IEC: Publications: Annual Review of Communications, Vol. 57

Recognizing User Perception in the Design of Telecommunications Networks
Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Corporation Ltd.
James Connor, Director of Marketing, Nayna Networks, Inc.

The Untold Telecom Story: How the Industry Lost its Grip on ROCE (and How to Get It Back)
Dr. Anthony Saliba, Section Manager, Human Factors, Telstra Corporation Ltd.
Dr. Milosh Ivanovich, Research Team Leader, Radio Networks, Telstra Corporation Ltd.
Dr. Paul Fitzpatrick, Research Team Leader, Radio Networks, Telstra Corporation Ltd.

Security Policy Compliance Management
From Policy to Auditable Activity
Arthur Coleman, Chief Strategy Officer, Polivec Software, Inc.

Learning to Be Lean
Martin Creaner, Chief Technology Officer, The TeleManagement Forum

Fiber-to-the-Home: Competition or Opportunity?
James "Jim" O. Farmer, Chief Technical Officer, Wave7 Optics, Inc.

EV-DO: Controlling Challenges and Creating Revenue Opportunities with Tiered Services
Russ Freen, Chief Technology Officer, Bridgewater Systems

Enabling Networks for Next-Generation Broadband Applications
Rudi Frey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Communications, Fixed Networks Regional Headquarters Asia-Pacific

Ethernet and the Promise of the Triple Play
David Ginsburg, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, Riverstone Networks

What Hath God Wrought? - Peering into Our Future
Howard J. Gunn, President, Multimedia Digital Utility Services

Management in the Technical Environment
Michael S. Irizarry, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, US Cellular Corporation

Security Equals Quality: The Future of Software
Rauli Kaksonen, Chief Technology Officer, Codenomicon
Ari Takanen, Chief Executive Officer, Codenomicon
Heikki Kortti, Robustness Specialist, Codenomicon

The ACCESS Precept: Road Map to Outsourcing Success
Gerry Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, AttivaCorp

Security and Privacy with IPv6
Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum; Chair, European IPv6 Task Force; and Trustee Emeritus, Internet Society, Luxembourg
Jimmy McGibney, Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology
John Ronan, Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology
Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology

A Real-Time Intrusion-Prevention System for Commercial Enterprise Databases and File Systems
Ulf T. Mattsson, Chief Technology Officer, Protegrity

The Financial Impact of Attack Traffic on Broadband Networks
Marc Morin, Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Sandvine Incorporated

Wireless Voice over IP
Arthur J. Musgrove, Vice President, OSS and Billing, Cymbal Corporation

The Elements of Effective Internal Network Security
Marius Nacht, Vice Chairman and Senior Vice President, Check Point Software Technologies

Toward Intelligent Real-Time Web Services
Gabriel Jakobson, Chief Scientist, Altusys Corp.

Road Map to Quadruple Play
A Cookbook for MSOs
Eckart Pech, Chief Executive Officer, Detecon, Inc.
Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, Senior Consultant, Detecon, Inc.

The Three Phases of Connectivity: Networking's New Frontier
William Peisel, Chief Technology Officer, Digi International, Inc.

The Eminent Challenges for Incumbent Telcos on the Move toward Next-Generation Networks
Wolfgang Schmitz, Senior Executive Vice President, Technology Engineering, T-Com Headquarters, Deutsche Telekom AG

Broadband Teledensity: The New Paradigm for Economic Growth
Dr. Arunas Slekys, Vice President, Global Marketing, and General Manager, Russia/CIS/Baltics, Hughes Network Systems, Inc.

The Reality of DSL Anywhere
Tom Starr, President and Chairman, DSL Forum, and Principal Member of Technical Staff, SBC Labs
Peter J .Silverman, Telecommunications Consultant

Application Delivery Systems
An Emerging Category of Application Networking Infrastructure
Prabakar Sundarrajan, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development, Netscaler, Inc.

