IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference1 1"1 II1Ulll

1 1 1|iiii| mil

II IIIHII Null Iliil

IIII

•I

I I

n

1 i

IT IrlI,JJII

II

1'irhIIII IIL•••••III III

Phoenix, Arizona • December 2-5, 1991

"COUNTDOWN TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM"Featuring a Mini-Theme on:Personal Communications Services (PCS)

Conference Record Vol. 1 of 3

VOLUME

1

2

3

DAY

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

SESSIONS

1-20

21-42

43-60 B

PAGES

1-694

695-1531

1533-2150

IEEE

ICC4Sponsored by the

IEEE Communications Society

and the Phoenix IEEE Section

GLOBECOM

UNIVERSrrATSBIBUOTHEKHANNOVER

SESSION 01Flagstaff 1Video Modeling and TrafficEngineering

Organizers: B. MelamedNEC Research Institute,Inc.,USA

J. KuroseUniv. of Massachusetts atAmherst, USA

Chairperson: B. Melamed

Sponsor: Communications SystemEngineering

01.1 A Combined Performance Study of aFault Tolerant ATM Switch and aVideo Compression SystemP. Goli, V. Kumar, A. R. Reibman,AT&T Bell Labs, USA

01.2 Design and Performance Evaluation ofa Variable Bit-Rate (VBR) VideoCompression Algorithm for ATMNetworksK. Joseph, J. Zdepski, R. Siracusa,D. Raychaudhuri, David SarnoffResearch Center, USA

013 Analysis of a Video Multiplexer usingTES as a Modeling MethodologyB. Sengupta, D.-S. Lee, B. Melamed,NEC Research Institute, USA;A. R. Reibman, Princeton Univ., USA

01.4 Statistical Analysis and SimulationStudy of Video Teleconference Trafficin an ATM NetworkD. Heyman, A. Tabatabai,T. V. Lakshman, Bellcore, USA

01.5 ATM Network and VBR Video Source:Data Structure and Statistical Analysisof an Implemented HYBRID DCTBroadcast Video EncoderG. Vecchietti, M. Modena, G. Parladori,TELETTRA S.p.a., Italy

SESSION 02Phoenix 16,17Modulation and Coding

Organizer: Carl-Erik SundbergAT&T Bell Labs, USA

Chairperson: Carl-Erik Sundberg

Sponsor: Communication Theory

02.1 Performance of an RCPC-CodedOFDM-based Digital AudioBroadcasting (DAB) SystemP. Hoeher, J. Hagenauer, E. Offer,Ch. Rapp, German AerospaceResearch Est., Germany; H. Schulze,Communications Research Inst.,Germany

02.2 Multi-Level Block Coded Modulationsfor the Rayleigh Fading ChannelCarl-Erik Sundberg, N. Seshadri, AT&TBell Labs, USA

023 Simple Reception Techniques forCoordinated Two-Pair DigitalTransmissionD. Falconer, Carleton Univ., Canada;E. Arnon, BNR, Canada

02.4 A Data-Driven Multitone EchoCancellerJ. M. Goffi, Stanford Univ., USA;J. A. C. Bingham, TelebitCorp., USA

02.5 A Noncoherent CPM-Detector whichuses a Reduced Set of Basis FunctionsT. Palenius, Univ. of Lund, Sweden;A. Svensson, Ericsson RadarElectronics AB, Sweden

02.6 Analytical Representation ofGeneralized MSK Signals andCoherent Receiver Design CriterionM. Chiani, O. Andrisano, Univ. ofBologna, Italy

02.7 Statistical Moments Based Classifierfor MPSK SignalsY. Yang, Chung Cheng Institute ofTechnology, Taiwan; S. Soliman,Qualcomm, Inc., USA

SESSION 03Flagstaff3Image Coding

Organizers: M. W. MarcellinUniv. of Arizona, USA

S. A. RajalaNorth Carolina State Univ., USA

Chairpersons: M. W. MarcellinS. A. Rajala

Sponsor: Signal Processing andCommunication Electronics

03.1 Motion Compensated MultiresolutionTransmission of HDTVJ. Woods, T. Naveen, RensselaerPolytechnic Inst., USA

03.2 Image Coding with Uniform andPiecewise-Uniform Vector QuantizersJ. D. Gibson, Stanford Univ., USA;D. G. Jeong, Texas A&M Univ., USA

