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Published: January 2006
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The International Engineering Consortium's "Annual Review of Communications, Volume 60" is an indispensable reference

publication for telecommunication and information-industry professionals. Each year, the Consortium brings together into one unique resource the most current thinking and practical experience of global industry professionals on a variety of topics facing the information industry. This 730+ page reference tool is a must for executives, managers, engineers, analysts, and educators in all sectors of today's changing information industry.

This 60th volume of the Annual Review contains updates of current technologies, and it is intended to keep readers informed of the most recent industry developments. Brought together in one volume are discussions of current market trends and leading business strategies; broadband access technologies, network architectures, and emerging services and applications; multimedia and IP communications technologies and services; packet networking; wireless communications and mobility; network management; and operations and quality control.

Because it presents the very best insights, perspectives, and experiences of industry leaders on an annual basis, the Annual Review is considered to be one of the most useful resources for corporate libraries, training programs, and individual study. Volume 60 of the Annual Review contains an exclusive section of reports authored by senior executive officers of leading information-industry corporations and organizations. Use these executive perspectives to gain an invaluable edge in planning your company's future.

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Section I: Executive Perspectives
Intelligent Business Campuses: Keys to Future Economic Developments
- James Carlini, President and Chief Executive Officer, Carlini & Associates, Inc.
IMS: Understand the Challenge, Realize the Potential
- Curt Champion, Vice President, Market and Product Strategy, Convergys
Minimizing the Risks and Overcoming the Challenges of Transitioning to an IP-Based Infrastructure
- Nicolas De Kouchkovsky, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc.
Integrated Mobile Device Management Technology and Benefits
- David Ginsburg, Vice President, Marketing and Product Development, InnoPath Software
- Jason Lackey, Marketing Manager, InnoPath Software
Service Assurance for Triple-Play Services
- John Govert, Vice President of Marketing, Service Assurance Solutions, JDSU
- Andrew Sachs, Director of Solutions Marketing, Service Assurance Solutions, JDSU
- Ron Shanks, Product Line Manager, Service Assurance Solutions, JDSU
- Nisha Parbhakar, Product Marketing Marketing, Service Assurance Solutions, JDSU
On-Line Charging: Delivering Prepaid and Postpaid Convergence
- Francois Lancon, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, Convergys
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Strategies for Profitable Enterprise FMC Services
- Erik Larsson, Vice President of Marketing, Netcentrex IP Converged Communications, Comverse
IT Service Management
- Roel Louwhoff, President, Customer Service and Network Operations, BT Global Services
Broadband over Power Lines
- Lee Lusbaugh, Principal Vice President and General Manager, Americas, Bechtel Communiations, Inc.
- S. Raoul Safavian, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Americas, Bechtel Communications, Inc.
Cleaning Up Network Data and Building the Business Case
- John Mellis, Chief Technology Officer, Evolved Networks
- Matthew Edwards, Chief Marketing Officer, Evolved Networks
A Solution Framework for Next-Generation Network Planning
- Sukant K. Mohapatra, Director, Product Management, VPIsystems, Inc.
- Mark H. Mortensen, Senior Vice President, Marketing, VPIsystems, Inc.
Building End-to-End WiMAX Networks
- Monica Paolini, President, Senza Fili Consulting
Managed Services Demystified: An Overview for Telecom Service Providers: Customer Demand for Blended, Converged, Multimedia Services Is Driving Both New Revenue-Generating Opportunities and Major Challenges for Service Providers
- Andrew Rabhan, Vice-President, Managed Services, Alcatel-Lucent
Technologies for Improvement of Aggregation Networks
- Wolfgang Schmitz, Senior Executive Vice President, T-Com, Deutsche Telekom
MPLS/GMPLS Interworking in Multi-Layer Service Networks Using Path Computation Elements
- Mallik Tatipamula, Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Juniper Networks
- Zafir Ali, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Eiji Oki, Senior Research Engineer, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Ichiro Inoue, Senior Research Engineer and Supervisor, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Kohei Shiomoto, Senior Research Engineer and Supervisor, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
Section II: Business Strategies and Market Trends
Analyzing the U.S. Satellite Radio Market: A Strategic Examination of XM and SIRIUS
- Alan B. Albarran, Professor and Chair, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, University of North Texas
- Heather C. Way, Adjunct Professor, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, University of North Texas
Navigating the Media Divide: Innovating and Enabling New Business Models
- Saul J. Berman, Partner and Global Executive, IBM Global Business Services
- Steven Abraham, Global Leader, Media and Entertainment Industry, IBM Global Business Services
- Bill Battino, Americas Leader, Media and Entertainment Industry, IBM Global Business Services
- Louisa Shipnuck, Global Leader, Media and Entertainment Industry, IBM Institute for Business Value
- Andreas Neus, EMEA Leader, Media and Entertainment Industry, IBM Institute for Business Value
Broadband as an Essential Infrastructure
- Paul Budde, Managing Director, Paul Budde Communication, Ltd.
