Second IEEE CAS Workshop on
Emerging Technologies in Circuits and Systems:

IEEE CAS-COM Workshop on
High-Speed Data over Local Loops and Cable

July 26-28, 1999 at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

 

The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) announce the co-sponsorship of a "Workshop on High-Speed Data Over Local Loops and Cable," to be held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, on July 26 - 28, 1999. This is the second in a series of IEEE CAS Workshops on Emerging Technologies in Circuits and Systems. The three-day workshop addresses critical equipment implementation issues for high-speed access to the Internet and other data services. This workshop focuses on the "last mile" of networks delivering modern digital services to the home, i.e., the bottleneck that exists from curbside to the home where the fiber optics medium may be too costly. The program will combine presentations by experts in the field from academia and industry, with panel and informal discussions. Those interested in participating are invited to contact Professors Ruey-wen Liu or Kenneth Jenkins, at the addresses listed below.

Keynote Speaker:
Robert W. Lucky
Corporate Vice President, Applied Research, Bellcore, Inc.

Other speakers:
All are invited.

 

The Organizing Committee:

General Chair: Ruey-Wen Liu, University of Notre Dame
Co-Chair and Treasurer: Kenneth Jenkins,Univ. of Illinois
Program Chair: Stephen Weinstein, NEC,USA

Program Co-Chairs:
George Moschytz, ETH-Zurich
George Malek, Globespan

Local Arrangements: Bede Liu, Princeton University
Publications: Yih-Fang Huang, University of Notre Dame

For further information please contact the following

Ruey-wen Liu
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Tel: 219-631-6228
Email: Ruey-Wen.Liu.1@nd.edu		 W. Kenneth Jenkins, Director
Coordinated Science Laboratory
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: 217-333-2510
Email: jenkins@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu

 

 

Program:

Day 1

Digital Subscriber Lines: New Uses for the Telephone Access Network
Hybrid Fiber-Coax Data Access: New Uses for the CATV Network
DSL vs. HFC data access: Is a winner in sight?

Day 2

Modulation, Equalization, and Spectral Compatibility Techniques
How much bandwidth is enough?
Implementation issues for xDSL in fiber/copper access networks
Single Chip or Multiple Chip implementations?

Day 3

Implementation issues for digital services in fiber/cable systems
Residential Data Networks
Closing Panel: Toward common system elements for DSL and HFC

 

Program Outline:

Monday, July 26

Keynote Address: Bob Lucky (Telcordia)

Session 1: Digital Subscriber Lines: New Uses for the Telephone Access Network.
Chair: Victor Lawrence (Lucent)

Session 2: Hybrid Fiber-Coax Data Access: New Uses for the CATV Network.
Chair: Jack Terry (Nortel)

Panel 1: DSL vs. HFC data access: Is a winner in sight?
Chair: Ken Jenkins (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, July 27

Session 3: Using the Spectrum: Modulation, Equalization, and Spectral Compatibility Techniques
Chair: Vince Poor (Princeton University)

Panel 2: How much bandwidth is enough?
Chair: Steve Weinstein (NEC USA)

Session 4: Implementation issues for xDSL in fiber/copper access networks
Chair: George Malek (Globespan)

Panel 3: Single Chip or Multiple Chip implementations?
Chair: George Moschytz (ETH, Zurich)

Wednesday, July 28

Session 5: Implementation issues for digital services infiber/cable systems.
Chair: Peter Bates (Telcordia)

Session 6: Wavelength Division Multiplexing to the End User
Chair: Paul Green (Tellabs)

CLOSING PANEL: A Look to the Future: Wired AND Wireless
Chair: George Moschytz (ETH, Zurich)