IEEE BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

To: Members and Potential Members of IEEE G-2.1.6

From: Alan S. Godber, Interim Chairman of IEEE G-2.1.6.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee will be held on Monday, January 4^th, 1999, at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel in Eatontown, New Jersey. The meeting will begin at approximately 10AM or later, at the termination of the G-2.1.4 meeting. The meeting is being held adjacent to the series of T1A1.5 meetings, which will take place from Tuesday, January 5^th to Friday, January 8^th, 1999.

The Draft Agenda for the G-2.1.6 meeting is attached. The Draft Minutes of the 10^th meeting of the Subcommittee on November 2^nd, 1998 should be available on the IEEE Web site shortly, courtesy of our Secretary, Doug Lung.

Documents for G-2.1.6 can be found on the Web at http://www.ieee.org. Then select "Standards", "Working Group Areas", Broadcast Technology "Video Compression (Digital ) Measurement (P1486)". You are also invited to attend the IEEE G.2.1.4 meeting. Details are to be found on the IEEE Web site as above, but at (P205). Details of the T1A1.5 meetings are to be found on the T1A1 web site at www.t1.org

Looking forward to a good attendance at the meeting. Hoping to see you in Eatontown, New Jersey.

The meetings will be hosted by Lucent Technologies. The address of the Sheraton, Eatontown hotel is:

Route 35, Eatontown, New Jersey 07724.
Phone (732) 542-6500 FAX (732) 542-6607

The per night rate is $92.00 and a block of rooms will be held at this rate until December 14th, 1998, which is only a few days away. Please mention the sponsored T1A1/Lucent Meeting of Jan. 4^th to 8^th, when making your reservations to obtain the special rate. If you need further information, please contact Maureen Endemann, Lucent Technologies. at (732) 949-4187 or Bob Waller, Lucent Technologies at (732) 949-5804.

Transportation options - Newark Airport is recommended as the other two New York airports are more than two hours from Eatontown. Taxi service is expensive to the hotel. Commercial Limousine service can be arranged at a charge of approximately $60 one way. Airport Limousine Express (888) 588-5088 operates a van service between the airport and the hotel, every two hours at a cost of $17 one way. Reservations required 24 hours in advance.

Directions: Rental cars are available at the airport. Follow signs to the New Jersey Turnpike (southbound). Leave the Turnpike at Exit 11, approx.12 miles from the airport and take the Garden State Parkway south to Exit 105 (approx. 24 miles from the Turnpike). Take NJ Route 36 north for approx. 2 miles to NJ Route 35 southbound. Take Route 35 south for approx. 1.5 miles to Industrial Way. Keep to the right, because all turns are from the right lane at this intersection. Take a left turn at the top of the exit ramp, cross the highway. Be careful to pass the off-ramp from the northbound highway, and take the first right turn into the hotel's parking lot.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Broadcast Technology Society, Audio Video Techniques Committee G-2.1

Video Compression Measurements Subcommittee G-2.1.6

Eleventh Meeting, Monday, January 4^th, 1998, Approx.10AM to 6PM,

Sheraton, Eatontown Hotel, Eatontown, New Jersey.

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introduction by Interim Chairman, of IEEE G-2.1.6

2. Approval of Draft Agenda.

3. Review and Approval of Minutes of the Previous Meeting #10, November 2^nd, 1998

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes.

5. Report of progress of ITU Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) in the planned tests - Arthur Webster, David Fibush, Al Morton, & other participants.

5.1 Further Discussion and Recommendations from the Subcommittee.

6. Report of Task Force on "Defining A Unit of Measure & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Chair, Leon Stanger.

6.1 Further discussion and Action.

7. Report of Task Force on "Selecting Test Material and Test Labs for a Unit of Measure & a Means of Calibration for Video Impairment", Chair, John Libert.

7.1 Further discussion and Action.

8. Further Discussion of Compression Measurement Methodologies.

8.1 Discussion of Future Work, Additional Assignments, etc.

9. Any Other Business.

10. Date(s) of Future Meeting(s).

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