033 Rate-Distortion Optimized MotionCompensation for Video CompressionUsing Fixed or Variable Size BlocksG. J. Sullivan, Univ. of California, LosAngeles, USA; R. Baker, PictureTelCorp., USA

03.4 Human Visual System PropertiesApplied to Image Segmentation forImage CompressionH. A. Peterson, IBM T. J. WatsonResearch Center, USA; S. A. Rajala,North Carolina State Univ., USA;E. J. Delp, Purdue Univ., USA

03.5 HDTV Coding at Below 45 Mbps forDigital TransmissionT. C Chen, K. H. Tzou, P. E. Fleischer,Bellcore, USA

03.6 On the Rate-Distortion Efficiency ofSubband CodingT. R. Fischer, Washington State Univ.,USA

03.7 Bi-Level Rendition of ImagesContaining Text, Screened Halftoneand Continuous ToneM. Yoshida, T. Takahashi, T. Semasa,F. Ono, Mitsubishi ElectricCorp., Japan

SESSION 04Prescott 6Neural Networks in Communications

Organizers: S. V. KartalopoulosAT&T Bell Labs., USA

N. AnsariNew Jersey Institute ofTechnology, USA

Chairpersons: S. V. KartalopoulosJ. H. Winters,

Sponsor: Signal Processing andCommunication Electronics;Communications SystemEngineering

04.1 The Performance Evaluation of a NewNeural Network Based TrafficManagement Scheme for a SatelliteCommunication NetworkN. Ansari, D. Liu, New Jersey Inst. ofTechnology, USA

04.2 A Neural Network Approach TowardsAdaptive Congestion Control inBroadband ATM NetworksX. Chen, I. Leslie, Univ. of Cambridge,UK

04.3 A Neural Network Shortest PathAlgorithm for Optimum Routing inPacket-Switched CommunicationsNetworksM. K. Mehmet Ali, F. Kamoun,Concordia Univ., Canada

04.4 The Bandwidth Allocation of ATMThrough Genetic AlgorithmI. Y. Wang, NYNEX, USA; H. Pan, NewJersey Inst. of Technology, USA

04.5 A Neural Network Approach to theMaximum Flow ProblemM. K. Mehmet Ali, F. Kamoun,Concordia Univ., Canada

04.6 Some Experiments on VectorQuantization Using Neural NetsR. Lancini, F. Perego, CEFRIEL, Italy;S. Tubaro, CSTS-CNR, Italy

04.7 Congestion Avoidance in Large Supra-High-Speed Packet SwitchingNetworks Using Neural ArbitersB. Khasnabish, M. Ahmadi, M. Shridhar,Univ. of Windsor, Canada

SESSION 05Flagstaff5Software Quality from the CustomerViewpoint

Organizer: M. DiMario

AT&T Bell Labs, USA

Chairperson: M. DiMario

Sponsor: Quality Assurance Management;Communications Software

05.1 Customer Expectations forIntroduction of a Large SoftwareProductR. E. Krock, J. M. Cusimano, Illinois Bell,USA; D. P. Smith, D. A. Haupin, J. L.Peterson, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

05.2 Improving Customer SatisfactionThrough Establishing Strategic Goalsfor Quality and ProductivityImprovementS. Schulze, S. Webber, AGCommunication Systems, USA

05.3 Software Development ProcessBenchmarkingS. E. Miller, G. T. Tucker, AT&T BellLabs, USA

05.4 Tracking Quality: From Verification toCustomerH. Pant, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

05.5 Recovery Testing for Switch SoftwareFaultsF. Su, Bellcore, USA

05.6 Balancing the BenchmarkOpportunitiesK. Krick, Northern Telecom, Inc., USA

SESSION 06Prescott 7Significant TelecommunicationsTechnologies and their StandardsStatus (Panel Session)

