General Chair: Dr. Bohdan Bodnar, Motorola

The Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ATS) is an international forum to exchange technical knowledge and present original papers on analysis of telecommunication systems and technologies. It is intended for professionals, engineers, software developers, managers, and others interested in cellular and packet traffic characteristics, and analysis of telecommunication networks, and for practitioners operating telecommunication networks.

Track 1: Networks and Multimedia

A Fast Optimal Routing Algorithm for Connectionless Service over ATM
Wulun Dai, Motorola, USA

Mitretek?s Internet Protocol Call Center Laboratory
Howard G. Bernett, Melissa L. Jaramillo, Mitretek Systems, USA

On Shaping and Handling VBR Traffic in a Diffserv Domain
Junaid Ahmed Zubairi, SUNY Fredonia, USA

Virtual Circuit Blocking Probabilities in an ATM Banyan Network with bxb Switching Elements
Hongyan Shi, Harish Sethu, Drexel University, USA

An Evaluation of the Longest-Queue-First Scheduler for Routers in a Differentiated Services Domain
Hongyan Shi, Harish Sethu, Drexel University, USA

Performance Analysis of a Priority Traffic Shaper for ATM Networks
Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport, USA

Classical Results Review from New LAN/WAN Traffic Model
Anibal D. Angulo Miranda, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica ITA, Brazil

A Simulation Study of the Impact of VC-merge on Delay in an MPLS Domain
Madhusudan Hosaagrahara, Harish Sethu, Drexel University, USA

Simulation-Based Analysis of a Novel Enhancement of Virtual Clock
Madhusudan Hosaagrahara, Harish Sethu, Drexel University, USA

An Integrated Environment for Voice Quality Evaluation in IP Networks
Fayaz A. Shaikh, Stan McClellan, University of Alabama - Birmingham, USA

Track 2: Network Management & Security

Mobile E-Business: Security Issues
Ana Paula D Parizoto Fabrin, ITA, Brazil

A Web-based Approach for Cooperative Service and Netwrok Management
Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany

Fault Management of Internet Routing with Passive Test
Yixin Zhao, Xia Yin, Jianping Wu, Tsinghua University, China

State of the Art in Hardware and Software Supports for JINI Technology
Kamel Rahouma, University of Salzburg, Austria

Ticket Server Performance Evaluation Using a Hybrid Simulation Approach
Cory Beard, University of Missouri-Columbia/Kansas City, USA
Victor Frost, University of Kansas, USA

Track 3: Wireless

Coverage Aspects of Multi-Carrier DS-CDMA in Wireless Communications
Pheeradej Nanan, KEIO, Japan

Architecture and Performance of a Frame Selection Distribution Unit for CDMA-2000
Amitabh Mishra, Virginia Tech, USA

A Platform Architecture for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Amitabh Mishra, Virginia Tech, USA

A Flexible Charging and Billing Approach for the Emerging UMTS Network Operator Role
Vangelis Gazis, Maria Koutsopoulou, Charalampos Farmakis, Alexandros Kaloxylos, University of Athens, Greece

Track 4: Telecommunication Business and Regulation
Chair: Howard Bernett, Mitretek

Online Business Models and Global Net Governance in E-commerce
Johannes Lauber, Stanford University, USA

Strategic Decision Analysis in Capital Expenditure Models
Penjani W. Mphepo, WinStar Wireless Inc., USA

Model for Estimating Potential Demand for Voice and Data
Penjani W. Mphepo, WinStar Wireless Inc., USA

A Reseller Problem: Cost Recovery and Profit Through Fee Allocation
A.M. Girard, Mitretek Systems, USA

The Design of a Service-oriented Cost Model for Service Providers in the Internet (COSMOS)
Peter Reichl, Burkhard Stiller, Czechoslovakia

Providing Guarantee of Circuit Switched Network Over a Packet Switched Network
Aftab Ahmad, Depaul University, USA

Call Centers
Ahmad Ridley, Mitretek Systems, USA

Track 5: Modeling Techniques

Characterising Concurrent Tests Based on Message Sequence Chart Requirements
Bill Mitchell, Motorola, UK

A Fast and Trend-Sensitive Function for the Estimation of Near-Future Data Network Traffic Characteristics
Manuel Güenter, Torsten Braun, Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Switzerland

Concatenation Process Description in the Declarative Language
Tadashi Ohta, Soka University, Japan

On the Capacitated Loss Network with Heterogeneous Traffic and Contiguous Resource Allocation Constraints
Chunxiao Chigan, Ramesh Nagarajan, Zbigniew Dziong, Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies, USA
Thomas G. Robertazzi, University of New York - Stony Brook, USA

Simulating Internet-type Queues with Heavy-Tailed Service or Interarrival Times
Martin J. Fischer, Andrew M. Girard, Denise M. Masi, Mitretek Systems, USA

Long-Range-Dependence and Multifractal Modeling of vBNS Traffic
Jianbo Gao, Ronn Ritke, University of California, USA

Track 6: Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Management

DEVS Modeling of Network Security Among Collaboration of Security Model
Hee Suk Seo, Mi Ra Yi, Tae Ho Cho, SungKyunKwan University, South Korea

Special Population Planner – A GIS-based Emergency Planning System
Daniel J. Miller, James, A. Kuiper, Charles, M. Cilek, Jan E. Stache, Timothy Allison, William C. Metz, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

The Emergency Management Synchronization Matrix - A Means to Coordinating, Integrating, and Synchronizing Disaster Responses
Paul L. Hewitt, Jacques E. Mitriani, Wiliam C. Metz, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Using Data-Mining to Predict the Targets of a Computer Based Attack
Luoise F. Gunderson, Donald E. Brown, University of Virginia, USA

Resource, Knowledge and Information Management Tools for Emergency Response and Recovery
Thomas E. Baldwin, Charles Van Groningen, John R. Hummel, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
 

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