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Call for Papers (Second announcement)

THE 19th INTERNATIONAL TELETRAFFIC CONGRESS (ITC19) August 29 - September 2, 2005 Beijing, China ------------------------------------ http://www.itc19.org Submission Deadline: January 24, 2005 Electronic submission only submit using http://www.itc19.org (alternate option by email: itc@itc19.org) PDF or MS Word 6.0 (or above). (Note: Final, accepted paper will be limited to 10 pages; see appendix at the end for details) Notification of Acceptance: May 1, 2005 Camera-Ready copy: May 31, 2005

------------------------------------ Sponsors: International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) China Institute of Communications (CIC) Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) Organizers: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) China Consulting Center for Science and Technology (CCCST) Supporters: The Ministry of Information Industry, PRC (MII) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Sponsorship and Donation SKTelecom, China Telecom, China Mobile, Nokia, UTStarcom

------------------------------------ THEME OF CONGRESS Performance Challenges for Efficient Next Generation Networks

TOPICS Networks: Next Generation Networks Access Networks Mobile Communication Networks Wireless Networks, Wireless LANs Ad-Hoc Networks Multi-Provider Networks

Architectures and Protocols: Communication Protocols Middleware Architectures Service Platforms Overlay Networks Signaling Optical Switching Fixed-Mobile Convergence

Teletraffic Modeling: Traffic and Performance Measurements Traffic Characterization and Modeling Queuing Theory Performance Evaluation Simulation Methodology

Traffic Management: Traffic Management Mobility Management Routing Scheduling Overload Control Traffic Engineering

Network Planning and Management: Network Management Network Planning and Optimization Quality of Service Provisioning Service Engineering Service Pricing Reliability and Survivability Regulatory Issues

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ABOUT ITC

Teletraffic is the discipline dealing with all phenomena of control and transport of information within telecommunications networks. The flow of user/control information, as a result of a large number of users, typically experiences a stochastic nature.

Teletraffic Science is a well-established field. It is based on the theory and on methods of probability and stochastic processes on one hand, and on methods for control such as scheduling, synchronization of concurrent processes and queuing, on the other hand. Teletraffic Science is therefore strongly related to subjects as performance modeling, queuing theory, operations research, computer science and telecommunications.

Teletraffic Engineering is based on the knowledge of the organization and technology of modern, computer controlled telecommunication systems such as switching systems, computer networks, broadband and mobile communications systems, for the integration of a broad spectrum of telecommunication services such as voice, audio, graphics, video, individually or in combination (multimedia), and all kinds of computer and data base applications. Teletraffic Engineering comprises methods and tools for modeling of telecommunication systems and services, performance evaluation, resource dimensioning, cost optimization, forecasting, planning and network management.

The International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) has a long tradition. It was founded in 1955; since then, 18 ITC World Congresses, 16 ITC Specialist Seminars and 18 Regional Seminars have been held. ITC covers topics from networking technologies (telecommunication networks, mobile communication networks, internet), architectures and protocols, teletraffic measurements and traffic modeling, queuing theory and performance evaluation, traffic engineering, network planning and network management. ITC has strong links with ITU, both with the ITU-T (Telecommunication Standardization) and ITU-D (Development Sector, BDT), and supports training in Telecommunication and Teletraffic Engineering. ITC is guided by the International Advisory Council (IAC), which is supported by associated members and experts from research, development and network operations and standards organizations (ITU-TS, ETSI, and IETF).

The IAC is proud that ITC19 will be hosted by China . On behalf of the IAC, I would like to invite experts and research students from all mentioned fields to contribute to ITC19 in order to make it a great event.

Paul J. Kuehn Chairman, IAC of ITC University of Stuttgart, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

INVITATION FROM CHAIRMAN

The 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC19) will be held in Beijing , P. R. China, from August 29 to September 2, 2005. On behalf of China Institute of Communications (CIC) and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), we would like to extend our warm welcome to professionals, engineers, entrepreneurs and friends working in the fields of teletraffic theory and its applications to come to Beijing and participate in ITC19. Participants will be able to take this opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences, and share with us new progress and achievements in IT and telecommunications field.

