Presents H.323 Forum 2002

H.323 Forum Certification Status Update Presented by Anatoli Levine RADVISION

Sponsored in part by: H.323 Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA Goals of H.323 Forum Certification Program Simplify deployment of standards-compliant equipment by the service providers and on the market in general Decrease cost of deployment for both service providers and equipment manufacturers by providing single verification capability accepted by the market

Sponsored in part by: H.323 Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA Current State Work done through weekly conference calls with active participation of Cisco, WireOne, RADVISION, NexTone, MediaDigm, Polycom, iBasis, ITXC, Tandberg and others – everybody are welcome to join 3 levels defined – 1a, 1b and 2: –1a – basic protocol compliance (H.323v2 primarily) –1b – advanced protocol compliance (more of H.323v4 features) –2 – real world SP deployment requirements Level 1a and 1b currently stable, Level 2 is under development

Sponsored in part by: H.323 Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA Open Issues and Challenges Level 2 requirements need to be finalized The certification process should be fixed and documented Detailed test cases need to be developed Self-certification versus 3 rd party certification for Levels 1a, 1b 3 rd party certification for Level 2 Record keeping for certified equipment Making H.323 Forum Certification accepted by the Service Providers and market in general

Sponsored in part by: H.323 Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA Possible Solutions Possible Solutions ETSI TIPHON partnership – TIPHON has a collection of extensive test case documents which can be referenced from H.323 Forum Certification Documents Work with test equipment manufacturers to provide self-certification test suites. Acacia is one example ( Evaluate more 3 rd party interoperability labs, like Meir Communications (US), TestingTech (Germany).

Sponsored in part by: H.323 Forum – November 2002 – New York, NY, USA Next Steps – A To Do List Finalize and fully document certification process Finalize test cases Decide on self-certification/3 rd party certification Start pre-certification process at IMTC Interop events – next event is in France, January 2003 Finalize level 2 requirements Decide on Level 2 certification implementation

Thank You! Questions? Suggestions?