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SoftCOM'99 PLUS
SoftCOM'99 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE
IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
COMPUTER NETWORKS
Split, Rijeka, Croatia
Trieste, Venice, Italy
October 13-16, 1999
TUTORIALS
15.00-19.00, Thursday, October 14, 1999, Rijeka, Hall B1
A Network View of Communications Systems Using
Power Line
Dr. Peter Krawarik,
Ericsson, Vienna, Austria
Abstract: Over the last
two years, PowerLine received much attention. Specifically we mean PowerLine for Brodband
Communications. The surge of interest is caused by a metamorphosis of Power Utility
Industry. Power networks are ubiquitous. By setting up to deliver additional services
beyond electricity, we get to Multi-Service Networks.
Power networks and communications networks are quite dissimilar! They differ in
operational aspects & requirements. The speed of the markets is different. Commodity
supply and service delivery are two different tasks. The customer expectations are
different. So are operations and availability. Regulations differ, the trade unions are
different.
Accounting practices are different. Operations Support Systems are a necessity for
communications services. What will be the right business model to benefit from the
synergies of those very different domains?
Cost is a major consideration. In the area of communications, the consumer will benefit
from the competition in access. PowerLine has also some potential shortcomings, like
service limitations. For the industry, it is important to make the right choices. In order
to create a win-win situation, there are steps to take for all involved.
In 1991 he left AT&T to become the Communications Director for the European Institute of Technology in Florence, Italy. In 1992 he joined Schrack Datacom Ges.m.b.H. in Vienna, where he held responsibilities as Key Account Manager and Department Head for Transmission- and Transport systems, for Austria and the Central European Markets. Subsequently he was Manager, Transmission- and Access Networks and Manager, Public Network Operators. Today in Ericsson Austria AG, Dr. Krawarik is responsible for Business Development in the Multi-Service Access division
09.00-12.00 Friday, October 15, 1999, Trieste, Hall B2
From IP Routing to Label Switching
Prof.dr. Andre Danthine, University de Liege, Belgium
Abstract: The Internet
has demonstrated its ability to provide a world wide service and its exponential growth
may still last for several years. But the success has created a need not only for more
bandwidth and more powerful routers to avoid deadly congestions but also for the
introduction of new classes of service to efficiently support all applications including
the non-elastic ones.
In the middle of the nineties, ATM has found its way in most of the core network of the
ISPs. This tutorial will present the evolution of the Internet architecture starting from
the classical IP forwarding above a core ATM network operated as a set of PVC.
The search for performance was the main motivation for the introduction of the IP
Switching of Ipsilon based on flows. But this approach did not solve the scalability
problem. This problem was the main rationale for the introduction of the Tag Switching by
Cisco and of ARIS by IBM. All these proposals and some others have led to the
standardisation effort taking place in the MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) group of
the IETF. The new paradigm involving a better integration of the layers 3 and 2 will play
a basic role for the traffic engineering, for the introduction of QoS and for providing
VPN.
Biographical sketch: Andre
DANTHINE, Professor at the University of Liege since 1967, created a Research Unit in
Networking (RUN) in 1972 which, since 1983, has been participating in the European
Research Programs.
He was the chairman of the Cost action 237 on Multimedia Telecommunication Services. He is
the editor of several books and proceedings and the author of more than a hundred papers.
Chairman of the TC6 of IFIP from 1979 to 1985, he has been Governor of ICCC since 1982.
CRB Fellow in 1960, he received the Melchior Salier Prize in 1961, the "Bell
Telephone-100th Anniversary" prize in 1983 and the IFIP Silver Core in 1986. In
1993-1994, he was Francqui Professor at the VUB.
He is Doctor of Science Honoris Causa of the University of Kent (1991), and of the
University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (1996).Since October 1997, he has been Professor
Emeritus at the University of Liege.
15.00 - 19.00 Friday, October 15, 1999, Trieste, Hall B2
Software Architecture Concepts in
Telecomunication
Prof. dr. Gottfried Luderer, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Abstract: From the wide field of software architecture in computing and data processing, this seminar will select those concepts which are important in telecommunication systems and explain the underlying principles and motivations. Telecommunication software areas addressed are switching and routing software, signaling and network protocols, network management, as well as mobile systems and multimedia communication. Focus will be on the special requirements of these areas and the approaches used to solve their specific problems. The concepts and roles of some of the more recent developments will be briefly discussed such as component technology, Java and Jini, XML, agents, registration and active directories, and software-defined radio. The conclusion will offer some speculations on possible trends in the evolution of telecommunication.
Biographical sketch: Dr.
Gottfried Luderer was appointed Professor, ISS Chair of Telecommunication, at Arizona
State University in the Fall of 1990. His current research program in networking includes
work in the areas of control of ISDN/Broadband ISDN networks, mobile communication
networks, and multimedia communication, which ranges from call processing for intelligent
network services to network management.
Research emphasis is on advanced software technologies for development of
telecommunication networks, as used in switches, for signalling and in network management,
with a focus on object and component technology and formal definition techniques. Besides
the academic involvement at the university, Dr. Luderer has been teaching short courses
since 1992 on high-speed networks and telecommunication software architecture in various
countries. From 1965 to 1989, Dr. Luderer was with AT&T Bell Labs, at last directing
research on next generation switch architectures, based on fast packet switching
technology on the hardware side and object-oriented design technology on the software
side, resulting in some of the earliest demonstration networks for multimedia
communication. Dr. Luderer holds Diplomingenieur (M.S) and Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D) degrees in
Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. He holds
two patents. While at Bell Labs, he taught at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken,
NJ, and at Princeton University. He is member of ACM, IEEE, IEEE Computer and
Communication Societies.
09.00 - 12.00 Saturday, October 16, 1999, Venice, Hall B2
The Route to Third Generation Mobile
Rob Walters, Satin Information Services, Oxford, UK
Abstract: Existing Mobile Systems,
Recent GSM Developments, Evolving GSM Data Capabilities, Software Developments for Mobile,
Local Wireless Links, Third Generation Mobile
RELATED EVENTS Liberalization, Competition and Social Aspects of Telecommunications:
Relevant representatives from Croatia, Italy, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Hungary
University today and tommorow:
Open forum of universities from Croatia, Italy and Slovenia on topics: present state and
future directions in technical education particularly in telecommunications, computer and
information sciences, present state and future development of interactive distance
learning systems
Keynote speech: Prof.dr. Ivica Mandic, Vice Minister,
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia