CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue of Computer Communications on
Performance Evaluation of IP Networks and Services
PUBLICATION: SUMMER 2002
IP networks and IP-based services are growing in number and variety.
Striking a balance between offering sufficient resources and limiting
capital investments (i.e., avoiding over provisioning of resources) is
essential for providing appropriate and economical connectivity and
services. While a number of interesting concepts in traffic and
congestion control areas have been proposed (and some are about to be
implemented in commercial networks), many issues have been addressed
only at the surface level or even not at all. Performance modeling and
measurement in both laboratory and live networks are being used to
optimize capacity/resource trade-offs. The area of differentiated
services, including QoS mechanisms and MPLS traffic engineering, is
still a field with more open questions than answers.
This special issue of Computer Communications is seeking new and
unpublished contributions addressing issues in performance evaluation
of IP networks including, but not limited to:
* Modeling of IP networks
* Measurement methods and tools
* Measurement infrastructures
* Performance test beds and testing
* Experimental test beds and results
* Traffic characterization
* Congestion management and control
* Traffic management and control
* IP QoS and DiffServ
* MPLS traffic engineering
* Performance issues in IP voice and video
* New IP-based services (w/ performance issues)
Papers describing current research are solicited. Survey, tutorial,
industry experience, and case study papers are also solicited.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submissions: January 1, 2002
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2002
Publication: Summer 2002
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Electronic submission, in postscript or PDF format, to the either of
the guest editors (email address given below) is highly encouraged.
If electronic submission is not possible, please send three copies by
regular mail to either of the guest editors.
Frank Huebner (Guest co-editor)
Concert
Room MT-D5-2C05
200 Laurel Avenue
Middletown, New Jersey USA 07748
Email: frank.huebner@concert.com
Kenneth J. Christensen (Guest co-editor)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB 118
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida USA 33620
Email: christen@csee.usf.edu
Complete details on submission and further information are available
from the journal's web site (http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/authors),
or from the General Editor, Jeremy Thompson (comcom@troubador.co.uk).
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