Preliminary Program

ConTEL 2001 Location: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Unska 3, Zagreb, Croatia


Tuesday, June 12

15:00-18:00 Tutorial (Hall G)

Kimon P. Valavanis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Agents and Multiagent systems


Wednesday, June 13

9:15-10:30 Opening session (Hall D1)

Invited paper A

Paola Iovanna, ERI, Italia

       Optical Networks for Next Generation IP Backbones

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session 1 (Hall D1): NEW GENERATION NETWORKS

Mette Rohne, Irena Grgic, Terje Jensen, Telenor R&D, Norway

       An Approach for Evaluating Network Migration Scenarios

Dražen Lucic, Ericsson GmbH, Germany

       An Approach to the Requirements Specification for Implementation of the Third Generation Mobile Telecommunication Systems

Zeljko Antolic, Miljenko Opsenica, Robert Radosevic, Vedran Bartonicek, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

       Open Network Gateway in Multi-service Networks

Mladen Sokele, Vlasta Hudek, Croatian Telcom, Croatia

       A Prediction of the Croatian Telecommunications Market Requirements

12:30-14:00           Lunch

14:00-15:00 Invited paper B (Hall D1)

Goff Hill, Ilotron, UK

The Evolution towards Wavelength Switched Networks

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-16:45 Session 2 (Hall D1): MODELING ARCHITECTURES AND SERVICES

Manfred Hauswirth, Mehdi Jazayeri, Zoltan Miklos, Ivana Podnar, Technical University of Vienna, Austria,
Elisabetta Di Nitto, CEFRIEL, Italy
Andreas Wombacher, IPSI-GMD, Germany

       An Architecture for Information Commerce Systems

Krunoslav Trzec, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

       Building Intelligent Agents for QoS Management Using Software Patterns

Mario Kusek, University of Zagreb
Sasa Desic, Darko Gvozdanovic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

       UML Based Object-oriented Development: Experience with Inexperienced Developers

Robert MacFarland, Ericsson Ltd, UK
Stjepan Golubic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia
Daniel Grenner, Sweden

       An Improvement Program Spreading Effective Use of Reviews and Inspections throughout a Multinational Telecommunication Company

15:15-16:45 Session 3 (Hall D2): ATM

Herbert Leitold, Udo Payer, Reinhard Posch, Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications, Austria

       xDSL Security: Is IPSEC the Only Choice?

Mathieu K. Kourouma, Magdy A. Bayoumi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

       Voice over Wireless ATM Networks

Stjepan-Smiljan Corkovic, VIP-NET GSM, Croatia

       Alternate Cell Stream

Vedran Kesegic, Ivan Matasic, Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia

       Verification of Transport Network Designer


Thursday, June 14

9:00-10:00 Invited paper C (Hall D1)

Bezalel Gavish, Southern Methodist University, USA

       Topological Design of Computer Communication Networks

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-12.00 Session 4 (Hall D1): MOBILE INTERNET

Ratko Vukovic, Ericsson Radio System, Sweden

       End-to-End Service Performance in Mobile Internet

Sandor Szabo, Sandor Imre, Robert Maka, Balazs Rozsas, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

      Real-Time Handover Support in Mobile IP Networks

Sandor Imre, Mate Szalay, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

       Ring Based Reliable IP Micro Mobility Network

Engin Kirda, Harald Gall, Gerald Reif, Pascal Fenkam, Clemens Kerer, Technical University of Vienna, Austria

       Supporting Mobile Users and Distributed Teamwork

12:00–13:30           Lunch

13:30-15:00  Session 5 (Hall D1): QoS

Mette Rohne, Bjorn Netland, Irena Grgic, Harald Pettersen, Poul Heegaard, Telenor R&D, Norway

       Handling QoS in Full Service Networks  

Irena Grgic, Terje Jensen, Telenor R&D, Norway

       Agreeing QoS for IP Telephony Service Case

Drago Zagar, University of Osijek, Croatia

       Proactive Application/Network QoS Management

Vlado Bek, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

       An Approach to Detection of Unsuccessful Calls in Fixed PSTN/ISDN Networks

13:30-15:00 Session 6 (Hall D2): PERFORMANCE EVALUATION    

Peter Fazekas, Sandor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

       Performance Evaluation of Cellular Networks with Multiple Multimedia Service Classes

Konstantin Samouylov, Yulia Gaidamaka, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russia

Analytical Model of Multicast Networks and Single Link Performance Analysis

Sasa Desic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

Different Approaches to Experiments for Load Balancing Method Comparison

Gordan Gledec, University of Zagreb, Croatia

       Web Server Workload Characteristics

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-16:30 Session 7 (Hall D1): AGENTS

Gabor Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

       Generic Model for Knowledge Based Intelligent Networks

Mario Miljavac, Ministry of Defence, Croatia
Vladimir Spisic, ALSTOM Power Ltd, Croatia
Kimon P. Valavanis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

       Petri Net Based Analysis of a Distributed Cooperative Multiagent System With Two Types of Agents Employing a Shared Communication Channel

Naim Maloku, Iskra TEL, Slovenia
Marjeta Frey-Pucko, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

       Testing of Communication Protocols in Next Generation Networks Using Multi Agent Techniques

15:15-16:30  Session 8 (Hall D2): AD-HOC NETWORKS

Csaba Keszei, Sandor Imre, Csaba Kujbus, Peter Barta, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

       Ad-hoc Networks Made of Infrastructure Based Hardware

Josko Radic, Nikola Rozic, Dinko Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

       Decoding Methods for Shortened Hamming (15, 10) Code

Krzysztof Amborski, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Danuta Mirosz, Telekomunikacja Polska S.A, Poland

       Introducing Distance Learning in Telecom

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20:00          Conference dinner


Friday, June 15

9:00-10:30 Session 9 (Hall D1): VIRTUAL REALITY     

Jasminko Novak, Monika Fleischmann, Wolfgang Strauss, Predrag Peranović, Christoph Seibert, German National Research Center for Information Technology, Germany

       The i2tv System: A Mixed Reality Communication Interface

Igor S. Pandzic, Linkoping University, Sweden

       Talking Virtual Characters for the Internet

Zdenko Kovacic, Stjepan Bogdan, Nenad Smolic-Rocak, Tomislav Reichenbach, Bruno Birgmajer, University of Zagreb, Croatia

       Virtual Reality Modeling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Darije Ramljak, Juraj Puksec, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia
Maja Matijasevic, University of Zagreb, Croatia      

       Using VRML and HLA to Enhance Internet Kiosk Network Management

10:30-11:00          Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session 10 (Hall D1): IP NETWORKS

Christopher Kruegel, Thomas Toth, Technical University of Vienna, Austria

       An Efficient, IP Based Solution to the 'Logical Timestamp Wrapping' Problem

Danijel Anusic, Josip Gracin, Riko Lusa, Hrvoje Sabolic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

       Convergence Issues in IP Network Routing

Franci Mocilar, Dusan Gabrijelcic, Arso Savanovic, Borka Jerman Blazic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

       Dynamic Protocol Provisioning and Security Requirements in Active Networks

Zoran Kokolj, Kresimir Pudar, Kresimir Klaric, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

       ISDN over IP Support as a Part of the Open Network Gateway

12:30                 Closing of ConTEL 2001


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