IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE
Call for Papers
Feature Topic Issue on
"Network Traffic Measurements and Experiments"
Although network traffic has been studied since the early days of the
public telephone system, the field has become more challenging in recent
years for a number of reasons. First, the Internet has become bigger
and faster, and accomodates an increasing range of traffic types (data,
voice, and video). The global size, high speed, and enormous traffic
volumes make it that much more difficult to measure traffic flows. The
wide variety of traffic types means that traditional telephony models
and data traffic models developed for single-service homogeneous networks
need to be revised. For instance, some measurements indicate a
degree of self-similarity in today's traffic which has not been
previously known.
Second, the Internet is evolving from the current best-effort IP service
model towards an integrated service model that includes guaranteed quality
of service (QoS). While traffic characterization has not been needed for
the current best-effort Internet service, accurate knowledge of traffic
characteristics will be essential for providing future Internet services
with QoS assurance. Network design, planning, and traffic management are
all predicated on knowledge of traffic. Towards that objective, it is
useful to give attention to experimental measurements of network traffic
and practical approaches to traffic characterization.
This feature topic issue of IEEE Communications Magazine
will present current research on traffic measurements and experiments
including the following topics
- experimental traffic and network performance measurements
- practical methods for traffic measurement
- congestion monitoring and prediction
- experiences with traffic management and QoS control
- measurements for network planning and design
IEEE Communications Magazine is intended for a general readership.
Accordingly, the feature topic issue will focus on practical and
experimental
studies rather than theoretical modeling and analysis. Submissions should
be oriented towards understanding methodologies, practice, and field
experiences. All submissions should follow IEEE Communications Magazine
policy and will be peer reviewed.
Prospective submissions should follow the following schedule:
- submission of papers: September 15, 1999
- notification of acceptance: December 15, 1999
- final manuscripts: March 1, 2000
- publication date: May 2000
Guest editor:
Thomas M. Chen
SMU
Dept of Electrical Engineering
PO Box 750338
Dallas, TX 75275 USA
tel: +1 214 768 8541
email: tchen@seas.smu.edu