Network Inventory Redefined
Julie R. Wingerter, Vice President of Strategy, NetCracker Technology

Toward the Emerging Ubiquitous Networks Society
Masayoshi Yamashita, Vice President, NTT USA, Inc., and General Manager, Washington, D.C. Office, NTT

Section II: Business Strategies and Market Trends

Ringing in a New Era of Growth for Wireline Telecom
Jeanette Carlsson, Global Communications Sector Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value
Salvador Arias, Strategy Partner and On Demand Lead, IBM Business Consulting Services

Strategic Tools for Innovation and Their Impact on the Long-Term Success of Modern Corporations
Mahesh Chandra, Associate Professor of Business Computer Information System and Quantitative Methods, Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University
James P. Neelankavil, Professor of International Business, Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University
John E. Ullmann, Professor Emeritus of Business Information System and Quantitative Methods, Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University

VoIP: Forcing Changes in the Telecom Market and Its Regulation
Ronald Cowles, Research Vice President, Communications - Network Services, Regulatory and Public Policy Matters, Gartner
Wm. L. Hahn, Principal Analyst, Telecom Strategies and Directions Worldwide, Gartner

Navigating the Harsh Realities of Broadband Wireless Network Economics
Steven Glapa, Director of Marketing, ArrayComm, Inc.

VoIP: The New Voice of the Lightwave
Clifford R. Holliday, President, B & C Consulting Services

Delivering VoIP and Advanced IP Services Profitably
Quickly Design, Develop, and Deploy New Services
Andrew Hurrell, Director, Marketing, Atreus Systems, Inc.

Building Trust in Unpredictable Systems: The Case for Resilience
P.H. Longstaff, Research Affiliate, Center for Information Policy Research, Harvard University, and Associate Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University

Successfully Bringing Wireless Innovations to Market
Philip Marshall, Ph.D., Director, Wireless Mobile Technologies, The Yankee Group

Bringing the Power of Voice and Mobility in Today's Fixed Networks
Scott McMahon, Marketing and Communications Manager, Networks, Nokia Corporation

Strategic Management in the Telecommunications Industry Dr. Steven R. Powell, Professor, CIS Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Digital Convergence: Where Are We Headed?
G. Prem Premkumar, Union Pacific Professor in Information Systems, College of Business, Iowa State University

Understanding E-Democracy and E-Government through MAPS: Management, Applications, Policy, Services
Rhonda A .Russell, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Jay E .Gillette, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University

The Battle for Broadband
Service-Provider Strategies for Attacking the DSL Market
Darryl C .Sterling, Managing Consultant and Industry Strategist, Communications Sector, IBM Institute for Business Value
Kevin W .English, Consultant, Communications Sector, IBM Institute for Business Value

Section III: Broadband Access Technologies, Network Architectures, and Services

On the Channel Characteristics of Overhead Medium-Voltage Power Lines for Broadband Communications
P. Amirshahi, Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Information and Communications Technology Research (CICTR), The Pennsylvania State University
M. Kavehrad, F.I.E.E.E., Department of Electrical Engineering, Center for Information and Communications Technology Research (CICTR), The Pennsylvania State University

Cable Multiservice Networks Converge around Carrier-Grade Optical Ethernet
Mitch Auster, Director, Product Marketing, Optical Ethernet Group, CIENA Corporation

Broadband over Power Lines Case Study
Chris Bruszewski, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Rodrigo De Martin, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Olufunmilola Olorunda, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Karthick Perumal, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Steve Jones, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Wireless Innovation, and Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University

Enterprise Server Networks for On-Demand Computing Environments
Casimer DeCusatis, Senior Technical Staff Member, Network Hardware Development Laboratory, IBM eSystems
Lawrence Jacobowitz, Development Manager, Science and Technology, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Key Technologies of Intelligent Optical Network Survivability
Yuefeng Ji, Professor, Vice Dean, School of Telecommunication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Lei Lei, School of Telecommunication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

The Digital Communications Grid
Creating a New Architectural Foundation for 21st Century Digital Communications Based on Intelligent Lightpaths
Joe Mambretti, Director, International Center for Advanced Internet Research, Northwestern University, and Director, Metropolitan Research and Education Network

Circuit Establishment in an All-Optical Backbone Network
Ahmad Musa, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso
John Medrano, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso
Virgilio Gonzalez, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso
Mehdi Shadaram, Briscoe Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio

Optimizing the Broadband Aggregation Network for Triple-Play Services
The Aggregation Network Needs to Be Optimized and Versatile to Meet the Combined Demands of Voice, Video, and High-Speed Internet Services
Lindsay Newell, Director, Product Marketing, IP Division, Alcatel
Mehdi Sif, Senior Product Marketing Manager, 7750 SR Portfolio, IP Division, Alcatel

Broadband in Germany
Michele Novelli, Director, Marketing, HanseNet
Katja Wagener, Marketing and Strategy, HanseNet

The Olympic Games: The Way toward the Internet
Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, Electrical Engineer and Senior Research Associate, Telecommunications Lab, National Technical University of Athens
Pantelis Karamolegos, Electrical Engineer and Research Associate, Telecommunications Lab, National Technical University of Athens
George Koukouvakis, Electrical Engineer and Research Associate, Telecommunications Lab, National Technical University of Athens

