Perhaps the most profound impact on business and personal productivity, since the introduction of the personal computer, has been the increasing voice, video, and data connectivity. This interaction may bring about a fundamental change in the way we live in the 21st century. In addition to technological improvements that support communication of a variety of media, a great convergence of technologies like televisions, telephones, computers, and networks continues. Although the growth of telecommunications over the past decade has been phenomenal, we expect that the explosion of telecommunications applications is still to come. The target infrastructure for many of these advanced applications is the Internet -- a system based on a 1981 IETF specification -- very much an anomaly in the rapidly changing technology world. This minitrack provides a broad platform to explore all technical aspects of telecommunications and networking that support transmission of voice, video, and/or data.

Possible Topics may include the following:

• IP Networks & Performance
• Difficulties with Transition to IPv6
• Internet2
• Quality of Service
• Organizational Impacts of Telecommunications
• Pricing issues
• Wireless Networks (Architecture, Design, Protocols, Network Interconnection)
• Multimedia support
• Network Management
• Reliability
• Mobility
• E-commerce and its impact on the design and management of networks
• Protocol Analysis
• Congestion Control
• Network Design
• Routing and Scheduling
• Simulation
• Optimization
• Access Control

Mark Weiser
weiser@okstate.edu
405-744-5084

Ali Amiri
amiri@okstate.edu
405-744-8649

Oklahoma State University
College of Business
Stillwater, OK 74078
Fax: 405-744-5180