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  Danny H. K. Tsang, Paul J. Kühn (Eds.): Broadband Communications: Convergence of Network Technologies, IFIP TC6 WG6.2 Fifth International Conference on Broadband Communications (BC '99), November 10-12, 1999, Hong Kong. Kluwer 2000 IFIP Conference Proceedings ISBN 0-7923-8677-9

Plenary Session

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  Xiongjian Liang, Wei Zhang, Xueyuan Zhang: Development and Regulatory System Reform of Telecommunication Industry in China. 3-14

Session 1: Internet Services

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  Seyyed M.-R. Mahdavian, Alberto Leon-Garcia: Buffer and Bandwidth Allocation for Diffserv Classes. 17-26
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  Thomas Ziegler, Serge Fdida, Ulrich Hofmann: RED+ Gateways for Identification and Discrimination of Unfriendly Best-Effort Flows in the Internet. 27-38
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  Chie Dou, Tian-Shiuh Jeng, Shu-Wei Wang, Kuo-Cheng Leu: On the Performance of Differentiated Services for IP Internetworks. 39-48

Session 2: Traffic Modeling

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  Attila Vidács, Jorma T. Virtamo: Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Parameters of Fractional Brownian Traffic with Geometrical Sampling. 51-62
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  Hai Liu, Nirwan Ansari, Yun Q. Shi: MPEG Video Traffic Models: Sequentially Modulated Self-Similar Processes. 63-72
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  Timothy D. Neame, Moshe Zukerman, Ron Addie: A Practical Approach for Multimedia Traffic Modeling. 73-82

Session 3: Internet Traffic Control

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  Marc Bechler, Hartmut Ritter, Jochen H. Schiller: Integration of a Traffic Conditioner for Differentiated Services in End-Systems via Feedback-Loops. 85-92
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  Mudassir Tufail, Geoffroy Jennes, Guy Leduc: A Scheduler for Delay-Based Service Differentiation Among AF Classes. 93-102
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  Xiaobao Chen, Andrea Paparella, Ioannis Kriaras: RSSP: RSVP Session Set-Up Protocol for RSVP-Incapable Multimedia Applications. 103-116

Session 4: Performance Evaluation I

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  David G. Daut, Ming Yu: A New Self-Similar Traffic Model and its Applications in Telecommunication Networks. 119-128
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  Fumio Ishizaki: Biased Initial Distribution for Simulation of Queues with a Superposition of Periodic and Bursty Sources. 129-138
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  Niklas Johansson, Ulf Körner, Per Johansson: Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms for Bluetooth. 139-150

Session 5: Billing, Pricing and Admission Policy

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  Joseph Y. Hui: The Economics and Competitive Pricing of Connectivity at Internet Exchanges. 153-162
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  Felix Hartanto, Georg Carle: Policy-Based Billing Architecture for Internet Differentiated Services. 163-174
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  Dayong Zhou, Moshe Zukerman: Teletraffic Issues in High Speed Circuit Switched Data Service over GSM. 175-184

Session 6: Performance Evaluation II

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  Rosario Giuseppe Garroppo, Stefano Giordano, Michele Pagano: Stochastic Features of VBR Video Traffic and Queueing Working Conditions: a Simulation Study Using Chaotic Map Generator. 187-196
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  Norbert Vicari: Effects of Variations in the Available Bandwidth on the Performance of the GFR Service. 197-208
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  Llorenç Cerdà, Olga Casals, Benny Van Houdt, Chris Blondia: Performance Evaluation of the Conformance Definition for the ABR Service in ATM Networks. 209-222

Session 7: Mobile Network Protocols

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  Kenji Leibnitz: Impacts of Power Control on Outage Probability in CDMA Wireless Systems. 225-234
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  Florian Heissenhuber, Wolfgang Fritsche, Anton Riedl: Home Agent Redundancy and Load Balancing in Mobile IPv6. 235-244
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  Qing Gao, Winston Khoon Guan Seah, Anthony Lo, Kin Mun Lye: Verification and Analysis of an Improved Authentication Protocol for Mobile IP. 245-256

Session 8: TCP/IP Performance Evaluation

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  Paulo C. A. Antunes, Walter Godoy Jr., Eduardo Nisenbaum: IP over ATM-Performance Evaluation, Experiments and Results. 259-272
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  Sastri Kota, Mukul Goyal, Rohit Goyal, Raj Jain: Broadband Satellite Network: TCP/IP Performance Analysis. 273-282
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  Jun Zheng, Victor O. K. Li: A Cut-Off Priority Flow Classification Policy for Data-Driven IP/ATM Switching Systems. 283-292

Session 9: Mobile Network Performance

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  Jelena V. Misic, Tam Yik Bun: On Bandwidth Reservation Policies in Broadband Wireless Networks. 295-304
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  D. Tissainayagam, David Everitt: Performance Analysis of Cellular Systems with Dynamic Channel Assignment. 305-314
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  Kun Pang, Zhisheng Niu, Junli Zheng, Xuedao Gu: An Emergency Token Based Multiple Access Control Scheme for Wireless ATM Networks. 315-326