Maximizing Innovation Productivity: Four Ways to Get More Bang for Your R&D Buck
- Mark Deck, Director, PRTM Management Consultants
The New Paradigm for Broadband Services
- Michel DeFloor, Director of Business Strategy, Wireline Access Division, Alcatel-Lucent
The Canadian Broadcasting Community Surprisingly Calls for Internet Regulation
- Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair, Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa
Leadership for the Information Renaissance: Clarify, Challenges,and Opportunities
- Jay E. Gillette, Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Scenarios for Measuring the Impact of IST on Human Life
- Juan Hernandez-Hernandez, Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Open Exchange for Local Exchange Carriers: The Benefits of Introducing Third-Party Service Providers to Your Broadband Network Offering
- Astrid Hveding Lengdell, Product Marketing Manager, PacketFront
- Geir Axel Oftedahl, Business Development Manager, PacketFront
The Innovation Paradox in the Telecom Industry
- Lawrence Kenny, General Manager and Global Telecommunications Industry Leader, IBM Global Business Services
- Salvador Arias, Strategy Partner, Communications Sector, IBM Global Business Services
- Next-Generation Revenue Assurance: Safeguarding Revenue in Today's Convergent Market
- Marc Lacroix, Practice Leader, Consulting and Professional Services, Convergys
A Future in Content(ion): Can Telecom Providers Win a Share of the Digital Content Market?
- Ekow Nelson, Global Communications Sector Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value
- Howard Kline, North American Telecommunications Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value
- Rob van den Dam, European Telecommunications Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value
Architecture for Media Serialization in Consumer Electronics Devices
- Joseph E. Oren, Security Architect, Cinea, Inc., Dolby Labs
Do Guarantees of Security Matter?: The Trust Relationship between Citizens and ICT Mediated Services
- Andy Phippen, Lecturer, School of Computing, Communications, and Electronics, University of Plymouth
- Hazel Lacohee, Principal Researcher, Chief Technology Office, BT Group
Managing Telecommunications as a Business
- Steven R. Powell, Professor, Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department, California State Polytechnic University
Driving Growth through Continuous Business Innovation: This Operational Strategy Can Help You Develop Offerings That Customers Really Want
- Ari Shinozaki, Principal, PRTM Management Consultants
- Ed Yu, Director, PRTM Management Consultants
Advertising--It's for Telcos Too: Opportunities in Mobile TV and IPTV Advertising
- Susan Tucker, Managing Consultant, Detecon, Inc.
- Susannah Spellman, Senior Consultant, Detecon, Inc.
- Corinna Schramme, Business Analyst, Detecon, Inc.
Business Continuity and a Core Technology: SAN
- Charles Tuite, Operations Coordinator, University Computing Services, Ball State University
- Nitin Kumar, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
- Kamila Zhombylet, Graduate Student, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
- Stephan S. Jones, Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences,
- Ball State University
How Telcos Will Change Advertising
- Rob van den Dam, European Telecommunications Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value
- Ekow Nelson, Global Communications Sector Leader, IBM Institute for Business Value
Section III: Broadband Access Technologies, Network Architectures, and Services
Service Velocity by Design: Engineering Carrier Networks with Ethernet at the Innovation Core
- Frank J. Bernhard, Managing Principal, Supply Chain and Telecommunications Practice, OMNI Consulting Group
From Collision to Operation: Service Orchestration, Service Brokers, and Policy Management Provide Promise for a Converged Services Architecture in the Telco Space
- Michael Brenner, Chief Architect, Converged Services and Application Standards, Alcatel-Lucent
Protection against Identity Threats in Early IMS
- Rohan K. Chitnis, Graduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering,Southern Methodist University
- Thomas M. Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
SOA Architecture for Telecommunications Service Delivery
- Marco Costa, Network Solution Manager, Strategic Office, Italtel S.p.A.
