cfp @ NEW2AN Conference

International Conference on
Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking (NEW2AN'04) Organized by
Tampere University of Technology (Finland) and R&D Institute LONIIS (Russia)
in cooperation with ITC (International Teletraffic Congress), Popov Society,
IEEE St.Petersburg BT/CAS/COM Chapter, EU COST Programme, E-NEXT community, IST Programme (approval pending),
and support of NOKIA and ZNIIS.

February 02-06, 2004
NEPTUN Business Center, St.Petersburg, Russia
http://www.new2an.org/

The conference

Modern multimedia services pose new challenges related to the treatment of traffic within
communication networks. To build next-generation telecommunication network, teletraffic
theory and advanced networking must be used. The conference goal is the identification and
investigation of new models, architectures and mechanisms to enable a new generation of IP
networks. Special emphasis will be given to wireless networking, in particular the handling
and delivery of multimedia traffic in 2.5/3/4G networks. Results which address collaborative
problems between next generation teletraffic and advanced networking are strongly encouraged.

Since the middle of the 1990s a sequence of seminars sponsored by International Teletraffic
Congress (ITC) have been successfully organized by the R&D Institute LONIIS in Saint-Petersburg.
The meeting point between east and west, the experience of both can be seen and felt in the
host country and city.

Topics

Paper submissions should address (but not limited to) one of the following topics:

- Next Generation Teletraffic Theory
- Overlay Networks
- Ad-hoc Networks
- 3G and Beyond Networks
- Delivery of Multimedia Traffic over IP in Wired and Wireless Environment
- Always Best Connected
- Horizontal/Vertical/Internal Handover Algorithms
- QoS Provisioning in Wired and Wireless Environment
- Medium access control protocols and scheduling techniques for future wireless systems
- Wireless Protocols
- [Multimedia] Traffic Measurements and Testbeds
- 4G Paradigms
- Applications for Multimedia-enabled Wired And Wireless Networks
- Traffic Engineering & QoS in all-IP Networks
- Multicast networks
- Traffic Classification and Characterization
- Resource Management and Congestion control
- Network Modeling, Simulation, Emulation and Tomography
- Network Planning and Network Engineering
- Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (AAA)
- Business Models and Tariffing
- HAPs (High Altitude Platforms)

Paper submission
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Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts in English of not more than 3 single-spaced
pages. All extended abstracts must include a title, complete contact information for all
authors, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding author should be identified clearly.
The Authors of accepted extended abstracts will need to produce camera ready versions of full
papers (no more than 8 IEEE format camera-ready pages). Papers as well as extended abstracts
must be submitted electronically (in PDF format) to new2an@new2an.org or yk@cs.tut.fi
A best paper will be selected based on the quality of full paper and presentation.

Important dates

Deadline for submissions of Extended Abstract : September 20, 2003
Notification of acceptance : October 27, 2003
Camera ready version : December 10, 2003
Conference dates : February 2-6, 2004

General information

A registration fee of $400 (full) and $200 (student) will be levied
for the conference. Students are expected to prove their status by
means of identification at the registration. This price will include
the conference attendance, proceedings, lunches, coffee-breaks and a
social program.

Location, accommodation and social program

A Russian ballet and winter event with traditional Russian meals will
be organized by the local host.

Visa

Russian Visa support will be provided by hosting hotel.

Program Committee

Khalid Al-Begain University of Glamorgan, UK
Konstantin Avratchenkov INRIA, France
Francisco Barcelo UPC, Spain
Torsten Braun University of Bern, Switzerland
Sergei Brusilovsky LONIIS, Russia
Chrysostomos Chrysostomou University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Georg Carle University of Tuebingen, Germany
Markus Fidler Technical University of Aachen, Germany
Giovanni Giambene Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Ivan Ganchev Univ. of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Andrei Gurtov Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Vitaly Gutin Popov Society, Russia
Jarmo Harju Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland
Villy Baek Iversen Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark
Martin Karsten Univ. of Waterloo, Canada
Farid Khafizov Nortel Networks, USA
Denis Khotimsky Lucent Bell Labs, USA
Yevgeni Koucheryavy Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland (Chair)
Jae-Young Kim Purdue University, USA
Kyu Ouk Lee ETRI, R.Korea
Lemin Li Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Vladimir Lohmotko LONIIS, Russia
Ibrahim Matta Boston University, USA
Piet Van Mieghem Delft Univ. of Technology, Netherlands
Ian Marsh SICS, Sweden
Ilka Miloucheva Salzburg Research, Austria
Edmundo Monteiro University of Coimbra, Portugal
Mohammad Obaidat Monmouth University, USA
Mairtin O'Droma Univ. of Limerick, Ireland
George Pavlou Univ. of Surrey, UK
Zoya Revelova LONIIS, Russia
Simon Pietro Romano, Universita' degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Italy
Sergei Semenov NOKIA, Finland
Manfred Shneps Russia / Latvia
Mikhail Smirnov Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Ioannis Stavrakakis Univ. of Athens, Greece
Sergey Stepanov IPPI RAN / MGTS, Russia
Burkhard Stiller UniBw Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dmitry Tkachenko IEEE St.Petersburg BT/CAS/COM Chapter, Russia
Vassilis Tsaoussidis Northeastern University, USA
Christian Tschudin University of Basel, Switzerland
Peter Wintlev-Jensen EU Commission
Lars Wolf Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Gennady Yanovsky State Univ. of Telecommunications, Russia

ITC Liaison

Villy Baek Iversen Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark

Organizing Committee Chairman

Honorary Member of Popov Society
Andrei Koucheryavy

Organizing Committee Secretary

Alexandra Kourbatova