ISBN: 0-7695-2858-9

Zsolt Kovacshazi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Rolland Vida, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Kanchan Devarakonda, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Sotirios G. Ziavras, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Roberto Rojas-Cessa, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Jaejoon Cho, Korea University

Sungho Kim, Korea University

Heungwoo Nam, Korea University

Sunshin An, Korea University

Jorge Rodriguez Sanchez, Telefonica Investigaci?n y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain

Mar?a L. Garc? Osma, Telefonica Investigaci?n y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain

Antonio J. Elizondo Armengol, Telefonica Investigaci?n y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain

Kazuya Odagiri, Aichi Institute of Technology

Rihito Yaegashi, Shibaura Institute of Technology

Masaharu Tadauchi, Toyota Technological Institute

Naohiro Ishii, Aichi Institute of Technology

A. Al-Ta?ani, TynTec GmbH, Germany

C. Begall, evision GmbH, Germany

A. Waadt, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Yaxuan Qi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Baohua Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Bo Xu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Jun Li, Tsinghua National Lab for Information Science and Technology, Beijing, China

Laercio Cruvinel, Instituto Superior T?cnico Lisbon, Portugal

Teresa Vazao, Inesc-ID/Instituto Superior T?cnico Lisbon, Portugal

Fernando Silva, Inesc-ID/Instituto Superior T?cnico Lisbon, Portugal

Raquel Lacuesta Gilaberte, Zaragoza University, Spain

Lourdes Pe?alver Herrero, Valencia Polytechnic University, Spain

Anca Hangan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Ramona Marfievici, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Gheorghe Sebestyen, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Athanassios Liakopoulos, Greek Research & Technology Network - GRNET

Andreas Hanemann, German Research Network - DFN

Afrodite Sevasti, Greek Research & Technology Network - GRNET

Kazuya Odagiri, Aichi Institute of Technology

Rihito Yaegashi, Shibaura Institute of Technology

Masaharu Tadauchi, Toyota Technological Institute

Naohiro Ishii, Aichi Institute of Technology

Changhua Sun, Tsinghua University, China

Lei Shi, Tsinghua University, China

Chengchen Hu, Tsinghua University, China

Bin Liu, Tsinghua University, China

Li Ji, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Xingang Shi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Zhiliang Wang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Vincent Verdot, Institut National des Telecommunications (GET-INT), Evry, France

Noel Crespi, Institut National des Telecommunications (GET-INT), Evry, France

Yann Gaste, Alcatel-Lucent Research and Innovation, Nozay, France

Jorge Hortelano, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Juan-Carlos Cano, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Carlos T. Calafate, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Pietro Manzoni, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Robert Janowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Piotr Krawiec, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Wojciech Burakowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Yan Yang, Wuhan University

Shengqun Tang, Wuhan University

Youwei Xu, Wuhan University

Wentao Zhang, Wuhan University

Lina Fang, Wuhan University

Zhaohong Lai, University College London, London, UK

Alex Galis, University College London, London, UK

Miguel Rio, University College London, London, UK

Chris Todd, University College London, London, UK

Afef Kotti, Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis

Rached Hamza, Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis

Kamel Bouleimen, Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis

C.J. (Charlie) Liu, Network Engineering & Technical Operations, Comcast

Vladimir Marbukh, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Kevin Mills, National Institute of Standards and Technology

K. Christodoulopoulos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

V. Gkamas, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

E. A. Varvarigos, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Christian Grimm, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universit?at Hannover

Harald Schwier, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universit?at Hannover

Edgar Magana, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Masum Hasan, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Joan Serrat, Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya,Spain

Stanley Araujo de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil

Francisco Jose da Silva e Silva, Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil

Rafael Fernandes Lopes, Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica, Brazil

Kerstin Voss, Paderborn University, Germany

A. Moralis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

V. Pouli, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

M. Grammatikou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

S. Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

V. Maglaris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

LakshmiPriya TKS, Anna University, Chennai, India

Ranjani Parthasarathi, Anna University, Chennai, India

Theofanis G. Orphanoudakis, University of Peloponnese

Andreas Drakos, University of Peloponnese

Chris Matrakidis, University of Peloponnese

Christina (Tanya) Politi, University of Peloponnese

Alexandros Stavdas, University of Peloponnese

P. Koutsakis, McMaster University, Canada

Leo Lehmann, Federal Office of Communication Switzerland (OFCOM)

