Call for Papers
Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ATS '03) 

Part of the 2003 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference (ASTC 2003)

Sponsored by:
The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS)

March 30 - April 3, 2003

Hyatt Orlando Hotel
Orlando, Florida

The Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ATS) is an international forum for exchange of technical knowledge and presentation of original papers on the analysis of telecommunication systems and technologies. It is intended for professionals, engineers, software developers, managers, and others interested in cellular and packet traffic characteristics, analysis of telecommunication networks, and practitioners operating telecommunication networks. We are looking for innovative technical papers describing projects, applications, and research and development work pertinent to telecommunication.

The following tracks (with track chairs listed) will be held; the topics are representative of the track, but are not necessarily exclusive to that track:

Wireless
Chairs:
Dr. Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University
Dr. Mohsen Guizani, University of West Florida
Topics:
CDMA
UMTS
GSM
2.5G/3G Wireless
Wireless Data
Cell Traffic
Network Performance and Engineering
Telecommunications Business and Regulation
Chair:
Dr. George Kraft, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology
Topics:
Cost modeling
Call center operations
Billing models
E-commerce
Measurements
Chair:
Dr. Shakil Akhtar, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Topics:
Measured Internet Traffic Characteristics
Wireless Traffic Characteristics
Observed Problems with Current Packet Switching Protocols
Tools
Network Management and Security
Chair:
Dr. Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
Topics:
Operations, Administration, Maintenance
Overload control
Load balancing
Influence of security measures on network performance
Networks and Multimedia
Chair:
Dr. Aftab Ahmad, DePaul University
Topics:
Internet
Network performance
Traffic characterization
Packet switch architecture evaluation
Modeling Techniques
Chair:
Kamala Murti, Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Topics:
Simulation techniques
Acceleration methods
Traffic synthesis
Combined simulation/analytic procedures
Traffic Engineering with Protocols and Devices
Chair:
Dr. Junaid Zubairi, SUNY at Fredonia
Topics:
Traffic Management and control
Traffic engineering architectures
Bandwidth management
GMPLS

Three copies of a 300 word abstract or a draft paper should be submitted to the session organizers by November 1, 2002. Please indicate for which track(s) you wish to have your paper considered for; note that the final track selection will be at the discretion of the ATS organizers. The abstract must include the author(s), e-mail address(es), and affiliation. Abstracts may be submitted electronically to http://scs.proceedingscentral.com or by email directly to:

Dr. Bohdan Bodnar, ATS Chair, Motorola, USA
or to
Dr. Ariel Sharon, Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Deadlines
Abstract/Draft paper due November 29, 2002
Notification of acceptance sent November 30, 2002
Camera-ready paper due January 31, 2003

Conference Committee

General Chair

 Dr. Bohdan Bodnar
Motorola, Inc.

Co-Chair

 Dr. Ariel Sharon
Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Program Chair

 Dr. George Kraft
Illinois Institute of Technology

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
P.O. Box 17900
San Diego, California 92177
Phone 858-277-3888
Fax 858-277-3930
E-mail scs@scs.org

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