[Date Prev][Date Next][Date Index]
Technical Program of MPLS 2001, 4th Annual International Conference on Multi Protocol Label Switching , October 7-9, 2001, Washington, DC.
- From: "K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- Subject: Technical Program of MPLS 2001, 4th Annual International Conference on Multi Protocol Label Switching , October 7-9, 2001, Washington, DC.
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:07:05 +1200
Call for Participation
MPLS2001 International Conference
4th Annual International Conference on Multi Protocol Label Switching
October 7-9, 2001
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.
Hosted jointly by
UUNET Technologies/Worldcom and Advanced Internet Laboratory
Program Schedule
Tutorials : October 7, 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Conference sessions : October 8-9, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Exhibits : October 8-9
2nd Public Inter-Op Demo: October 10-12 (OIF UNI, MPLS, GMPLS)
Registration is open and you may regsiter either On-line or Off-line
by visiting http://www.mpls2001.com/registration.htm and following the
instructions. Please note that we have reduced the fees for early
registration.
MPLS 2001 is being sponsored by Agilent Technologies, Alcatel, Avici
Systems, Cisco Systems, Data Connection, Ericsson, IXIA, Juniper
Networks,
Laurel Networks, Lucent Technologies, Metera Networks, Nortel Networks,
Ocular Networks, OPNET Technologies, Spirent Communications, Unisphere
Networks, and Wavesmith Networks. Sponsors will be exhibiting their
products and services throughout Monday and Tuesday.
MPLS 2001 International Conference Technical Program
****************************************************
Sunday, October 7, 2001
1:30 - 3:30 pm : Parallel Tutorial Sessions
Session 1A
MPLS Overview, Implementation and Deployment
Eric Osborne, Cisco Systems
Session 1B
Optical User-Network Interface (UNI)
Bala Rajagopalan, Tellium
4:00 - 6:00 pm : Parallel Tutorial Sessions
Session 2A
Virtual Private Networks (IP, MPLS and Optical VPNs)
Marco Carugi, France Telecom
Hamid Ould-Brahim, Nortel Networks
Kireeti Kompella, Juniper Networks
Session 2B
GMPLS Architecture and Ext. for Signaling and Routing
Lou Berger and Igor Bryskin
Movaz Networks
Monday, October 8, 2001
8:45 - 9:00 am : Conference Opening
Introductory Remarks: MPLS/GMPLS and Evolving Networks
Bijan Jabbari, George Mason Univ.
Technical Program Chair
9:00 - 9:30 am : Opening talk
9:30 - 10:10 am : Keynote Addres
The Future of the Internet
Vinton G. Cerf, WorldCom
Honorary Conference Chair
10:10 - 10:40 am
An IP point of view of configurable sub-IP networks: The IETF Sub-IP
Area
Scott Bradner, IETF Sub-IP Area Director
11:00 am- 12:30 pm : Evolution of MPLS to GMPLS
The Optical Future of GMPLS
Adam Dunstan, Avici Systems President, Optical Internetworking Forum
(OIF)
The Evolution from MPLS Traffic Engineering to GMPLS
George Swallow, Cisco Systems
The Evolving Optical Control Plane: From Management Systems to GMPLS
Greg Bernstein, CIENA
BGP/GMPLS-based Optical VPNs
Yakov Rekhter, Juniper Networks
2:00 - 3:30 pm : Traffic Engineering and Quality of Service
Diff-Serv Aware Traffic Engineering and its Applications
Francois Le Faucheur, Cisco Systems
MPLS Traffic Engineering and QoS: A Progress Perspective
Don Fedyk, Nortel Networks
Routing from PSTN to MPLS
Jerry Ash, AT&T Labs
Inter-Area MPLS TE Architecture and Protocol Extensions
Senthil Venkatachalam, Alcatel
4:00 - 5:30 pm : Virtual Private Networks
VPN Update
Bilel Jamoussi, Nortel Networks
Scalable MPLS VPN Services compared to Traditional Layer 2 VPN Services
Christopher Chase, AT&T
MPLS - A Common Control for IP-VPN, Ethernet, TDM, and Lightpath
Services
Ron Nag , Metera Networks
Tackling the Challenges of MPLS VPN Testing
Ananda Sen Gupta, Agilent Technologies
6:00 - 10:00 pm : Reception and Banquet
8:30 am - 6:30 pm : Conference Exhibits
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
8:45 - 9:40 am : Opening Talk and IETF Update
Opening Talk
IETF Update
Rob Coltun, Redback Networks
9:40 - 10:40 am : Protection and Restoration
Fast Reroute Mechanism for MPLS-Enabled Networks
Alia Atlas, Avici Systems
GMPLS Recovery
Jonathan Lang, Calient Networks
11:00 am- 12:30 pm : Optical Control Plane
GMPLS and Economics of All-Optical Metro and Regional Networks
Daniel Awduche, Movaz Networks
Transitioning to GMPLS-Driven Optical Architectures
Mallik Tatipamula, Cisco Systems
Issues in Integrating Optical Access with MPLS
Ron Fang, Ocular Networks
1:45 - 3:00 pm : Service Provider's Experience with MPLS Deployment
Design Issues for Global MPLS-Enabled Networks
David Garbin, Cable & Wireless
Implication of MPLS Ubiquity (or lack thereof) on MPLS-Based Services
Dave McDysan, WorldCom
Deutsche Telekom's Global MPLS-VPNs deployment and QoS enabled Networks
Design and Implementation
Hajo Wiltfang, Deutsche Telekom
IP + Optical Integration using MPLS as a Control Plane
Yong Xue, Worldcom
3:15 - 5:30 pm : MPLS Applications and Services
Layer 2 Transport over MPLS
Azhar Sayeed, Cisco Systems
QoS and Operational Challenges with Multi-Service Convergence Over MPLS
Andrew G. Malis, Vivace Networks
Building Layer 2 MPLS VPNs using LDP
Jeremy Brayley, Laurel Networks
Multi-Service Covergence and MPLS
Chad Dunn, WaveSmith Networks
Techniques for Building Large-Scale BGP MPLS VPNs
Bill Glynn, Unisphere Networks
For any additional information, please visit http://www.mpls2001.com.
We look forward to seeing you in the "MPLS 2001 International
Conference."
Thanks.
-Rajiv
********************************
Rajiv Papneja (GRA)
Advanced Internet Laboratory
George Mason University,
G10, Johnson Center,
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Tel: 703.993.4703
email: rpapneja@osf1.gmu.edu
********************************
========================================================================
This message is forwarded to members of the COSC/EEE/Management research
group on networks at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch,
New zealand, and anybody else interested in research in this area
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Associate Professor Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski
Department of Computer Science, University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
ph. +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772 email: krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569 URL: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys
-------------------------------------------------------------------------