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International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST2001)
Esteghlal Grand Hotel (former Hilton) 
THEME: DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Organized Tours to Esfahan, Shiraz, and Tehran on 3-31 of August, 4-5
of September 2001

Technical Program Chair: Farokh Marvasti (farokh.marvasti@kcl.ac.uk)
For Further Informations: a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir

The first International Symposium  on Telecommunications (IST) will be
organized by  the Iran  Telecommunication Research  Center (ITRC). The
symposium will be sponsored by IEEE, IEE and ICT. It aims to provide a
broad international  forum as well  as an outstanding  opportunity for
scientific researchers,  academicians and  telecommunication engineers
to  discuss  new and  emerging  technologies,  progress in  standards,
services and  their applications in telecommunication  and information
systems. The conference will  feature world-renowned plenary speakers,
tutorial presentations and focused mini-symposia.

Scope
Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to the following: 

      Signal processing for communications 
      Personal communication networks and systems 
      Broadband ISDN and ATM high-speed networks and systems 
      New network services and applications 
      Network management 
      Network architectures and standards 
      Intelligent networks and communications software systems 
      Electronic commerce 
      Adaptive communications 
      Multimedia (speech, image and video) communications 
      Interconnection networks 
      Optical communications and networking 
      Wireless systems 
      Smart Antennas 
      Satellite Systems and applications 
      Security and authentication 
      Regulation and public policy 
      Deregulation and Privatization 

Mini-Symposium
A more Focused Mini-Symposium Will be Organized By Dr. Guy Omidyar 

Mini-Symposium on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks:
Integration  of fixed  and portable  wireless access  technologies and
mobility  features  into  fixed  and  mobile  IP  networks  present  a
cost  effective  and  efficient  way to  provide  seamless  end-to-end
connectivity  and  ubiquitous access  in  a  market where  demands  on
wireless  networks  have  grown  rapidly and  which  is  predicted  to
generate billions  of dollars in revenue. The  deployment of broadband
cellular-based technologies including demand for internet mobility and
their  integration with  emerging Broadband  Wireless Access  Networks
(BWANs) are  becoming increasingly important. Mobility  and connection
management,  location  management, connection  establishment,  quality
of  service,  provisioning  for  voice,  video,  image  and  data  are
some  of the  focus areas  of this  Mini-symposium. Contributions from
standardization  and  research  consortiums are  accepted  on  mobile,
satellite  and personal  communication- from  3rd to  4th generations,
Wireless Applications Protocols (WAP), 3GPP and UMTS/IMT2000.

Topics to be covered in the technical session of this Mini-Symposium
include but are not limited to:

      Models of mobile and wireless networks 
      Wireless system modeling and validation, efficient
      approximations, algorithmic techniques, design optimization,
      and end-to-end performance models
      Wireless tele-traffic study and traffic characterization and
      management
      Wireless LAN architectures 
      Radio interface 
      Mobility management and roaming 
      Mobile multimedia networking 
      Wireless security 
      Wireless in the local loops 
      Wireless and mobile cellular internet 
      Mobile and wireless ATM networks 
      Multiple access techniques 
      Experimental on mobile and wireless networks and trials 
      Satellite network architecture 
      Signal processing for wireless 

Medium of Presentation: ENGLISH

Call for Papers: 
Papers are  solicited which  describe original  work suitable  for the
symposium. The deadline  for the  receipt of 3  copies of  an extended
summary is December 1, 2001. The  extended summary should be about 400
words.

Deadlines for Paper Submissions:

      Extended summary: March 1, 2001 
      Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2001 
      Final paper submission: July 1, 2001 
      Advance registration: July 1, 2001 
      Tutorial Proposal (in any area of the scope of the conference): March 1, 2001 

Information for Authors:
The final paper  submission should be double  column and single-spaced
(Times Roman  font sign) with  4 pages or less  in length. Submissions
should include:  title, author(s), affiliation(s), abstract,  and list
of  keywords. Identify  the  author  responsible  for  correspondence,
including the author?s name,  position, mailing address, telephone and
fax numbers, and  e-mail address. One of the authors  of each accepted
paper must present the paper at  IST 2001. A sample of the final paper
format will be sent to the authors.

