The ITU-T is exerting much effort to standardize technologies to accelerate 3G videotelephony call setup time in the new Annex K of Recommendation H.324.
Annex K, also known as Media Oriented Negotiation Acceleration (MONA), is the result of more than 18 months of industry discussions and collaboration to achieve a standardized call session acceleration technique.
The ITU-T, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium were integral in shaping the resulting solution.
Long session setup times are recognized as one of the limiting factors for consumer acceptance of video telephony services. Annex K of H.324 contains a range of techniques to substantially improve session setup times, reducing call setup negotiation time to the equivalent of a voice call.