CALL FOR PAPERS

Vice Chair
Alen Bazant
FER, Department of Telecommunications
Unska 3
HR-10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Phone: +385 1 612 98 01
Fax: +385 1 612 98 32
E-mail: alen.bazant@fer.hr

Secretariat
Smiljan Pilipovic
FER, Department of Telecommunications
Unska 3
HR-10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Phone: +385 1 612 97 38
Fax: +385 1 612 98 32
E-mail: smiljan.pilipovic@fer.hr

ORGANIZED BY

FER - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
IEEE Croatia Section

SPONSORED BY

HPT - Croatian Post and Telecommunications
Ericsson Nikola Tesla

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mladen Kos, University of Zagreb, Croatia (General Chair)
Alen Bažant, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Vice Chair)

Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK
Rudolf Albrecht, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Krzysztof Amborski, Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., Warszawa, Poland
Jacob Baal-Schem, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Magdy Bayoumi, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
Zmago Brezocnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Vladimir Brlic, HPT, Croatia
Leo Budin, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Antun Caric, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Zagreb, Croatia
Rance Cleaveland, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
Glorianna Davenport, MIT, USA
Bjarne Däcker, Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden
Piet Demeester, University of Gent, Belgium
Istvan Frigyes, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Daniel Gajski, University of California, Irvine, USA
Bezalel Gavish, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Denis Gracanin, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
Rolf B. Haugen, Telenor R & D, Kjeller, Norway
Marijan Kunštic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Branko Mikac, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Borivoj Modlic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Gabor Németh, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Mike O'Mahony, University of Essex, UK
Ljubo Pipan, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, UNIK, Kjeller, Norway
Ferdinand Pogacnik, HPT, Croatia
Reinhard Posch, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Martin Potts, Martel GmbH, Bern, Switzerland
Nikola Rozic, University of Split, Croatia
Konstantin Samouylov, Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow, Russia
Vyacheslav P. Shuvalov, Sibirian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vjekoslav Sinkovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Skorin-Kapov, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
Enver Šehovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Tkalic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Kimon Valavanis, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
Dalibor F. Vrsalovic, AT&T Labs, San Jose, USA
Mladen V. Wickerhauser, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Michail Zharkov, CNIIS, Moscow, Russia

VENUE

ConTEL 99 and B&MW 99 will take place at the Congress Center of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb.

OBJECTIVES OF CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP

The objective of the Conference on Telecommunications ConTEL 99 and Broadband & Multimedia Workshop B&MW 99 is to provide an open forum for telecommunication researchers and experts to discuss new and emerging systems, standards and the results of their research in different areas.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Original, yet unpublished papers addressing the following telecommunications topics are invited:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS (for Conference and Workshop)

Authors are invited to submit extended abstract or full paper according to the submission guidelines below. The papers will be selected by the International Program Committee and will be published in Proceedings on ConTEL 99 and Proceedings on B&MW 99. While initial submissions can be in any format, it may be more convenient for authors to use the IEEE author guidelines for these submissions - the final papers will need to comply with IEEE format. The final papers should not exceed 8 pages, according to the IEEE format (double column, single space, 10 point Times font). Please have a look at the ConTEL 99 WWW site for full description of paper format. The language of the Conference and Workshop is English.

All initial submissions should be accompanied by a cover sheet that contains paper's title and the full name(s), affiliation, complete return address, telephone, fax and e-mail address of the author to whom all correspondence will be sent. Authors are welcome to choose if they submit their papers to the Conference or the Workshop. Please submit your manuscript to the Secretary by Email. For electronic submission please consult the guidelines on the ConTEL 99 WWW site. Faxed submissions will not be accepted.
Authors of accepted articles should be prepared to present their papers personally at the Conference and Workshop. The ConTEL 99 and B&MW 99 Proceedings will be published and handed out to the participants at the Conference.

TUTORIALS

Recognized experts are invited to send proposals for 3-hour presentations covering topics of the Conference and the Workshop listed above. Each proposal should include a biography of the speaker(s), a summary and an outline of the presentation. Please submit your proposals to the General Chairman before March 1, 1999.

IMPORTANT DATES