Since the first International Seminar on Teletraffic and Network (ISTN), which was the branch of ITC in China , initiated by us in 1988, we have witnessed a steadily increasing activity in China in telecommunications network and technologies. China has gained a leading status today in information communication science and technology, with the developments of IT and telecommunications around the world. Hundreds of experts, scholars, entrepreneurs, as well as graduate and postgraduate students in the relevant areas will be expected to attend this congress. As the host and sponsor of the congress, we will do our utmost to put the ITC19 into a success. Beijing is the capital of the P. R. China. It has been the capital of six feudal dynasties in the Chinese history. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and Zhoukou Dian Site of Beijing ape-man, are only a few of the famous spots of the long history of Beijing. They are also the epitome of the splendid Chinese culture, with large amount of cultural relics and historical wonders, which are listed by the UNESCO as world natural and cultural heritages.

On behalf of the organizing committee of ITC19, we sincerely welcome you and your family to Beijing. We believe you will have an enjoyable and fruitful trip in both technical and leisure aspects.

Ye Peida Chairman of ITC19 Senior Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences Honorary President of BUPT, China --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HONORARY CHAIRMAN: Wu Jichuan, President, Chinese Institute of Electronics

CO-CHAIRMAN: Ye Peida, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of BUPT, China Lin Jintong, President of BUPT

SECRETARY-GENERAL: Yan Shuling, Deputy Director, CCCST

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (IAC) Chair: Paul J. Kuehn, University of Stuttgart, Germany Vice Chairs: Villy-Baek Iversen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Secretary: Patricia Wirth, United States Treasurer: Ulf Koerner, Sweden

Members: David Everitt, Australia Carlos-Alberto Costa-Nunes, Brazil Jim Yan, Canada Xiongjian Liang, China Prosper Chemouil, France Luigi Fratta, Italy Ignat Stanev, ITU-D Liaison Manuel Vill¨¨n-Altamirano, ITU-T Liaison Konosuke Kawashima, Japan Vladimir I. Neiman, Russia Oscar Gonzalez-Soto, Spain Onno Boxma, The Netherlands Peter Key, United Kingdom Bharat Doshi, United States

NATIONNAL ORGNIZING COMMITEE Chair: Liu Cai, Secretary-General of CIC, China

Vice Chairs: Hu Weiyi, Deputy Secretary-General of CIC, China John Liu Yun, President & CEO, SK Telecom ( China )

Members: Li Zhonghua, Director, Academic Department of CIC, China Zhang Qinsen, Senior Engineer, Academic Dept. of CIC , China Zhen Guiling, Director, General Office of CIC, China Bo Yang, Engineer, CIC Feng Suzhong, Director, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Wang Weining, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Bai Ling, Academic Committee of BUPT , China Li Xiufeng, Research Fellow, BUPT, China Huo Yumei, BUPT, China Guo Ning, BUPT, China Xu Liang, BUPT, China Samantha Lee, CCCST, China

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-Chairs: Liang Xiongjian, Professor of BUPT, China V. B. Iversen, Professor of Technical Univ. of Denmark , Denmark

Vice-Chairs: Xin Zhanhong, Deputy-Dean of School of Economics &Management, BUPT G. S. Kuo, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Magazine (2001-2002), Professor of BUPT

International Members: Australia: Moshe Zukerman Australia: Richard Harris Belgium: Guido H. Petit Belgium: Herwig Brunell Brazil: Edmundo de Souza e Silva Brazil: Nelson Fonseca Canada: Changcheng Huang Canada: James Yan Egypt: Khaled Elsayed Finland: Ilkka Norros Finland: Jarmo Harju France: Andrzej Duda France: Annie Gravey France: Guy Pujolle France: James Roberts France: Prosper Chemouil France: Serge Fdida Germany: Carmelita Goerg Germany: Joachim Charzinski Germany: Kurt Tutschku Germany: Paul Kuehn (IAC Liaison) Germany: Ralf Lehnert Germany: Udo Krieger Germany: Ulrich Killat Hungary: Sandor Molnar Italy: Luigi Fratta Italy: Marco Ajmone-Marsan Japan: Konosuke Kawashima Japan: Hajime Nakamura Japan: Hasegawa Toshiharu Japan: Wuyi Yue Japan: Yutaka Takahashi Korea: Dong-Ho Cho Poland: Michal Pioro Portugal: Jose Brazio Russia: Tsitovich Ivan Singapore: John Liu Yun Singapore: Sun Jie Spain: Manuel Villen Altamirano Spain: Oscar Gonzalez-Soto Sweden: Ulf Koerner The Netherlands: Michel Mandjes The Netherlands: Onno Boxma UK: Peter Key UK: Laurie Cuthbert USA: Debasis Mitra USA: Deep Medhi USA: Frank Huebner USA: H. Richard Gail USA: Y.T. Wang

