[comp.org.ieee] TENCON 1991 - Call for Papers

rnp@cbnewsk.att.com (reddeppa.naidu.pothuri) (07/13/90)

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                            CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE TENCON 91
                                 August 28 - 30, 1991

                                   NEW DELHI, INDIA
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                                      SESSION ON
                             DIGITAL SERVICES PERFORMANCE

                           (Dedicated and Switched Services)

          Under the auspices of IEEE, papers are invited for a session on
          "Digital Services Performance" of both dedicated and switched
          services. In today's competitive world of telecommunication
          services, it is very important for digital service providers to
          supply and maintain high quality, highly reliable networks to
          satisfy customer needs. This session will focus on the various
          digital service performance parameters, objectives for these
          parameters, monitoring methods and maintenance strategies. The
          parameters include non-intrusive on-line monitoring parameters and
          (Extended Superframe Format) parameters or the acceptance and test
          parameters based on ESF (Extended Superframe Format)/BER (Bit Error
          Ratio). The services include DS0, DS1, DS3 and higher rates
          provided by terrestrial, cable, radio and satellite systems. The
          following are some sample topics.

             o Service Parameters/Objectives

             o Service Availability/Reliability/Quality

             o Performance Allocations/Methodology (Access/Inter-exchange
               Carriers)

             o Acceptance & Maintenance Tests/Methods/Limits

             o Proactive Maintenance

             o ESF/C-Bit Parity/ANSI/CCITT Standards

             o Automatic Provisioning

             o Synchronization

             o Human Factors

          Prospective authors should adhere to the following schedule:

          Oct. 30, 1990      Short Abstract (Approx. 750 words)
          Dec. 30, 1990      Full-length paper (Approx. 2500 words)
          Feb. 15, 1991      Notification of acceptance to authors
          May  30, 1991      Photo-ready copy of the final version of
                             complete paper


          Please circulate this notice to appropriate persons who might be
          interested in contributing to this session.

          Session Organizers:


          Name:               R. Naidu Pothuri                Santanu Basu
          Company:            AT&T Bell Laboratories          AT&T Bell Labs
          Mailing Address:    Room 2G-401                     Room 2F-435
                              Crawfords Corner Road           Crawfords Corner
                                                                        Road
                              Holmdel, NJ 07733 (USA)         Holmdel, NJ 07733                                                               (USA)

          Telephone (Office): (201) 949 2703                  (201) 949 8096
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