28/16 (Multimedia framework for e-health applications). The changes (see below) will be formally approved by the SG at its next meeting in October 2009.
- SG 16 will be organized in three working parties, as follows:
|
WP |
Title |
Questions allocated |
Leadership |
| 1 |
Network signal processing and voiceband terminals |
14/16,
15/16,
16/16,
18/16 |
Chairman:
Mr Harald Kullmann (Deutsche Telekom, Germany) |
| 2 |
Applications and systems |
1/16,
2/16,
3/16,
4/16,
12/16,
13/16,
21/16,
22/16,
24/16,
25/16,
27/16,
28/16 |
Co-Chairmen:
Mr Noah Luo (China)
Mr Seong-Ho Jeong (Korea)
Vice-chairman:
Yoshinori Goto (NTT, Japan) |
| 3 |
Media
coding |
6/16,
7/16,
8/16,
9/16,
10/16 |
Chairman:
Ms Claude Lamblin (France) |
|
- Rapporteurs were appointed for all 23 Questions of SG 16. For details, see
below
- Following the WTSA-08 mandate to coordinate its studies with ITU-T SG 9,
collocated meetings of both study groups were held in the week of 2-6 February 2009.
Two joint study group sessions were held, see report in TD
79 (P) (TIES account needed). Major achievements:
- Identification of areas of common interest: accessibility, home networking, IPTV, media coding, and service platforms
- Joint rapporteur group sessions held for IPTV, home networking and video coding
- Draft collaboration methods were discussed, see TD
17R1 (P) (TIES account needed)
- Focal points were nominated to coordinate the joint work: Mr Satoshi Miyaji (KDDI/Japan) for SG 9 and Mr Yoshinori Goto (NTT/Japan) for SG 16
- Focal mailing lists were created for home networking, IPTV, media coding, and service platform discussions. See the complete list
here
- Opening plenary of future meetings of both SGs will start on the same day; the plenary of SG 9 will take place in the morning, while SG 16’s will be in the afternoon. Similar to current practice, SG 9 will continue to run for five days, while SG 16 will run for 9.5 days.
- List of interim meetings pre-approved: see
related link
- Final text of outgoing Liaison Statements: see
related link (TIES account needed)
The meeting had 235 registered participants during the meeting period (compared to 240 at the last meeting). The final list of participants is available in TD
16 (P).
Dates of next SG 16 meeting and interim Working Party meetings
In order to allow the collocated meeting with ITU-T SG 9 starting the first day of
meeting of both groups and taking into consideration the room availability in ITU
headquarters, the meeting dates for SG 16 have been delayed by one week,
namely 26 October – 6 November 2009 (instead of 20-30 October 2009).
The venue remains Geneva, Switzerland.
Two interim working party meetings are planned:
- WP 2/16, Geneva, 26 June 2009
- WP 3/16, Geneva, 10 July 2009
Map of meeting reports & Liaison Statements (as seen by the SG 16 Plenary)
|
|
Plen |
WP1 |
WP2 |
WP3 |
| Meeting
Report |
Q20: TD 80 (P)
Q26: TD 61 (P) |
TD 70 (P) |
TD 71R1 (P) |
TD 72R1 (P) |
Liaison Statements*
(43 in total) |
Q20: TD 46 (P)
Q26: TD 62 (P) |
TD 73 (P) |
TD 74R1 (P) |
TD 75R1 (P) |
| Work
programme |
Q26: TD 61 (P) §3 |
TD 76 (P) |
TD 77R1 (P) |
TD 78R1 (P) |
|
|
Summary of Questions’ Results
Question 1/16 Summary
Question 1/16 had a successful meeting and principally worked on progressing CS-IMS interworking in H.324/M. Several recommendations of the H.320-series and H.324 were revised at this meeting. Q1/16 reviewed some input documents concerning changes to ITU-T H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1. Q1/16 proposed four Recommendations, one amendment and one corrigendum for Consent (H.222.0 Cor. 2, H.222.0 Amd.3, H.221, H.230, H.242, and H.324). It was agreed that Last Call for H.324 would be delayed until 30 March 2009 to allow extended review opportunity to the experts.
