Subject: ECUMN - Extended Deadline Feb 11th.

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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:50:20 +0100

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CALL FOR PAPERS
1st IEEE European Conference on Universal Multiservice Networks
ECUMN'2000
IP Networks Versus Conventional Switched Networks
October 2-4, 2000 - CREF, Colmar, France

URL: http://iutsun1.colmar.uha.fr/ECUMN2000.html

Sponsors are the following national scientific societies in Europe, which
cooperate under the roof of: EUREL, Brussels, Belgium: AEI, Milano (Italy),
IEE, London (UK), ÖVE/GIT, Vienna (Austria), SEE, Paris (France), SEV/ITG,
Fehraltorf, (Switzerland), VDE/ITG, Frankfurt (Germany), WSES as well as
the IEEE Communications and Computer.

Supported by:
France Telecom
Alcatel
Newbridge
Other Supporters pending:

Conference Scope:

This conference follows the two successful ATM conferences events held in
Colmar, France in 1998 and 1999. The conference scope has been extended to
deal with the different topics related to Multiservice Network
Architectures, and Implementation, including among others, protocols,
signaling, traffic flow, addressing schemes, …

Fundamental questions still have to find an answer, such as:

How will the Internet, symbol of freedom, compete with the world of
traditional carrier networks or cooperate with it? 
Will alternate Technologies be needed to meet high level quality of service
requirements ?
What restrictions, if any, will result on the desired degree of freedom ?

Emphasis shall be put upon network convergence, including fixed/mobile
convergence  satisfying the needs of person to person communications, as
well as  Information and Entertainment applications.

The scope of ECUMN'2000 encompasses but is not limited to:

Evolution of Telecommunication Networks Architecture:
	*	Core network
	*	Access networks
	*	CPN (Customer Premise Networks including home networks)
	*	Multiservice mobile networks
	*	Interoperability issues, Interfaces and Reference points
Packet, frame and cell protocols:
	*	Addressing
	*	Multicasting
	*	Switching and routing
	*	Signaling
	*	Traffic control and QoS
Network management and control:
	*	Network design - Migration strategies
	*	Active networks versus Intelligent networks
Service impact (multimedia, VPN, ...) on network architecture:
	*	Fixed-Mobile Convergence
	*	Packetized voice
	*	Experimentation and fields trials

With such a variety of problems to be solved, and such high economical
interests at stake there is a definite interest to exchange ideas,
technical results and proposals, between the academic and industrial
communities and this is the major goal of the conference.

Instructions for Authors:

Mail four paper versions or E-mail preferably in Word 6 format, or
alternately a postscript version of a 2000-word extended abstract
summarizing an original work finalized or in progress. All the manuscripts
must be written in English. The top of the first page of each paper should
include the title of the paper, authors' name, position, address, telephone
and fax numbers, Email of the author responsible for correspondence and a
list of four keywords at least. 

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit full-length
manuscripts for inclusion in the proceedings. All submitted papers should
be sent to the following address: 

Pascal LORENZ 
University of Haute Alsace 
IUT - Department GTR 
34 rue du Grillenbreit 
68008 Colmar, France 
Phone: +33 389202366 
Fax: +33 389202359 
Mobile: +33 603658042 
E-mail: [email-masked] 

Important Deadlines:

Extended abstract due: February 11, 2000
Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2000
Camera-ready full papers due (2 columns, 8 pages max): June 10, 2000

Best papers will be forwarded for consideration in a special issue of the
journal "Annals of telecommunications". A competition for the best student
paper will be organized to recognize and encourage excellence in graduate
studies.

Tutorials:

Tutorials will present overviews of current high interest topics. Proposals
tutorials are due by February 11, 2000.

Conference Committees

General Chair: Pascal Lorenz (France) - University of Haute Alsace
Technical Program Chair: Annie Gravey (France) - France Telecom Cnet
Tutorials Chair: Sylvie Ritzenthaler (France) - Newbridge
Learned Societies Liaison Chair: Renato Israel (France) - SEE
Prosper Chemouil (France) - France Telecom Cnet
Michel Levy (France) - Alcatel
Jean-Louis Pernin (France) - Consultant
Guy Pujolle (France) - University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin
Pierre Rolin (France) - France Telecom Cnet

Scientific Program Committee:

H. Afifi (France) - ENST Bretagne
E. Biersack (France) - Eurecom
M. Boari (Italy) - University of Bologna
D. Bonjour (France) - France Telecom Cnet 
T. Braun (Switzerland) - University of Berne
P. Brown (France) - France Telecom Cnet
P. Chemouil (France) - France Telecom Cnet
G. Colombo (Italy) - CSELT
J.P. Coudreuse (France) - Mitsubishi
W. Dabbous (France) - INRIA
A. Danthine (Belgium) - University libre of Liège
M . Diaz (France) - LAAS
M. Erradi (Morocco) - ENSIAS 
S. Fdida (France) - LIP6
F. Ferrero (Italy) - CSELT 
G. Fiche (France) - Alcatel CIT
A. Gravey (France) - France Telecom Cnet
S.J. Halme (Finland) - Helsinki University of Technology
G. Hébuterne (France) - INT
H.G. Hegering (Germany) - University of Munich
D. Hutchinson (UK) - Lancaster
R. Israel (France) - SEE 
A. Jajszczyk (Poland) - University of Mining & Metallurgy
M. Joubert (France) - Cegetel
F. Kamoun (Tunisia) - ENSI 
M. Karpov (Russia) - St Petersburg University
P. Key (UK) - Microsoft
D. Kofman (France) - ENST Paris
U. Korner (Sweden) - University of Lund
U . Krieger (Germany) - Deutsche Telecom
P. Kuhn (Germany) - University of Stuttgart
G.S. Kuo (Taiwan) - National Central University
M. Labetoulle (France) - Institut Eurecom Sophia-Antipolis
M. Le Boudec (Switzerland) - EPFL
F. Le Faucheur (France) - Cisco
G. Leduc (Belgium) - University of Liege
Y. Legrand (France) - Bouygues
M. Levy (France) - Alcatel
P. Lorenz (France) - University of Haute Alsace 
M. Loukola (Finland) - Helsinki University of Technology
B. Maglaris (Greece) - National Technical University Athens
H. Maher (Switzerland) - EPFL
Z. Mammeri (France) - University of Toulouse 
S. Martignoni (Switzerland) - Ascom TechLtd
N. Mastorakis (Greece) - Military Institutions of University Education
U. Mocci (Italy) - FUB
M. Nunes (Portugal) - IST/INESC
G. Omiyar (USA) - Computer Sciences Corp
J.J. Pansiot (France) - University of Strasbourg
J.L. Pernin (France) - Consultant
G. Petit (Belgium) - Alcatel Anvers
M. Potts (Switzerland) - Martel 
G. Pujolle (France) - University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin
S. Rao (Switzerland) - TELSCOM 
M. Renaldo (France) - SAGEM
M. Riguidel (France) - Thomson
S. Ritzenthaler (France) - Newbridge 
J. Roberts (France) - France Telecom Cnet
P. Rolin (France) - France Telecom Cnet 
R. Schutz (France) - CS Telecom
H. Tobiet (France) - Clemessy 
S. Tohme (France) - ENST Paris
L. Toutain (France) - ENST Bretagne
P. Tran Gia (Germany) - University of Würzburg
P. Van Heck (The Netherlands) - Erasmus University
P. Van Mieghem (The Netherlands) - Delft University of Technology
E. Vazquez Gallo (Spain) - University of Madrid 
V.A. Villagra (Spain) - University of Madrid
M. Villen (Spain) - Telefonica I+D