Organizer: P. J. May, US Sprint, USA

Chairperson: P. J. May

Sponsor: Standards Activities Board

06.1 Broadband Integrated Services DigitalNetwork (BISDN) and the PhysicalLayer Characteristics of theUser/Network InterfaceB. Buckley, Verilink, USA

06.2 BISDN PerformanceR. Bloomfield, NTIA/ITS, USA

063 Synchronous Optical Networks(SONET)K. Pickles, Alcatel Network Systems,USA

06.4 Voice EncodingB. Kubichek, NTIA/ITS, USA

06.5 Wireless Access to PersonalCommunications NetworksG. Patterson, Bell South Services, USA

06.6 Network Management SystemsP. Johnson, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

06.7 Environmental ConsiderationsT.Croda, US Sprint, USA

06.8 Fast Packet TechnologyR. Amy, IBM, USA

SESSION 07Phoenix 18Space Information Systems:Architectures and Protocols

Organizers: G. C. OmidyarComputer Sciences Corp., USA

K. N. MurthyTelesat, Canada

Chairperson: G. C. Omidyar

Sponsor: Satellite and SpaceCommunication

07.1 Analysis of NASA Communications(Nascom) II Network Protocols andPerformanceG. C Omidyar, T. Butler, NASA Comm.Division, USA

07.2 EOS Ground Data & OperationsSupportG. Smith, NASA/GSFC, USA

073 Satellites and ISDN: The TestbedExperienceG. Keeler, COMSAT, USA

07.4 ATDRSS Program OverviewR. Chang, Stanford Telecom, USA;A. H. Jackson, W. S. Guion, GoddardSpace Flight Center, USA

07.5 Encryption Techniques for BroadcastCommunicationK. Ohta, S. Kurihara, NTT YokosukaR&D Center, Japan

07.6 Performance Evaluation of a Near-FarResistant Frequency-HoppingMultiple- Access CommunicationSystemF. Molitor, R. F. Kaufmann, SCHRACKAerospace, Austria

°7.7 Access and Synchronization Schemesin the ESA OBP SystemM. Annoni, CSELT, Italy; G. Garofalo,ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands

SESSION 08APhoenix 11,12How will Services InfluenceBroadband Network Architectures?

Organizer: B. JabbariGeorge Mason Univ., USA

Chairperson: A. RobrockItaltel, Italy

Sponsor: Communication Switching

08A.1 The Role of SDH and ATM inBroadband Access NetworksR. Vickers, M. Wernik, BNR, Canada

08A.2 Connectionless Service HandlingWithin BISDNG. Fioretto, T. Demaria, R. Vaglio,CSELT, Italy; A. Forcina, T. Moro, SIP,Italy

08A3 Integrated Packet Networks WithQuality of Service ConstraintsW. C Lee, P. Kamat, Motorola Codex,USA

SESSION 08BPhoenixll,12Performance Considerations forBroadband Systems

Organizer: K. JosephBell Canada, Canada

Chairperson: B. JabbariGeorge Mason Univ., USA

Sponsor: Communication Switching

08B.1 PHOENIX: A Building Block for FaultTolerant Broadband Packet SwitchesV. P. Kumar, J. G- Kneuer, D. Pal, AT&TBell Labs, USA; B. Brunner, EcolePolytechnique F^derale de Lausanne,Switzerland

08B.2 Priority Queueing Strategies for TraffiControl at a Multichannel ATMSwitching SystemJ. A. Silvester, Univ. of SouthernCalifornia, USA; A. Un,Pacific Bell, USA

08B3 Video Traffic smoothing an d ATMMultiplexer PerformanceS. Dixit, NYNEX, USA; P. Skelly,Columbia Univ., USA

08B.4 Performance Analysis of MulticlassTraffic in ATM NetworksC. Chen, M. Kornatsu, Osaka Univ.,Japan; M. Kavvafcatsu, M. Kawaguchi,Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Japan

SESSION 09Phoenix 13,14,15Congestion, Flow and Error Controlin Broadband Networks