National Members: CHEN Changjia, BJTU CHENG Shiduan, BUPT Danny Tsang, HKUST HUANG Zailu, HUST JI Yuefeng, BUPT JI Zhaojun, MII K.T. KO, HKCU LI Lemin, UESTC LIN Chuang, Tsinghua Univ LIU Daming, CQUPT LIU Zengji, Xidian Univ LONG Keping, CQUPT LU Tingjie, BUPT MENG Luoming, BUPT NIU Zhisheng, Tsinghua Univ QIU Wanhua, BHU REN Yong, Tsinghua Univ SHE Qijiong, CT SHU Huaying, BUPT WAN Yan, BUPT WANG Liangyuan, NUPT WANG Shouyang, CAS WEI Leping, CT WEI Quanling, RCU WEN Ku, MII WU Hequan, CAE WU Qizong, BIT WU Shixiong, CPB WU Ying, UTStarcom XIANG Haige, Peking Univ XIAO Jinxue, CT XIONG Bingqun, DTT XU Guanghui, CAS XU Yan, HKUST YANG Fangchun, BUPT ZHANG Ping, BUPT ZHANG Qun, USTB ZHAO Houlin, ITU ZHOU Baoxin, CCSA

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CORRESPONDENCE AND INQUIRIES

1. Contact for academic issues: Ms. Wan Yan, Ms. Huo Yumei School of Economics & Management Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications No. 10, Xi Tu Cheng Lu, Haidian District, Beijing 100876, China Tel: (+86 10) 81120864, 62282039 Fax: (+86 10) 62282039 E-mail: itc@itc19.org bupthuoyumei@163.com http://www.bupt.edu.cn

2. Contact for congress affairs issues: Ms. Samantha Lee, Ms. Doney Qian ITC19 Secretariat China Consulting Center for Science and Technology 86#, Xue Yuan Nan Lu, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China Tel: (+86 10) 62175100, 62184931 Fax: (+86 10) 62172055, 62184931 E-mail: cccst@126.com, cccst@ict19.org http:// www.chinaconsult.com.cn

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ITU & ITC Workshop for Developing Countries:

In keeping with the traditions of ITC, a workshop for developing countries is organized by ITU-D and ITC Committee 3. The workshop deals with applied traffic engineering problems such as dimensioning, measurements and field experiences. Deadeline for submitted paper is May 15, 2005. see http://www.com.dtu.dk/teletraffic/ for further information. The workshop is organized by: Ricardo Passerini, ITU-D riccardo.passerini@itu.int Ignat Stanev, Chairman, ITC Committee 3, Ignat.Stanev@ties.itu.ch Villy B. Iverson, Vice-Chairman, ITC/IAC, vbhi@com.dtu.dk

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX Brief Instructions for the Preparation and Format of ACCepted Paper for ITC 19 Paper title Author1 name and Author2 name Authors Affiliation(s) Detailed Addresses E-mail Addresses Paper title: The paper title should appear at 55mm from top margin of the first page. Abstract: The abstract should appear at the top of the text, about 12mm below the title and author information. The abstract should contain about 100-150 words. Keywords: Leave 12mm between the keywords and the beginning of the main text. GENERAL PAPER FORMAT Your text file of the paper should choose A4 paper size. We encourage you to use 12 point Times-New-Roman and line spacing at least 12pt to achieve the best rendering in the proceedings. And the font of the paper title should be 14pt . Please make sure that your word file or camera-ready paper file is printable and the printout looks fine before submitting. The major heading of a paper should appear in all capital letters, 12pt Times-New-Roman and bold face, with one blank line before and after. And the subheadings of a paper should appear in 12pt Times-New-Roman and bold face, but only with initial letter for each substantive word capitalized and half blank line before the subheadings. Your text will be photographically reduced by 20-25%. So your text should be produced within the dimensions: total width of 16cm and a maximum length of 21cm on the first page and 23cm on the second and following pages. More information about the paper format can be found by accessing the web sites http://www.itc19.org , there is an electronic template of the standard format of a paper ca n be Download an d used directly.

TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS All halftone tables and illustrations must be clear black and white prints. They should be arranged throughout the text and preferably be included on the same page as they are first discussed. They should have a self-contained caption and be positioned in flush-left alignment with the text margin.

PAGE NUMBERING Please do not paginate your paper. Page numbers, session numbers, and conference identification will be inserted when the paper is included in the proceedings.

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