Proceedings 26th Conference on Local Computer Networks, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, 17-20 October, 1999. IEEE Computer Society, 1999

Best Paper Award

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  Markus Albrecht, Matthias Frank, Peter Martini, Markus Schetelig, Asko Vilavaara, Andre Wenzel: IP Services over Bluetooth: Leading the Way to a New Mobility. 2-

Wireless LANs

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  Benny Van Houdt, Chris Blondia, Olga Casals, Jorge García-Vidal: Packet Level Performance Characteristics of a MAC Protocol for Wireless ATM LANs. 14-23
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  Constantine Coutras, Peng-Jun Wan: Evaluating Performance of the HIPERLAN CAC Layer Protocol for Asynchronous Traffic. 24-33
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  Benny Bing: Measured Performance of the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN. 34-42
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  N. V. Georgantas, N. K. Papadoukakis, Angelos D. Liveris, Efstathios D. Sykas: Modeling of a Bandwidth Management Scheme for DECT Wireless Access to a Local Area Network. 43-48
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  Martin Hope, Nigel Linge: Determining the Propagation Range of IEEE 802.11 Radio LAN's for Outdoor Applications. 49-

Architecture

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  Maja Matijasevic, Denis Gracanin, Kimon P. Valavanis, Ignac Lovrek: Interconnection Model for Networked Virtual Reality Applications. 52-61
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  Atsushi Takahara, Seiichiro Tani, Shinya Ishihara, Toshiaki Miyazaki, Mitsuo Teramoto, Tomoo Fukazawa, Kazuyoshi Matsuhiro: Virtual BUS: An Easy-to-Use Environment for Distributed Resources. 62-70
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  Ascan F. Morlang, Ina Schieferdecker: On Programming of Network Services. 71-72
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  Radhika R. Roy: Distributed Gatekeeper Architecture for H.323-Based Multimedia Telephony. 73-76
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  Sanjay Jha, Aruna Seneviratne: Synchronization Skew: A QoS Measurement Study. 77-

Wireless/ATM

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  Khaled Salah, Elias Drakopoulos, Tzilla Elrad: Periodic Route Optimization for Handed-Off Connections in Wireless ATM Networks. 80-87
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  Bobby Vandalore, Raj Jain, Sonia Fahmy, Sudhir S. Dixit: AQuaFWiN: Adaptive QoS Framework for Multimedia in Wireless Networks and Its Comparison with other QoS Frameworks. 88-97
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  Sashi Lazar, Deepinder P. Sidhu, Sethuram Balaji Kodeswaran, Rekuram Varadharaj: ATM Network Discovery Using Mobile Agents. 98-105
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  Rajan Shankaran, Vijay Varadharajan, Michael Hitchens: Secure Multicast Extensions for Mobile Networks. 106-116
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  J. William Atwood, Morteza Ghodrat, Dariusz Tasak: Using Formal Specification and Observers to Specify and Validate the ATM Signaling Protocols. 117-

Network Management

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  Manuel Günter, Torsten Braun, Ibrahim Khalil: An Architecture for Managing QoS-Enabled VPNs over the Internet. 122-131
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  S. Varada, V. Oduol, A. Shelat: Data Flow and Buffer Management in Multi-Channel Data Link Controller. 132-141
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  Peng-Jun Wan, Liwu Liu, Yuanyuan Yang: Optimal Routing Based on Super Topology in Hypercube WDM Networks. 142-149
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  Emad Aboelela, Christos Douligeris: Fuzzy Temporal Reasoning Model for Event Correlation in Network Management. 150-159
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  Oliver Feuser, Andre Wenzel: On the Effects of the IEEE 802.3x Flow Control in Full-Duplex Ethernet LANs. 160-

Traffic Characterization and Control

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  Chun You, Kavitha Chandra: Time Series Models for Internet Data Traffic. 164-171
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  Tamás Éltetö, Sándor Molnár: On the Distribution of Round-Trip Delays in TCP/IP Networks. 172-181
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  Jia Wang, Srinivasan Keshav: Efficient and Accurate Ethernet Simulation. 182-191
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  Sijing Zhang, E. Stewart Lee: The Worst-Case Scenario for Transmission of Synchronous Traffic in an FDDI Network. 192-

Algorithms and Protocols

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  Hiroshi Fujinoki, Kenneth J. Christensen: The New Shortest Best Path Tree (SBPT) Algorithm for Dynamic Multicast Trees. 204-211
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  Simon Baatz, Matthias Frank, Peter Martini, Andre Wenzel: Flow Aggregation and Scalability with ROBIN: End-to-End Regulation of Bandwidth in Intra-Networks. 212-223
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  Jesus Pinto, Kenneth J. Christensen: An Algorithm for Playout of Packet Voice Based on Adaptive Adjustment of Talkspurt Silence Periods. 224-231
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  Yutaka Ishibashi, Shuji Tasaka, Yoshiro Tachibana: A Media Synchronization Scheme with Causality Control in Network Environments. 232-241
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  Laurent Amanton, Mohamed Naimi: A Causal-Phase Ordering Protocol with Multi-Initiators for Overlapped Broadcasts. 242-

Poster Papers

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  Michael Gilfix: An Integrated Software Immune System: A Framework for Automated Network Management, System Health, and Security. 254-155
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  WoongChul Choi: Decoupling Bandwidth, Delay and Burstiness of PFQ Algorithm for QoS Guarantee of a Leaky Bucket Constraint Traffic. 256-257
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  Wen-Ching Chang, Chih-Hui Ko, Yang-Han Lee, Shiann-Tsong Sheu, Yu-Jie Zheng: A Novel Prediction System for Wireless LAN Based on the Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network. 258-259
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  Dale Callahan, Gary J. Grimes: An Intelligent Hub Protocol for Local Area Lightwave Networks. 260-261