[IEICE-CS eNews<2009-13>] 21st ITC Specialist Seminar Call for Papers

September 1, 2009.

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                            Call for Papers
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21st ITC Specialist Seminar
on Multimedia Applications - Traffic, Performance and QoE
(http://www.ieice.org/cs/in/itc-ss21/)


2-3, March 2010, Phoenix Seagaia Resort, Miyazaki, Japan


The 21st International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) Specialist Seminar
will be held on 2-3 March 2010 at Phoenix Seagaia Resort, Miyazaki,
Japan. The seminar is sponsored by the Institute of Electronics,
Information and Communication Engineers Communications Society (IEICE-CS).
*ITC: http://www.i-teletraffic.org/
*IEICE-CS: http://www.ieice.org/cs/


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Aims and topics:
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Various multimedia/video services have emerged on the Internet, e.g.,
IPTV, P2PTV, web clipping, webcasting, 3D video conferencing, and
digital cinema. These services are provided over various networks, from
conventional wired IP networks to wireless networks such as Wireless
LAN, Wireless MAN, and cellular telephone networks. People use various
devices such as PCs, TVs, handheld gaming devices, and smartphones that
can access these services. To support the emerging multimedia/video
services that are accessed from diverse devices over various networks,
it is crucial to better understand the fundamental characteristics of
services and the underlying systems; e.g., characterizing service
workload and modeling/evaluating system performance. It is also crucial
to address how we can monitor and improve end-to-end QoS and user QoE
(Quality of Experience) in these services. The primary objectives of
this ITC Specialist Seminar are to identify early and future traffic and
performance issues and to develop methodologies that address various
aspects of traffic and performance in multimedia applications and video
services.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas
concerning emerging multimedia applications and video services:


        * Traffic modeling
        * Traffic and QoS management
        * Traffic forecasting
        * Traffic dimensioning and design
        * Performance evaluation
        * QoE monitoring/evaluation
        * QoS measurement
        * Congestion control
        * Network measurement
        * Application measurement



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Important dates:
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Full paper submissions due:     October 16, 2009
Notification of acceptance:     December 31, 2009
Author registration due:        February 1, 2010
Camera-ready paper due:         February 11, 2010
Conference:                     March 2-3, 2010


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Submission instructions
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All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS. Detailed
instructions for submission via EDAS will be announced soon on the
ITC-SS21 web site. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format
(PDF) version of their full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6
pages, in font size no smaller than 10 points, double column, and
single-spaced.


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Publication
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All accepted papers will be published in IEICE Explorer
(http://www.ieice.org/proceedings/). In addition, selected papers will
be recommended for submission to IEICE Transactions on Communications,
see http://www.ieice.or.jp/cs/trans_b.html.






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