CallforPapers

The 6th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2002)
“Integrated Management for Telecommunications Solutions - Process, OSS and Technology”

September 25 - 27, 2002
Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea

Sponsored by KICS KNOM, IEICE TM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, TMF and IEEE APB
http://www.apnoms.org/2002/

The 6th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2002) will be held in the attractive island, Jeju, Korea on September 25-27, 2002. The theme of APNOMS 2002 is "Integrated Management for Telecommunications Solutions - Process, OSS and Technology". With the rapid progress in the information networking technologies, Solutions for Network Operations and Management surely become important more and more for our e-World environments. APNOMS 2002 will provide excellent opportunities for researchers, engineers, network planners, and service providers in telecommunications to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network operations and management. You are cordially invited to submit original papers for consideration to be presented at APNOMS 2002.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

       e-Business Management
        IP Network/Service Management
        Access Network Management
        ISP/ASP/CSP Management
        Mobile/Wireless Network Management
        Optical Network Management
        Active Network Management
        SLA/QoS Management
        Web/Java Based Management
        Mobile Agent-based Management
        Distributed Systems Management
        Security Management
        Business Process Engineering
        Architecture and Modeling

       Human Factors and User Interfaces
        Policy-driven Management
        Service Creation and Delivery
        Customer Care and Self Operations
        Interoperability Issues
        Next Generation OSS Platforms
        CORBA, SOAP, SNMP, CMIP
        XML-based Management
        TMN Implementation
        Experiences, Migration and Case Studies
        Broadband Access Network Management
        High-speed LAN Management
        Wireless Broadband Network Management
        Billing Management

Instructions for Authors:
All submitted papers should be written in English. The cover page should clearly include paper title, brief abstract, list of key-words, author(s) full name(s), affiliation(s) and complete address(es), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es). Please state the name of the contact person. Paper submissions should consist of no more than 12 visuals with explanatory text accompanying each one. The format should have a visual in the upper half of a page and the explanatory text in the lower half. Please download a sample PowerPoint file from the symposium Web site and use it as a reference.
- APNOMS 2002 paper submissions will be done electronically only.
- Authors are requested to submit an electronic version (PowerPoint) of the paper to the symposium Web site.

Please send any enquiry on APNOMS 2002 to TPC Co-Chairs:

Choong Seon Hong
Kyung Hee University
1, Seocheon Kihoong, Yongin, Kyonggi 449-701,Korea
Email: cshong@khu.ac.kr
Tel: +82 31 201 2532, Fax: +82 31 204 9082

Yoshiaki Kiriha
NEC
4-1-1, Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku Kawasaki 216-8555, Japan
Email: kiriha@ccm.CL.nec.co.jp
Tel: +81 44 856 2314, Fax: +81 44 856 2229

Important Dates:
       Deadline of Receipt of Papers:      ˇˇˇˇ        June 7, 2002
       Notification of Acceptance Mail:     ˇˇˇˇ        July 19, 2002
       Final Camera-Ready Papers Due:  ˇˇˇˇ        August 23, 2002

Symposium Web Site : http://www.apnoms.org/2002/