Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Communication Networks and Services]

 . A New Recursive Method for the Mean Waiting Time in a Polling
   Network with Gated General Order Service ........................ 985
        Chung-Ju CHANG and Lain-Chyr HWANG

[Signaling System and Communication Protocol]

 . On Specifying Protocols Based on LOTOS and Temporal Logic ....... 992
        Toshihiko ANDO, Yasushi KATO and Kaoru TAKAHASHI

 . A Motion Compensation Technique for Down-Scaled Pictures in Layered
   Coding ......................................................... 1007
        Masahiro IWAHASHI, Wataru KAMEYAMA, Koichi OHYAMA and Noriyoshi
        KAMBAYASHI

[Communication Theory]

 . New Go-Back-N ARQ Protocols for Point-to-Multipoint Communications
            ....................................................... 1013
        Hui ZHAO, Toru SATO and Iwane KIMURA

 . Delay Analysis of Continuous ARQ Schemes with Markovian Error
   Channel ........................................................ 1023
        Yukuo HAYASHIDA and Masaharu KOMATSU

[Optical Communication]

 . Performance Analysis of Multi-Pulse PPM with Imperfect Slot
   Synchronization in Optical Direct-Detection Channel ............ 1032
        Kazumi SATO, Tomoaki OHTSUKI, Iwao SASASE and Shinsaku MORI

 . Multi-Fiber Linear Lightwave Networks --Design and Implementation
   Issues-- ....................................................... 1040
        Po-Choi WONG and Kin-Hang CHAN

[Antennas and Propagation]

 . Analysis of an Open-Ended Waveguide as a Probe for Near Field
   Antenna Measurements by Using TLM Method ....................... 1048
        Yoshiyuki FUJINO and Cheuk-yu Edward TONG

[Electronic and Radio Applications]

 . Frequency Domain Migration for Subsurface Radar Considering
   Variations in Propagation Velocity ............................. 1056
        Gwangsu HO, Akira KAWANAKA and Mikio TAKAGI

LETTERS
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[Radio Communication]

 . Throughput Performance of ICMA With Capture .................... 1064
        Kee Chaing CHUA, Dao Xian LIU and Kin Mun LYE

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-B-I, J77-B-II, No.8 in Japanese)
            ....................................................... 1068