Regular Section
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PAPERS
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[Communication Networks and Services]

 . Evaluating the Performance of Virtual Path Bandwidth Control in ATM
   Networks ....................................................... 1175
        Shigeo SHIODA

 . Multicast Routing Based on Predicted Traffic Statistics ........ 1188
        Paul C. HUANG and Yoshiaki TANAKA

[Switching and Communication Processing]

 . A Cell Buffer Implementation Realizing CLP and Its Application . 1194
        Yasuro SHOBATAKE

 . A Connection-Level Design of Multistage Nonblocking ATM Switches
            ....................................................... 1203
        Supot TIARAWUT, Tadao SAITO and Hitoshi AIDA

[Communication Systems and Transmission Equipment]

 . Object Oriented API for Operations System Development .......... 1209
        Kenji MINATO, Ikuo YODA and Nobuo FUJII

[Optical Communication]

 . Optical Path Cross-Connect Node Architecture with High Modularity
   for Photonic Transport Networks ................................ 1220
        Atsushi WATANABE, Satoru OKAMOTO and Ken-ichi SATO

 . Lower Bounds on Capacity and Cutoff Rate of Differential Overlapping
   Pulse Position Modulation in Optical Direct-Detection Channel .. 1230
        Tomoaki OHTSUKI, Iwao SASASE and Shinsaku MORI

 . Performance Analysis for Synchronization and System on CDMA Optical
   Fiber Networks ................................................. 1238
        Guu-Chang YANG

 . A 1.3 ��m Single-Mode 2�~2 Liquid Crystal Optical Switch ....... 1249
        Yoshiro HAKAMATA, Tetsuo YOSHIZAWA and Tohru KODAIRA

[Antennas and Propagation]

 . An Analysis of the Rotational Symmetry of the Inner Field of Radial
   Line Slot Antennas ............................................. 1256
        Masaharu TAKAHASHI, Makoto ANDO and Naohisa GOTO

[Electronic and Radio Applications]

 . Mapping QR Decomposition on Parallel Computers: A Study Case for
   Radar Applications ............................................. 1264
        Antonio d'ACIERNO, Michele CECCARELLI, Alfonso FARINA, Alfredo
        PETROSINO and Luca TIMMONERI

LETTERS
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[Optical Communication]

 . A New Optical Path Cross-Connect System Architecture Utilizing
   Delivery and Coupling Matrix Switch ............................ 1272
        Satoru OKAMOTO, Atsushi WATANABE and Ken-ichi SATO

[Antennas and Propagation]

 . Applicability of Specific Rain Attenuation Models at Millimeter
   Wavelengths .................................................... 1275
        Toshio IHARA

 . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J77-B-I, J77-B-II, No.10 in Japanese)
            ....................................................... 1279