Esteghlal Grand Hotel

THEME: DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The first International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST) will be organized by Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC). The symposium will be sponsored by IEEE, IEE and ICT. It aims to provide a broad international forum as well as an outstanding opportunity for scientific researchers, academicians and telecommunication engineers to discuss new and emerging technologies, progress in standards, services and their applications in telecommunication and information systems. The conference will feature world-renowned plenary speakers, tutorial presentations and focused mini-symposia.

Scope
Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to the following:

• Signal processing for communications
• Personal communication networks and systems
• Broadband ISDN and ATM high-speed networks and systems
• New network services and applications
• Network management
• Network architectures and standards
• Intelligent networks and communications software systems
• Electronic commerce
• IP Telephony
• Adaptive communications
• Multimedia (speech, image and video) communications
• Interconnection networks
• Optical communications and networking
• Wireless systems
• Smart Antennas
• Satellite Systems and applications
• Security and authentication
• Regulation and public policy
• Deregulation and Privatization
• Social implications of telecommunications

1. Mini-Symposium on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks Organized By Dr. Guy Omidyar.
   Integration of fixed and portable wireless access technologies and mobility features into fixed and mobile IP networks present a cost effective and efficient way to provide seamless end-to-end connectivity and ubiquitous access in a market where demands on wireless networks have grown rapidly and which is predicted to generate billions of dollars in revenue. The deployment of broadband cellular-based technologies including demand for internet mobility and their integration with emerging Broadband Wireless Access Networks (BWANs) are becoming increasingly important. Mobility and connection management, location management, connection establishment, quality of service, provisioning for voice, video, image and data are some of the focus areas of this Mini-symposium. Contributions from standardization and research consortiums are accepted on mobile, satellite and personal communication- from 3rd to 4th generations, Wireless Applications Protocols (WAP), 3GPP and UMTS/IMT2000.

   Topics to be covered in the technical session of this Mini-Symposium include, but are not limited to:

   • Models of mobile and wireless networks
   • Wireless system modeling and validation, efficient approximations, algorithmic techniques, design optimization, and end-to-end performance models
   • Wireless tele-traffic study and traffic characterization and management
   • Wireless LAN architectures
   • Radio interface
   • Mobility management and roaming
   • Mobile multimedia networking
   • Wireless security
   • Wireless in the local loops
   • Wireless and mobile cellular internet
   • Mobile and wireless ATM networks
   • Multiple access techniques
   • Experimental mobile and wireless networks and trials
   • Satellite network architecture
   • Signal processing for wireless
   
   
2. Mini-Symposium on Optical Communications
3. Mini-Symposium on Mobile Internet

Deadlines:

• Extended summary: March 1, 2001
• Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2001
• Final paper submission: July 1, 2001
• Advance registration: July 1, 2001
• Tutorial Proposal (in any area of the scope of the conference): March 1, 2001

Address for Submissions:
email: a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir

General Information:
For more information please visit the Web site at:
http://www.itrc.ac.ir/IST2001/
http://www.ist2001.webstar.co.uk/
Or send your notification of interest to the Secretariat at:
e-mail : a.eslami@itrc.ac.ir
fax: (9821) 8009885
Tel: (9821) 8872988/9

Chairman:
Mohammad Hakkak,
m.hakkak@itrc.ac.ir

Technical Program Chair:
Farokh Marvasti,
farokh.marvasti@kcl.ac.uk

Steering Committee:

• G. Omidyar, Computer Sciences Corporation, USA
• M. Malek Zavarei, Lucent Technologies, USA
• M. Hakkak, Director of Iran Telecom Research Center, IRAN
• F. Marvasti, King’s College London, UK