-------- Original Message -------- Subject: DRCN 2005 - Call for Papers Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:27:21 -0600 From: Medhi, Deep DMedhi@umkc.edu To: tccc@cs.columbia.edu, itc@comsoc.org, cnom@lrg.ufsc.br

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*DRCN 2005*

*The 5th International Workshop on Design of Reliable Communication Networks*

*/"Reliable Networks for Reliable Services"/*

Island of Ischia, Italy, on 16-19 October 2005

On behalf of the DRCN 2005 Organizing Committee, I would like to invite you to participate as a speaker or delegate in the 5th Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) Workshop (www.drcn.org http://www.drcn.org/), which will be held at the Albergo della Regina Isabella in the beautiful Island of Ischia, Italy, on 16-19 October 2005.

You can get the DRCN 2005’s *Call for Papers* in http://drcn2005.telecomitalialab.com/callforpapers.htm.

The International Workshop on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN) is a biannual conference to provide a platform for presentations and discussions of recent developments and future trends in communication networks and network subsystems, focusing on all aspects of network reliability.

The workshop consists of technical presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, posters, exhibitions and demos.

*Relevant dates*

April 15, 2005 – Paper submission

June 3, 2005 – Notification of acceptance

June 15, 2005 – Tutorial proposals due

September 2, 2005 – Final paper due

October 16-19, 2005 – Conference dates

*Topics *

Under the central theme “Reliable Networks for Reliable Services” detailed topics of relevance for DRCN 2005 include, but are not limited to:

*Equipment and Technology for Survivability*

· Next-generation SONET/SDH, resilient packet rings (RPR), coarse WDM, Ethernet, WDM optical and photonic networks

· IP-centric control, GMPLS, fast IGP, OSPF, IS-IS convergence, integrated IP and optical mechanisms

· Fault detection and isolation schemes, link monitoring protocols, digital wrapper, GFP, LCAS applications to restoration

· Reliability or availability of key equipment: MEMs, Lasers, OXCs

· Photonic cross-connect and OADM designs

· Impact of ultra long haul DWDM on restoration strategies and architecture

*Basic Methods and Theory for Survivable Network Design and Operation*

· Algorithms for survivable routing, capacity planning and reconfiguration

· Design and evolution of ring, mesh, hybrid, p-cycle, loop-back, shared-backup path, and other architectures

· Physical and virtual topology design, design heuristics, simulation and experimental methods

· Integration of survivability and dynamic demand adaptation techniques

· Survivable design under demand uncertainty

· Supporting multiple quality of protection and multiple failure design considerations, SRLG issues

· Fast restoration in mesh-based networks

· Reliability and availability analysis methods and theory

*Network Planning, Management, Monitoring and Control*

· Multi-technology network management (MTNM), monitoring and control

· Network planning, simulation, visualisation and analysis tools

· Operations research methods in design, pre-planning, and on-line operations

· Coordinating multi-layer and multi-service survivability requirements

· Rapid service provisioning, pre-provisioning, inventory strategies, and service level agreements

· Survivable metro-edge/access and core network evolution planning

*Operations, Applications and Services Oriented*

· Protection requirements for different of network services

· Business case studies of survivable service offerings

· Novel applications and service requirements (health care, for example)

· Government and defence needs for reliability / availability / survivability

· Reliability and fault tolerance of web server clusters, storage area networks (SAN), fixed and mobile wireless and satellite

· Disaster recovery, ad-hoc networks

· Papers are particularly welcomed on reliability and survivability aspects of non-traditional networking contexts such as SANs, satellite networks, or server farms for example, as well as papers documenting case studies, measurement programs and data and operational accounts of actual failures, their impacts, and the recovery process.

Organizing Committee

* *Roberto Clemente*, */General Chair/* Telecom Italia Lab, /Italy/ * *Antonio Manzalini*, /*Technical Program Co-Chair*/ Telecom Italia Lab, /Italy/ * *Andrea Bianco*, */Technical Program Co-Chair/* Politecnico di Torino, /Italy/ * *Giuseppe Ferraris*, /*Tutorials Chair*/ Telecom Italia Lab, /Italy/ * *Tiziana Ferrari*, */Exhibit Chair /* INFN - CNAF, /Italy/ * *Arijs Peter*, */Publicity Chair, Europe/* OPNET, /Belgium/ * *John Doucette*, */Publicity Chair, USA and Canada/* TRLabs, University of Alberta, /Canada/ * *Clotilde Canepa Fertini*, */Treasurer/* Istituto Internazionale delle Comunicazioni, /Italy/ * *Cristina Calderaro*, */Secretariat/* Telecom Italia Lab, /Italy/

Special Advisory Representatives

* *Achille Pattavina, /Editor-in-Chief, European Transactions on Telecommunications/ * Politecnico di Milano, /Italy/ * *Manu Malek, /Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Network and Systems Management/* Stevens Institute of Technology, /USA/

Program Committee

* *Andreas Antonopoulos*, CEU Graduate School of Business, /Hungary/ * *Bela Berde*, Alcatel CIT, /France/ * *Paul Bonenfant*, Optimum Online, /USA/ * *Sid Chaudhuri*, Nextel, /USA/ * *Matthieu Clouqueur*, Siemens AG, /Germany/ * *Giancarlo D'Orazio*, Telecom Italia, /Italy/ * *John Doucette*, TRLabs, University of Alberta, /Canada/ * *Peter Edwards*, Bell Canada, /Canada/ * *Andrea Fumagalli*, The University of Texas at Dallas, /USA/ * *Nasir Ghani*, Sorrento Networks, /USA/ * *Paramasiviah Harshavardhana*, VPISystems, /Canada/ * *Monika Jaeger*, T-System, Deutsche Telekom, /Germany/ * *Raj Jain*, Nayna Networks and Ohio State University, /USA/ * *Dave Johnson*, British Telecommunications plc, /UK/ * *Artur Lason*, AGH University of Science and Technology, /Poland/ * *Per Lindberg*, TeliaSonera, /Sweden/ * *Yu Liu*, OPNET, /USA/ * *Jesús Felipe Lobo Poyo*, Telefónica I+D, /Spain/ * *Muriel Médard*, MIT, /USA/ * *Deep Medhi*, University of Missouri-Kansas City, /USA/ * *Filip Meyer*, Teledanmark, /Denmark/ * *Eytan Modiano*, MIT, /USA/ * *Naohide Nagatsu*, NTT Network Innovation Labs, /Japan/ * *G.P. O'Reilly*, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, /USA/ * *Erwin Patzak*, Fraunhofer-Institute for Telecommunications, HHI, /Germany/ * *Mario Picavet*, Ghent University, IMEC, /Belgium/ * *Giuseppe Pignari*, Vodafone, /Italy/ * *Sathya Rao*, Telscom AG, /Switzerland/ * *Jacques Robadey*, Swisscom, /Switzerland/ * *Dominic A. Schupke*, Siemens AG, /Germany/ * *Piergiorgio Sessarego*, Marconi, /Italy/ * *Jim Slevinsky*, Telus, /Canada/ * *Alexandros Stavdas*, NTUA, /Greece/ * *Jean Philippe Vasseur*, Cisco Systems, /USA/ * *Carlos Becker Westphall*, UFSC, /Brazil/ * *Jing Wu*, Communications Research Centre Canada, /Canada/ * *Hui Zang*, Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratories, /USA/ * *Evi Zouganeli*, Telenor R&D, /Norway/