LCN 97

Technical Activities:

• Tutorials
• Keynote Address
• Panel Sessions
• Paper Sessions (Paper abstracts)

Conference schedule:

Sunday, 11/2, 1-5 p.m. (Half-day tutorials)

• The Security Requirements of Electronic Commerce, Rik Drummond
• Introduction to Wireless Data Communications and Wireless LANs, Craig J. Mathias

Monday, 11/3, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Full-day tutorials)

• TCP/IP: Protocols & Utilities for the Internet, Gary C. Kessler
• New Internet Protocols and their Integration with ATM, Dr. Torsten Braun
• Satisfying Quality of Service Requirements in Global Multimedia Networks, Dr. Yoram Ofek

Tuesday, 11/4

• Introduction and Welcome (8:30-8:45 a.m.): Joe Bumblis, General Chair
• Keynote address (8:45-9:45 a.m.): "untitled", Tim Wild, Tandem Computers
• Expert Panel Session 1 (10:00-11:15 a.m.): Electronic Commerce, chaired by Professor Agnes Hui Chan
• Expert Panel Session 2 (11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.): Various Approaches to IP over ATM, chaired by Dr. Rose Tsang and Tim Salo
• Luncheon Speaker (1:15-2:15 p.m.): "The IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standard", Vic Hayes, Chair, IEEE P802.11
• Paper Sessions I-IV (2:15-3:30 p.m.)
  • Session I: Network Analysis I (P. Krishna, chair)
  • Session II: Network/Protocol Design (Burkhard Stiller, chair)
  • Session III: Routing/Switching (Peter Martini, chair)
  • Session IV: PCS and Wireless Networks (Bikram Bakshi, chair)
• Paper Sessions V-VIII (3:45-5:00 p.m.)
  • Session V: Network Analysis II (Parmesh Ramanathan, chair)
  • Session VI: Network/Protocol Design II (Ellis Nolley, chair)
  • Session VII: High Performance Protocols (Tim Strayer, chair)
  • Session VIII: Wireless Network Security (Gary Kessler, chair)
• Reception (5:00-6:00 p.m.)

Wednesday, 11/5

• Expert Panel Session 3 (9:00-10:15 a.m.): Current Issues in Network Security, chaired by Dr. Ed Krall
• Expert Panel Session 4 (10:30-11:45 a.m.): Always On, Always Connected (AOAC) - The Cost to Make it Possible, chaired by Bikram Bakshi
• Paper Sessions IX-XII (1:00-2:15 p.m.)
  • Session IX: Quality of Service I (Cathy Fulton, chair)
  • Session X: Network/Protocol Design III (Joe Bumblis, chair)
  • Session XI: Multicast Communications (Torsten Braun, chair)
  • Session XII: Multimedia Communication (Kanti Prasad, chair)
• Paper Sessions XIII-XVI (2:30-3:45 p.m.)
  • Session XIII: Quality of Service II (Cathy Fulton, chair)
  • Session XIV: Optical Networks (Allalaghatta Pavan, chair)
  • Session XV: ATM Networks (Ken Christensen, chair)
  • Session XVI: Enterprise Networking (Bhumip Khasnabish, chair)

Tim Wild is the Vice President of Tandem's Internet Program Office. Part of the charter of the Internet Program Office (IPO) is to set and articulate Tandem's overall Internet strategy. Prior to this role, Mr. Wild was Vice President of the Internet and Electronic Commerce division which developed new on-line solutions and fostered new partnerships with solution providers. Tim joins Tandem from its former subsidiary UB Networks, where he ran the Interactive Initiatives group. Prior to this, Mr. Wild was responsible for International business development at UB Networks. Tim has twenty years of experience in the computer industry in a variety of roles including marketing and sales.



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Synopsis: This talk will provide an introduction to the major features of the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard and to some solutions to the challenges related to indoor radio communication with high speed data. The talk will focus also on some of the features included in the upcoming standard, along with the technical implications.

Victor Hayes is the chairperson of IEEE P802.11, the standards working group for wireless local area networks and editor of the Wireless LANs project in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6. He received his B.E. degree from the "HTS" Amsterdam" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1961.

Since joining Lucent Technologies WCND B.V., the Netherlands, (then called NCR Systems Engineering) in 1974, he authored various NCR Corporate Engineering Standards on data communications, a.o. HDLC and X.25 packet level. He is now a member of the team at Lucent Technologies WCND B.V. responsible for wireless standards and related activities to liaise with government agencies in the USA.

Before accepting the chair of IEEE's standards working group for wireless LANs, in 1990, he chaired the Netherlands' standards committee for the lower layer OSI standards and was head of delegation of the Netherlands' delegation in the ISO subcommittee on the same subject, i.e. Subcommittee 6 of Technical Committee 97 (now reorganised in JTC1, the Joint Technical Committee 1 of ISO/IEC responsible for all subjects related to Information Technology). He also chaired the task-group for lower layer architecture and local area networks of the European Computer Manufacturers Association. He is a member of IEEE.



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