Question 2/16 Summary
Question 2/16 reviewed several matters in relation with enhancements to the existing standards, allowing for features such as multi-language caller and called party identification, conference list features and master/slave designation. The NAT/firewall traversal work on H.460.23 and H.460.24 was progressed during this meeting and the text of those two proposed new recommendations is getting close to finalization. The H.323 Implementors’ Guide (i.e., collection of defect reports) was revised at this meeting and proposed for Approval and Q2/16 produced a Corrigendum to H.235.6.
Question 3/16 Summary
Question 3/16 reviewed some 108 documents. It continued work on a number of existing work items which has resulted in 13 Recommendations for Consent: Revised H.248.14, H.248.19 Amd.2, Revised H.248.42, H.248.52 Amd.1, Revised H.248.53, H.248.56 Cor.1, New H.248.60, New H.248.61, New H.28.63, New H.248.65, New H.248.68, New H.248.69 and New H.248.70. In addition to these Recommendations Q3/16 prepared two documents for approval: Revised H-Series Supplement 2 “Packages Guide” and the H.248 Sub-Series Implementors’ Guide. Q3/16 started four new work items: revised H.248.4, revised H.248.5, new H.248.MRCP and new H.248.PACKETS. Q3/16 prepared two Liaison Statements.
Question 4/16 Summary
Question 4/16 has completed work on the draft new Supplement ITU-T H.hnqos.analysis “Analysis of Class-based Home Network QoS Solutions.” It was agreed to move the document forward for Approval at this meeting. In addition, Q4/16 made some progress in the work on the draft new Rec. ITU-T H.codec.qoe “An Adaptive QoE Control Framework based on Variable Bit Rate Codec in Wireless Networks” by providing more functional descriptions of components of the framework.
Question 6/16 Summary
A substantial portion of the work of Question 6/16 is also conducted jointly with ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 29/WG 11 (MPEG) in an organization known as "the JVT" (Joint Video Team) and with ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1 (JPEG/JBIG). A meeting of the JVT has been held in a co-located fashion with this meeting of SG 16. The ongoing JVT work is currently concentrated on the maintenance and development of extensions for Rec. H.264 (a Twin Text Recommendation with ISO/IEC 14496-10) and associated Rec. H.264.1 conformance and Rec. H.264.2 reference software, including work on multi-view video coding (MVC) and supplemental enhancement information (SEI). The primary goals for Q6/16 at this meeting of SG 16 were to review the progress of Q6 and JVT work, to reach AAP Consent on those work items that have reached sufficient maturity, and to plan future work.
Question 7/16 Summary
Question 7/16 experts agreed to move for approval the technical paper HSTP.MCTA on Toolbox for Content Coding (Audio codecs part). The different incoming LS were also addressed. One interim meeting is planned 6-10 July 2009.
Question 8/16 Summary
Question 8/16 made good progress during this meeting. The GSAD Terms of Reference have been approved, and initial drafts of performance evaluation and processing plans developed. It has been agreed to move forward with a selection phase to evaluate candidate GSAD algorithms (fixed point), with a schedule leading to Consent of a new Recommendation in October 2009. One interim meeting is planned 6-10 July 2009.
Question 9/16 Summary
Question 9/16 discussed the validation of the floating point Annex to G.718, based upon Rec. ITU-T P.862.2 scores for the Optimization/Characterization Phase I test conditions. It was agreed that the floating point version of G.718 provides comparable performance to the fixed point code. A new draft Amendment 1 to Recommendation ITU-T G.718 was compiled and agreed for Consent during the meeting, which contains, in addition to the G.718 floating point extension, a series of corrections to the fixed-point C-code and the text of G.718. The subjective tests of the Optimization/Characterization Phase II were reported to be under way and would be completed in time for a review of results by SG12 at their March 2009 meeting. The results of SG12 deliberations will then be reviewed by Q9/16 at a future meeting (possibly in July 2009). Question 9/16 will also draft Technical Paper with performance testing data for G.718 in close coordination with Q10/16 (which will be producing equivalent information for the other speech and audio codecs standardized by ITU). One interim meeting is planned 6-10 July 2009.
