Achievements and future works of ITU-T Study Group 16 on Multimedia Presented at WTSA-16 by Mr Yushi Naito, Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 16

1. Multimedia
ITU-T
STUDY GROUP 16
Yushi Naito
Chairman
ITU-T SG16
Highlights and future directions

2. Advanced
multimedia
communication
Multimedia
systems and
services
TDM legacy
and transition
to IP systems
Media
Coding
Conferencing
Systems
ITU-T SG16
Multimedia
Telepresence
Media
gateways,
Video
conferencing
IPTV,
Digital Signage,
Intelligent
Transportation
Systems,
E‒health,
Accessibility
(IoT moved into SG20 in
Oct. 2015)
Network signal
processing,
Echo
cancellation,
Noise
reduction,
Voiceband data
(modems, fax, text
telephony)
Audio
and
video coding
Speech-to-
speech
translation,
Visual
surveillance

3. 6 1 11 84
WORKING
PARTY
MEETING
IPTV-GSI
EVENTS
RAPPORTEUR
GROUP
(E-)
MEETINGS
STUDY
GROUP
MEETINGS
Results
ISO/IEC
Significant collaborative
work with:
IEEE
WTSA-12
18
Questions:
16 11
WTSA-16

4. Results
Work items under study Texts approved
0
50
100
150
200
250
2012-06
2012-09
2012-12
2013-03
2013-06
2013-09
2013-12
2014-03
2014-06
2014-09
2014-12
2015-03
2015-06
2015-09
2015-12
2016-03
2016-06
2016-09
4 IGs
268 Recs.
8 Supplements
12 Tech. Papers
1 Tech. Report
IG
Rec.
Supplement
Tech. Paper
Tech. Report

5. IEEE
CONTINUA
(PCHA)
Regional
SDOs
Collaboration
WHO
ISO
JCT1
UNECE
SG16
SG11
(C&I)
SG12
(QoS/QoE)
SG17
(ICT
Security)
Internal
External
SG2
(Human
Factors)
SG9
(IPTV,
CDN)

6. Trend
Maturity in
classical
areas
Increase in
e-services and
video-centric
services

7. E-services
and
video-centric
services
Video
compression
E-health,
E-learning,
ITS,
Future
multimedia
mechanisms
VR,
immersive
systems and
artificial
Intelligence
Accessibility
Human
dimension in
communications
Systems:
IPTV, Cable,
Broadcasting
Streaming,
interactivity,
immersive

8. E-services
Combined use of ICTs for service delivery:
Healthcare
Transportation
Commerce
Education
Entertainment
Distribution and delivery of e-services:
The building blocks and delivery platforms
developed by SG16 are used to enable
applications in specific areas
Smart cities and communities by SG20

9. E-health

10. Video content – a strategic area
80%50%
of Internet Traffic
is of Video today
Forecast
by 2018
Opportunities for revenue generation
Video compression: new challenges JVET
Higher demand more efficient compression
mechanisms
New IP-based digital TV systems

11. Use of digital video
Consumer electronic
video cameras
Digital TV broadcast & cable;
Digital TV sets
Internet video
Over-the-top
Over-the-top (OTT) applications Mobile:
3G / 4G / 5G
IPTV
Digital Signage

12. Future areas for video
Future IP-based broadcasting
Artificial Intelligence to video
Accessibility
Delivery of high volume
of video content
Besides going after the "best and newest" video codec… it matters what you do with video

13. E-services Video
SG16 "Multimedia" continued
to be very productive
during the study period
SG16
Work growth in e-services
and video-centric services
and components
Growth of video consumption
drives newer codecs,
systems and applications