Organizer: N. Mehravari

AT&T Bell Labs, USA

Chairperson: N. Mehravari

Sponsor: Computer Communications;Data Communications Systems

09.1 Input Rate Flow Control for High-Speed Networks: Source vs. SwitchLevel Performance Trade-OffI. Rubin, K. D. Lin, Univ. of California,Los Angeles, USA

09.2 Analysis of the Leaky BucketAlgorithm for On-Off Data SourcesN. Yin, M. Hluchyj, Motorola CodexCorp., USA

093 Jitter and Bandwidth EnforcementJ. W. Roberts, F. Guillemin, FranceTelecom, France

09.4 A BISDN/ATM Traffic Descriptor, andits use in Traffic and CongestionControlsA. E. Eckberg, A. W. Berger, AT&T BellLabs, USA

09.5 Tagging Versus Strict RateEnforcement in ATM NetworksA. Gravey, P. Boyer, G. Hebuterne,France Telecom, France

09.6 Source Control and Shaping in ATMNetworksG. Rigolio, L. Verri, ITALTEL, Italy;L. Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

09.7 On the Performance of SubmittingExcess Traffic to ATM NetworksB. Makrucki, BellSouth, USA

SESSION 10Phoenix 19,20Selected Hot Topics in NetworkOperations and Management

Organizer: D. N. Zuckerman

AT&T Bell Labs, USA

Chairperson: D. N. Zuckerman

Sponsor: Network Operation andManagement

10.1 An Architecture for Real-Time Controlof Broadband NetworksA. A. Lazar, Columbia Univ., USA

10.2 The Effect of Management Structureon the Performance of InterconnectedHigh-Speed Packet-SwitchedNetworksI. Rubin,Univ. of California, LosAngeles, USA; T. Cheng, NorthernTelecom, USA

103 Traffic Routing and PerformanceAnalysis of the Common ChannelSignaling System 7 NetworkJ. L. Wang, Bellcore, USA

10.4 A Distributed Link RestorationAlgorithm with Robust PreplanningJ. E. Baker, Rockwell International, USA

10.5 Billing for ISDN Packet Services -Light at the End of the Tunnel?U. Waldhauer, Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, USA

10.6 Charging in CordlessTelecommunication SystemsJ. Isberg, Swedish Telecom Radio,Sweden

SESSION 11Prescott 7System Modeling and PerformanceAnalysis

Organizers: B. HirosakiNEC Corporation, Japan

B. SenguptaNEC Research Institute, USA

Chairpersons: B. HirosakiB. Sengupta

Sponsor: Communications SystemEngineering

11.1 Analysis of a Broadband PacketNetwork with Rate Based NetworkAccess ControlG. Ramamurthy, NEC Corp., USA

11.2 Adaptive Access Control of MultipleTraffic Classes in ATM NetworksF. Davoli, R. Bolla, Univ. di Genova,Italy; A. Lombardo, S. Palazzo,D. Panno, Univ. di Catania, Italy

113 Congestion Control for ConnectionlessNetworks via Alternate RoutingS. Dravida, P. Harshavardhana,A. B. Bondi, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

11.4 Head of Line Arbitration in ATMSwitches with Input-Output Bufferingand Backpressure ControlH. T. Mouftah, H. Badran, Queen'sUniv., Canada

11.5 An Approach to CharacterizingResponse Time Based on Queue-Length Probabilities in QueueingSystemsK. K. Leung, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

11.6 A New Solution Technique forDiscrete Queueing Analysis of ATMSystemsV. S. Frost, Q. Wang, Univ. of Kansas,USA

SESSION 12Flagstaff 2Synchronization

Organizer: V. K. JainUniv. of South Florida, USA

Chairpersons: V. K. JainH.MeyrAachen Univ. of Tech., Germany

Sponsor: Communication Theory;Signal Processing andCommunication Electronics

12.1 Planar Filtered Techniques for BurstMode Carrier SynchronizationM. Fitz,Purdue Univ., USA

12.2 ATM Circuit Emulation: A Comparisonof Recent TechniquesH. M. Ahmed, Boston Univ., USA;M. Hluchyj, Motorola Codex, USA

123 All-Digital Carrier Phase and ClockTiming Recovery for 8PSKR. De Gaudenzi, European SpaceAgency, The Netherlands; V. Vanghi,Universita'degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

