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IMTC Efforts to Support and Encourage Interoperability!

Voice on the Net Conference. IMTC Efforts to Support and Encourage Interoperability!. Interoperability to Ubiquity. Data. Video. Audio. Matt Collier President IMTC Vice President, Polycom. The Agenda. Standards Definition Standards Organizations IMTC Activity Update

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IMTC Efforts to Support and Encourage Interoperability!

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  1. Voice on the Net Conference IMTC Efforts to Support and Encourage Interoperability! Interoperability to Ubiquity Data Video Audio Matt Collier President IMTC Vice President, Polycom

  2. The Agenda • Standards Definition • Standards Organizations • IMTC Activity Update • IMTC Voice over IP Forum

  3. Standards or standards? • Adopted Standards vs Market standards • Are “free” applications free? • Who benefits from open standards • Do Standards stiffle competition? • Do Standards freeze innovation? Standards Key? Aren’t communications products that don’t communicate BROKEN?!?

  4. Who Sets the Standards?

  5. ITU - Setting Multimedia Communications Standards • Developing interoperable open standards for multimedia communications for > 10 years • Focused on real-time conversational services • Addresses multiple levels: • Audio and video encoding • Data protocols • Network interfaces and protocols • Call setup and management • Multinetwork Interworking Whose Standards?

  6. T.120/130 - Series also T.100s, T.170s T.504, T.523, T.541, T.564 V. - Series (almost all) All H. - Series G.720 - Series also G.190s, G.ACG, G.WSC/A, G.WSC/B, G.4kbps F.700 - Series New for ‘97: Study Group 16, The Lead Study Group for Multimedia Whose Standards? http://www.itu.ch

  7. The Alphabet Soup • ITU-T Video Conferencing Standards • H.320: For ISDN widely used today • H.321: H.320 over ATM • H.322: H.320 over iso-ethernet LANs • H.323: Multimedia conferencing on Packet Nets • H.324: Multimedia conferencing on POTS • H.310: Multimedia conferencing on ATM • ITU-T T.120 Data Conferencing Standards • Work with/without all the H.series • Multipoint multinetwork collaboration

  8. PictureTel PictureTel PictureTel PictureTel The EnterpriseMultimedia, Multipoint, Multinetwork Internet Router/ Firewall MCU GATEWAYS NETWORK SERVICES H.320H.324 H.323 H.320 ISDN Intranet / LAN PBX / WAN 10Base-T 100Base-T ATM H.324 POTS

  9. Other Standards Organizations • ETSI - European Telecom Standards • IETF - Internet Standards • ANSI - North American Telecom Standards • IMTC supports all efforts to adopt telecommunication standards worldwide!

  10. International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium • Non-profit 501 (c) (6) California corporation organized as a business league • Incorporated Oct. 1993, as CATS • Open Membership Policy • Controlled by Voting Members

  11. International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium Promote, Encourage, and Facilitate the Ongoing Development and Implementation of Interoperable Multimedia Teleconferencing Solutions based on Open International Standards.

  12. International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium • A open forum of over 148 vendors and service providers working to make open standards work • Actively supports standards development • Providing a vendor neutral forum for interoperability testing: H.320, H.323, H.324 and T.120 - all on-going now • Close liaison relationships with ITU-T, ETSI and IETF • http://www.imtc.org Whose Standards?

  13. IMTC Working Groups • Focused Efforts • Organized to align structure and leadership as necessary to complete work plan • Ensure critical mass of active contributors to shape and drive the work to completion • Expand and add new work items as identified

  14. Data Conferencing Work Items • T.120/T.130 standards initiatives • web-based conferencing capability • implementation & interoperability testing Activities • Next meeting 5/21/98 - Spain • SuperOp! event in July - Hawaii

  15. Interworking & Network Services Work Items • drive activities that provide seamless connectivity at specified levels of reliability and quality • service provisioning • network management • gain agreement on implementation & interoperability milestones in support of future standards work Activities • Integration of VTEL effort with IMTC INS • Joint meeting in Spain - 5/21/98

  16. Packet Network Conferencing Work Items • H.323 standards initiatives • implementation & interoperability testing Activities • Working meeting in Spain - 5/21/98 • SuperOp! Event 7/98 - Hawaii • Interop event in Korea - September 98

  17. Switched Network Conferencing Work Items • H.320 & H.324 standards initiatives (incl. H.324i, Multipoint, ATM,...) • Implementation & interoperability testing Activities • Virtual InterOp Event 6/3/98 • SuperOp! Event 7/98 - Hawaii • Virtual InterOp Event 9/98

  18. Voice over IP Forum Objective • "Define and promote implementation agreements for voice and voiceband data traffic over an IP network that ensures seamless product interoperability and a high quality of service." Work Items and Activities • Continue work - Implementation Agreement 2.0 • Settlements, Billing, Security and Codec ID • Hold InterOp test event in 3rd Quarter 98 • SuperOp! Event 7/98 - Hawaii • Implement Liaison agreement with ETSI

