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Tutorials
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Sunday, October 27, 2002

1:00 - 2:30 PM
Tutorial 1A

2:45 - 4:15 PM
Tutorial 2A

4:30 - 6:00 PM
Tutorial 3A

Traffic Engineering
J. Boyle, PDNets

1:00 - 2:30 PM
Tutorial 1B

2:45 - 4:15 PM
Tutorial 2B

4:30 - 6:00 PM
Tutorial 3B

Technical Sessions
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Monday, October 28, 2002
8:45 - 9:45 am
Introduction:
Opening Remarks: Conference Co-chairs D. Garbin (C&W) & D. McDysan (Worldcom)
Keynote Address: The Honorable Howard A. Schmidt (CISSP Vice Chair, President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board)

9:45 - 10:45 am
MPLS Deployment (Service Providers' Experience)
Chair: D. McDysan, Worldcom

 

Building a Native Data Network for Corporate VPNs
L. Andersson, Utfors

MPLS Traffic Engineering and MPLS Fast Reroute within Equant's Network
Z. Ahmad, Equant

Multi-QoS Reliable MPLS Networks
H. Komura, NTT

MPLS Interoperability: Milestones and Progress
B. Jabbari, Isocore
10:45 - 11:15 am Coffee Break
11:15 am- 12:30 pm
Protection and Recovery
Chair: A. Atlas, Avici Systems

Providing Fast convergence and Bandwidth protection with MPLS Traffic Engineering Fast Reroute
J. P. Vasseur, Cisco Systems

Dynamics of Restoration and Convergence in MPLS/TE
C. Villamizar & R. Khanna, Avici Systems

Multi-Layer Restoration
G. Grammel, Alcatel

MPLS Resiliency and Graceful Recovery
R. Aggarwal, Redback Networks

12:30 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Layer 2 VPNs
Chair: M. Carugi, France Telecom

From Pseudowires to Layer 2 VPNs
B. Davie, Cisco Systems

BGP-based Layer 2 VPNs
K. Kompella, Juniper Networks

MPLS: The missing link for delivering Metro Ethernet and ATM Services
G. Leonard, Riverstone Networks

Architectural Considerations for Delivering Scalable Transparent LAN Services (VPLS) over MPLS
S. Khandekar, TiMetra Networks

Layer 2 Interworking between Ethernet, Frame Relay, and ATM
A. Malis, Vivace Networks

3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:15 pm
Layer 3 VPNs
Chair: C. Chase, ATT

A New Paradigm for Layer 3 VPNs
R. Chandra & K. Seshadri, Redback Networks

Improving the Scability of MPLS based VPNs by Extending MPLS to an Aggregation Router between PE and CE
A. Kankkunen, Tellabs

Speed, Scale, and Services at the Network Edge Using MPLS Based VPNs
E. Gray, Celox Networks

MPLS based VPNs with Voice Applications
B. Goode, ATT

5:15 - 6:30 pm
Panel: Service and Internetworking Issues
Chair: D. Garbin, C&W
Panelists: C. Chase (ATT), H. Esaki (Wide Project Member, MPLS Deployment, Japan), J. Patterson (Infonet Corporation), F. Kunzi (CTC Communications Group), R. Delavenne (LambdaNet); E. Sherk (WorldCom), C. Liljenstolpe (C&W)


Tuesday, October 29, 2002
8:45 - 9:45 am
Keynote Speech: Steve Kaufman (President and CEO, Avici Systems)
9:45 - 10:45 am
Network Management
Chair: L. Anderson, Utfors

MPLS Architecture Considerations for Operations and Management
G. Swallow, Cisco Systems

MPLS OAM: Challenges and Opportunities
D. Allan, Nortel Networks

Next Generation Network Management for MPLS-based Services
G. Dixon, Laurel Networks

10:45 - 11:15 am Coffee Break

11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Network Security
Chair: G. Copeland, CSC

 

Integrating NAT and Stateful Firewalls with RFC 2547-based PEs
V. Srinivasan, Cosine Communications

Warning: MPLS is not Secure
M. Barsoum, Quarry Technologies

Security and Protection of PE-CE Interface
C. Chase, ATT Technologies

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00- 3:45 pm
GMPLS/Optical Networks
Chair: R. Razdan, Ciena Corp.

Characterization and Representation of Impairements for Routing in All-Optical Networks
D.O. Awduche, Isocore

GMPLS-based Photonic Backbone Network
N. Yamanaka, NTT

Routing and Wavelength Assignment Using GMPLS
J. Lang, Calient Networks

Interoperability of O-UNI and GMPLS Protocols
Z. Ali and K. Sage, Cisco Systems

GMPLS for Hierarchical and Hybrid Optical networks
S. Araki, NEC

Packet Optical Integration
D. Fedyk, Nortel Networks

3:45 - 4:15 pm
Coffee Break

4:15- 5:15 pm
Traffic Engineering
Chair: J. Boyle, PDNets

 

Diff-Serv-Aware MPLS Traffic Engineering and its Applications
F. Le Faucheur, Cisco Systems

Online Traffic Engineering with Design-Based Routing
I. Widjaja, I. Saniee, A. Elwalid, and D. Mitra, Lucent Technologies

MPLS QoS Performance Evaluation
K. Owens, Erlang Technologies

5:15 - 6:30 PM
Panel: Future Directions
Chair: N. Yamanaka, NTT

 

Characterizing MPLS based VPNs: Capabilites and Role of Core Routers
R. Papneja, Avici Systems and

V. Sharma, Metanoia, Inc.

Traffic Engineering Considerations in GMPLS Networks
Y. Xue

Emerging New GMPLS-based Optical VPNs
H. Ould-Brahim, Nortel Networks

The Emergence of a Multiprotocol Core
A. Missing, Alcatel