- Elena Orlandi, Solution Manager, Strategic Office, Italtel S.p.A.
- Alessandro Stagni, Head of Offer Strategy, Strategic Office, Italtel S.p.A.
Which Takes Precedence: Your New NGN or Your Current Business Model?
- Michael S. Cox, Network Architect, Chief Technology Office, Alcatel-Lucent Australia, Ltd.
Enhancing Voice Quality with Wideband Speech Communications
- Baris Demir, Senior Solutions Architect, VoiceAge Corporation
Toward a Telecommunications Service-Oriented Architecture
- Paolo Falcarin, Ph.D. Research Assistant, Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
- Jian Yu, Ph.D. Research Assistant, Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Operator Guidelines for Number Portability Challenges and Solutions for ANSI- and ITU-Based Networks
- Steve French, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Tekelec Network Signaling Group
- Devesh Agarwal, Product Manager, Tekelec Network Signaling Group
- Linda Bohnel, Marketing Manager, Tekelec
Carrier Ethernet: Adding Scale and Operational Simplicity to Ethernet
- Paul Indoo, Product Marketing Manager, Carrier Ethernet, Nortel
Deploying Fiber to the Most Economical Point
- Steve Kemp, Director, IP Division, Alcatel-Lucent
Cutting the Cost of Doing Business Using Multiplexing: Moving Voice and Data Concentration to the Edge
- Vineet Kumar, Strategic Business Manager, Telecom Division, Business Development, Crompton Greaves Limited
Optimizing Digital Video Circuits
- Vineet Kumar, Strategic Business Manager, Telecom Division, Business Development, Crompton Greaves Limited
Network Resource Evaluation using RFID Applied to Optical Network
- Claudia Barucke M.P. Leme, Ph.D. Student, Center for Studies in Telecommunications, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Marbey M. Mosso, Assistant Professor, Center for Studies in Telecommunications, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Abelardo Podcameni, Associated Professor, Center for Studies in Telecommunications, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Service Definition, Deployment, Management, and Architectures in Telecommunications Networks: From Intelligent Networks to Service-Oriented Architectures
- Sarandis Mitropoulos, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus
- Christos Douligeris, Associate Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus
Video and Bandwidth: The Promise of Profitability
- Harley R. Myler, Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lamar University
Solar Energy and Telecommunications
- Mansour Nikram, Manager, Staffing and QA-QC Network Planning, Bechtel Communications, Inc.
- Glenn Torshizi, Senior Radio Frequency Design Engineer, Sprint PCS
Graphical User Interfaces and Their Design
- Chong-Wei Xu, Professor, Computer Science and Information Systems, Kennesaw State University
Section IV: IP Communications and Packet Networking
A High Performance Evaluation of High-Speed Transport Protocols
- Sanjay P. Ahuja, Professor, Computer and Information Sciences Department, University of South Florida
- Bridget Hillyer, Senior Consultant, Panoscopix Software
IPv6 in Piedmont, Italy
- Filippo Capuzzo, Computer Science Engineer, Network Architecture Design, CSI-Piedmonte
Evolution of the Current IPv6 toward IPv6++: IPv6 with Autonomic Flavors
- Ranganai Chaparadza, Research and Development Engineer and Scientist, Fraunhofer Fokus Institute for Open Communication Systems
Quality of Service for Converged Data and Voice over IP Networks
- Casimer DeCusatis, Distinguished Engineer, Network Hardware Development, IBM Corporation
- Lawrence Jacobowitz, Development Manager, IBM Corporation
Contribution and Distribution over IP Networks
- Kenelm D. Deen, Senior System Architect, Business Development, TANDBERG Television
Three-Tier Architecture for Multimedia Quality of Service Management in IP Networks
- Omar Essa, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Minufiya University
- Hany Harb, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Al-Azhar University
- Aladdin Sleem, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas Southern University
- Khaled Kamel, Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas Southern University
How to Develop and Implement an Effective IP Strategy
- Gustavo Garcia, Senior Business Development Manager, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories
Authentication in Session Initiation Protocol
- Harsh Kupwade Patil, Graduate Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
- Thomas M. Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
A Split-Plane Core for Packet Networks
- Christopher Liljenstolpe, Chief Solutions Architect, Asia Pacific CTO Organization, Alcatel-Lucent
Live Video Feeds for an IPTV System
- David Lui, Engineering Manager, Broadband Network Systems, Ltd.