Residential Services Evolution and the Impact on Communications Networks
Bruce Sabalaskey, Principal, Business Development, Tellabs

Bandwidth Profiles for Ethernet Services
Ralph Santitoro, Co-Chair, Technical Marketing and Web Presence Committee, Metro Ethernet Forum, and Director of Network Architecture, Nortel Networks

The Future of DSL: Success… or Failure?
John R. Sergo, Jr., Ph.D. E.E., Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University

Soliton Theory in Optical Communications
Christopher Tagg, Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Systems Engineering Consultant, MouchelParkman

Section IV: IP Communications and Packet Networking

Embedded Real-Time Voice Quality Analysis System
Samy El-Hennawey, Technical Advisor, Nortel Networks
Don Lee, Senior Software Engineer, Nortel Networks

Mediation Solutions for VoIP Environments
Ed Hawco, Senior Technical/Marketing Writer, ACE*COMM Corporation

Voice over Internet Protocol Voice Quality of Service
David J. Houck, Technical Manager, QoS Management and Assessment Group, Lucent Technologies - Bell Laboratories
Wonho Yang, Member of Technical Staff, QoS Management and Assessment, Lucent Technologies - Bell Laboratories

Breaking the Continuum
Real TVoIP Applications for Today
David Howard, Product Line Manager, UTStarcom, Inc.

IP Telephony Security Based on SIP and RTP
Ping Lin, Senior Technical Advisor, Nortel Networks
Lin Lin, Senior Engineer, Nortel Networks

Distributed Architecture vsCentralized Architecture for IP VoD
David Lui, Engineering Manager, Broadband Network Systems Ltd.

Wideband Voice Coding: Opportunities and Implementation Challenges
Edward Morgan, Executive Director, Research and Development, Voice over Packet Business Unit, Texas Instruments

IMS Architecture for NGN: Steering the Complexity
Aurelio Nocerino, Senior Manager, CHT, Accenture
Giorgio Angiolini, Senior Product Manager, Italtel

Security Challenges for CALEA in Voice over Packet Networks
Sophia Scoggins, Ph.D., Voice over Packet Business Unit, Texas Instruments

A Comprehensive Study of Price and Performance of Video over Next-Generation Optical Access Networks
M. K. Weldon, Broadband Access Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
D. van Veen, Broadband Access Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
C. Bahr, Broadband Access Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
E. Szurkowski, Broadband Access Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies

Section V: Wireless Communications and Mobility

CDMA: An Evolutionary Technology
Dr. Mohammad S. Alam, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama
Dr. M. A. Salam, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama
Ms. Pavani Polu, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama

Multihop Mobile Wireless Internet Access: The Combined Use of Gateway Mobility and Mobile IP's Simultaneous Binding Capability
Dr. Habib Ammari, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University

Upwardly Mobile
Mobile Network Operators Go On-Demand in Pursuit of Profitable Growth
Jeanette Carlsson, Global Communications Sector Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value
Henry Stevens, Global Wireless Strategy and Solutions Leader, IBM Business Consulting Services

Wireless Ad Hoc Environmental Sensor Networks: Protocols and Setups
Julia H. Downes, M.Sc., B.Sc., MBCS, Software Developer, Sonaptic UK Ltd., and Formerly Research Assistant, Applied Global Systems Laboratory, University of North Florida
Dr. Sanjay P. Ahuja, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of North Florida, and Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Dr. J. David Lambert, Assistant Professor, College of Computing Sciences and Engineering, and Co-Director, Applied Global Systems Laboratory, University of North Florida
John Alexander, Ph.D., P.E., Director, Applied Global Systems Laboratory, and Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of North Florida

Wireless Planning in Health Care
Laura Fontaine, Director, Spectrum Management, Andrew Corporation

Software-Defined Radio
The Revolution of Wireless Communication
Adam S. Harrington, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Chin-Gi Hong, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Anthony L. Piazza, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Steve Jones, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Wireless Innovation, and Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University

Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks with Reconfigurable Smart Nodes
Alvin Lim, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University

OFDM and GSM Protocol Optimization on a Software-Defined Radio Parallel Processing Architecture
H. R. Myler, Ph.D., P.E., Director, Software Defined Radio Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lamar University
Shabbir Bagasrawala, M.S.E.E., Research Engineer, Software Defined Radio Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lamar University
Naresh Narayana, M.S.E.E., Research Engineer, Software Defined Radio Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lamar University

