Call for Papers
2005 Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ATS'05)
"Modeling and Simulation Challenges in Telecommunication Systems"
Part of the 2005 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'05)

Sponsored by:
The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS)
April 2 - 8, 2005
Hilton Mission Valley Hotel
San Diego, CA


The Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ATS) is an international forum for
exchange of technical knowledge and presentation of original papers on the
analysis of telecommunication systems and technologies. It is intended for
professionals, engineers, software developers, managers, and others
interested in cellular and packet traffic characteristics, analysis of
telecommunication networks, and practitioners operating telecommunication
networks. We are looking for innovative technical papers describing
projects, applications, and research and development work pertinent to
telecommunication. 


This year's Symposium is particularly seeking papers in the following
tracks:

Wireless
Chairs:  Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University, USA 
Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany 
 
Topics:

UMTS 
GSM / CDMA 
2.5G/3G Wireless 
Mobile Internet and Wireless Multimedia 
Cell Traffic 
Network Performance and Engineering 
Measurements 
 
SPECIAL SESSION:  WLAN research with particular emphasis on QoS, routing,
reliability, overload/congestion control, and interworking with 2.5/3G
systems. 
 
 
Telecommunications Business and Regulation
Chair:  George Kraft, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of
Technology, USA 
 
Topics:

Cost modeling 
Call center operations 
Billing models 
E-commerce 
 
 
Network Security and Management

Chairs:  Susan Lincke-Salecker, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA  
John Laskar, Mitretek Systems, USA 
 
Topics:  Innovative Network Security methods 
WLAN Security 
Influence of security measures on network performance 
Operations, Administration, Maintenance 
Overload/congestion control 
Load balancing 
 
 
Networks and Multimedia

Chairs:  Aftab Ahmad, Norfolk State University, USA 
Wolfang Haidegger, Siemens, Austria 
 
Topics:  Internet QoS Architectures 
Network performance - analysis and simulation 
Traffic characterization 
Packet switch architecture evaluation 
 
 
Modeling Techniques and V&V

Chairs:  Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany 
Shakil Akhtar, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates 
 
Topics:  Simulation techniques 
Acceleration methods 
Distributed Simulation 
Simulation Tools for Modeling and V & V traffic measurements, analysis and
synthesis 
Combined simulation/analytic procedures 
Metro area design and modeling 
 
 
Traffic Engineering with Protocols and Devices
Chairs:  Junaid Zubairi, SUNY at Fredonia, USA 
Chia J. Liu, AT&T Labs, USA 
 
Topics:  Traffic Management and control 
Traffic engineering architectures 
Bandwidth management 
GMPLS 
VPN (Virtual Private Network) Performance Issues 
 


General Chair: Bohdan Bodnar
Motorola, Inc. 

Co-Chair: Hassan Rajaei
Bowling Green State University, USA 

Program Chair: George Kraft
Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA 

Draft Paper / Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: December 13, 2004. 
Draft
paper or extended abstract should be submitted to

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scs/proceedings/

Deadlines
Abstract/Draft paper due  - December 13, 2004
Notification of acceptance sent - December 21, 2004
Camera-ready paper due - January 31, 2005

Please indicate in the abstract for which track(s) you wish to have your
paper considered; note that the final track selection will be at the
discretion of the ATS organizers. The abstract must include the author(s),
e-mail address(es), and affiliation.

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
P.O. Box 17900
San Diego, California 92177
Phone 858-277-3888
Fax 858-277-3930
E-mail scs@scs.org