Session 10: Bandwidth Allocation

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  Cèsar Fernández, Sebastià Sallent: Evaluation of Allocation Policies on Hybrid Fiber-Coax Broadband Access Networks for Contention-Type Traffic. 329-338
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  John Y. Wei, Jorge L. Pastor, Ramu S. Ramamurthy, Yukun Tsai: Just-in-time Optical Burst Switching for Multiwavelength Networks. 339-352
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  Seung Hyong Rhee, Takis Konstantopoulos: Constrained Max-Min Bandwidth Allocation for the Available Bit Rate ATM Service. 353-366

Session 11: Switching Systems

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  Noriharu Miyaho: Integration of IP-Packet/ATM/Cicuit-Switching Traffic and Optimum Conditions of the Relative Cost Function for Typical Traffic Modes. 369-380
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  Aniruddha S. Diwan, Roch Guérin, Kumar N. Sivarajan: Performance Ananlysis of Speeded-Up High-Speed Packet Switches. 381-394
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  Pertti Raatikainen: Interworking Support in a Multidicipline Switch. 395-404
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  Rahul Garg, Raphael Rom: 4 An ATM Switch Control Interface for Quality of Service and Reliability. 405-418

Session 12: Traffic Flow Control

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  Tao Yang, Ping Wang, Wengang Zhai: The Virtual Bandwidth Based ER Marking Algorithms for Flow Control in ATM Networks. 421-435
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  Steven H. Low, David E. Lapsley: Convergence of Asynchronous Optimization Flow Control. 435-444
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  Yuan-Cheng Lai, Ying-Dar Jason Lin: Performance Analysis of Rate-Based Flow Control under a Variable Number of Sources. 445-454

Session 13: Routing

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  Chi-Chung Cheung, Hon-Wai Chu, Danny H. K. Tsang, Sanjay Gupta: Multicast Routing in ATM Networks. 457-468
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  Peter Jocher, Lars Burgstahler, Norbert Mersch: The Flooding Mechanism of the PNNI Routing Protocol: Performance Aspects. 469-480
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  Jean-Louis Rougier, A. R. P. Ragozini, Annie Gravey, Daniel Kofman: A Model for Evaluating the Impact of Aggregated Routing Information on Network Performance. 481-492

Session 14: Congestion and Admission Control

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  Ernst Nordström: Call Admission Control for Preemptive and Partially Blocking Service Intergration Schemes in ATM Networks. 495-508
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  H. O. Awadalla, Laurie G. Cuthbert, John A. Schormans: Predictive Resource Allocation for Real Time Video Traffic in Broadband Satellite Networks. 509-520
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  Ng Hock Soon, Narasimhan Sundararajan, Paramasivan Saratchandran: Adaptive Neural Congestion Controller for ATM Network with Heavy Traffic. 521-532

Session 15: Multicast Protocols

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  Dong-Ho Kim, Jang-Kyung Kim, Byung-Chul Kim, You Ze Cho: Performance Comparison of Branch Point Algorithms for Multicast ABR Flow Control. 535-548
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  Longsong Lin, Ming-Shou Liu, Lih-Chyau Wuu, Chun-Yeh Tsai: A QoS-Based Resource Reservation Protocol for Priority-Differentiated Delay-Bounded Multicast. 549-560
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  Khaled Boussetta, André-Luc Beylot: Multirate Resource Sharing for Unicast and Multicast Connections. 561-570

Session 16: Traffic Control

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  Lorenzo Battaglia, Ulrich Killat: On the PCR Policing of an Arbitrary Stream Passing Through a Private ATM Network Before Reaching the Public UNI. 573-586
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  Reinhold Eberhardt, Christian Rueß, Jochen Metzler: Management and Control of Distributed Multimedia Devices and Streams Through Object-Oriented Middleware. 587-596
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  Zhiyuan Luo, John Bigham, Laurie G. Cuthbert, Alex L. Hayzelden: Traffic Control and Resource Management Using a Multi-Agent System. 597-606

Session 17: Network Management

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  SeokHo Lee, WangDon Woo, JungTae Lee: The Adaptable TMN Management Architecture with Other Object-Based Management Requests Platforms. 609-620
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  S. A. Berezner, J. M. de Kock, Anthony E. Krzesinski, Peter G. Taylor: Local Reconfiguration of ATM Virtual Path Connection Networks. 621-630
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  Mette Røhne, Rima Venturin, Terje Jensen, Inge Svinnset: An Algorithm for Broadband Network Dimensioning. 631-642

Session 18: Quality of Service

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  Ali Mahmoodian, Günter Haring: Mobile RSVP: Towards Quality of Service (QoS) Guarantees in a Nomadic Internet-Based Environment. 645-658
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  Fraser Cameron, Moshe Zukerman: The Effect of ARQ Block Size on the Efficiency of a Wireless Access Link Using Adaptive Modulation. 659-666
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  Junjie Wang, Khaled Ben Letaief, Mounir Hamdi: "Super-Fast" Estimation of Cell Loss Rate and Cell Delay Probability of ATM Services. 667-676