12.4 Equalization System Including ClockRecovery Application to MAC/PacketFamily SignalsJ. Palicot, J. Veillard, CCETT, France

12.5 Synchronization Technique forOptical OOK ReceiversV. K. Jain, A. B. Asgill, Univ. of SouthFlorida, USA; P. Bobrek, Loral DataSystems, USA

12.6 The Effect of Data Modulation onSigma Delta and Modified Delay-Locked Loop OperationP. Kunnari, P. Leppanen, Univ. of Oulu,Finland

12.7 PHDPLL for SONET DesynchronizerC-M.Loau,J.-T.Wu,Telecommunication Labs, Taiwan

SESSION 13Flagstaff^Optical Signaling Techniques

Organizer: C. Georghiades

Texas A&M Univ., USA

Chairperson: C Georghiades

Sponsor: Data Communications Systems;Optical Communications

13.1 Can Multilevel Signaling Improve theSpectral Efficiency of Optical FDMSystems?L. Cimini Jr., G. J. Foschini, AT&T BellLabs, USA

13.2 Channel Coding for CoherentLightwave Binary FSKCommunicationsJ. P. Fonseka, M. Golanbari, The Univ. ofTexas at Dallas, USA

13.3 On-Off Keying Optical Transmissionand Channel Capacity for Indoor HighRate Wireless Data NetworksK.-C Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ.,Taiwan

13.4 Wavelength-Multiplexed BitSynchronization in OpticalTransmissionN. Ailawadi, R. Thompson, R. V.Anderson, P. P. Giordano, AT&T BellLabs, USA

13.5 Throughput Efficiency Considerationsfor Optical OPPMC. N. Georghiades, Texas A&M Univ.,USA; J. K. Crutcher, McDonnell DouglasCorporation, USA

13.6 Fanout Analysis of Multi-Stage OpticalClock Distribution Using OpticalAmplifiersC.-S. Li, F. Tong, K. Liu, IBM T. J.Watson Research Research Center, USA;D. G. Messerschmitt, Univ. of California,Berkeley, USA

13.7 Parallel Rate-Variable Coded PPM inPhoton Counting ChannelT. Ohtsuki, I. Sasase, S. Mori, KeioUniv., Japan; H. Yashima,Saitama Univ., Japan

SESSION 14Phoenix 13,14,15Performance, Design and Analysiof Computer Networks

Organizer: K. Sohraby

AT&T Bell Labs, USA

Chairperson: K. Sohraby

Sponsor: Computer Communications

14.1 On the Bunching of Cell Losses inATM-Based NetworksA. B. Bondi, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

14.2 On Various Modifications of the PARandom Access SchemeM. Sarraf, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

143 Performance Analysis of OutputBuffered Fast Packet Switches withBursty Traffic LoadingJ. W. Mark, D. X. Chen, Univ. ofWaterloo, Canada

14.4 On Scheduling Two Classes of RealTime Traffic With Identical DeadlinJ. F. Kurose, S. Pingali, Univ. ofMassachusetts, USA

14.5 A Load-Controlled Scheduling Schcfor Integrated Voice-Data Com-munication on High-Speed LANs/MANsB. Mukherjee, S. Kao, Univ. ofCalifornia, Davis, USA

14.6 An Effective Algorithm to CalculateDistribution of the Buffer Contentsand the Packet Delay in a Multiplexiwith Bursty SourcesH. Bruneel, B. Steyaert, Ghent StateUniv., Belgium

14.7 Performance Analysis of FH SpreadSpectrum Packet Radio NetworkUnder the Poisson ApproximationV. Li, Univ. of Southern California, UiM. Yin, TRW, USA

SESSION 15Phoenix 18Space Transmission Systems

Organizer: S. N. Verma

GE Aerospace, USA

Chairperson: S. N. Verma

Sponsor: Satellite and SpaceCommunication

15.1 Interference from Television Carriersinto Narrowband Digital CarriersH. A. Henriques, F. Abbas, M. Nakhla,INTELSAT, USA