A Technology-Enabled Framework for Dynamic Allocation of the Radio-Frequency Spectrum
Christopher A. Nissen, Director, Communications and Networking, The MITRE Corporation G. Michael Butler, Chief Engineer, The MITRE Corporation

An Introduction to UMTS and the Implications on OSS
Kevin O'Donnell, Product Manager, OSS Wireless Portfolio, Agilent Technologies

An Introduction to UWB
Fernando Ramírez-Mireles, Ph.D., Professor, ITAM/Digital Systems, Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México

Performance Evaluation of Wireless Application Protocol for Reliable Connection-Oriented Services
Edward Minyard, Partner, Unisys

Handoff Management in Wireless Data Networks Using Topography-Aware Mobility Prediction
Dr. AlaaEldin Sleem, Director of Technical Services and Integration, Trendium Inc.
Dr. Anup Kumar, Professor and Director of Distributed Computing Research, University of Louisville
Dr. Khaled Kamel, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Louisville

Satellites for Internet Communication
Harry W. Tyrer, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Missouri - Columbia
Paul D. Wiedemeier, Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, The University of Louisiana at Monroe

Section VI: Operations, Network Management, and Quality Control

QoS Management in Multiservice Packet Networks
Luigi Atzori, CNIT Multimedia Communications Lab, DIEE, University of Cagliari
Daniele D. Giusto, CNIT Multimedia Communications Lab, DIEE, University of Cagliari
Maurizio Murroni, CNIT Multimedia Communications Lab, DIEE, University of Cagliari

End-to-End Service Monitoring through Active Call Testing
Gary Barton, Business-Development Manager, Operational Support Systems Division, Agilent Technologies

Toward End-to-End Security
Thomas M. Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University

Network Technologies and Applications
Simplifying Next-Generation Service Delivery through Dynamic Network Abstraction
Ehud Goldshtein, Director, Product Management, Sheer Networks

Billing: Beyond Feeds and Speeds
How the Telecom Industry (Still) Squanders Billions While Shying Away from the Real Questions and Opportunities
IGB Grant, Managing Director, SeaBoard Group, Montreal, Canada

Maintaining Normal Communication Operations by Reducing Denial of Service Effects by Worms and Viruses: A Case Study
Robert Kalwinsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Electronic Media Communications, Middle Tennessee State University
Greg Schaffer, B.S.M.E., Director of Network Services, Middle Tennessee State University

Advances in Network Emulation
Cameron Kiddle, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada
Rob Simmonds, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada
Brian Unger, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary – Alberta, Canada

Internet Tomography in 4G System Architecture
On the Role of Network Performance Infrastructures
Dr. Mairtin O'Droma, Director, Telecommunication Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
Dr. Ivan Ganchev, Deputy Director, Telecommunication Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
Abia Moloisane, Post-Graduate Researcher, Telecommunication Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
Dr. Vasile Dadarlat, Research Fellow, Telecommunication Research Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Security
G.V.S. Raju, Peter T. Flawn Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, and Life Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Rehan Akbani, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio

Interactive and Multilingual Health-Care Network Model Development
Miguel Solis, Research Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University (FIU)
Subbarao VWunnava, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University (FIU)

The Design of a Dynamic Emergency Response Management Information System (DERMIS)
Murray Turoff, Distinguished Professor and the Hurlburt Professor of MIS, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bartel Van de Walle, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Tilburg University, and Visiting Research Professor, Department of Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael Chumer, Special Lecturer in IS/IT, New Jersey Institute of Technology Xiang Yao, Ph.D. Student, Department of Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Information Management: The Key to Compliance
Correy Voo, Head of Storage, BT

Predicting Internet End-to-End Delay: A Statistical Study
Ming Yang, Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans
Jifeng Ru, Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans
Huimin Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans
Anwer Bashi, Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans
X. Rong Li, University Research Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans
Nageswara S. V. Rao, Distinguished Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A Practical Approach for OSS Development
B. Brahma Reddy, Chief Technology Officer, DishnetDSL Limited
M.D. Jagdeesh Kumar, Assistant Manager, DishnetDSL Limited
S. Vijaya Sekar, Project Manager, DishnetDSL Limited
C. Shenbagam, Senior Manager, DishnetDSL Limited
Moin Uddin, HOD EE Department, Jamia Milia Islamia University

Dynamic Steganography Provides Additional Data Security for Network-Based Transactions
Richard P. Zavaleta, M.S.E.E., Research Associate, Florida International University
Subbarao V. Wunnava, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Florida International University