Table of Contents

• ABR Functionality in an ATM Service Multiplexer: Implementation, Experiments, and SimulationsRudy Hoebeke, Johan Witters, Thomas Schillemans. 6-18
• Distributed ATM Switching Topologies in Tree-Structured NetworksUrs Thürmann, Martina Zitterbart, Thomas Meuser. 19-30
• Splitter Position in a PON-based Architecture: A Techno-economic AnalysisFrancesco Caviglia, Angelantonio Gnazzo, Guido Baroncelli. 40-46
• Control of upstream optical repeaters for SuperPON access networksJan Vandewege, Jan Codenie, Brecht Stubbe, Chris Coene, Xing-Zhi Qiu, B. Hans Slabbinck, Claire Martin, Ingrid Van de Voorde. 47-55
• Effect of optical fiber reflections on the performance of sub-carrier-multiplexed (SCM) lightwave systemsSilvello Betti, E. Bravi, M. Giaconi. 68-74
• Real Broadband Access over Twisted Pair NetworksEinar Edvardsen. 76-86
• Cable Modem architectures adapted to the noise problem in the upstream direction for multiple-access Hybrid Fiber Coax NetworksJohan Haspeslagh, Geert Goris, Mark Van Bladel, Heidi Steendam, Teresa Marongiu, Marc Moeneclaey, Elke Claus, Jon Vandenbruaene, Luc Martens, Paul Gabriel. 95-106
• Standardization of Broadband Radio Access NetworksJan Kruys, John Haine. 107-114
• Implementation of Radio Access Protocols in WATMnet, a Prototype Wireless ATM NetworkPartha Narasimhan, Subir K. Biswas, Cesar A. Johnston, H. Kim, Dipankar Raychaudhuri. 115-125
• Multilevel QoS-Policy based routing management architecture appropriate for heterogeneous network environmentsMagda Chatzaki, Stelios Sartzetakis. 128-138
• A Container MIB for End-to-End Management of ADSL NetworksAndy G. Lean, Frank Schaffa, David I. Seidman. 139-147
• Securing confidentiality in PON and HFC networksJ. Koulouris, A. Koulouris. 148-158
• Statistical analysis of interferometric noise in optical ASK/direct detection systemsIdelfonso Tafur Monroy. 178-182
• A monolithic 2.5-Gb/s clock and data recovery circuit based on Silicon bipolar technologyAndrea Pallotta, Francesco Centurelli, Francesco Loriga, Alessandro Trifiletti. 183-190
• Network Architecture for Transparent Optical Packet SwitchingFranco Callegati, B. Bostica, C. Guillemot. 192-200
• Scalability of all-optical networks: study of topology and crosstalk dependenceIdelfonso Tafur Monroy, J. Siffels, Huug de Waardt, H. J. S. Dorren. 201-207
• Novel Approach for All-Optical Packet Switching in Wide-Area NetworksImrich Chlamtac, Andrea Fumagalli, Gosse Wedzinga. 208-217
• Minimizing the Number of Fibers in Optical Networks Using Genetic AlgorithmsDirk Beckmann, Ulrich Killat. 218-225
• Restoration Strategies with QoS Guarantee for Optical Network ServicesAdmela Jukan, Arnold Monitzer. 228-234
• SDH over WDM: Interworking and Planning AspectsGiulio D. Signorelli, Michael Gryseels, Piet Demeester. 235-246
• Operational Requirements for Photonic Metworks: PHOTON+MOON Field TrialRalf Herber. 247-254
• Cost Reduction Projections in a Regional WDM NetworkMario Giannoccaro, Antonio Manzalini, Andrea Fumagalli. 255-266
• Common Pool Survivability for Meshed SDH-based ATM NetworksMichael Gryseels, Kris Struyve, Mario Pickavet, Piet Demeester. 267-278
• Gigabit ATM - Another Technical Mistake?Paul Christ. 282-283
• New Multichannel Ethernet Protocol for Passive Optical Star Local Area Networks Using Coherent TransmissionDaniel Rodellar, C. Bungarzeanu, H. Garcia, Caroline Brisson, Alain Küng, Philippe-Alain Robert. 284-290
