See: http://www.diamond-congress.hu/ifip/index.html


Please note that the deadline of paper submission has been 
extended until February 12.

 

                       TC6 : Communication Systems

       IFIP Working Group 6.3 on Performance of Communication Systems and
              IFIP Working Group 6.4 on High Performance Networking 

                       NINTH IFIP WORKING CONFERENCE
                                       ON
     PERFORMANCE MODELLING AND EVALUATION OF ATM & IP NETWORKS
                              (IFIP ATM & IP 2001) 

                                 Also supported by
                              Ericsson Hungary
                               IEEE Hungary. 

                       Wednesday 27th - Friday 29th June, 2001
                           Hotel Agro, Budapest, Hungary 


Scope


The performance evaluation of ATM and IP networks has been subject to
a significant amount of research recently. The ever changing traffic
mix in the Internet and the increasing demand for mobility represent
new challenges for performance analysis. The primary focus of the
Ninth IFIP Working Conference on ATM & IP Networks (IFIP ATM & IP
2001) is to contribute to fundamental research in ATM and IP
technologies and in internetworking issues focusing on performance
and reliability modelling and analysis. The Conference is built on
the tradition of the earlier workshops (Bredford - Ilkley, Antwerp,)
with increasing emphasis on issues related to IP and to the global
Internet. We specially encourage researchers to submit original
papers in the field of Internet performance evaluation.

Paper topics include, but are not limited to:


      Internet Protocols over ATM Networks 
      ATM and IP Switch Architectures 
      Wireless IP/ATM for Terrestrial and Satellite Networks 
      Multiservice IP/ATM Mobile and Optical Networks 
      ATM and IP Traffic Measurement and Management 
      ATM and IP Traffic Modelling and Characterisation 
      ATM and IP Call Admission Control (CAC) 
      Cell/Packet Level Scheduling Strategies 
      IP and ATM Resource Allocation Strategies 
      Flow and Congestion Control Functions and Procedures 
      QoS Routing, Load Balancing and MPLS Traffic Engineering 
      Multimedia over Packet-Based Networks 
      Quantitative Methodologies and Tools 
      Queueing Network Models of New ATM Switch/IP Router Architectures 
      Support of Diffserv in ATM Networks 
      Mapping IP Intserv and Diffserv Models onto ATM Networks 
      Real-time Voice/Video Transport over ATM versus IP Networks 
      Efficiency of Adaptation Layer and Transport Protocols 
      ATM versus IP QoS Performance Testing and Measurements 
      IP/ATM performance in WLAN, GPRS and UMTS 
      IP/ATM Internetworking Issues and Experiments

Papers:


Full papers up to 12 A4 pages (single spaced) will be peer reviewed
by three international experts for presentation and for Proceedings
publication. Accepted papers are also considered for publication in a
reviewed international journal to be announced later.

Posters:


Technical abstracts of approximately 300 words are solicited for
poster presentation. The abstracts will not be included in the
Proceedings but preprints and web publication will be available. Best
posters will be awarded. Please note all proposed submissions should
be in English and be sent as email attachments using PostScript or
PDF file format and include, as key words, a list of topics under
which the authors prefer their work to be classified and presented.

Important dates:
 Submission of full paper:	31 January 2001
 Notification of acceptance:	31 March 2001
 Camera ready paper due:	30 April 2001
 Submission of poster abstract:	15 May 2001