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                  The Conference On Converged Networking
                         Data & Real-Time Over IP:
               13-16 October, 2002 Perth, Western Australia

        6th International Symposium on Communications Interworking
                    http://www.ee.uwa.edu.au/~ifip2002

Interworking 2002 will be the sixth international symposium on
Communications Interworking of IFIP Technical Committee on Communication
Systems (TC6) Working Group on Network and Internetwork Architectures (WG
6.2).

The chosen theme for the sixth symposium is Converged Networking: Data and
Real-time over IP, easily the most contested, but also promoted topic in
communications today. The papers sought for the symposium can be central
to the theme or peripheral to it, and can be pro or contra. The symposium
will seek to explore telecommunications technology trends in whatever
their directions.

The quest for convergence of all telecommunications on a single platform
was sparked in the 1970s and is continuing. There is still movement
towards convergence on the basis of ATM technology. This has however been
overtaken, at least for the present, by an even stronger movement towards
convergence on the basis of the Internet Protocol (IP). The stated theme
of the symposium posits the positive view: convergence of data and real
time communications can indeed happen, and more particularly can happen
over IP. However are there no unresolved problems?

The Interworking 2002 technical programme committee solicits papers
describing completed original, previously unpublished, research or design
studies, not currently under review by another conference or journal. All
papers will be reviewed, and acceptance decided by the technical programme
committee. Accepted papers will be presented at the symposium orally or by
poster. Finished papers will be published as a book in time for the
conference.


 Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    - Analysis & simulation of networking protocols                                      - Quality of service
    - Communication networks, modelling & simulation                                     - Real-time voice/video transport over IP networks
    - Controlled IP packet transfer                                                      - Reliable design of converged networks
    - Differentiated Services (DiffServ)                                                 - Routing
    - Integrated Services (IntServ)                                                      - Service definition
    - Internet protocols over high-speed networks                                        - Service level agreements
    - Interconnected queue model of networks                                             - Signalling in the converged network
    - Multicasting                                                                       - Synchronization over IP
    - Multi-protocol label switching                                                     - Switching and switch architectures
    - Multiparty, multimedia conferencing over IP                                        - Traffic management, control, and charging
    - Network management                                                                 - Traffic modelling & characterization
    - Network measurements & test-beds                                                   - Virtual Path
    - Network transfer capabilities                                                      - Virtual Wire

IMPORTANT DATES                                                                       PAPER SUBMISSION
Full Paper or Extended Abstract Submission: 11 April, 2002                            Papers must be submitted electronically according to the instructions in:
Acceptance Notification: 7 June, 2002                                                 http://www.interworking2002.org
Camera-Ready Paper Submission: 5 July, 2002

                                                                    Sponsored by:
                    The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Technical Committee on Communication Systems (TC6),
                                           Working Group on Network and Internetwork Architectures (WG 6.2).