  19. Marketing Responsibilities • Market Awareness Creation - Publication of Articles, Presentations, Tradeshow Participation • Member communication - Newsletter and Conference Calls • PR Liaison • Tradeshow InterOp Demonstrations Activities • Press Conference in Seville, Spain 5/98 • SuperOp! Press Release - 6/98 • DVC Fall Show Oct, 98 - Boston, Ma • Telecon Oct, 98 - Anahiem,Ca • Technology Keynote • PBX 2000 - 1999

  20. IMTC Interop Testing Events to Date • T.120 Interop Tests • Two (2) Events • Between 20 - 25 companies participated • H.323 Interop Tests • Five (5) Events • Between 10 - 16 companies participated • H.324/H.320 Interop Tests • Eight (8) Virtual Events • Six (6) Events • Between 10-15 companies participated • VoIP Interop Meeting • -Seven meetings • - Agreement on IA 1.0 - 3/31/98

  21. Key IMTC Events 98’ • SuperOp ‘98, Honolulu, Hawaii -- July 13 - 17 • Combined Interoperability Testing Event with H.320, H.323, H.324 and T.120 elements being tested within & across protocols • 50+ companies to participate from countries around the globe • Tests include: end-point terminals (audio, audio/video and audio/video/data), gateways, MCUs, hop-on/hop-off servers and network based services • Testing over a five day period • Held in conjunction with Microsoft TAPI Bake-Off • Tested over the Internet, IP LAN, ISDN and POTS networks • You are cordially invited to attend a reception at SuperOp

  22. Key IMTC Events 98’ • TELECON 1998, Anaheim CA Oct 26-28 - “IMTC University” - Half-day educational seminar -Market Interoperability Launch Event (M.I.L.E.) - IMTC Pavilion - 25+ Member companies participating - Public Interop Demonstration with H.320, H.323, H.324 and T.120 in the same session.

  23. Other Key IMTC Events1998 • - Interworking Initiative - Feb. 98 • - Participated in DVC Show - April 98 • - VoIP IA 2.0 ( work begun) - April 98 • -H.323 Interoperability Event • -InterOp Event - Korea 9/98 • - VoIP Interoperability Event • - Telecon 98, Anaheim, Ca • - Switched H.32x Interoperability Events • - Fall Forum - Oct/Nov 1998

  24. The VoIP Forum An IMTC Activity Group Stephen Thomas - VoIP Forum Chair TransNexus

  25. Voice over IP Forum Activity • Formed to provide interoperabilty among the internet telephony products • Became an Activity Group within IMTC in November 1996 • Over 65 people representing 35 companies attended the last meeting in March 1998 • Next Meetings in May 1998 Whose Standards?

  26. VoIP Forum Mission Statement • "Define and promote a simple implementation agreement in an open forum setting for voice and voiceband data traffic over an IP network that ensures seamless product interoperability and a high quality of service." VoIP Forum

  27. VoIP Forum: ”A Watershed” • rich cross-industry representation • client SW & HW • PSTN gateways • directory services • service providers • voice response services • network / backbone • cross-organization liaisons -> re-use available and appropriate standards • address and agree on technical issues that might not yet have a standards-body home -> provide input to these organizations VoIP Forum

  28. VoIPAccomplishments April 1, 1998. The IMTC announced that its members have approved the Voice over IP (VoIP) Interoperability Implementation Agreement (IA 1.0). The goal of this specification, which was developed by the IMTC VoIP Forum, is to support two party voice and voiceband communications.

  29. VoIP Forum Technical WorkItems • Call Management / Directory Service definition • Quality of service definition (e.g. DTMF) • API definition • ISP Support: Accounting & management • FAX carriage • Security • Accessibility • Functional H/W recommendations VoIP Forum

  30. VoIP Implementation Agreement 1.0 • ITU H.323 Standards as Foundation • Default Codecs (G.711 and G.723.1) • Comfort Noise Generation • DTMF Carriage • Dynamic Address Mapping • Gatekeeper Location

  31. The Mission: To Mainstream Internet Telephony CB / Toy Connectivity Quality VoIP Forum Business Tool

  32. VoIPFuture WorkIA2.0 • Top Priority Work Items 1998 • VoIP Security Profiles • Billing and Settlements • Voice Stream Multiplexing • voip@imtc.org

  33. IA Roadmap VoIP RTPProfile FAXRelay SilenceIndication Billing / Management DTMFCarriage Security H.323 base IA 0.91 IA 1.0 IA 2.0 BaselineCodec VoIP Forum CMAArchitecture E.164 tomobile IP CMA Ongoing Evolution March ‘97 March ‘98 Nov ‘98

  34. Audioconferencing Dataconferencing Polycom, Inc. Matthew Collier 12983 ThistleThorn Dr. Herndon, Va 20171 mcollier@polycom.com 703-476-8569 Videoconferencing

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