The 7th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2003)

October 1 - 3, 2003
 Fukuoka, Japan

Sponsored by IEICE TM, KICS KNOM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, IEEE APB, IEEE Comsoc Japan Chapter, TMF
 http://www.apnoms.org/2003/

The 7th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2003) will be held in Fukuoka city of Kyushu, Japan from October 1 to 3, 2003. With the rapid progress in the information networking technologies supported by broadband networks, solutions for network/service operations and management play key roles for establishing our e-World environments. APNOMS 2003 will provide excellent opportunities for researchers, engineers, network planners, service providers and network operators in telecommunications to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network/service operations and management. You are cordially invited to submit original papers for consideration to be presented at APNOMS 2003.

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
        Home Network Management
        SLA/QoS Management
        Web/Java Based Management
        Mobile Agent-based Management
        Distributed Systems Management
        Security Management
        Business Process Engineering
        Architecture and Modeling

 

       End to End Network/Service Management
        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
       circle03_darkblue.gif 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 2003 paper submissions will be done electronically only.
    - Authors are requested to submit an electronic version of the paper (in Powerpoint) to the symposium Web site.

Please send any enquiry on APNOMS 2003 to TPC Co-Chairs:

Nobuo FUJII
NTT
1-1 Hikarino-oka Yokosuka-shi, 239-0847 JAPAN
Email: fujii.nobuo@lab.ntt.co.jp
Tel: +81 468 59 3510,   Fax: +81 468 55 1282

 

Prof. Young-Chul Shim
School of Information and Computer Engineering
Hong-Ik University
72-1 Sangsudong, Mapogu, Seoul, 121-791, KOREA
Email: shim@cs.hongik.ac.kr
Tel: +82 2 320 1695,  Fax: +82 2 320 1105

 Important Dates:
       Deadline of Receipt of Papers:      ・・・・        May 31, 2003 (Extended to June 15, 2003)
       Notification of Acceptance Mail:     ・・・・        July 31, 2003
       Final Camera-Ready Papers Due:  ・・・・        August 31, 2003

Symposium Web Site : http://www.apnoms.org/2003/