Special Issue on Traffic and Quality Control for Communication Networks ======================================================================= . FOREWORD ........................................................ 429 Yoshiaki TANAKA and Konosuke KAWASHIMA INVITED PAPERS ============== . Rate Envelope Multiplexing and Rate Sharing in B-ISDN ........... 431 James W. ROBERTS . Performance Design and Control for B-ISDN ....................... 439 Hideo MURAKAMI, Takeo ABE and Ken-ichi MASE . QOS Controls and Service Models in the Internet ................. 447 Takeshi NISHIDA and Kunihiro TANIGUCHI PAPERS ====== . Adaptive Connection Admission Control Using Real-time Traffic Measurements in ATM Networks .................................... 458 Kohei SHIOMOTO and Shin-ichiro CHAKI . Application of Neural Network in ATM Call Admission Control Based on Cell Transfer State Monitoring with Dynamic Threshold ........... 465 Nagao OGINO and Yasushi WAKAHARA . Global Traffic Control in ATM Networks .......................... 476 Hong-Shik PARK, Dong-Yong KWAK, Woo-Seop RHEE, Man-Yeong JEON and Jae-Kyoon KIM . Jitter Tolerant Usage Parameter Control Method for ATM-based B-ISDN ........................................................ 485 Naoaki YAMANAKA, Toyofumi TAKENAKA, Youichi SATO and Ken-ichi SATO . Overload Control for the Intelligent Network and Its Analysis by Simulation ...................................................... 494 Ryoichi KAWAHARA, Takuya ASAKA and Shuichi SUMITA . Call Admission Control for Multi-service Packet Switched Cellular Mobile Radio Systems ............................................ 504 Franco CALLEGATI, Claudia CARCIOFI, Mario FRULLONE, Paolo GRAZIOSO and Guido RIVA . Performance Evaluation of Routing Schemes in B-ISDN ............. 514 Hirofumi YOKOI, Shigeo SHIODA, Hiroshi SAITO and Jun MATSUDA . Hybrid Access Control for Broadcast-Based ATM-LANs .............. 523 Junichi MURAYAMA and Teruyuki KUBO . Selectable Traffic Control Scheme for Burst Data Transmission Using TCP/IP on ATM Networks .......................................... 531 Tetsuya YOKOTANI, Tatsuki ICHIHASHI, Chikara MATSUDA and Michihiro ISHIZAKA . A Fair and Wasteless Channel Assignment Protocol for Optical Dual Bus Networks .................................................... 539 Shu LI and Yasumitsu MIYAZAKI . A New Concept of Network Dimensioning Based on Quality and Profit ........................................................ 546 Kimihide MATSUMOTO and Satoshi NOJO . Call Blocking Probabilities of Asymmetric Multi-Connection Circuit Groups with Bandwidth Negotiation and Reservation ............... 551 Hajime NAKAMURA and Toshikane ODA . Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Resolution and QOS Control Schemes for Integrated VBR Video and Data Communications ................ 563 Yutaka ISHIBASHI and Shuji TASAKA . Parameter Adjustment Using Neural-Network-Based Genetic Algorithms for Guaranteed QOS in ATM Networks .............................. 572 Li-Der CHOU and Jean-Lien C. WU Regular Section =============== PAPERS ====== [Communication Networks and Service] . Stored/Forward Network Architecture for Multimedia Subscriber --ATM Mini-Bar System and Its Memory Architecture -- .................. 580 Hideyoshi TOMINAGA, Yasuharu KOSUGE and Norio ITO [Communication Systems and Transmission Equipment] . Evaluation of Board-to-board High-speed Signal transmission Limit in a Rack System ................................................... 591 Nobuaki SUGIURA and Hiroki OKA [Optical Communication] . Optical Path Accommodation Designs Applicable to Large Scale Networks ........................................................ 597 Naohide NAGATSU, Yoshiyuki HAMAZUMI and Ken-ichi SATO [Power Supply] . A Compact, High-Efficiency, High-Power DC-DC Converter .......... 608 Katsuhiko YAMAMOTO, Tomoji SUGAI and Koichi TANAKA [Satellite Communication] . Reverse Modulation Carrier Recovery for Offset QPSK Burst Signals ........................................................ 616 Masahiro UMEHIRA and Shuzo KATO [Electromagnetic Compatibility] . Reduction of Surface Clutter by a Polarimetric FM-CW Radar in Underground Target Detection .................................... 625 Toshifumi MORIYAMA, Yoshio YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyoshi YAMADA and Masakazu SENGOKU . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-B-I, J78-B-II, No.4 in Japanese) ........................................................ 630