15.2 Link Performance Optimization forDigital Satellite Broadcasting SystemsR. De Gaudenzi, C Elia, R. Viola,European Space Agency, TheNetherlands

153 Design and Analysis of SatelliteClustersA. Ganz, B. Ii, Univ. of Massachusetts,USA

15.4 Code and Frequency Acquisition forFully Digital CDMA-VSATsM. Sust, B. O. Eichinger, R. Kaufmann,SCHRACK Aerospace, Austria

15.5 A Flexible Digital MultkarrierModulator for Multi-Frequency TDMASatellite TransmissionJ. Ventura-Traveset, EWSA/ESTEC,Netherlands; H. Bessai, G. Hofmann,Dornier GmbH, Netherlands; L. Bella,ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands

15.6 Transmission of SDH Signals ThroughFuture Satellite Channels Using 16-aryQAM TechniqueA. H. Aghvami, King's College, UK;O. Gemikonakli, Middlesex Polytechnic,UK; S. Kato, NTT Radio CommunicationSystems Labs, Japan

15.7 An Algorithm to Design a Multiple-Channel Communications SystemT. M. Nguyen, J. M. Gevargjz, S. Hinedi,JPL, USA

SESSION 16Phoenixl6,17Technologies for Personal RadioCommunication

Organizer: N. SollenbergerBellcore, USA

Chairperson: N. Sollenberger

Sponsor: Radio Communication;Communication Theory

16.1 Computation Reduction of DecisionFeedback Equalizer UsingInterpolation for Land MobileCommunicationsS. Sampei, Communications ResearchLab, MPT, Japan

16.2 Performance of pi/4-QPSK BasebandDifferential Detection UnderFrequency Offset ConditionsC Powell, J. Boccuzzi, Motorola, Inc.,USA

163 Performance of a TDMA PortableRadio Link with a SwitchingFrequency SynthesizerA. Afrashteh, D. Chukurov, Bellcore,USA

16.4 Multiple Channel Inhibit SenseMultiple Access with CaptureK. Zdunek, Illinois Inst. of Technology,USA; D. R. Ucci, J. L. LoCicero,Motorola, Inc., USA

16.5 A Multi-Carrier Group Demodulatorwith Chirp Transform forPersonal/Mobile SystemCommunicationT. Hattori, T. Kohri, NTT Radio Comm.Systems Labs, Japan

16.6 Adaptive Equalization with RLS-MLSEfor Frequency-Selective Fast FadingMobile Radio ChannelsK. Fukawa, H. Suzuki, NTT RadioComm. Systems Labs, Japan

16.7 Rayleigh Fading Effect Reduction withWideband DS/CDMA SignalsJ. M. Holtzman, L. M. A. Jalloul, RutgersUniv., USA

SESSION 17Flagstaff5Quality and Reliability in Fiber tothe Customer/Curb and NetworkReliability

Organizers: U. RossiSIRTI SpA, Italy

B. HirosakiNEC, Japan

Chairperson: U. Rossi

Sponsor: Quality Assurance Management;Transmission Systems;Optical Communications

17.1 Component Reliability Results fromthe Biarritz Field Trial and from"Plan Cable" Volume DeploymentR. Goarin, France Telecom, France

17.2 Optical Fiber Loops and MaintenanceSupport Systems for SubscriberNetworkT. Uenoya, O. Yamauchi, T. Sakai, NTTNetwork Systems Develop. Center,Japan

173 Operations and MaintenanceExperimental Testbed for a BusinessTPON SystemL. Bickers, I. Cade, S. James, K. James,British Telecom Labs, UK

17.4 Availability Objectives for Fiber in theLoop SystemsJ. L. Spencer, Bellcore, USA

17.5 Performance of Technical Options toEnhance Reliability and Availabilityin Fibre-Based Local AccessConnectionsR. Diaz de la Iglesia, E. Lope Oter,M. Martinez, Telefonica, Spain

17.6 Field Experience with Fiber-in-the-Loop Systems: Reliability PerformanceR. K. Even, R. B. Ackerman, AT&T BellLabs, USA

17.7 Analyzing TelecommunicationNetwork Availability PerformanceUsing the Downtime ProbabilityDistributionC. M. Hamilton, N. A. Marlow, Bellcore,USA