Safeguards against Denial-of-Service Attacks for IP Phones
- Amritpal Mundra, Design Engineer, DSP Systems, Texas Instruments
- Maneesh Soni, Design Engineer, DSP Systems, Texas Instruments
Bandwidth Management in Next-Generation Networks with DiffServ-Aware Traffic Engineering
- Tatiana Onali, Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari
- Luigi Atzori, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari
Internet Protocol Version 6: A Quick Analysis
- Md. Adnam Quaium, Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Scienceand Technology
- Emanul Haq Patham, Network Switching System Engineer, Core Network Department, Huawei Technologies (BD) Ltd.
- Md. Anwarul Alam, Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stamford University, Bangladesh
- Ahmad Sarfaraz Nur, System Engineer, Technical Division/Network Operations, Grameen Phone Ltd.
- Khandker Shadid Sayeed, System Integration Engineer, Multimedia and System Integration,
- LM Ericsson Bangladesh, Ltd.
An Enterprise Perspective on IPv6 Transmission Mechanisms
- Nathan Robinson, Engineering Manager, Integrated Systems Engineering Department, ESEI
- Cesar J. Ramos, Communications Engineer, Integrated Systems Engineering Department, ESEI
- Jose Luis Jara, Communications Engineer, Integrated Systems Engineering Department, ESEI
The Sixth Sense for the Multimedia Network Edge: What IPv6 Holds for Access Network Equipment Vendors and Service Providers
- Bala Thekkedath, Product Marketing Manager, Broadband Access Networks, UTStarcom, Inc.
Section V: Wireless Communications and Mobility
Wireless Networks: Overview of Technical Specifications and Their Usage
- Aissa Aissa, Ph.D. Student, SYSTEL Lab, National Institute of Engineers at Tunis
- Tahar Ezeddine, Professor, SYSCOM Lab, National Institute of Engineers at Tunis
- Ridha Bouallègue, Professor and Chief, SYSTEL Lab, National Institute of Engineers at Tunis
Capitalizing on Synchronization: Reducing the Effects of Churn in Wireless Networks
- Frank J. Bernhard, Managing Principal, Supply Chain and Telecommunications Practice, OMNI Consulting Group
Universal WiMAX: Fixed-Wireless to Enable the Optimal Broadband Access Mix
- Hyam Asher Bolande, Director of Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent
Recent Advances in Wireless MIMO Systems with Improved Receiver Diversity Combiners
- Jean-Pierre Dubois, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Balamand
The Last Frontier: Wireless Distribution of Triple-Play Services in the Home
- Muzaffer Kanaan, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon Labs, Verizon Communications
- Gagan Puranik, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Verizon Labs, Verizon Communications
- Aaron Dagen, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Verizon Labs, Verizon Communications
GIS for Telecommunications
- Paul A. Lukas, Geographic Information Systems Manager, Bechtel National, Inc.