Anahita Gouya, Mobile Networks and Multimedia Services Department, 9 Rue Charles Fourier, 91011, Evry Cedex, France

Noel Crespi, Mobile Networks and Multimedia Services Department, 9 Rue Charles Fourier, 91011, Evry Cedex, France

Emmanuel Bertin, France Telecom R&D, Caen, France

Tseng Shu-Ming, National Taipei University of Technology

Yu Hung-Chieh, National Taipei University of Technology

Huang Yao-Min, National Taipei University of Technology

Giorgos Kostopoulos, University of Patras, GREECE

Odysseas Koufopavlou, University of Patras, GREECE

Weidong Lu, TUDelft, The Netherlands

Yanying Gu, TUDelft, The Netherlands

R.V. Prasad, TUDelft, The Netherlands

Anthony Lo, TUDelft, The Netherlands

Ignas Niemegeers, TUDelft, The Netherlands

Jung-Eun Ku, Researcher, IT Services Research Division, ETRI

Sun-Me Choi, Researcher, IT Services Research Division, ETRI

Sang-Woo Lee, Researcher, IT Services Research Division, ETRI

Tchanghee Hyun, Researcher, IT Services Research Division, ETRI

L. Deboosere, Ghent University

J. De Wachter, Ghent University

P. Simoens, Ghent University

F. De Turck, Ghent University

B. Dhoedt, Ghent University

P. Demeester, Ghent University

Toni Reichelt, Chemnitz University of Technology

Norbert Oswald, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Military Air Systems, Munich, Germany

Andre Windisch, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Military Air Systems, Munich, Germany

Stefan Forster, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Military Air Systems, Munich, Germany

Herwig Moser, University of Stuttgart

Imen Grida Ben Yahia, France Telecom R&D BIZZ/PMX/SLA

Emmanuel Bertin, France Telecom R&D BIZZ/PMX/SLA

Noel Crespi, Institut National des T?l?communications (GET-INT)Mobile Networks and Multimedia, France

Glenford Mapp, Middlesex University, UK

Dhawal Thakker, Middlesex University, UK

David Silcott, Middlesex University, UK

Hai Dong, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia

Farookh Khadeer Hussain, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia

Elizabeth Chang, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia

T. Chiras, Technical University of Crete, Greece

P. Koutsakis, McMaster University, Canada

M. Paterakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Polychronis Koutsakis, McMaster University

Rampur Srinath, National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India.

A. Vasudev Reddy, Shinas college of Technology, Shinas, Oman

R. Srinivasan, R.N.S Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India

Yoram Revah, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Michael Segal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Jinzhi Zhou, Southwest University of Science and Technology

JianGuo Ma, Southwest University of Science and Technology

Jing Wu, Southwest University of Science and Technology

Lusha Zheng, Southwest University of Science and Technology

Jing Shen, Southwest University of Science and Technology

Rachid Saadi, LIRIS Lab, INSA de Lyon, France

Jean Marc Pierson, IRIT lab, University Paul Sabatier Toulouse

Lionel Brunie, LIRIS Lab, INSA de Lyon

Maria-Dolores Cano, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain

Ruben Toledo-Valera, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain

Fernando Cerdan, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain

V. Chatzigiannakis, National Technical University of Athens

G. Androulidakis, National Technical University of Athens

K. Pelechrinis, National Technical University of Athens

S. Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens

V. Maglaris, National Technical University of Athens

Khaled MASMOUDI, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Hossam AFIFI, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Paulo Salvador, University of Aveiro / Institute of Telecommunications-Aveiro, Portugal

Antonio Nogueira, University of Aveiro / Institute of Telecommunications-Aveiro, Portugal

Rui Valadas, University of Aveiro / Institute of Telecommunications-Aveiro, Portugal

Ahmed Bader, TARCS Research, Jordan

Jie Yu, National University of Defense Technology Changsha, China

Zhoujun Li, Beihang Universit, China

Huowang Chen, National University of Defense Technology

Xiaoming Chen, Beihang University

Wei Wei, BeiHang University

Yihua Lou, BeiHang University

Jianbai Wang, BeiHang University

Ilija Basicevic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Miroslav Popovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Vladimir Kovacevic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Tamer Dag, Isik University, Istanbul, 34980, Turkey