Question 10/16 Summary
The main outcome of Question 10/16 for this meeting is as follows. Two new Amendments were Consented: G.719 Amd.2 with new Annex C for G.719 packet format identifier and capability parameters, and G.711.1 Amd.2 with new Annex B for usage within H.245 together with some corrections to the text of the G.711.1 Recommendation. For superwideband extension to G.711.1 and G.722, qualification phase has been prepared and the stereo part of the terms of reference (ToR) has been agreed. The time schedule of this work item has been reviewed and agreed and the Qualification meeting will be in early July 2009. For G.711 lossless compression, the preparation of the selection phase has been finalized. The time schedule of this work item has also been reviewed and agreed. The Consent meeting for the outcome of this work item is foreseen at next WP3/16 plenary meeting in early July 2009. As for superwideband extension to G.718 and G.729.1, the list of conditions has been finalized and agreed. The time schedule has been reviewed and a modified version was agreed. The Consent meeting is foreseen at next SG16 plenary meeting. The next release of the ITU-T Software Tool Library (STL) is under preparation and it is foreseen to be ready for Consent in October 2009. Studies started for extension of G.711 PCM to achieve higher quality: a new work item was launched to explore quality enhancement via pre- and post-processing. The list of test conditions to assess the quality of these pre- and post-processing has been discussed and agreed. The approval of the first results is expected for the next SG16 plenary meeting. It was also agreed to work on technical papers collecting ITU-T G.71x and G.72x performance in close collaboration with SG12. Question 9/16 will also work on content for G.718, which will be subsequently provided to Q10/16 for harmonization and integration in the main Technical Paper or Supplement. A Liaison Statement to SG 12 was issued and one interim meeting is planned 6-10 July 2009.
Question 12/16 Summary
Question 12/16 made progress toward the development of requirements and architecture for the new Advanced Multimedia System (AMS). The experts of Q12 reviewed incoming liaison statements, agreed upon new and modified requirements for AMS, and agreed upon revisions to the AMS terminal architecture specification, revisions to the AMS service node specification and updated the AMS working assumptions. We also communicated with other SDOs and ITU-T Study Groups in order to help progress the work and coordinate activities.
Question 13/16 Summary
Question 13/16 reviewed all the contributions and LS statements. We have initiated six new documents and produced in all 21 documents. The roadmap of IPTV standards under SG 16 has been updated. Four draft new Recommendations were Consented: Content delivery error recovery for IPTV services (ITU-T Rec. H.701, ex H.IPTV-CDER), IPTV terminal device: Basic model (ITU-T Rec. H.721, ex H.IPTV-TDES.2), Overview of multimedia application frameworks for IPTV (ITU-T Rec. H.760, ex H.IPTV-MAFR.0) and Nested context language (NCL) and Ginga-NCL for IPTV (ITU-T Rec. H.761, ex H.IPTV-MAFR.9). Various meetings and audio conference calls are planned between February and October 2009.
Question 14/16 Summary
The goal of Question 14/16 at this meeting was to continue the development of Recommendations V.150.1, V.151, V.152 and V.IP2IP-VxF and complete the Draft for new Recommendation V.AMAT. The group made good progress on V.152 and V.IP2IP-VxF but unfortunately no contributions or updated editor drafts were available on V.151 and V.AMAT, so the goals set for consent of these Recommendations were not met. The Rapporteur will encourage renewed effort to complete these Recommendations for the next meeting of SG16.
Question 15/16 Summary
Two contributions and eighteen temporary documents were received in this meeting. One contribution proposes additions/changes to I.733 and the proposal was adopted. Q.15 has the consensus in putting Recommendation ITU-T I.733 forward for consent. Corrigendum 1 to G.763 was Consented and officially approves the defect corrections previously identified in the G.763 Implementors’ Guide. Some updates were made in G.IP2IP. One interim meeting is proposed.
Question 16/16 Summary
Further progress was made in Question 16/16 on drafting text for revised Rec. ITU-T G.168 (Digital network echo cancellers), revised Rec. ITU-T G.160 (Voice enhancement devices) and revised Rec. ITU-T G.169 (Automatic level control devices). Work on revised Appendix II to G.160 covering objective measures for characterizing noise reduction functions also progressed. G.168 was Consented at this meeting. One interim meeting is proposed.
Question 18/16 Summary
At this meeting, Question 18/16 advanced the work on drafting new Recommendation G.MDCSPNE “Mechanism for dynamic coordination of SPNE”, revised Recommendation ITU-T G.161 "Interaction aspects of signal processing network equipment" and new Recommendation G.SPNE “Signal Processing Network Equipment”. One Liaison Statement was sent to IETF, SG 11 and the FG-FITCAR II. The Question plans to hold one interim meeting.
