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Call for Papers
IEEE Communications Magazine
October 2000 Special Issue on
"Advanced Signaling and Control in Next Generation Networks"
Spurred on by the unprecedented growth of the internet and innovative services that use internet technologies, there has been an ever increasing interest in the
ubiquitous application of packet networks and packet switching technologies for provision of voice, data, and different kinds of multimedia services. The time is fast
approaching when a fundamental architectural shift on a large scale needs to be undertaken to give rise to a truly integrated data-centric multi-service network with
a unified control infrastructure. The realization of such an architecture vision has been the dream of network strategists over the last twenty years. Control and
management of such networks, and the services supported by them, present challenges of unprecedented magnitude to the network architects. The radical departure
of the technologies associated with this paradigm shift from the traditional circuit-switched technologies is also seriously challenging the way intelligent network
services are presently implemented and offered.
New signaling protocols and architectures have emerged for multimedia multiparty conferencing, e.g., protocols such as ITU-T H.323, T.120, IETF SIP, and DAVIC
DSM-CC. New architectures have been proposed in Forums and Consortiums such as the Multi-services Switching Forum and TINA-C. There are also new
developments taking place in the area of Next Generation Networking with the emergence of protocols for gateway control e.g., ITU-T H.GCP and the IETF
Megaco Protocol that facilitate voice, data and multimedia over packet networks. ETSI TIPHON is also working in this area with particular emphasis on interworking
between packet networks and legacy circuit-switched networks.
The goal of this special issue is to focus on the control and management architectures for the new data-centric forms of multi-service communication networks, the
associated middleware infrastructure and protocols that they call for, their scalability and ubiquity, signaling interworking issues, and transformation of
circuit-switched networks.
Specifically, this special issue will include articles on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
Advanced signaling and control architectures for multi-service networks
Emerging signaling protocols (e.g., IETF/Megaco H.248, ITU-T H.323, IETF SIP) for multi-services over packet (MoP)
networks and how they fit into the transition plans towards the target architecture
Control for of Quality of Service (QoS) in multi-service networks
Control and management infrastructures for provision of advanced services including real-time and non-real-time
multimedia multiparty communication services, high quality content delivery services, information and data services, etc.
Signaling interworking with circuit-switched networks and legacy systems
Evolution scenarios for migration of today's service architecture of PSTN/AIN, which is optimized for narrowband
voice-centric circuit-switched services, to the unified target control architecture optimized for data-centric
multi-service networks.
Original articles, not previously published, are solicited. Prospective authors are invited to submit five copies of their paper to one of the Guest Editors by April 15,
2000. Authors will be notified by June 15, 2000. Revised proposals are due to the Guest Editors by July 15, 2000. Given the scope and importance of the subject, we
anticipate that selected articles will be published in a two-part series. The publication date of the first special issue is October 2000.
Guest Editors:
Dr. A. R. Modarressi
BellSouth Science and Technology
675 West Peachtree St., NE
Room 40A54
Atlanta, Georgia 30375
e-mail: modar@bridge.bellsouth.com
Dr. S. Mohan
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
MCC 1A 216B
445 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
e-mail: smohan@telcordia.com
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