SESSION 18Phoenix 11,12Optical Local Access Networks

Organizers: H. L. LembergBellcore, USA

T.MikiNTT Transmission SystemsLabs, Japan

Chairpersons: T.MikiH. Lemberg

Sponsor: Optical Communications;Transmission Systems

18.1 Broadband Digital Transmission overPassive Optical NetworksA. R. J. Cook, D. W. Faulkner, P. J.Smith, British Telecom Labs, UK

18.2 Photonic Access Network ArchitectureT. Nakashima, Y. Hamazumi,N. Tokura, K. Kikuchi, NTTTransmission Systems Lab, Japan

183 A Proposed Loop TransmissionSystem Based on a SwitchedBroadband Digital Access forEnhanced Video and Data ServicesR. Schiffler, M. Nikain, BellSouthScience and Technology, USA

18.4 Broadband Multichannel WDMTransmission with SuperluminescentDiodes and LEDsT. Chapuran, S. Wagner, R. Menendez,H. Tohme, L. A. Wang, Bellcore, USA

18.5 Subcarrier Multiple Access for PassiveOptical Networks and a Comparison toOther Multiple Access TechniquesC Sierens, D. Mestdagh, G. Van DerPlas, Alcatel Bell Telephone, Belgium;J. Vandewege, G. Depovere, P. Debie,Univ. of Ghent, Belgium

18.6 Multi-Con trol Chann el Very High-Speed Optical Fiber Local AreaNetworks and Their InterconnectionsUsing a Passive Star TopologyG. N. M. Sudhakar, M. Kavehrad,N. D. Georganas, Univ. of Ottawa,Canada

SESSION 19Flagstaff 1Management and Operations ofOpen Networks and DistributedSystems

Organizers: B. MeandzijaMetaAccess Inc., USA

P. BrusilThe MITRE Corp., USA

Chairpersons: B. MeandzijaP. Brusil

Sponsor: Network Operation andManagement;Standards Activities Board

19.1 OSI Systems Management StandardsP. J. Brusil, The MITRE Corp, USA;W. Collins, CODEX Corp., USA

19.2 Application of Object-OrientedTechniques to the OAM&P ofTelecommunications NetworksP. A. Johnson, AT&T Bell Labs, USA

193 OSI, ODP and DistributedApplications: Towards an IntegratedApproachA. Schill, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany

19.4 Bell Canada's Generic NetworkElement Control TechnologyC Ward, B. Stepien, Bell Canada,Canada

19.5 An Automatic Generation ofManagement Information Base(MIB)for OSI Based Network ManagementSystemY. Kiriha, S. Nakai, K. Arima,H. Kuriyama, NEC Corporation, Japan

19.6 Integrated Maintenance Managementfor Communication Networks: AnAT&T SolutionT. C John, G. J. Dome, AT&T Bell Labs,USA

19.7 A Systematic Approach for Planning,Tuning and Upgrading Local AreaNetworksK. M. Khalil, P. A. Spencer, Bellcore, USA

SESSION 20Phoenix 19,20Multimedia Information Services

Organizers: A. D. GelmanBellcore, USA

Y. YacobiBellcore, USA

Chairperson: A. D. Gelman

Sponsor: Multimedia Services andTerminals

20.1 Efficient Navigation in an ImageRetrieval SystemS. Pozzi, N. Dal Degan, R. Lancini,P. Migliorati, CEFRIEL,Italy

20.2 Optimization Model for the Deliveryof Interactive Multimedia DocumentsS. L. Hardt-Kornacki, L. A. Ness,Bellcore, USA

20.3 A New Medical Data ManagementConcept in a Hybrid Cellular MobileRadio Communication NetworkS. Kotsopoulos, D. Lymperopoulos,Univ. of Patras, Greece

20.4 An Engineering and FinancialPerspective on Future ProofMultiservice Cable TV ArchitecturesR. Negro, A. Trondoli, L. Zapparoli,SIRTI SpA, Italy

20.5 Using Kerberos in Operations SystemsS. J. Lunt, Bellcore, USA