Question 20/16 Summary
Q20/16 reviewed activities related to multimedia coordination, including outcome of recent IPTV-GSI and NGN-GSI Events, participation in the Fully Networked Car Workshop, organization of an e-Health Workshop. It also reviewed progress on Home networking and TDR priority issues. The Question produced an outgoing LS inviting ITU-T, ITU-R and ITU-D study groups to provide representatives for coordination activates connected to multimedia coding, systems and applications.
Question 21/16 Summary
Q.21/16 discussed architecture aspects of home network, particularly resource control functions within and outside home network. Due to proximity to NGN activities, it is agreed to keep close cooperation with SG13. Taking into account recent development of multimedia service applications for NGN environment, the draft text of multimedia architecture for NGN (H.mmarch) is updated. Networked ID including ID resolution protocol, USN and Visual Surveillance are discussed jointly with Q.22/16.
Taking advantage of collocated meeting with SG9, a joint meeting with relevant Questions of ITU-T SG 9 on home network was held. It was agreed to continue this collaboration in the context of Service Delivery Platform and Home Network.
Question 22/16 Summary
At this SG16 meeting, Question 22/16 experts met for 6 sessions including three joint sessions with Q21/16 and one joint session with Q25/16. Technical areas covered were service awareness, NID, USN, visual surveillance. Based on the discussion, F.VSreqs and F.MSATC were updated but they were found not to be mature enough for Consent at this meeting. It was agreed to move F.usn-mw to Q25/16, but joint work by Q22/16 and Q25/16 is be needed until it can be consented. Regarding NID issues, it was concluded after an extensive debate that more contributions are needed to perfect our understanding of some essential issues.
Question 24/16 Summary
Question 24/16 is a new Question. Based on proposals received, a new work item on service awareness and traffic control functional component (“H.SA&TCFC”) was created and an initial skeleton was developed.
Question 25/16 Summary
Question 25/16 is a new Question and considered 18 input documents. It produced eight output documents, including five outgoing LS. In this first meeting, good amount of time was spent to clarify the scope of work and its relationship with other SG 16 Questions, in particular Q22/16, and to define the work program for Q25/16. Contributions are requested to progress all identified work items. It was agreed that while the main responsibility for F.usn-mw is transferred from Q22/16 to Q25/16, both Questions will work together to develop it.
Question 26/16 Summary
Question 26/16 received no contributions to its work but dealt with a number of liaison statements and other information documents. The work programme was revised, adding items on the effects on our work of Resolution 70 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was decided to start work on creating a Recommendation in the ITU-T F.700-series on relay services. A joint meeting with Question 4/2 and Question 20/1 (ITU-D) was proposed together with an accessibility event in October/November 2009. Work will continue by correspondence.
Question 27/16 Summary
The meeting reviewed the vehicle gateway work completed to-date and discussed the need for future Contributions. A presentation on the Q27/16 work is planned for the upcoming Networked Car Workshop, and a Rapporteurs meeting is planned in Geneva during the week of 22 – 26 June, 2009.
Question 28/16 Summary
Question 28/16 met to discuss its terms of reference and how to renew its efforts for standardization. We reviewed two contributions, updated the text of the Question, and reconfirmed plans for the development of F.ehmmf. A LS was prepared to eHSCG, ISO TC215, WSC Medical Technology Task Force, HL7, ITU-D, ITU-T Q9/17 informing on the current plans. A Rapporteurs meeting is planned in Geneva during the week of 22 – 26 June, 2009.
Recommendations Consented by SG 16 on the closing Plenary
|
Description |
Documents* |
AAP/LC** |
|
ITU-T Rec. G.168 “Digital network echo cancellers”(Rev.) |
TD 45 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. G.711.1 (2008) Amd.2: “Wideband embedded extension for
G.711 pulse code modulation: New Annex B on G.711.1 usage in H.245
and editorial corrections to the main body text” (New) |
TD 60 (P) + Cor.1 |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. G.718 Amd.1 “Frame error robust narrowband and wideband
embedded variable bit-rate coding of speech and audio from 8-32 kbit/s:
Floating point annex plus corrections to fixed-point C-code and
description text” (New) |
TD 64 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. G.719 Amd.2 “New Annex C on G.719 packet format,
capability identifier and capability parameters” (New) |
TD 40R1 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. G.763 (1998) Cor.1 “Digital circuit multiplication
equipment using G.726 ADPCM and digital speech interpolation:
Corrections” (New) |
TD 48 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.221 “Frame structure for a 64 to 1920 kbit/s channel in
audiovisual teleservices” (Rev.) |
TD 23 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 (2006) | ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007 Amd.3 “Information
technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio
information: Systems: Transport of scalable video over ITU-T Rec.
H.222.0 | ISO/IEC 13818-1” (New) |
TD 22 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.222.0 (2006) | ISO/IEC 13818-1:2007 Cor.2 “Information
technology - Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio
information: Systems: Correction of transfer rate Rxn in the T-STD
model” (New) |
TD 21 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.230 “Frame-synchronous Control and Indication Signals
for Audiovisual Systems” (Rev.) |
TD 24 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.235.6 (2005) Cor.1 “H.323 security: Voice encryption
profile with native H.235/H.245 key management: Correction of
defects” (New) |
TD 44 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.242 “System for establishing communication between
audiovisual terminals using digital channels up to 2 Mbit/s” (Rev.) |
TD 25 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.14 “Gateway control protocol: Inactivity timer
package” (Rev.) |
TD 32 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.19 Amd.2 “ Gateway Control Protocol: Decomposed
multipoint control unit, audio, video and data conferencing
packages: Floor Control Enhancements” (New) |
TD 53 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.42 “Gateway control protocol: DCME interworking
package” (Rev.) |
TD 36 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.52 Amd.1 “Gateway Control Protocol: QoS Support
Packages” (New) |
TD 50 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.53 “Gateway Control Protocol: Traffic Management
Packages” (Rev.) |
TD 57R1 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.56 Cor.1 “Gateway Control Protocol: Packages for
virtual private network support: VLAN package clarifications” (New) |
TD 33R1 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.60 “Gateway Control Protocol: Identification of
Content of Communication” (New) |
TD 31 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.61 “Gateway Control Protocol: Packages for Network
Level H.248 Statistics” (New) |
TD 34R1 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.63 “Gateway Control Protocol: Resource Management
Packages” (New) |
TD 54 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.65 “Gateway Control Protocol: Support of the
Resource reservation protocol” (New) |
TD 29 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.68 “Gateway Control Protocol: Removal of Digits and
Tones Package” (New) |
TD 55 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.69 “Gateway Control Protocol: Packages for MSRP and
H.248 Interworking” (New) |
TD 56 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.248.70 “Gateway Control Protocol: Dialling Method
Information Package” (New) |
TD 52 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.262 (2000) | ISO/IEC 13818-2:2000 Amd.3 “Information
technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio
information: Video: New level for 1080@50p/60p” (New) |
TD 67 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.264 (11/2007) “Advanced video coding for generic
audiovisual services” (Rev.) |
TD 66 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.324 “Terminal for low bit-rate multimedia
communication” (Rev.) |
TD 47 (P) |
AAP10*** |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.701 (ex H.IPTV-CDER) “Content delivery error recovery
for IPTV services” (New) |
TD 86 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.721 (ex H.IPTV-TDES.2) “IPTV terminal device: Basic
model” (New) |
TD 83 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.760 (ex H.IPTV-MAFR.0) “Overview of multimedia
application frameworks for IPTV” (New) |
TD 82 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. H.761 (ex H.IPTV-MAFR.9) “Nested context language (NCL)
and Ginga-NCL for IPTV” (New) |
TD 65 (P) |
AAP08 |
|
ITU-T Rec. I.733 “Voice on ATM circuit multiplication equipment”
(New) |
TD 49 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. T.800 (08/2002) | ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 Amd.2 “Information
technology – JPEG 2000 image coding system: Core coding system:
Extended profiles for cinema and video production and archival
applications” (New) |
TD 69R1 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. T.803 | ISO/IEC 15444-4 Cor.1 “Information technology –
JPEG 2000 image coding system: Conformance testing: Correction to
G.4.4” (New) |
TD 68 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. T.832 (ex T.JXR-2) “JPEG XR image coding system – Image
coding specification” (New) |
TD 89 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
ITU-T Rec. V.152 Amd.1: “New Annex B on use of data signal detection
and silence insertion in voiceband data and Annex C on use of V.21
preamble for echo canceller control in a V.152 Gateway” (New) |
TD 51 (P) |
AAP07 |
|
|
|
|
Recommendations Approved by SG 16 on the closing Plenary (according to
A.8 §5)
None at this meeting.
