Call For Papers

1998 Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS'98)

September 16-18, 1998
Sendai, Japan

Sponsored by IEICE TM & KICS KNOM
Supported by IEEE CNOM, NMF & IEEE APB


Rapidly progressing technologies and sophisticated customer demands are changing telecommunications environments. Network operations and management has become one of the most important issues in realizing successful businesses and providing customer satisfactions. 1998 Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS'98) follows the successful APNOMS'97 held in Seoul, Korea. APNOMS'98 will be an excellent opportunity for researchers, developers and practitioners to learn and share ideas, views, technologies and experiences on network operations and management.

You are cordially invited to submit an original paper for consideration to be presented at APNOMS'98. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Experiences with TMN
  • Broadband Network Management
  • Models and Architectures
  • Multimedia Services Management
  • Management Platforms
  • Intelligent Network Management
  • Web-based Management
  • Internet/Intranet Management
  • CORBA-based Management
  • Quality-of-Service Management
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  • Distributed Systems Management
  • PCS/Mobility Management
  • Intelligent Agent Technology
  • Service Management
  • Human Factors and User Interfaces
  • Security Management
  • Cooperative Control
  • Performance Management
  • Event and Fault Handling
  • Customer Care and Billing

    • Instructions:
    Papers are to be submitted in English. The cover page should include paper title, brief abstract, list of key-words, author(s) full name(s), affiliation(s) and complete address(es), telephone number(s) and electronic mail address(es). Please state the name of the contact person. Paper submissions should consist of no more than 12 visuals with explanatory text accompanying each one. The format should have a visual in the upper half of a page and the explantory text in the lower half. Authors are requested to submit four (4) copies of the paper to either:

    Yasuhiko Takei
    Service Operations Systems Lab
    NTT Information and Communication Systems Lab
    NTT(1-308A)3-9-11 Midori-cho, Musashino
    Tokyo 180-8585, Japan
    Tel: +81-422-59-3030
    Fax: +81-422-59-2460
    Email: takei@isl.ntt.co.jp
    		 Seong-Beom Kim
    Network Management Technology Research Lab.
    Korea Telecom
    62-1,Whaam-Dong,Yusung-Gu,
    Taejeon, KOREA
    Tel: +82-42-866-3730
    Fax: +82-42-866-3731
    Email: sbkim@nmtl.kotel.co.kr

    Important Dates:

  • Deadline for Receipt of Papers:....................... May 1, 1998
  • Notification of Acceptance Mailed:................... July 1, 1998
  • Final Camera-Ready Papers Due:..................... August 1, 1998

    For more information on APNOMS'98, please visit its Web page:

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