Transforming Mobile Backhauling into a Packet-Based Network
- Roland Mestric, Solution Marketing Director, Wireline Business Group, Alcatel-Lucent
- Jerome Brouet, Wireless End-to-End Solutions and Support Manager, Wireless Business Group, Alcatel-Lucent
- Francois Duthilleul, Product Solution Manager, Wireline Business Group, Alcatel-Lucent
- Fabio Gavioli, Wireless Transmission and Business Development Manager, Wireless Transmission Division, Alcatel-Lucent
On the Importance of Numbers and Names for a 4G Service Architecture
- Roberto Minerva, Head, Business Applications Area, Telecom Italia
Evaluation of Mobile Communications in a Predominantly Rocky Area
- Augustin C. Odinma, Professor, School of Internet Technology and Communications,
- ABTI American University of Nigeria
- Augustine M. Anyanwu, Member of Nigerian Society of Engineers, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Power Holding Company of Nigeria
- M.A.K. Adelabu, Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Lagos University
Telematics in the Automotive Industry
- Chin Yit Ooi, Marketing Consultant, Uni Seminar Center
Digital Video Broadcasting to Handhelds
- Rohit Peer, Elementary Level Training Programmer, Satyam Computers
- Heena Khan, Graduate Student, Department of Electronics and Communications, Jammu University, J&K
Ubiquitous Remote Teleconsultation and Diagnosis Using Session Initiation Protocol
- Asif Raza, IT Consultant, Department of Computer Science, Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology
The Site-Specific Prediction of Received Signal Power Using a Modified Two-Ray Approach
- Waliu Adisa Shittu, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin
- Danjuma D. Dajab, Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University
An Energy-Efficient Data Aggregation Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks
- Xundan Shi, Senior Research Scientist, Chevron Corporation
- Alvin Lim, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University
Service Quality Management for Mobile Services: A Technical Perspective
- Samuel Sida, EMEA Market Manager, Telcordia
IEEE 802.16a WiMAX: Next-Generation Broadband Wireless Standard
- Andrico M. Spates, Research Associate, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
- Stephan S. Jones, Professor, Center for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
4G Mobile Communications--An Overview
- Deepa Tyagi, Deputy Director General, Telecom Engineering Centre, Department of Telecom, India
- Rajeshwar Dayal, Director, Telecom Engineering Centre, Department of Telecom, India
Flexible Consumer-Controlled Incoming Call Collection Service Provision in UCCW
- Ning Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick
- Ivan Ganchev, Lecturer and Deputy Director, Telecommunications Research Centre, University of Limerick
- Mairtin O'Droma, Senior Lecturer and Director, Telecommunications Research Centre, University of Limerick
Section VI: Operations, Network Management, and Quality Control
A Novel Application-to-Network Interaction Paradigm for the on-Demand Provisioning of VPN Services in Transport Networks
- Fabio Baroncelli, Senior Researcher, National Laboratory of Photonic Networks, National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Pisa, Italy
- Barbara Martini, Senior Researcher, National Laboratory of Photonic Networks, National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Pisa, Italy
- Valerio Martini, Ph.D. Student, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Piero Castoldi, Associate Professor, Center of Excellence for Communication Networks Engineering (CEIRC), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
Metropolitan-Area Disaster-Recovery Networks Using Server Time Protocol
- Casimer DeCusatis, Distinguished Engineer, Network Hardware Development, IBM Corporation
- Lawrence Jacobowitz, Development Manager, IBM Corporation
Customer Service in the Enhanced Contact Center
- Wedge Greene, Consultant, LTC International, Inc.
- Barbara Lancaster, President, LTC International, Inc.
Tit-For-Tat: Meeting Customer Expectations
- Wedge Greene, Consultant, LTC International, Inc.
- Barbara Lancaster, President, LTC International, Inc.
Operations Transformation: Becoming Business-Ready for Triple Play
- Johanne Mayer, OSS Director, Chief Marketing Office, Alcatel-Lucent
A Tutorial on Eye Diagrams: An Indicator of Imperfections in a Digital Communications System
- Mahima Mehta, Senior Lecturer, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science
- Kamlesh Gupta, Assistant Professor, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science
Protection and Restoration Techniques for Next-Generation GMPLS-Based IP/Optical Networks
- Mallik Tatipamula, Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Juniper Networks
- Zafir Ali, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Ichiro Inoue, Senior Research Engineer and Supervisor, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Eiji Oki, Senior Research Engineer, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Tomonori Takeda, Engineer, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Kaori Shimizu, Engineer, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT
- Rajiv Papneja, Director, Product Validation and Evaluation, Isocore
OSS Strategies for Enabling Effective Deployment of Next-Generation Networks and Services
- Manish Kumar Verma, Associate Consultant, OSS, Tech Mahindra, Ltd.

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