IEEE Communications Society T ECHNICAL C OMMITTEE ON C OMMUNICATIONS Q UALITY & R ELIABILITY

1. IEEE Communications Society TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS QUALITY & RELIABILITY http://www.comsoc.org/~cqr/index.html Committee Meeting CQR Chair: Kenichi Mase May 16 CQR 2007 Sanibel Harbor, Florida, USA

2. Agenda • WELCOME • CQR Background and Activities • CQR Charter • Officers and 2007 Election • Hot Topic Workshops • ICCs and GLOBECOMs • CQR2008 • ADJOURN

3. CQR Background and Activities (I) • CQR: Technical Committee on Quality & Reliability • Established in 1986 as QAMC (Quality Assurance Management Committee) • One of the 23 Technical Committees of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) • Recertified by ComSoc in 2006 (every 3 years)* • Holds annual international workshop, except 1996 and 2003 *18 TCs passed the 2006 recertification; 5 TCs were placed on probation http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/techcom/committees.html

4. CQR Charter • Revised August 2006 • Focuses on and advocates worldwide communications and reliability on behalf of, and within, the Communications Society. • Serves as the catalyst for global awareness and the exchange of information relative to technical and management-related aspects of communications quality and reliability. This also extends to security of the telecommunications network. • CQR technical subject matter includes: I. Service Quality and Reliability II. Network Quality and Reliability III. Product and System Quality and Reliability

5. CQR: Background and Activities (II) • Three Committee Meetings each year: • Last one: GLOBECOM2006, Nov. 30, San Francisco • Today: CQR Workshop • Next one: ICC2007, Wed. June 27, 12:00 – 14:00 Glasgow Meeting presentations and minutes are posted on the CQR web • Holds elections every two years (2007 is an election year)

6. Officer Team (2006 – 2007) Chair: Kenichi Mase * Chair Elect: Chi-Ming Chen Vice-Chair-Operations: Hiromi Ueda Vice-Chair-Programs: Mike Todd Vice-Chair-Publications: Anil Macwan Secretary & Treasurer: Kevin Krantz & Shigeo Shioda Advisory Board Karl Rauscher (Advisory Board Chair) Koichi Asatani (Advisory Board Chair Emeritus) Kelly Krick Raymond Bonelli Kenichi Mase has been elected to President-Elect, IEICE Communications Society, May 2007-2008 President, IEICE Communications Society, May 2008-2009 Officer Team Officer Team

7. 2007 Election • Positions for election (2008-2009 Term) • (Current Chair Elect becomes Chair) • Chair Elect • Vice-Chair-Operations • Vice-Chair-Programs • Vice-Chair-Publications • Secretary & Treasurer • Ballots to be sent by email in the Fall • List of Members is being updated for correct email addresses • Election results will be announced in the Committee Meeting in GLOBECOM2007, Nov. 26-30, Washington D.C.

8. Strategic and Technical Programs Strategic Programs Technical Programs • Strategic • Annual International Workshops • Special Hot Topic Workshops • Technical • ICC • GLOBECOM • Symposia • Combined: • Publications • ICC and GLOBECOM Business Application Sessions

9. Recent Hot Topic Workhops Workshops on Availability and Robustness of Europe's Future Communications Networks Proceedings posted on http://www.comsoc.org/~cqr/EU-Proceedings-2006.html Final ARECI Report (Availability and Robustness of Electronic Communications Infrastructure) is posted on the European Commission websitehttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3334 In the report, “Special appreciation” is expressed toCQR for the support (page 127)

10. Recent Hot Topic Workhops • Supported the Workshop on The Trust Paradigm • Organized by Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and SignaCert • Implementing Trusted Methods in Information Technology Management and Security, October 17, 2006, Washington D.C. • Proceedings posted on http://www.comsoc.org/~cqr/TrustParadigm-2006.html

