Wireless ATM Networking Workshop

State of the Art and Beyond

Friday, June 14, 1996, Columbia University, New York, NY

Wireless Asynchronous Transfer Mode (WATM) is motivated by the increasing importance of portable computing applications in business, consumer and industrial applications. As multimedia applications migrate to portable devices, wireless extensions to existing broadband networks will be required to support the seamless delivery of integrated voice, video and data with high quality. In this context WATM is intended to be a direct extension of the wired ATM network with uniformity of end-to-end QoS guarantees.

This workshop brings together a number of leading researchers who have been actively involved in: i) the implementation of prototype WATM networks, and ATM mobility management and QoS control schemes; and ii) the establishment of the recent WATM Working Group in the ATM Forum. The goal of the workshop is to discuss the state of the art and future challenges in WATM networking.

Organizing Committee: Cristina Aurrecoechea, (Columbia University), Andrew T. Campbell Chair (Columbia University), Jean-François Huard (Columbia University), Mahesan Nandikesan (Columbia University)

Location: The workshop will take place in the auditorium of the Schapiro Research Building on the Morning-side Campus of Columbia University at 530 West 120th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. The workshops attendance is limited to 50 participants.

Sponsors: The workshop is sponsored by the Center for Telecommunications Research at Columbia University.

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Wireless ATM Networking Workshop Program

State of the Art and Beyond

8:15 am
Coffee

8:50-9:00 am
Welcoming Remarks
Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, New York

9:00-9:45 am
ATM-based Wireless Networks of the Future- Some Research Issues to be Addressed
Speaker: Mischa Schwartz, Columbia University, New York

9:45-10:30 am
Wireless ATM: Architecture, System Design and Prototyping,
Speaker: L.J. French and D. Raychaudhuri, NEC USA, C&C Research Laboratories Princeton

10:30-11:00 am
Break

11.00-11:45 pm
Distributed Processing for Mobility and Service Management in Mobile ATM Networks
Speaker: Tom F. La Porta, Bell Laboratories Research, Holmdel

11:45-12:30 am
The Virtual Connection Tree - A Scheme for Routing, Resource Allocation, Call Admission, and QoS Provisioning in Mobile/Wireless ATM Networks
Speaker: Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heigths

12:30-2:00 pm
Lunch Break

2:00-2:45 pm
SWAN: Seamless Wireless ATM Network
Speaker: Prathima Agrawal, Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill

2:45-3:30 pm
Architecture of a wireless ATM Home Network
Speaker: Dinesh C. Verma, Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor

3:30 - 4.15 pm
Research Perspectives in Wireless ATM
Speaker: Kai Y. Eng, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel

4:15 - 4.45 pm
Break

4:45-5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: How difficult is QOS Provision with Mobility in WATM Networks?

Chair: Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University, New York

Panelists: Prathima Agrawal, Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill; Kai Eng, Bell Laboratories , Holmdel; L.J. French and D. Raychaudhuri, NEC USA, C&C Research Laboratories Princeton; Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heigths; Tom F. La Porta, Bell Laboratories , Holmdel; Mischa Schwartz, Columbia University, New York; Dinesh C. Verma, Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor.

For further information please send email to workshop@ctr.columbia.edu