The Eighth INFORMS Telecommunications Conference
March 30 - April 1, 2006
Dallas, Texas



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Program
Thursday, March 30
 Friday, March 31
 Saturday, April 1
Track A
 Track B
Track A
 Track B
Track A
 Track B
Session 1: 8:00 - 10:45
Workshop A: Mobile Networks Workshop B: Optical Networks
Network Optimization for a Mobile-network Operator, Koster and Wessäly Tutorial: Designing DWDM Networks with Service Availability Targets, Spiride
Tutorial: Multilayer recovery mechanisms in backbone networks, Pickavet et al.

Session 6: 8:30 - 10:00
Dissertation Competition 1 Chair: S. Ragahavan
 Minimal Spanning Trees Chair: Luis Gouveia
Discrete models for content distribution, Bektas Determining hop-constrained spanning trees with repetitive heuristics, Fernandes, Gouveia and Voss
Dynamic scheduling in queueing systems with applications to communication networks, Ross The distance constrained MST: Models and solution procedures, Gouveia, Paias and Sharma
Models and algorithms for effective traffic engineering of tunnel-based backbone networks, Srivastava Hop-constrained spanning trees: The jump formulation and a relax and cut, Gouveia,  Dahl, Flatberg and Foldnes
Session 11: 8:30 - 10:00
Pricing and Policy Chair: Nicolas Stier-Moses
 Survivability Chair: Andras Farago
Telecommunication value intermediation: A portal model, Werner and Chakravarty Providing survivable interdomain connections over an optical backbone network, Staessens et al.
Lottery-based pricing scheme for peer-to-peer networks, Zghaibeh and Harmantzis Hop-constrained node survivable network design: An application to MPLS over WDM, Gouveia, Patricio and de Sousa
Network Games with Atomic Players, Stier-Moses, Cominetti and Correa Survivable network design by demand-wise shared protection, Koster, Gruber, Orlowski, Wessäly and Zymolka
A new architecture of Internet interconnection with bandwdith trading under the NgN paradigm, Kim
 A graph theoretic model for complex network failure scenarios, Farago

Coffee Break
Session 2: 11:00 - 12:30
Empirical Models in Network Operation
Chair: Mario Pickavet
 DWDM Chair: Giran Birkay
Determining loss without simulation, Van Breusegem and Pickavet Routing and wavelength assignment and transmission capacity allocation for all-optical networks based on wavelength groups, Scheffel
AntNet: ACO routing algorithm in practice, Verstraete et al. Regenerator location problem, Chen and Raghavan
A mixed loss and delay model for mobile communication systems, Shinohara et al. IP/WDM optical network testbed: Design and implementation, Crispim, Pastor, Abdalla Jr. and Soares

Practical integrated design and shared restoration strategies for DWDM networks, Birkan
Session 7: 10:15 - 11:45
Dissertation Competition 2 Chair: S. Raghavan
 Optimization Based Design Tools: Models and Algorithms Chair: Jeffery Kennington
Selfish versus coordinated routing in network games, Stier-Moses Computing minimum-cost h-independent paths with reliability considerations, Andreas, Smith and Kucukyavuz
Efficiency loss in market mechanisms for resource allocation, Johari Meeting service availability targets using DWDM dedicated protection, Spiride
Designing capacitated survivable networks: Polyhedral analysis and algorithms, Rajan
 Reliable W-CDMA network design with sectorization, Cai

Modeling the design of a converged network, Allen
Session 12: 10:15 - 11:45
Carrier Network Design and Performance Chair: Bob Doverspike
 Location Problems in Network Design Chair: Rosemary Berger
Why is IP network design so difficult?, Klinewicz Locating servers and dimensioning circuits to reduce delay in an enterprise data network, Berger, Hartman and Trump
A study of VPN growth trends for network planning, Ramakrishnan Robust tower location for CDMA networks, Rosenberger and Olinick
On WiMax access network design, Li, Wang, Balasaygun, Doverspike and Magill Simultaneous object placement and request routing in content distribution networks, Bektas, Cordeau, Erkut and Laporte
Improved bounds for network performability evaluation algorithms, Oikonomou and Sinha
 FTTH-PON splitter location-allocation problem, Lee, Kim and Han

Lunch
Session 3: 13:30 - 15:00
Simulation and Queueing Chair: Natarajan Gautam
 Grooming and Protection in Networks Chair: Thomas Stidsen
First exceed level theory application for networked server management, Kim Optimization of resilient networks with column generation, Gruber and Kiese
Performance analysis of a heterogenous mobile network based on "wrap-up" cell structure, Luo and Alfa Enhancing traffic grooming in WDM networks through λ-monitoring, Solano, Caro, Fabregat, Marzo and Stidsen
On using fluid flow models for performance analysis of computer networks, Goel and Gautam Shortcut span protection, Stidsen and Ruepp
Session 8: 13:00 - 14:30
Plenary Talk
Advances in Modeling and Solving Network Design Problems, Anantaram Balakrishnan
Session 13: 13:00 - 14:30
Plenary Talk
Creating New Services and Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in Telecom Networks, Biswanath Mukherjee

