Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: channel estimation; equalization and synchronization; multimedia signal processing; adaptive antennas; adaptive signal processing; multirate and multicarrier communications; diversity and interference suppression; MIMO channels; multiuser detection; Bluetooth; BLAST systems; resource allocation; OFDM; location techniques; multiple antenna systems; software radio; WLAN-PHY layer; spread spectrum communication; space-time codes; 3G systems; WLAN-MAC layer; fading channels; transmit diversity; ultrawideband systems; space-time processing; wireless networks; channel modelling; DiffServ networks; fairness scheduling and QoS guarantee mechanisms; QoS of ad hoc networks; mobile IP; provisioning and dimensioning; MPLS; VoIP and QoS management; multicast services; bandwidth management; turbo codes; space-time codes; signal processing for data storage; signal processing in communications; DSL and cable access; CDMA; modulation and coding; channel equalization; multiple antennas and diversity; communication theory; virtual home environment architecture, enablers, management, performance, security applications and roaming support; high speed switches and routers; network design and analysis; network survivability and reliability; network security and monitoring; high speed network routing and resource allocation; performance evaluation; network planning and design; traffic control and management; scheduling and buffer management; traffic engineering; multimedia communication systems; multimedia service protocols; multimedia supporting technologies; QoS for multimedia and IP telephony; next generation Internet bandwidth management, performance, service infrastructure, operations and management; optical burst switching; GMPLS and WDM networks; optical network management; routing and wavelength assignment algorithms; optical network protection and restoration; deflection routing and reconfigurable WDM networks
Keywords :
Internet; Internet telephony; MIMO systems; OFDM modulation; adaptive antenna arrays; bandwidth allocation; code division multiple access; diversity reception; encoding; equalisers; interference suppression; mobile radio; modulation; multicast communication; multimedia communication; optical fibre networks; packet radio networks; protocols; quality of service; radio access networks; satellite communication; signal processing; spread spectrum communication; synchronisation; telecommunication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; turbo codes; wavelength division multiplexing; wireless LAN; 3G systems; BLAST systems; Bluetooth; CDMA; DSL; DiffServ networks; GMPLS; IP telephony; MIMO channels; MPLS; OFDM; QoS guarantee mechanisms; QoS management; VoIP management; WDM networks; WLAN-MAC layer; WLAN-PHY layer; ad hoc networks; adaptive antennas; adaptive signal processing; bandwidth management; buffer management; cable access; channel equalization; channel estimation; channel modelling; coding; communication theory; data storage; deflection routing; equalization and synchronization; fading channels; fairness scheduling; high speed network routing; high speed routers; high speed switches; interference suppression; location techniques; mobile IP; modulation; multicarrier communications; multicast services; multimedia communication; multimedia service protocols; multimedia signal processing; multimedia supporting technologies; multiple antenna systems; multiple antennas; multirate communication; multiuser detection; network design; network dimensioning; network monitoring; network planning; network provisioning; network reliability; network security; network survivability; next generation Internet; optical burst switching; optical network management; optical network protection; optical network restoration; performance evaluation; reconfigurable WDM networks; resource allocation; routing algorithms; scheduling; signal processing; software radio; space-time codes; space-time processing; spread spectrum communication; traffic control; traffic engineering; traffic management; transmit diversity; turbo codes; ultrawideband systems; virtual home environment; wavelength assignment algorithms; wireless networks; Adaptive arrays; Code division multiaccess; Communication channels; Communication system operations and management; Communication system reliability; Communication system routing; Communication system traffic; Communication systems; Diversity methods; Encoding; Equalizers; Interference suppression; Internet; MIMO systems; Modulation; Multimedia communication; Optical fiber communication; Packet radio; Protocols; Satellite communication; Signal processing; Spread spectrum communication; Synchronization; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wireless LAN;