[geni-announce] Workshop on Below IP Networking (BIPN'09)

[Aaron Falk]

corrected link is http://www.bipn.org


Aaron Falk wrote:
> BIPN'09 Call For Papers
> 1st IEEE Workshop on Below IP Networking (BIPN'09)
> in conjuction with Globecom 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii.
>
> BIPN 2009 (<http://www.bipn.org/www.bipn.org) is soliciting 
> original and previously unpublished papers addressing research 
> challenges and advances towards metropolitan and wide area 
> networking that work below the IP layer. Particular interest is in 
> enhanced Ethernet technology in context with future access and 
> Internet core networks and systems as well as advances in the label 
> switching technologies. A common denominator is implementing carrier 
> grade transport capabilities below IP.
>
> The 1st IEEE Workshop on Below IP Networking (BIPN'09) provides a 
> venue for academic and industrial research communities for 
> exchanging ideas and experience on all aspects of below IP 
> Networking. Papers that present work, validated by experimentation, 
> simulations, or analysis, as well as position papers and papers 
> discussing and comparing concepts, architectures and interfaces are 
> solicited, on the topics including, but not limited to
>
> * intra and inter carrier path computation and routing below IP
> * intra and inter carrier protection and restoration below IP
> * intra and inter carrier OAM
> * below IP solutions for intra domain and inter carrier traffic engineering
> * new forwarding technologies
> * connection oriented and connectionless network services using packet transport
> * identities and addressing for enhanced Ethernet networks
> * mobility issues and mobility solutions for packet transport networks
> * scalability and implementation complexity of below IP networking solutions
> * quality of service in packet transport networks
> * network discovery below IP
> * IP vs End-2-End Ethernet
> * co-existence and interoperation of routed IP and routed Ethernet
> * positioning of native enhanced Ethernet against IP, MPLS, GMPLS and MPLS-TP
> * techno-economics of transport Ethernet, MPLS-TP and Internet by Ethernet
>
> Papers should be original material in the IEEE two column format 
> limited to 6 pages.
>
> Important dates
>     * Full paper submission: July 23rd 2009
>     * Notification of acceptance: August 28th 2009
>     * Final papers due: September 10th 2009
>
> Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to 
> register and present the paper. Accepted papers must be presented at 
> the workshop and will appear in the IEEE Explore.
>