Coffee Break
Session 4: 15:15 - 16:45
Multimedia Distribution Chair: Neil Keon
 Multi-Layer Networks Chair: Stefan Voss
Distributed algorithms for optimal rate adaptation of streaming media, Veeraraghavan, Singhal and Weber Heuristics for the multi-layer design of MPLS/SDH/ WDM networks, Holler and Voss
Auction algorithms for capacity allocation in video on demand service, Keon and Kalvenes Iterative design of two layer networks to achieve throughput maximization, Kublinskas and Pioro

A cut-and- branch-and-price approach to two-layer network design, Koster, Belotti and Orlowski

Session 9: 14:45 - 16:15
Mobile Communication Networks Chair: Neil Keon
 Novel Optimization Models and Solutions in Communications Chair: Iraj Saniee
Pricing and competition in the mobile telecommunications, Cricelli, DiPillo, Gastaldi and Ghiron RWA decomposition for optimal throughput in reconfigurable optical networks, Brzezinski and Modiano
Optimal design of next-generation wireless
base station subsystems: Models and algorithms, Kalvenes
 Projective cone scheduling algorithms for maximal throughput in packet switch networks, Ross
Revenue management and user behavior in mobile communications, Keon and Kalvenes
 Cooperative data-optical InterNetworking: Distributed multi-layer optimization, Mitra, Walid and Wang
BitTorrent and incentive to collaborate, Jin, Shu and Kesidis An equitable bandwidth allocation model for video-on-demand networks, Luss
Session 14: 14:45 - 16:15
Ad Hoc Mobile Networks Chair: Clayton Commander
 OSPF Chair: Bernard Fortz
A greedy randomized algorithm for the cooperative communication problem on ad hoc networks, Commander et al. Survivable composite-link IP network design with OSPF routing, Resende, Andrade, Buriol, and Thorup
Node-independent multipath routing algorithm for mobil ad hoc networks, Pasaogullari, Harmononsky and Joshi Comparison of objective functions of the unique shortest path routing problem, Zhang
Total energy optimal multicasting in wireless ad hoc networks, Min and Pardalos An arc-path model for the OSPF weight setting problem, Madhavan
A class of approximation algorithms for the minimum energy broadcast routing problem, Bauer, Haugland and Yuan A primal-dual approach for the IGP weight setting problem, Fortz and Thorup
Schedule algorithms for data extraction in energy limited wireless sensor networks, Ye

Coffee Break
Session 5: 17:00 - 18:00
Keynote Address
Delivering Multimedia Home Entertainment: Services and Technologies, Michael Grasso (assistant vice president, Consumer Marketing, AT&T U-verse), bio

Reception: 18:00-19:30
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Session 10: 16:30 - 18:00
Market Analysis Chair: John Hopkins
 Optimization Models for Network Design and Management Chair: Mauricio Resende
Facility sharing in the telecommunications and broadcasting convergence market, Lee and Kweon
 Partition inequalities for survivable network design using p-cycles, Atamturk and Rajan
Digital multimedia broadcasting market analysis: S-DMB vs. T-DMB, Shin Fair capacity provision for multiclass processor sharing queue with average service time, Cao
Economic effects of the indirect access regime in the ML communications market in Korea, Kim, Seol and Kim
 A new state generation algorithm for evaluating performability of networks with multi-mode components, Oikonomou and Sinha
The value distribution of the telecommunications supply network in Ireland, Hopkins and Fynes
 A GRASP for PBX telephone migration scheduling, Resende and Andrade
Session 15: 16:30 - 18:00
Satellite Networks Chair: Olivier Goldschmidt
 Local Access and Tree Networks Chair: Luis Gouveia
Opportunities for network designa nd revenue management in satellite communication networks, Fromont, Gamvros, Ragahvan and Srikar Flow models for local access network expansion problem, Corte-Real and Gouveia
Traffic routing and onboard configuration planning in satellite networks, Gamvros and Raghavan Cross decomposition of the capacitated minimum spanning tree problem, Sohn and Bricker
An integer programming model for optimizing satellite and terrestrial network configuration and routing, Chandran, Fromont and Srikar Traffic engineering of Ethernet carries networks based on multiple spanning trees, de Sousa and Soares
SatPack - optimal transponder capacity re-allocation for operational contingency planning, Fromont, Srikar and Goldschmidt Performance evaluation of  solution strategies for TKP and ETKP problems in LATN design, van der Merwe and Hattingh

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