Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999

Switch Network Conferencing Activity Group Update (H.324) Dave White Acer Advanced Labs

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Outline  Interoperability Events  Test Results  H.324M  Conferencing Compatibility Program  Reflector  Future Plans

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November Interop Events  Face-to-Face San Jose February 9-10  10 Companies, 1 First Timer  Virtual May 12  7 Companies  Virtual July 7  6 Companies, 1 First Timer  SuperOp99! September  7 Companies, 1 Infrequent Participant

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Participation Trends  See a slow decline but has stabilized at about 7  2 first time companies in 1999, 1 infrequent company

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Test Results  Have used the same scoring for about two years  General improvement in the average test result score  Each of these events, except May, had a first time (or infrequent) company

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Results Summary  Same colors are not the same company at each event  Results usually represent products under development

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 H.324M  Mobile video phones will be here soon  H.223 Annexes A, B, and C  Can be tested using wired modem connections

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Compatibility Program  Test Scenario  Test Network  Connection Sequences  Feature Sets (User Selected)  Qualitative Assessments  Issues  Schedule

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 H.324 Reflector  Under utilized (not very active)  Potential  H.324M  H.324/I  Compatibility Program

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 Future Plans  Upcoming events  Virtual -- December  Face-to-Face -- February 2000, U.S. West Coast  H.324M Testing  Compatibility Program  Looking for new H.324 related products  Gateways  MCUs  H.324/I

Fall Forum -- Keystone, Colorado USA -- November 1999 H.324 Information  Mail reflector   Send mail to to subscribe  FTP site  ftp://ftp.imtc.org/imtc-site/Switched_Conferencing_AG  Web site   Chair -- Dave White 