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Volume 11 Number 07
July 2008

Industry News
Spot Light
Conferences
Publications
Membership

Welcome to the July 2008 issue of IEEE ComSoc e-News.
INDUSTRY NEWS

News from the Communications Industry….focus on Next Generation Networks (NGN)

EU Prepares Guidelines for Next-Generation Networks
Industry Groups Team Up on NGN Security
South Korean Technologies Named as International NGN Standards
Report: Optimizing OSS, BSS Critical to NGN
Alcatel-Lucent to Develop NGN Solution for Telenor Global Services
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Related Industry Groups
SDR Forum – promoting the success of next generation radio technologies
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) - bridges work across SDOs with current focus on optical control plane network interoperability.

WiMax Forum: promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products

SPOT LIGHT


From the President - Douglas N. Zuckerman
- "Awards - Achievement Recognized!" - introducing our community to ComSoc's ongoing efforts aimed at recognizing the significant accomplishments of colleagues around the world through a wide range of technical and service awards.  It also features a special "history"supplement on the 20th Anniversary of the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2008).


IEEE Standards Board approved the IEEE 1900.1 standard "Terminology and Concepts for Next Generation Radio Systems and Spectrum Management".

News about the launch of IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technology (WCET) certification

For the latest news and WCET certification information see the new WCET www site www.ieee-wcet.org.

The WCET Online application for the 22 September – 10 October 2008 examination window is available at www.ieee-wcet.org/application.

See the WCET presentation by Rolf Frantz or visit our exhibit at 2008 Wireless & Mobile Expo and Conference, 15-16 July. 

New Online Tutorials Now module available… Understand emerging wireless LAN technologies with Benny Bing’s presentation Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANs: Theory, Design, Deployment (2hrs 53 min, 93 slides). 5 minute free preview available.

Three Free online tutorials… Next Generation Cellular Networks (2 hrs 40 min, 93 slides) compliments of Anritsu joins Broadband Fiber Access compliments of Analog Devices and Broadband Wireless Access compliments of Cisco as free tutorials from the ComSoc Tutorials Now program. See them now; limited time access.

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CONFERENCES

IEEE CCNC 2009
…Call for Papers Deadline Extended to 14 July.  For more information click here.

IEEE IM 2009…Call for Papers Deadline Approaching.  Submissions are due 1 August.  For a list of potential topics, submission instructions, and general conference information click here.

IEEE DySPAN 2008…Register today for the International Dynamic Access Spectrum Access Networks Symposium, featuring keynotes Christopher B. Galvin (Chairman & CEO, Harrison Street Capital LLC) and Dr. George Rittenhouse (Vice President of Research, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs), 17 Demonstrations from world leading researchers, 4 Tutorials presented by industry experts, and a Technical and Policy Program. For more information click here.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2008…Registration is now open for the premiere telecommunications event. Co-located with EntNet and the World Telecommunications Congress (WTC), IEEE GLOBECOM will feature 11 Symposia, 22 Tutorials, 9 Workshops, a Design & Developers Forum with 25 sessions, a Special Session on the History of Telecommunications, and the Communications EXPO. For registration, hotel, and conference informationclick here.

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PUBLICATIONS


Free Article of the Month:
Complimentary access to a select article from the current issue of IEEE Wireless Communications: A Broadband Wireless Communications System for Emergency Management

Create mobile applications in a web 2.0 and mobile 2.0 world… Paul Golding describes the entire mobile application ecosystem and explains how it all fits together in the second edition of Next Generation Wireless Applications. It’s the July ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.

An easy-to-use guide to optical fiber data communications…The third edition of Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication by Casimer DeCusatis is the July ComSoc/Elsevier Book of the Month. The book contains new chapters on emerging technologies and leading edge applications such as silicon photonics, nanophotonics, parallel optical interconnects, etc.  IEEE Communications Society members receive 30% discount.

15% CRC Discount… IEEE members- enter Promo Code DEG37 for 15% discount on books from CRC press. See the CRC brochure in the June issue of IEEE Communications Magazine.

May 2008 list of Top Ten articles available now…The monthly ComSoc Top Ten list of those papers receiving the most requests for PDF views through IEEE Xplore is now posted on the ComSoc www site. See the ComSoc www site headlines at www.comsoc.org

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MEMBERSHIP

2008 ComSoc Election ballots have been sent out to eligible voters.


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