Call for Participation APCC 2001 Opening the 21

Call for Participation APCC 2001 “Opening the 21 st Century by Info-communication Technologies” The 7 th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications 17 -20 Sep. 2001, Tokyo, Japan http: //www. ieice. org/apcc 2001/ e-mail: contact@apcc 2001. ieice. org The Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) provides a forum for greater regional interaction and dissemination of information on the latest developments in the rapidly expanding field of communications. The major objective of APCC is to provide researchers and engineers in the Asia-Pacific region with an opportunity to discuss topics related to advanced telecommunication technologies and services and to open the door to the world. It will focus on the major advances in telecommunications, both happening now and to come in the foreseeable future. APCC 2001 will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 17 -20 Sep. 2001 at the University of Electro-Communications and is scheduled in conjunction with the IEICE semiannual technical conference which will be held at the same venue from 18 -21 Sep. 2001. APCC 2001 will also offer technical visits including to IMT-2000 at the Yokosuka Research Park (YRP), BS digital broadcasting, ITS, and broadband services over HIKARI (optical) networks. You are invited to participate in the conference and do not miss the following invaluable advantages: - APCC 2001 registration fee includes the IEICE Conference registration. - Non-members can join the Communications Society of IEICE, free of charge for admission fee and the first annual fee, with APCC 2001 registration. Sponsored by The Communications Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE-CS) Technically Co-Sponsored by • The IEEE Communications Society (IEEE Com. Soc) • The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS) (Version 2. 0, 1 July 2001)

Topics Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, • ATM technologies • Access and home networks • Active and programmable networks • Advanced video communications • Antennas and propagation • Broadcasting technologies • Codings and modulations • Communications software • Communications theory • Computer communications • EMC • High-density and ad-hoc networks • High-speed and high quality internet • Human interfaces • IP over WDM • Information security • Intelligent network • Intelligent transport systems • Internet applications and technologies • LAN and MAN technologies • MPLS and multi-protocol networks • Millimeter-wave technologies • Mobile communications • Multimedia communications • Network middleware • Network operations and management Program 17 Sep. 2001 18 Sep. 2001 19 Sep. 2001 Tutorals Keynote Address by Dr. Toshiharu Aoki (President, NTT Data Corporation) Keynote Address by Dr. J. Roberto B. de Marca (President, IEEE Communications Society) Panel Discussion jointly organized with IEICE-CS (“Global Collaboration towards the Advanced Information Society”) 20 Sep. 2001 Registration Technical Visits (JPY: Japanese Yen) Discounted registration due: through 10 July 2001 [Members of IEICE or its sister societies such as IEEE and KICS] Early Registration (through 10 July 2001) - Full Registration Ticket (*): 38, 000 JPY - One Day Ticket: 15, 000 JPY - Technical Visit Ticket: 4, 000 JPY - Banquet Ticket: 7, 000 JPY Regular/On-site Registration (after 10 July 2001) - Full Registration Ticket (*): 48, 000 JPY - One Day Ticket: 18, 000 JPY - Technical Visit Ticket: 6, 000 JPY - Banquet Ticket: 10, 000 JPY *including three One Day Tickets, a Technical Visit Ticket, and a Banquet Ticket [Non-Members] Early Registration (through 10 July 2001) - Full Registration Ticket (*): 48, 000 JPY - One Day Ticket: 18, 000 JPY - Technical Visit Ticket: 6, 000 JPY - Banquet Ticket: 10, 000 JPY Regular/On-site Registration (after 10 July 2001) - Full Registration Ticket (*): 58, 000 JPY - One Day Ticket: 21, 000 JPY - Technical Visit Ticket: 6, 000 JPY - Banquet Ticket: 10, 000 JPY *including three One Day Tickets, a Technical Visit Ticket, and a Banquet Ticket [Students] Always - Full Registration Ticket (*): - One Day Ticket: - Technical Visit Ticket: - Banquet Ticket: • Network security • Optical communications • Personal communications • Photonic network technologies • Quality assurance management • Satellite and space communications • Signal processing and communications electronics • Switching and routing technologies • Teletraffic management and control • Virtual private networking • Wireless internet • Wireless systems and technologies APCC Steering Committee Chair: T. Miki, Univ. of Electro-Communications Vice-Chair: Z. Niu, Tshinghua Univ. C. H. Yim, ETRI Secretariat: H. Ohta, NTT Members: B. M. Ali, Univ. Putra Malaysia T. Aoyama, Univ. of Tokyo K. Chung, CURTIN Univ. of Tech. D. N. Cooper, CSIRO A. J. Gibbs, NEC Australia C. C. Ko, National Univ. of Singapore B. G. Lee, Seoul National Univ. L. S. Lee, National Taiwan Univ. S. Lee, Korea Telecom H. Miyahara, Osaka Univ. N. Ohta, Sony D. P. Taylor, Univ. of Canterbury P. Zhang, BUPT Advisory Group: Z. Deng, China Inst. of Communications J. L. Hullett, CURTIN Univ. of Tech. J. K. Kim, KAIST M. L. Liou, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech. H. Tominaga, Waseda Univ. General Chair T. Miki, Univ. of Electro-Communications Technical Program Committee Chair: T. Aoyama, Univ. of Tokyo Vice-Chair: J. T. Lin, Beijing Univ. of Post and Telecommunications D. K. Sung, KAIST Suhono Harso Supangkat, Bandung Institute of Technology Secretariat: K. Koyanagi, NTT M. Takemoto, NTT Organizing Committee 18, 000 JPY 10, 000 JPY 4, 000 JPY 5, 000 JPY *including three One Day Tickets, a Technical Visit Ticket, and a Banquet Ticket For further information visit at http: //www. ieice. org/apcc 2001/ N. B. Tutorial fee is included in Full Registration Ticket or One Day Ticket for 17 Sep. Chair: Y. Inoue, NTT Data Vice-Chair: K. Endo, Fujitsu N. Nakajima, Univ. of Electro-Communications M. Shikada, NEC Secretariat: T. Chiba, NTT N. Endo, Miyagi National College of Technology