CFP : IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Network Management of Multi service, Multimedia, IP based Networks

CFP : IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Network Management of Multi service, Multimedia, IP based Networks
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Call For Papers IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on Network Management of Multi-service, Multimedia, IP-based Networks Guest Editors Dr. Nikolaos Nikolaou Dr. Theodore Zahariadis Lucent Technologies Networking & Multimedia Systems Bell Labs - AT, EMEA Ellemedia Technologies Botterstraat 45 Syggrou 223, 1270 AA, Huizen, 171 21, Athens The Netherlands Greece Tel: +31 - 35 - 687 5302 Tel: +30 - 10 - 937 3097 Email: nikolaou@lucent.com Email: zahariad@ellemedia.com Prof. Joan Serrat Dr. Bharat Doshi Telecommunication Engineering Lucent Technologies Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Bell Labs Sor Eulalia d'Anzizu, s/n, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, 08034, Barcelona, Holmdel, NJ 07733 Spain USA Tel: +34 - 93 - 401 6786 Tel: +1732 949 0823 Email: serrat@tsc.upc.es Email: bdoshi@lucent.com Objectives During the last decade, innovations concerning optical networking technology, as well as advances in digital compression and transmission over copper and cable have dramatically increased the capabilities and the efficiency of existing and imminent access-, metropolitan- and core-networks. A major breakthrough in communications was the fast deployment of cellular systems. Currently, 3G wireless systems, targeting the transmission of voice, video and high-speed data, are already under preliminary deployment. Furthermore, researchers and vendors are expressing a growing interest in 4G wireless systems that will support even higher rates and cater for global roaming across multiple wireless networks. Meanwhile, based on the TCP/IP protocol suite, the Internet has evolved from a research network, targeting a limited audience of academic and military users, to a huge and commercially operated network. Next-generation IP technology has the potential to prevail, both in the access and in the core, as we are moving toward a worldwide, multi-service, multimedia and high-speed networking environment. The explosion of IP-based multimedia applications led to an exponential growth of IP traffic and initiated a number of research activities that would allow efficient Quality of Service (QoS) support. Additionally, the issue of security became more important and acquired considerable attention owing to the proliferation of IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). However, apart from efficient compression, sophisticated transmission schemes and support for QoS, mobility and security, contemporary networking applications require significant functionality for management operations, ensuring that the underlining network is both available and capable of supporting the service uninterruptedly. Configuration, performance and fault management over heterogeneous underlying technologies and multi-layered networks, along with end-to-end QoS, traffic management, service control platforms, billing and mobility management are also crucial components of multi-service and high-speed IP-based networks. The goal of this special issue in IEEE Network Magazine is to present to the magazine's audience (1) a comprehensive study of the design, performance and deployment issues and solutions of end-to-end network management over multi-domain, multi-technology, IP-based networks, and (2) a consolidated insight into ongoing research, development and trials' evaluation of network management technologies and platforms, broadening future research directions. To achieve this goal, this special issue seeks for original papers with strong tutorial and/or survey perspective that will consolidate and present the leading-edge research prototype development, trials and early deployment and performance studies in Network Management of multi-service, multimedia, IP-based networks. Topics In particular, focused tutorial and survey contributions are solicited on (but not restricted to) the following areas: * End-to-end IP multimedia network and service management * VoIP, IP Video, streaming, interactive video service management * Provisioning of multimedia networks and services * Wireless LAN and 3G/4G mobile multimedia network management * Management of terminal and network mobility * Inter-domain IP over WDM multimedia network management * Network management models and architectures * Management issues for billing and security for IP multimedia services * Multi-domain, multi-point, multicast services management * Policy-based management for multimedia services * Performance and Fault Management of Multi-layered Networks * QoS management * Multimedia traffic management * Active multimedia network management * Middleware support for management Manuscript Submission Interested authors should submit an electronic version of the manuscript, in either Postscript or PDF format, as an email attachment to one of the guest editors. Additional information including "Guidelines for authors" is available at the IEEE Network Website: http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html Important Dates Submission Deadline: October 1, 2002 Notification of Acceptance: December 21, 2002 Final Manuscript Due: March 1, 2003 Publication Date: May/June 2003

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                               Call For Papers
                    IEEE Network Magazine Special Issue on
      Network Management of Multi-service, Multimedia, IP-based Networks

