First Announcement and Call for Papers


                     The 3rd Workshop on the Internet,
                  Telecommunications and Signal Processing
                                 WITSP'2004
                       Adelaide, 20-22 December 2004

   After the success of two previous Workshops, held in Wollongong in
   2002 and Coolangatta in 2003, the Organising Committee decided to hold
   the 3rd Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal
   Processing, WITSP'04 at Stamford Grand Hotel in Adelaide. 

   The topics of interest range from those of the physical layer to the
   application layer through all aspects of the protocols and processes
   required for the future Internet to operate better and the
   applications to utilise the full potential offered by the current and
   the emerging networking infrastructure.
   Previously unpublished contributions to the following technical areas,
   but not limited to, are solicited:

   Internet
     * Traffic modelling
     * Protocols
     * Embedded Internet devices
     * New and enhanced services
     * Resource and information management
     * Adaptive QoS provisioning
     * End-to-end QoS
     * Internet2

   Wireless Networks
     * Mobile ad hoc networking
     * Personal area networking
     * Convergence of different network types
     * Broadband Wireless Access
     * Vertical handovers
     * IP and Mobility
     * Home networking

   Network Security
     * Security primitives and algorithms
     * Security of wireless and distribution networks
     * Programmable networks security
     * Authentication and authorization

   Fixed networks
     * Optical networks and switching
     * Network architectures and equipment
     * Programmable networks
     * Access technologies
     * Test-beds and trials

   Telecommunication technology
     * Channel measurements and characterisation
     * Coding and modulation techniques
     * Modelling and simulation
     * Spread Spectrum and CDMA systems
     * OFDM technology
     * Space-time coding

   Multimedia signal processing
     * Streamed multimedia applications
     * Algorithms and implementations
     * Image and video processing
     * Error concealment techniques

   The procedure for submitting papers will be announced shortly. Each
   paper of up to 6 double column pages of A4 (single space, font size 10
   points minimum)  will be peer-reviewed by two independent reviewers
   and the authors will be notified about the acceptance via email.

   Important Dates:
     * Full Paper Submission Deadline:          
     * Notification of acceptance:                   
     * Camera-Ready Copy:                              
     * Registration:                                             

   30 July 2004
   15 September 2004
   15 October 2004
   15 October 2004
   For further information please contact:

   Assoc. Prof. T Wysocki

   Fax: +61 2 4285 7576, E-mail: chair@dspcs-witsp.com



   Organising Committee

   Arek Dadej, University of South Australia
   Jennifer Seberry, University of Wollongong
   Lang White, University of Adelaide
   Beata Wysocki, University of Wollongong
   Tadeusz Wysocki, University of Wollongong - Chairman
   Hans-Juergen Zepernick, Western Australian Telecommunications Research
   Institute 

   Technical Program Committee

   Jean Armstrong, La Trobe University
   Arek Dadej, University of South Australia
   Mieso Denko, University of Guelph
   Peter Farkas, Slovak Technical University
   Alfred Mertins, University of Oldenburg
   Jennifer Seberry, University of Wollongong
   Miroslaw Slominski, Warsaw University of Technology
   Lang White, University of Adelaide
   Hamid Sharif, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
   Beata Wysocki, University of Wollongong
   Tadeusz Wysocki, University of Wollongong
   Hans-Juergen Zepernick, Western Australian Telecommunications Research
   Institute