11. Technical Programs – Current and Planning • ICC2007, June 24-28, Glasgow, Scotland H. Ueda, Symposium Co-Chair with N. Fonseca of CSIM-TC* and A. Jamalipour of SSC-TC** 255 papers submitted, 102 papers were accepted (84 presentations + 18 for poster sessions).  • GLOBECOM2007, Nov. 26-30, Washington D.C., USA Karl Rauscher, General Vice Chair • ICC2008, May 19-23, Beijing, China H. Ueda, Symposium Co-Chair • GLOBECOM2008, Dec. 1-4, New Orleans, USA T. Tsuboi, Symposium Co-Chair • ICC2009, June 14-18, Dresden, Germany H. Ueda, Symposium Co-Chair • GLOBECOM2009, Nov. 30 – Dec 4, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Chi-Ming Chen, Business Forums Chair • ICC2010, May, Capetown, South Africa T. Tsuboi, Symposium Co-Chair (to be proposed) * Communications Systems Integration & Modeling TC ** Satellite & Space Communications TC

12. Program Organization of 2008 CQR Workshop • Previous workshops Program Chair: Mainly strategic program (invited presentation based) No TPC, no call-for-paper and no peer review (typically requires 3 reviewers) • 2008 workshop General Chair Mainly strategic program (invited presentation based) follows a traditional CQR way. TPC Chair: Technical program (selected paper based) TPC, call-for-paper and review (CD-based Proceedings) Parallel sessions may be required

13. Program Organization of 2008 CQR Workshop General Chair: Richard Krock, Alcatel Lucent Peter Hoath, BT TPC Chair: Professor Masayuki Murata, Osaka Univ. Japan Place: Carefree Resort & Villas (on Google Map) 37220 Mule Train Road Carefree, Arizona 85377 (480) 488-5300 | (888) 488-9034 http://www.carefree-resort.com/ Dates: Tuesday, April 29 – Thursday, May 1, 2008 New URL http://www.ieee-cqr.org/2008 Call For Paper to be distributed in ICC2007, June 24-28, Glasgow

17. Introduction (1) • The IEEE CQR International Workshop is held annually with the purpose of bringing together industry and academic experts to present and discuss communications quality, reliability and security issues as they relate to real world issues. The output from the workshops adds to the community's body of knowledge and serves to inform opinion and to assist the development of best practice and relevant standards.

18. Introduction (2) • Continuing the tradition of this series of workshops, CQR 2008 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed below. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to the requirements, metrics, measurement, management, and dissemination of Communication Quality & Reliability.

19. Scope • Various aspects of QoS and Reliability for the following networks/services: • Grid and Distributed Computing, Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks • Overlay Networks, Multimedia Networks and VoIP Services • VPN, MPLS and Mullticast Services, Web Services • Broadband Audio Visual Services, Current and Next-generation Internet • Emerging Technologies and Services • The detailed technical area includes: • Measurements Techniques, Network Architecture and Design • Network Security, Operations, Administration and Maintenance • QoS Metrics and Measurement, QoS Policy and Assesment • Traffic Control, Traffic Modeling and Characterization

20. Submission • Paper should describe original work. • The cover page should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone and fax numbers of the contact author. • Paper submissions must be made electronically via e-mail attachment in PDF format. Hardcopy submissions will not be accepted. • (We expect 70 or more submissions and 30-40 presentations.)

21. Important Dates • December 1, 2007 • Paper submission deadline • February 1, 2008 • Notification of acceptance mailed to authors • March 10, 2008 • Camera-ready Paper submission deadline • April 29 - May 1, 2008 • CQR 2008 Workshop

22. Committee Members • TPC Chair • Prof. Masayuki Murata (Osaka Univ. JAPAN) • TPC members • TBD (20-25 members, 10 from JAPAN)

23. Reminders before Adjourn • Upgrade your IEEE membership to Senior member http://www.comsoc.org/join/index.html • Next Committee Meeting: ICC2007, Wed. June 27, 12:00 – 14:00 Glasgow • Cast your vote for the Officers Election • Mark CQR2008 on your calendar Tuesday, April 29 – Thursday, May 1, 2008, Carefree, Arizona Please return your survey form before your departure! We value your input. Thank you!