Guest Editors

Dr. Nikolaos Nikolaou                   Dr. Theodore Zahariadis
Lucent Technologies                     Networking & Multimedia Systems
Bell Labs - AT, EMEA                    Ellemedia Technologies
Botterstraat 45                         Syggrou 223,
1270 AA, Huizen,                        171 21, Athens
The Netherlands                         Greece
Tel: +31 - 35 - 687 5302                Tel: +30 - 10 - 937 3097
Email: nikolaou@lucent.com              Email: zahariad@ellemedia.com

Prof. Joan Serrat                       Dr. Bharat Doshi
Telecommunication Engineering           Lucent Technologies
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya    Bell Labs
Sor Eulalia d'Anzizu, s/n,              101 Crawfords Corner Rd,
08034, Barcelona,                       Holmdel, NJ  07733
Spain                                   USA
Tel: +34 - 93 - 401 6786                Tel: +1732 949 0823
Email: serrat@tsc.upc.es                Email: bdoshi@lucent.com


Objectives

During  the   last  decade,   innovations  concerning   optical  networking
technology, as  well as  advances in  digital compression  and transmission
over  copper and  cable have  dramatically increased  the capabilities  and
the  efficiency  of  existing   and  imminent  access-,  metropolitan-  and
core-networks.  A  major  breakthrough   in  communications  was  the  fast
deployment of  cellular systems. Currently, 3G  wireless systems, targeting
the transmission  of voice,  video and high-speed  data, are  already under
preliminary deployment. Furthermore, researchers and vendors are expressing
a growing  interest in 4G  wireless systems  that will support  even higher
rates and cater for global roaming across multiple wireless networks.

Meanwhile, based  on the  TCP/IP protocol suite,  the Internet  has evolved
from  a  research  network,  targeting   a  limited  audience  of  academic
and  military  users,   to  a  huge  and   commercially  operated  network.
Next-generation IP  technology has  the potential to  prevail, both  in the
access and in the core, as we are moving toward a worldwide, multi-service,
multimedia and high-speed networking environment. The explosion of IP-based
multimedia  applications led  to an  exponential growth  of IP  traffic and
initiated  a  number of  research  activities  that would  allow  efficient
Quality  of Service  (QoS)  support. Additionally,  the  issue of  security
became  more important  and acquired  considerable attention  owing to  the
proliferation of IP-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

However,  apart  from  efficient  compression,  sophisticated  transmission
schemes and support for QoS, mobility and security, contemporary networking
applications require  significant functionality for  management operations,
ensuring  that  the  underlining  network is  both  available  and  capable
of  supporting  the  service  uninterruptedly.  Configuration,  performance
and  fault  management  over   heterogeneous  underlying  technologies  and
multi-layered  networks, along  with  end-to-end  QoS, traffic  management,
service control platforms, billing and mobility management are also crucial
components of multi-service and high-speed IP-based networks.

The  goal of  this special  issue in  IEEE Network  Magazine is  to present
to  the  magazine's audience  (1)  a  comprehensive  study of  the  design,
performance  and  deployment issues  and  solutions  of end-to-end  network
management over multi-domain, multi-technology,  IP-based networks, and (2)
a  consolidated  insight into  ongoing  research,  development and  trials'
evaluation  of network  management technologies  and platforms,  broadening
future  research  directions. To  achieve  this  goal, this  special  issue
seeks for  original papers with  strong tutorial and/or  survey perspective
that  will  consolidate and  present  the  leading-edge research  prototype
development, trials and early deployment and performance studies in Network
Management of multi-service, multimedia, IP-based networks.


Topics

In particular, focused  tutorial and survey contributions  are solicited on
(but not restricted to) the following areas:
* End-to-end IP multimedia network and service management
* VoIP, IP Video, streaming, interactive video service management
* Provisioning of multimedia networks and services
* Wireless LAN and 3G/4G mobile multimedia network management
* Management of terminal and network mobility
* Inter-domain IP over WDM multimedia network management
* Network management models and architectures
* Management issues for billing and security for IP multimedia services
* Multi-domain, multi-point, multicast services management
* Policy-based management for multimedia services
* Performance and Fault Management of Multi-layered Networks
* QoS management
* Multimedia traffic management
* Active multimedia network management
* Middleware support for management


Manuscript Submission

Interested authors should  submit an electronic version  of the manuscript,
in either Postscript  or PDF format, as  an email attachment to  one of the
guest editors.

Additional information  including "Guidelines for authors"  is available at
the IEEE Network Website: http://www.comsoc.org/pubs/net/ntwrk/authors.html


Important Dates

Submission Deadline:            October 1, 2002
Notification of Acceptance:     December 21, 2002
Final Manuscript Due:           March 1, 2003
Publication Date:               May/June 2003