Recommendations Decided by SG 16 on the closing Plenary
None at this meeting.
Other texts approved by SG 16
|
Implementors’ Guides |
Document |
|
H.248 Sub-series Implementors’ Guide (Rev.) |
TD 42 (P) |
|
H.323 System Implementors’ Guide (Rev.) |
TD 39R1 (P) |
|
Supplements |
Document |
|
H-Series Supplement 2 “H.248 Sub-Series: Packages Guide Release 12”
(Rev.) |
TD 41 (P) |
|
H-Series Supplement 11 (ex H.hnqos.analysis) “Analysis of
class-based home network QoS solutions” (New) |
TD 88 (P) |
|
Technical Papers |
Document |
|
HSTP-MCTA “Media coding toolbox for IPTV – Audio codecs” (New) |
TD 63 (P) |
Texts deleted or proposed for deletion by SG 16
None.
Updates in the SG 16 management team and Rapporteurs
This is the list of SG 16 Questions and the Rapporteurs and Associate Rapporteurs
appointed at this meeting. The updated list can be found in the SG 16
webpage.
|
Q1/16 |
Multimedia Systems, Terminals and Data Conferencing (Mr Patrick Luthi, Tandberg/Norway) |
|
Q2/16 |
H.323 real-time multimedia system (Mr Paul Jones, Cisco/USA) |
|
Q3/16 |
Multimedia Gateway Control Architectures and Protocols (Mr Christian
Groves, Australia) |
|
Q4/16 |
Advanced functions for H.300-series systems and beyond (Mr Seong-Ho
Jeong, Korea) |
|
Q6/16 |
Visual Coding (Mr. Gary Sullivan, Microsoft, USA; Associate: Thomas Wiegand, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany) |
|
Q7/16 |
System and coordination aspects of media coding (Mr Hervé Taddei,
Huawei Technologies, China) |
|
Q8/16 |
Generic sound activity detection (Mr Paul Coverdale, Huawei
Technologies, China) |
|
Q9/16 |
Embedded variable bit rate coding of speech signals (Mr Jon Gibbs,
Motorola UK, UK) |
|
Q10/16 |
Speech and audio coding and related software tools (Mr. Hervé Taddei,
Huawei Technologies, China; Associate: Yusuke Hiwasaki, NTT, Japan) |
|
Q12/16 |
Advanced multimedia system for NGN and future packet-switched
networks (Mr Paul Jones, Cisco/USA; Associate: Mr Brody Kenrick,
Dilithium/USA) |
|
Q13/16 |
Multimedia application platforms and end systems for IPTV (Mr
Masahito Kawamori, NTT/Japan) |
|
Q14/16 |
Voiceband modems and facsimile terminals protocols: specification,
performance evaluation and interworking with NGN (Mr Keith Chu,
Teridian/USA) |
|
Q15/16 |
Voice gateway signal processing functions and circuit multiplication
equipment / systems (Mr Dominic Ho, Nortel Network/Canada) |
|
Q16/16 |
Speech enhancement functions in signal processing network equipment
(Mr Bob Reeves, BT/UK) |
|
Q18/16 |
Interaction aspects of signal processing network equipment (Mr Harald Kullmann, Deutsche Telekom/Germany) |
|
Q20/16 |
Multimedia coordination (Mr Mark Neibert, USA) |
|
Q21/16 |
Multimedia Architecture (Mr Yoshinori Goto, NTT/ Japan; Associate Ms
Mingjun Sun, CATR/China) |
|
Q22/16 |
Multimedia applications and services (Mr Noah Luo, Huawei/China) |
|
Q24/16 |
Multimedia functions in NGN and other networks (Mr Baohong He, CATR/China) |
|
Q25/16 |
USN Applications and Services (Mr Hyoung Jun Kim, ETRI/Korea.) |
|
Q26/16 |
Accessibility to Multimedia Systems and Services (Mr
Bill Pechey, UK) |
|
Q27/16 |
Vehicle gateway platform for telecommunication/ITS
services/applications (Mr Mark Neibert, USA; Associate: Ms Soyeon
Lee, ETRI/Korea) |
|
Q28/16 |
Multimedia framework for e-health applications (Mr Masahito
Kawamori, NTT/Japan) |
Representatives and other roles
The group also nominated Mr Bill Pechey (UK) to represent SG 16 in the ITU-T Standardization Committee for Vocabulary (SCV) and a number of Liaison Officers. See the
webpage for the latest information.