Address for Submissions:
Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically as,
PDF or postscript format to the following address:
a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir
The postal address is:
IST2001
International Affairs, 
Iran Telecommunication Research Center
End of North Kargar St, 
P.O. Box 14155-3961
Tehran, 14399
Iran

General Information:
For more information please visit the Web site at:
http://www.itrc.ac.ir/IST2001/

Or send your notification of interest to
e-mail : a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir
fax: (9821) 8009885
Tel: (9821) 8872988/9 

Chairman:
Mohammad Hakkak, 
Director of Iran Telecommunication Research Center

Technical Program Chair:
Farokh Marvasti, 
farokh.marvasti@kcl.ac.uk

Steering Committee: 

      G. Omidyar, Computer Sciences Corporation, USA 
      M. Malek Zavarei, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, USA 
      M. Hakkak, Head of Iran Telecom Research Center 
      F. Marvasti, King?s College London, UK 

Technical Committee Members: 

      P. Agrawal, Telcordia, USA 
      R. Aref, Sharif University of Technology, Iran 
      S. Batalama, SUNY-Buffalo, USA 
      M. R. Beikzadeh, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, Iran 
      K. Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 
      P. L. Chu, University of New South Wales, Australia 
      I. Darwazeh, UMIST, UK 
      T. Durrani, Univesity of Starthclyde, UK 
      J.M.H. Elmirghani, University of Wales Swansea, UK 
      M. T. Fatehi, Lucent Technologies, USA 
      L. Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
      M. Gerla, UCLA, USA 
      M. Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology, Finland 
      S. Gazor, Queens University, Canada 
      M. Ghanbary, Essex University, UK 
      J. Golestani, Lucent Technologies, USA 
      R. Gray, Stanford University, USA 
      M. Haardt, Siemens, Germany 
      L. Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK 
      F. Hojjat-Kashani, University of Science and Technology, Iran 
      B. Honary, Lancaster University, UK 
      V. B. Iversen, TUD, Denmark 
      V. Jamnejad, JPL, USA 
      P. Jaquet, INRIA, France 
      M.E. Kalantari, K.N. Toosi University of Technology 
      M. Kamarei, University of Tehran, Iran 
      M. Kaveh, University of Minnesota, USA 
      M. Kavehrad, Pennsylvania State University, USA 
      S. Kazeminejad, TRI, USA 
      A. Khanifar, University College, UK 
      B. S.Y. Kung, Princeton University, USA 
      P. Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France 
      A. Marshall, The Queen?s University of Belfast, UK 
      O. Martikainen, Telecom Finland, Finland 
      M-J. Montpetit, Nokia, USA 
      M. Nasiri-Kenari, Sharif University of Technology, Iran 
      J. Nayyer, Kanazaw University, Japan 
      K. Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA 
      A. N. Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
      B. Pedram, Iran Telecommunication Research Center 
      R. Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark 
      G. Pujolle, University de Versailles, France 
      H. Rudin, IBM, Switzerland 
      M. Safavi, Amir Kabir University, Iran 
      S. Safavi Naeini, University of Waterloo, Canada 
      J. A. Salehi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran 
      M. Salehi, Northeastern University, USA 
      B. Sankur, Bosphorous University, Turkey 
      K. Sarabandi, University of Michigan, USA 
      S. Seumahu, Institute for Telecom Research, Australia 
      E. S. Sousa, University of Toronto, Canada 
      C.K. Toh, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 
      A. Yongacoglu, University of Ottawa, Canada 
      R. Zarafshar, Lucent Technology, USA 
      A. M. Zoubir, University of Technology Western Australia, Australia 


Local Arrangement:
Ahmad S. Eslami, 
a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir

Tours and Cultural Activities: 
Majid Kazeminejad, 
m.kazemi@itrc.ac.ir