Executive summary: Meeting of ITU-T Study Group 12 (Performance, QoS, QoE), Geneva, 16-25 April 2024
ITU-T Study Group 12 held its fourth meeting in the 2022-2024 study period in Geneva, 16-25 April 2024, as a physical meeting with remote participation.
The meeting was attended by 160 participants from 56 countries. This included 104 participants in Geneva and 56 delegates who exclusively used the MyMeetings web conferencing system to participate in the meeting.
The meeting received
62 Contributions and handled 166 TDs. Delegates reviewed 64 incoming Liaison statements and adopted 11 outgoing Liaison statements.
7 Recommendations were consented (4 new, 2 revised, 1 Amendment) by the meeting (see below for details). The meeting also agreed on Amendments to the appendices of 2 Recommendations.
Major accomplishments
Recommendations consented during closing plenary (AAP, Recommendation ITU-T A.8)
See last call in AAP-50
|
Rec. No. |
Title |
Status |
Q/12 |
Ref. |
E.813 (ex E.MVS)
| Mapping and visualization strategies for the assessment of connectivity
| New | 12/12 |
TD585R1 |
| G.1052 (ex Y.TestBed) | Testbed framework for mobile application QoS and QoE evaluation | New
| 17/12 |
TD584R1 |
| G.191 | Software tools for speech and audio coding standardization | Rev
| 2/12 |
TD617 |
| P.10/G.100 | Vocabulary for performance, quality of service and quality of experience, Amendment 2 | Amd
| 2/12 |
TD644 |
| P.812 (ex P.IntVR) | Principles of subjective test methods for interactive virtual reality (VR) applications | New | 7/12 |
TD614R1 |
| P.833.2 | Methodology for the derivation of equipment impairment factors from subjective listening only tests for fullband speech codecs | New | 15/12 |
TD623 |
| P.863.2 | Extension of ITU-T P.863 for multi-dimensional assessment of degradations in telephony speech signals up to fullband | Rev
| 9/12 |
TD624
|
Texts agreed during closing plenary
|
No. |
Type |
Title |
Status |
Q/12 |
Ref. |
| G.113 | Appendices | Transmission impairments due to speech processing, Amendment 4
| Amd | 15/12 |
TD611 |
| G.1051 | Appendix | Latency measurement and interactivity scoring under real application data traffic patterns, Amendment 1 | Amd | 17/12 |
TD610
|
New work items
Ref.
|
Type |
Title |
Q/12 |
Editor(s) |
E.Perf_Req
| Recommendation
| Network performance requirements for IMS/PES/VoLTE/5G connection scenarios
| 12/12
| Martin Brand (A1 Telekom)
Joachim Pomy (Opticom GmbH) |
| G.MF-VR | Recommendation
| Measurement of quality influencing factors for virtual reality services | 13/12 | Silvio Borer (Rohde & Schwarz) |
P.XRT
| Recommendation | Quality evaluation framework of extended reality terminal
| 10/12
| Rongrong Fu (CAICT)
Liuyihui Qian (China Telecom)
Qianzhou Dong (CAICT)
Feng Kang (Guangdong OPPO)
Yazhong Wang (Vivo Mobile)
|
| P.Supp GRAS | Supplement | Gender-related aspects of speech transmissions quality analysis | 7/12 | Joachim Pomy (Opticom GmbH)
Sebastian Möller (TU Berlin) |
| ESTR.Power-out | Technical Report | Impact of power outages on network performance and availability | 12/12
| Eric Nkopodi (South Africa)
Mohamed Wone (Senegal) |
GSTR-MVQ
| Technical Report | QoS and QoE standards related to the metaverse | 1/12 | Esthephanie Martínez (Mexico)
Ísis de Andrade Lima (Brazil)
|
| PSTR.Noise-RTC | Technical Report | Subjective test methodology for noise suppression performance in Internet Real-Time Communication services | 7/12
| Yiya Hao (Alibaba)
Dandan Huang (Zhejiang Lab) |
WTSA matters
Preparations for WTSA-24
WTSA-20 Resolution 95 (ITU-T initiatives to raise awareness on best practices and policies related to service quality)
- SG12's operational plan on the implementation of this Resolution was approved,
as updated in TD647.
- Work on Res. 95-related draft Recommendations also progressed, in particular in Questions 2/12 and 12/12.
Regional Groups
SG12 Regional Group on QoS for the Africa Region (SG12RG-AFR)
- Coordinated African contributions to SG12;
-
Updated its action plan;
- Began preparations towards the next SG12RG-AFR meeting and its associated workshop (Spring 2025)
SG12 Regional Group for the Americas (SG12RG-AMR)
- Reported on outcomes from their
first meeting
- Consultations ongoing on location and dates of the next SG12RG-AMR meeting in Spring 2025
Quality of Service Development Group (QSDG) Future meetings and workshops
Meetings of Study Group 12
-
Geneva, 14-23 January 2025
-
(TBC) Geneva, 9-18 September 2025
WP/12 meetings
-
(TBC) WP2/12: E-meeting, 29 August 2024
Interim meetings
Please see
here for updated information . Additional conference calls of Questions will be announced on the respective mailing lists.
- Q4/12: P.ASR, P.1100/P.1110/P.1120; E-meeting,29 October 2024
- Q5/12: P.570 and P.BCT;
E-meeting, 18 September 2024, 1600-1730 CEST
- Q6/12: P.340,
E-meeting, 2 July 2024, 1030-1200 CEST
- Qs 7&10/12: Joint monthly e-meetings;
First Tuesday of the month, 0900-1000 CEST
- (TBC) Q9/12: P.SAMD,
E-meeting, 28 August 2024 (jointly with Q15/12)
- (TBC) Q13/12: G.MF-VR,
Karlshamn, Sweden, or Stockholm, Sweden, 27-29 August 2024 (jointly with Q14/12)
- Q14/12: Weekly e-meetings;
Thursdays, 1100-1200CEST
- Q14/12: P.BBQCG project - Weekly e-meetings,
Dates and times announced on Q14/12 reflector
- (TBC) Q14/12: RGM;
Karlshamn, Sweden, or Stockholm, Sweden, 27-29 January 2024 (jointly with Q13/12)
- Q15/12: G.CMVTQS and P.834.2;
E-meeting, 28 August 2024 (jointly with Q9/12)
- Q15/12: G.CMVTQS project - Bi-weekly e-meetings,
Thursdays 1500-1600 CEST
- Q19/12: J.noref, P.obj-recog;
Klagenfurt, Austria, 1-5 July 2024 (during next VQEG meeting)
- (TBC) Q19/12: J.noref, P.obj-recog,
E-meeting,Between July and November 2024
- (TBC) Q19/12: J.noref, P.obj-recog,
During VQEG meeting,November/December 2024
Meetings of SG12 Regional for QoS for the Africa Region (SG12RG-AFR)
-
February/March 2025 (with workshop)
Meetings of SG12 Regional for the Americas (SG12RG-AMR)
SG12 Workshops
Meetings of Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Quality Assessment (IRG AVQA)
- Klagenfurt, Austria with remote participation, in conjunction with VQEG and Q19/12 (1-5 July 2024)
