18th ITC - Providing QoS in Heterogenous Environments

Monday, 1 September 2003

09:30-10:30 h Opening Session

Welcome Address by J. Claus, Executive Committee Chair
Welcome Address by P.J. Kuehn, International Advisory Council (IAC) Chair
Welcome Address by U. Thomas, German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (tba)
Wecome Address by Volkmar Strauch, Permanent Secretary for Economics, Labour and Women´s Issues of the Senate of Berlin
Opening remarks by R. Lehnert, Technical Program Co-Chair

The Quest for Value in the German Communication Market
Andy W. Mattes, Member of the Group Board, ICN, Siemens AG

10:30-11:00 h Coffee break

11:00-12:30 h Plenary Session 1

Next Generation Networks / MPLS

Invited Talk
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Optimal Granularity of MPLS Tunnels
G.N. Rouskas, L.E. Jackson, USA

Optimal LSP Placement with QoS Constraints in DiffServ/MPLS Networks
J.M. Garcia, A. Rachdi, O. Brun, France

12:30-14:00 h Lunch break

14:00-15:30 h Parallel Session 1

MPLS Traffic Engineering

MPLS Traffic Engineering in OSPF Networks - A Combined Approach
S. Koehler, A. Binzenhoefer, Germany

Service Level Agreement as an Issue of Teletraffic
M. Schneps-Schneppe, Russia, V.B. Iversen, Denmark

An MPLS Networking Concept for Satellite Constellations
A. Donner, M. Berioli, M. Werner, Germany

Residual Network and Link Capacity Weighting
for Efficient Traffic Engineering in MPLS Networks
K. Hendling, G. Franzl, B. Statovci-Halimi, A. Halimi, Austria

Thrifty Traffic Engineering through CSLLS
A. Takács, A. Császár, R. Szabó, T. Cinkler, Hungary

14:00-15:30 h Parallel Session 2

UMTS

Macro Diversity Gain in UMTS Networks with Clustered User Distributions
K. Heck, D. Staehle, K. Leibnitz, Germany

An Analytic Approximation of the Uplink Capacity in a UMTS Network with Heterogeneous Traffic
D. Staehle, A. Mäder, Germany

An Advanced Approach for QoS Analysis in UMTS Radio Network Planning
U. Tuerke, R. Perera, E. Lamers, T. Winter, C. Goerg, Germany

Short Term Dynamic System Level Simulation Concepts for UMTS Network Planning
E. Lamers, R. Perera, U. Tuerke, C. Goerg, Germany

Performance Evaluation of IP in the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
A. Samhat, T. Chahed, France

14:00-15:30 h Parallel Session 3

Topology Models and Ad Hoc Networks

Towards Modelling the Internet Topology - The Interactive Growth Model
S. Zhou, R.J. Mondragon, UK

Architectural Features of the Power-Law Random Graph Model of Internet: Notes on Soft Hierarchy, Vulnerability and Multicasting
I. Norros, H. Reittu, Finland

The Broadcast Based Ad Hoc Routing Protocol (BCBR) - A Novel Approach for Ad Hoc Routing
I. Gruber, C. Matthiesen, Germany

Maximizing Efficiency in Bluetooth Piconets Using Throughput Optimal Packet Size Selection (TOPS)
S. Sarkar, F.M. Anjum, R. Jain, USA

Performance Issues in Sensor Networking
H. Saito, H. Minami, Japan

14:00-15:30 h Parallel Session 4

Application Servers

Web Servers under Overload: How Scheduling can Help
B. Schroeder, M. Harchol-Balter, USA

Fastest Connection First: A New Scheduling Policy for Web Servers
C.D. Murta, T.P. Corlassoli, Brazil

Optimizing the LRU Algorithm for Web Caching
P. Jelenkovic´ , A. Radovanovic´ , USA

Hybrid Performance Modeling of Open-Loop Video Distribution with VCR Functionality
A. Heindl, Germany, E. Biersack, France

On Blocking Probability Evaluation for Video-on-Demand Systems
J. Guo, S. Chan, E.W.M. Wong, PRC, M. Zukerman,
P. Taylor, Australia, K.S. Tang, PRC

18th International TELETRAFFIC CONGRESS

Providing QoS in Heterogeneous Environments