Fan Yu, Michigan State University

Tao Wu, Michigan State University

Subir Biswas, Michigan State University

Petros Belimpasakis, Nokia Research Center, Finland

Vlad Stirbu, Nokia Research Center, Finland

D. C. Vasiliadis, University of Peloponnese

G. E. Rizos, University of Peloponnese

C. Vassilakis, University of Peloponnese

Joseph C.H. So, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

P.C. Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Harilaos Koumaras, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications NCSR Demokritos, Greece

Anastasios Kourtis, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications NCSR Demokritos, Greece

Cheng-Han Lin, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan

Ce-Kuen Shieh, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan

Suriani Mohd Sam, University Technology of Malaysia

Norsheila Fisal, University Technology of Malaysia

Sharifah Hafizah Syed Ariffin, University Technology of Malaysia

Venkat Balakrishnan, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Udaya Kiran Tupakula, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Phillip Lucs, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

F. Shebli, Universite de Valenciennes, France

I. Dayoub, Universite de Valenciennes, France

J.-M. Rouvaen, Universite de Valenciennes, France

N. Al-Houlou, University of Detroit Mercy

Nararat RUANGCHAIJATUPON, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Tokyo, Japan

Yusheng JI, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Tokyo, Japan

S. S. Dhillon, Delft University of Technology

X. Arbona, Delft University of Technology

P. Van Mieghem, Delft University of Technology

Dharmaraja Rajan, Nortel

Ines Slama, Wireless Networks and Multimedia Services Department of the National Institute of Telecommunication, France

Badii Jouaber, Wireless Networks and Multimedia Services Department of the National Institute of Telecommunication, France

Djamal Zeghlache, Wireless Networks and Multimedia Services Department of the National Institute of Telecommunication, France

Vesa A. Korhonen, University of Jyvaskyla

Jani Kurhinen, University of Jyvaskyla

Jiong Jin, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Wei-Hua Wang, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Marimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Hongbin Lu, Tsinghua University

Kai Zheng, IBM China Research Lab

Bin Liu, Tsinghua University

Changhua Sun, Tsinghua University

Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

T.D. Lagkas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Andreas S. Pomportsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Shabnam Mirshokraie, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Mojtaba Sabeghi, Delft University of Technology

Mahmoud Naghibzadeh, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Koen Bertels, Delft University of Technology

Dejiang Jin, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Sotirios G. Ziavras, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Yoram Revah, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Michael Segal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Lucian Suciu, France Telecom R&D, rue de clos Courtel, 35512 Cesson-Sevigne, France

Karine Guillouard, France Telecom R&D, rue de clos Courtel, 35512 Cesson-Sevigne, France

Mustafa Shakir, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Irfan Ahmed, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Mugen Peng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Wenbo Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

N. S. C. Correia, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

J. Coimbra, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

M. C. R. Medeiros, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

Christos Chrysoulas, University of Patras

Giannis Koumoutsos, University of Patras

Spyros Denazis, Hitachi, Sophia-Antipolis Lab Nice, France

Kleanthis Thramboulidis, University of Patras

Odysseas Koufopavlou, University of Patras

Qijun Gu, Texas State University at San Marcos, San Marcos, TX

Jawad Drissi, Texas State University at San Marcos, San Marcos, TX

Mehdi Mani, GET-INT Evry, France

Noel Crespi, GET-INT Evry, France

Daniel-Ioan Curiac, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

Ovidiu Banias, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

Florin Dragan, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

Constantin Volosencu, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

Octavian Dranga, James Cook University

Teck-Kuen Chua, Arizona State University

David C. Pheanis, Arizona State University

Mounis KHATIB, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Ghazi Al SUKKAR, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Abdallah MHAMED, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Irfan Ahmed, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

Mugen Peng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

Wenbo Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

Preetam Ghosh, University of Texas at Arlington

Nirmalya Roy, University of Texas at Arlington

Kalyan Basu, University of Texas at Arlington

Sajal Das, University of Texas at Arlington

Paul Wilson, Converged Multimedia Services Systems Engineering, Nortel Networks

Prabir Das, Converged Multimedia Services Systems Engineering, Nortel Networks

Jesse Steinberg, University of California, San Diego

Joseph Pasquale, University of California, San Diego

T. Nyandeni, University of Zululand

M. Adigun, University of Zululand

J. Emuoyibofarhe, University of Zululand

S. Sibiya, University of Zululand

L. Friedmann, Univ. de Paris-Sud XI, France

L. Boukhatem, Univ. de Paris-Sud XI, France

Suk Kim Chin, Australian Catholic University

Hung-Chieh Yu, National Taipei University of Technology Taipie 106, Taiwan

Shu-Ming Tseng, National Taipei University of Technology Taipie 106, Taiwan

Balazs Kovacs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Rolland Vida, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

