[Tccc] CfP: ITC24 Workshop on "Telecom Economics, Engineering and Policy

Dr. Victor Yu Liu dr.yu.liu
Thu Apr 5 10:20:51 EDT 2012


CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Workshop on  "Telecom Economics, Engineering and Policy" 
http://www.itc24.net/workshops/TelecomEconEngPolicy/

in conjunction with ITC 24: 24th International Teletraffic Congress 
http://www.i-teletraffic.org
Krakow, Poland  - September 3, 2012

SCOPE OF WORKSHOP

The workshop will address contemporary policy issues that are profoundly consequential for the future of telecommunications. The policy decisions will impact mobile and broadband service providers, content providers and equipment vendors. The workshop intends to bring together diverse, not yet necessarily well-connected, quarters of the technical community that are studying fundamental questions underlying the current debates and by informing the teletraffic community of these questions and results to stoke further interest.
 
Professor Henning Schulzrinne, CTO, Federal Communications Commission, will deliver a keynote talk.
 
We invite contributions on topics in which there is interplay between economics, engineering and policy related to the telecommunications industry. Contributions that reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of the workshop scope are particularly welcome. Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following.

Network Neutrality. 
The goal is to examine the subject from a multi-disciplinary perspective. For instance, what are technical and performance considerations for and against network neutrality? What are the implications for network evolution, investment incentive and market structure? How does the neutrality requirement affect innovations of the higher-layer applications? How to strike a proper balance between efficiency of capacity usage and fairness in serving different users?

Spectrum: Allocation and beyond. 
The goal is to discuss different ways to use spectrum more efficiently to accommodate increasing demand for providing ubiquitous wireless broadband services. For instance, how to shift exclusive access to certain spectrum from broadcasters to broadband providers? How to facilitate shared use of spectrum with technologies like cognitive radio? Should some spectrum be allocated for open access, and if so, how to contain anarchy and the tragedy associated with commons? 

Development of national broadband infrastructures. 
The goal is to share experiences of different nations. For instance, how do countries differ in their approach to achieve nation-wide broadband penetration? Should the national broadband network be managed as a public utility, a regulated monopoly, or through a consortium of competing private enterprises? How does an advanced broadband network infrastructure affect national economy in general?
 
PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION 

Authors should prepare a PDF version of their paper not exceeding 8 pages with a font size not smaller than 11 points. Please submit the paper to the Workshop Organizers with the name of the presenting author indicated. Submission implies that, if accepted, an author will register and present it at the workshop. The registration and payment issues will be managed by the organization of ITC 2012. The registration deadline of the workshop is June 29, 2012.

Accepted papers will be made available in the ACM Digital Library.
 
IMPORTANT DATES: 

Paper submission deadline May 18, 2012
Acceptance notification June 15, 2012 
Final version June 25, 2012 
Registration June 29, 2012
Workshop September 3, 2012

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS:

Debasis Mitra (Bell Labs,mitra at research.bell-labs.com)
Qiong Wang (Bell Labs,qwang at research.bell-labs.com)  
 
STEERING COMMITTEE:  
 
Eitan Altman (INRIA); 
Andrew Odlyzko (U. Minnesota)
Jon Peha (Carnegie-Mellon); 
Henning Schulzrinne (FCC)
Rod Tucker (U. Melbourne); 
Jean Walrand (UC, Berkeley)



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