• QoS Support in All-Optical WDM Multi-Ring LANsMarco Ajmone Marsan, Andrea Bianco, Emilio Leonardi, A. Morabito, Fabio Neri. 291-300
• Virtual Networks on DemandIan M. Leslie. 302-309
• Implementation of Virtual LANs over ATM WANsTorsten Braun, Martin Mähler. 310-317
• Internet-based secure Virtual NetworksLuca Delgrossi, Domenico Ferrari. 318-326
• Road to Fully Integrated Control Systems with ATMElias Stipidis, Hsmail Ekiz, Ismail Erturk, E. T. Powner. 328-336
• Performance Aspects of PROFIBUS Segments Interconnected through ATMOliver Kunert, Martina Zitterbart. 337-345
• Dynamic QoS for IP switching using RSVP over IPSOFACTOArup Acharya, Furquan Ansari, Maximilian Ott, Henning Sanneck. 348-356
• Heterogeneous Multicasting based on RSVP and QoS FiltersRalph Wittmann, Kai Krasnodembski, Martina Zitterbart. 357-365
• New Architecture for QoS Controllable Multimedia Communication ApplicationsHiroshi Kitamura. 366-372
• Quality of Service Support for Recording and Playback of MBone Sessions in Heterogeneous IP/ATM NetworksJens Schmitt, Michael Zink, Lars C. Wolf, Ralf Steinmetz. 374-383
• Integrated Dymanic QoS Control for Multimedia ApplicationsJoão Bom, Paulo Marques, Miguel Correia, Paulo Pinto. 384-394
• Guaranteed Multipoint Communication Support for Multimedia ApplicationsDaniel Bauer, Burkhard Stiller, Bernhard Plattner. 395-404
• Distributed Virtual Worlds in High-Speed NetworksNorbert Schiffner. 406-414
• Dynamic Neighborhoods - Browsing the World Wide Web TogetherMichael Merz, Konrad Froitzheim, Klaus Heiner Wolf. 423-432
• Hardware-Assist for IPv6 Routing Table LookupTill Harbaum, Detlef Meier, Martina Zitterbart, Dieter Brökelmann. 434-443
• Multicast routing in BMSNs through greedy, weighted greedy, and Dijkstra algorithms: a comparative analysisAndrea Borella, Franco Chiaraluce. 444-454
• Multimedia Authoring and Synchronization within ActiveM3: A system for composing active e-mail messages as subtypes of mobile agentsJürgen Schirmer, Ralf Hayn. 456-465
• A4SM: A Framework for Distributed Digital Video ProductionFrank Nack, Arnd Steinmetz, Jana Dittmann, Christian Wilk. 466-475
• Authoring Hypermedia Training ApplicationsAphrodite Tsalgatidou, M. Anastasiou, D. Plevria, Michael Hatzopoulos. 476-484
• Fast and predictable video compression in software design and implementation of an H.261 codecDagmar Geske, Robert Hess. 498-508
• Toward a QoS aware Binding ModelØyvind Hanssen, Frank Eliassen. 509-518
• Adaptive compression of image dataSergei Hludov, Claus Schröter, Christoph Meinel. 520-527
• Framework for Dynamically Reconfigurable Video Codec Using Multiple Coding ToolsKui Zhang, Josef Kittler. 528-537
• Advanced Data Compression Promises the next big Leap in Network PerformanceKlaus Holtz, Eric Holtz, Diana Kalienky. 540-557
• Extending SQL3 for Query Language of Object-relational Multimedia DatabasesMichael J. Hu, Chunyan Miao. 558-569
• Obtaining Video Descriptors for a Content-based Video Information SystemJesús Bescós, José María Martínez Sanchez, Julián Cabrera, Guillermo Cisneros. 570-579
• High-Speed Data Channel in the Disk Array SystemHai Jin, Jin He, Dan Feng, Jiangling Zhang. 580-591
• Design of a set-top box with video encoder and its application to video conferencingNorihiro Ishikawa, Mari Mizumachi. 592-602
• Generic Architecture for Live Video TransmissionSonia Manhart, Andreas Kampa. 603-610