Open positions:
- Liaison Officer to ITU-T SG 17 (Security), 3GPPs, OMA, ETSI TISPAN, IPR Ad hoc
- EWM Coordinator
- SG 16 Promotion Officer
Updated text for Question 28/16 – Multimedia framework for e-health applications
(Continuation of Question 28/16)
Motivation
The evolution of advanced digital telecommunication techniques has enabled the development of multimedia systems to support e-health applications, in particular in the area of telemedicine.
E-health designates the use of information and communication technology (ICT) means to support health needs, while telemedicine is considered as that part of e-health where telecommunication systems which allow interconnecting remote locations and to access distant resources. Examples of telemedicine applications are teleconsulting, teleradiology, telesurgery, etc. (See note below for the definitions from the World Health Organization.)
This Question focuses on standardization of multimedia systems to support e-health applications.
In order to allow a wide deployment of e-health applications (with an initial focus on telemedicine applications), in particular in developing countries, it is important to achieve interoperability among systems and to reduce the cost of devices through economies of scale. Consequently, the development of global international standards with the involvement of the major players (governments, inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, medical institutions, doctors, etc.) is a key factor to achieve these objectives.
Considering the fact that many organisations are already active in this field (with which ITU has existing cooperation agreements) and that, in addition to technical issues, there are a number of other aspect to be considered (e.g. legal, ethical, cultural, economics, regional), it is considered that ITU T can provide the right environment to harmonize and coordinate the development of a set of open global standards for e-health applications.
In the framework of this Question, Study Group 16, as lead study group for multimedia coding, systems and applications, will coordinate the technical standardisation of multimedia systems and capabilities for e-health applications in ITU-T, and will develop corresponding Recommendations.
The improvements and additions to the specific characteristics of multimedia systems and terminals will be addressed within the relevant equipment related questions of Study Group 16.
Note: According to the World Health Organization, telemedicine is “the use of information and communication technology to deliver medical services and information from one location to another", while e-health is “a new term used to describe the combined use of electronic information and communication technology (ICT) in the health sector”.
Study items
Study items to be considered include, but are not limited to:
- Identification of users' requirements
- Multimedia framework (including overall concept) for e-health applications (and telemedicine, in particular)
- Roadmap for e-health (including telemedicine) standards
- Generic architecture for e-health applications (and telemedicine, in particular)
- Specific system characteristics for e-health applications (e.g. video and still picture coding, audio coding, security, directory architecture, etc)
- Considerations on how to help measure and mitigate climate change
- Creation of glossary of e-health (telemedicine, in particular)
- Methods for inputting, transmitting and processing data for e-health (telemedicine, in particular)
- Databases and knowledge-bases of information and expertise on, and technologies for, e-health (telemedicine, in particular) as well as consultants and specialists, and potential customers of e-health (telemedicine, in particular)
- Mechanism for querying, finding, identifying, and categorizing consultants and customers in the area of e-health (telemedicine, in particular)
- Personal terminals for e-health (telemedicine, in particular)
Tasks
Tasks include but are not limited to:
- Update the inventory of existing e-health / telemedicine standards (2009)
- Creating and maintaining a high-visibility web page documenting the progress of the question (ongoing)
- Roadmap for e-health / telemedicine standards, compiling and analysing standardisation requirements from e-health stakeholders and identifying standardisation items with priorities (2009)
- Support of ITU-D telemedicine activities
- Provide inputs for extension and improvement of existing Recommendations on multimedia systems (e.g. H.323, H.264, V.18, etc) (ongoing)
An up-to-date status of work under this Question is found in the SG 16 work programme (http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/workprog/wp_search.aspx?isn_sg=554).
Relationships
Recommendations:
- H.300-series, H.260-series, H.700-series, V.18, T.80-series, T.800-series
Questions:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 20, 22, 26/16
Study Groups:
- ITU-T SGs 9, 12, 13 and 17
- ITU-R SG 5
- ITU-D SG 2
Other Bodies:
- e-Health Standardization Coordination Group (eHSCG)
- HL7, DICOM and other relevant forums and consortia
- ISO, IEC, CEN, ETSI, IETF, IEEE, W3C and other relevant standardization bodies
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