OPENSIG Spring '97 Workshop

Open Signalling for ATM, Internet and Mobile Networks

Thursday 17 and Friday 18 April 1997, The Moller Centre, Cambridge, UK.


Opensig Spring 97 has now taken place. The remainder of this page forms an on-line version of the Proceedings of Opensig Spring '97. A List of Delegates who attended is now on-line, together with copies of all slide presentations given at the workshop.


Organizing Committee: Ian Leslie, Chair (University of Cambridge), Simon Crosby (University of Cambridge).

Program Committee: Ian Leslie (University of Cambridge), Simon Crosby (University of Cambridge), Chuck Kalmanek (AT&T Research), Aurel A. Lazar (Columbia University), Ramin Shomaly (British Telecommunications Plc), Joe Evans (University of Cambridge), Andy Hopper (University of Cambridge and Oracle-Olivetti Research Laboratories), Derek McAuley (University of Glasgow), Weiguo Wang (Institute of Systems Science, Singapore), Jonathan Smith (University of Pennsylvania), Andrew T Campbell (Columbia University).

Location: The workshop took place in the Lecture Theatre of the Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK.
Attendance is limited to 100 participants. The registration fee of GBP 60.00 includes refreshments and lunch on both days of the workshop.

Sponsors: The workshop is sponsored by the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Systems Research Group

Here is a pointer to some good hotels and B&Bs in the area. Accommodation will NOT be available at the Moller Centre, which is a short cab ride or a 20 minute walk from central Cambridge.


Invitation to participate in OPENSIG Spring '97

Sessions will be organised and run by the indicated session organizer. We intend to run this as a workshop. Each session has a small number of 20 minute presentations followed by an open discussion.

Those giving papers are requested to submit papers for the proceedings as soon as possible with mail header as follows:
To: opensig97@cl.cam.ac.uk
Subject: OPENSIG97 Proceedings
Please use MIME encapsulation if possible. Presentations should be formatted A4 with 2 or 4 slides per page. Please use postscript, Word or Powerpoint format. Papers must be submitted by Friday 11/4/97.


Go to Second Day's Program

Program: First Day


08:30 - Coffee


08:50-09:00
Welcoming Remarks
Ian Leslie, University of Cambridge.
Simon Crosby, University of Cambridge.

09:00-10:00
Keynote Lecture: Open Networking in the Internet Age
Keynote Speaker: Steve Weinstein, NEC CCRL, Princeton, New Jersey


Session 1 - Data-Link and Application Signaling

10:00-12:10

Organizer and Chair: Chuck Kalmanek (AT&T Research)

10:00
UNITE: An Architecture for Lightweight Signaling in ATM Networks
Speaker: K. K. Ramakrishnan and Gisli Hjalmtysson, AT&T Research


10:30-11:00 - Coffee


11:00
Multimedia Call Management and the Call Management Agent System
Speaker: Scott Petrack, Vocaltec

11:20
Connection Closures
Speaker: Sean Rooney, University of Cambridge

11:40
Open Discussion


12:10-13:30 - Lunch


Session 2 - Architectures and Performance

13:30-14:50

Organizer and Chair: Aurel A Lazar (Columbia University)

13:30
Connection Services on the xbind Broadband Kernel
Speaker: Mun Choon Chan, Department of EE and Center for Telecommunications Research, Columbia University

13:50
A Performance Study of Three Connections Algorithms on a Scalable Open Signalling Platform
Speaker: Ivan Tam Ming-Chit, Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore

14:10
Customizing Control Policies for Each Application
Speaker: Gisli Hjalmtysson, AT&T Research

14:30
Open Discussion


Session 3 - Operator Perspectives on Open Control

14:50-16:30

Chair:Ian Henning (British Telecommunications Plc)

14:50
ATM Inter-Network Interface(AINI)
Speaker: Vinai Sirkay, FORE Systems

15:10
The Role of Open Control in Re-structuring Network Management
Speaker: Rob Davison , BT Labs


15:30-15:50 - Tea


15:50
Telia's Strategy for Introduction of Open Signaling
Speaker: Joakim Bergkvist, Telia Research

16:10
Open Discussion


Session 4 - Open Switching for ISPs

16:30-17:50

Chair: Joe Evans (University of Cambridge)

16:30
Label Switching Architectures
Speaker: Hiroshi Esaki, Toshiba

16:50
Tag Switching Architecture - Overview
Speaker: Yakov Rekhter, Cisco

17:10
POP to POP - Zero Hop Routing
Speaker: Vinai Sirkay, FORE Systems

17:30
Open Discussion



Program: Second Day


08:15 - Coffee


08:40-09:40

Day Two Keynote

Open signalling : the constraints of the installed base and opportunities

Keynote Speaker: L.F.Pau, Ericsson Utveckling


Session 5 - Open Control For Domestic ATM

09:40-10:40

Chair: David Greaves (Cambridge)

09:40
A Signalling API for the ATM Warren
Speaker: , University of Cambridge

10:00
Control of Dumb Devices
Speaker: Derek McAuley, Dept of Computer Science, Glasgow University

10:20
Open Discussion


10:40-11:10 Coffee


Session 6 - Mobility

11:10-12:30

Organizer and Chair: Andy Hopper (University of Cambridge and Oracle - Olivetti Research)

11:10
QOS aware mobile middleware
Speaker: Andrew T. Campbell, CTR, Columbia University

11:30
Radio handover measurements
Speaker: John Naylon, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

11:50
Active Badges using Corba
Speaker: Krzysztof Zielinski,University of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland

12:10
Open Discussion


12:30-13:30 - Lunch


Session 7 - Engineering the BIB

13:30-14:50

Organizer and Chair: Weiguo Wang (Institute of Systems Science, Singapore)

13:30
A QOS Interface for the BIB
Speaker: Aurel A. Lazar, Dept of EE and CTR, Columbia University

13:50
ATM Multicast Service using BIB
Speaker: Ngoh, Lek Heng, ISS, National University of Singapore

14:10
Networking Aspects of A Distributed Resource Management Architecture
Speaker: Chris Edwards, Lancaster University, UK

14:30
Open Discussion


Session 8 - Active Networks

14:50-16:30

Chair: Jonathan Smith (University of Pennyslvania)

14:50
Security Infrastructure for Active Networks
Speaker: Carl Gunter

15:10
Active Bridging
Speaker: D. Scott Alexander, University of Pennsylvania


15:30-15:50 - Tea


15:50
Self-Checking Active Networks
Speaker: J. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

16:10
Open Discussion


Session 9 - Network Progammability for Service Creation, Control and Management

16:30-17:50

Chair: A T Campbell (Columbia University)

16:30
Service Execution Environment for Digital Multimedia
Speaker: Juhana Rasanen, Laboratory of Telecommunications Software and Multimedia, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

16:50
A Corba-Based Distributed Object Architecture For Control, Management, and Services Integration
Speaker: Masaaki Suzuki, NEC USA

17:10
Network Control as a Distributed Object Application
Speaker: Huw Oliver, HP Labs, UK

17:30
Open Discussion

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For further information regarding local arrangements please send email to opensig97@cl.cam.ac.uk . For queries regarding the technical programme email the session owner.