B. Akabri, Sharif University of Technology

H.R. Rabiee, Iran Telecommunication Research Center

M. Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK

Li Tang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Zhijie Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Zhen Chen, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Jun Li, Tsinghua National Lab for Information Science and Technology, Beijing, China

Tamaghna Acharya, BESU, Shibpur, India

Samiran Chattopadhyay, Jadavpur University, India

Rajarshi Roy, IIT Kharagpur, India

Arnaud Cauvin, France Telecom R&D. Optical Access and Home Networks Lab

Philippe Niger, France Telecom R&D. Optical Access and Home Networks Lab

Julio Orozco, France Telecom R&D. Optical Access and Home Networks Lab

Gilles Bertrand, France Telecom R&D. Optical Access and Home Networks Lab

Saeed Soltanali, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Sajjad Pirahesh, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Salman Niksefat, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Masoud Sabaei, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Emmanouil Serrelis, University of Piraeus

Nikos Alexandris, University of Piraeus

Sven Ubik, CESNET, Czech Republic

Petr Zejdl, CESNET, Czech Republic

Jiri Halak, CESNET, Czech Republic

Maciej Piechowiak, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland

Piotr Zwierzykowski, Poznan University of Technology

Shih Yang Lin, Nanhua University, Taiwan

Jian Pan Li, Nanhua University, Taiwan

Lin Yu Wu, Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan

Guang Ming Wu, Nanhua University, Taiwan

Incheon Park, University of London

Derrick Takeshi Mirikitani, University of London

Jaime Lloret, Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

Miguel Garcia, Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

Jesus Tomas, Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

Ha Cheol Lee, Yuhan College, Korea

Mostafa Hefnawi, RMC-Canada's Military University, Kingston, Canada

Jing Gai, RMC-Canada's Military University, Kingston, Canada

Rachid Abou Elasoued, RMC-Canada's Military University, Kingston, Canada

Mohamed Aissani, Signals and Intelligent Systems, France

Mustapha R?da Senouci, Laboratory of Research in Artificial Intelligence, Algeria

Walid Demigna, Laboratory of Research in Artificial Intelligence, Algeria

Abdelhamid Mellouk, Signals and Intelligent Systems, France

Abdel Obaid, Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Azeddine Khir, Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Hafedh Mili, Universite du Quebec a Montreal

M?nica Domingues, Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN), Portugal

Carlos Friacas, Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN), Portugal

R Radhakrishnan, KIET, Ghaziabad, UP,India

Majid Jamil, Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Shabana Mehfuz, Jamia Millia Islamia, India

Moinuddin Moinuddin, NIT Jalandhar

Marcus Lucas da Silva, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuji Matsumoto, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Hoang Nam Nguyen, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Koichi Gyoda, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Kazunori Okada, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Osamu Takizawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Kevin Swartz, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Di Wang, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Ana Hernandez, Universidad P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Eduardo Magana, Universidad P?blica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Ahmed Ait Ali, CRAN - Nancy University BP 239 54500 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France

Francis Lepage, CRAN - Nancy University BP 239 54500 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France

Colin M. Arthur, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Andrew Lehane, Measurement Research Laboratory, Agilent Laboratories, Edinburgh, UK

David Harle, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Marc De Leenheer, Ghent University

Chris Develder, Ghent University

Filip De Turck, Ghent University

Bart Dhoedt, Ghent University

Piet Demeester, Ghent University

Georgios Zervas, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Reza Nejabati, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

R. Avo, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

M. Guerreiro, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

N.S.C. Correia, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

M.C.R. Medeiros, University of Algarve, Faculty of Science and Technology, 8000 Faro, Portugal

Nuno M. Garcia, Siemens Networks S.A., Amadora, Portugal

Manuela Pereira, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal

Mario M. Freire, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal

Paulo P. Monteiro, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal