Intelligence in Networks IFIP TC6 WG6.7 Fifth International Conference on Intelligence in Networks (SMARTNET ’99) November 22–26, 1999, Pathumthani, Thailand

Intelligence in Networks is a concept, the meaning of which is highly related to the time-period when it is used. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it was mainly related to the teleservice repertoire `an sich'. In the 1990s, it is more related to efficient flexibility in the introduction of new teleservices and teleservice repertoire.
This state-of-the-art text sets out to identify and study issues related to solutions for increasing intelligence in networks. As examples, intelligence networks (IN), telecommunication information networking architecture (TINA) and mobile agents and active networks are different solutions for improving the grade of network intelligence. The areas under discussion include research and development within various closely related fields such as:

Teleservices, service architecture and service creation;

Middleware and specification languages;

Mobile agents, active networks, plug-and-play issues; and

Quality of service and performance.£/LIST£
Intelligence in Networks contains the proceedings of SMARTNET'99, the fifth in a series of conferences on intelligence in networks sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), at the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand in November 1999.

Keynote Session.- Active Networks Nodes for Adaptive Multimedia Communication.- Internet Based Service Development.- Smart vs. Intelligent vs. Active IP Networks.- Invited Paper Session.- ATM Security: A Survey of Research, Products, and Standards Extended abstract of the mini-tutorial.- Mobile Agents and Active Networks.- Dependability Issues in Smart Networks.- Service Feature Interaction.- Technical Session: Teleservices — 1.- Developing a Distributed Meeting Service to Support Mobile Meeting Participants.- Voice Services for PSTN and IP Networks.- INexpensive Open Distributed Service Platform.- Technical Session: Application of Mobile Agents — 1.- A Multiagent System Architecture for Quality of Service Management in Distributed Multimedia Systems.- Mobile Agents for Mobile Users.- A Mobile Agent-based Approach for the UMTSNHE Concept.- Technical Session: High Capacity Networks and ATM.- A Novel Efficient and Robust Explicit Rate Congestion Avoidance Algorithm for ABR Service in ATM Networks.- A Distributed Routing Algorithm in Clos Network of Variable Bit Rate TDM Switch.- ATM Network Security: Requirements, Approaches, Standards, and the SCAN Solution.- Technical Session: Teleservices — 2.- Unified Messaging: A Framework Approach for building messaging services.- Connection and Location Management based on a TINA-compliant Architecture for UMTS.- Technical Session: Middleware and Specification Languages.- Relationship between SDL Processes and Message Sequence Charts.- A Trading Model of Stream Binding Selection.- Using Roles with Types and Objects for Service Development.- Technical Session: Teleservices — 3.- A Reference Model for Conceptualising the Convergence of Telecommunications and Datacommunications Service Platforms.- Technical Session:Teleservices — 4.- The Wandering Logic of Intelligence: Or Yet Another View on Nomadic Communications.- Plug-and-Play Network Service Configuration Using CORBA.- Towards a Plug and Play Architecture for Telecommunications.- Technical Session: QoS and Performance Management.- Distributed QoS Management for a Multiparty Video Conferencing System.- Performance Evaluation of an IP Voice Terminal.- On Load Balancing in Distributed Telecommunication Systems.- Technical Session: Teleservices — 5.- Enabling Factors for IN Service Provider Access.- An Experimental Environment for Distributed Intelligent Network Services.- From SIBS to Distributed Objects: A Transformation Approach for Service Creation.- Technical Session: Application of Mobile Agents — 2.- Multi-Agent Support for Modelling Co-operative Work.- The Use of Mobile Agent based System as a Solution for Efficient Management of Telecommunication Networks and Services in a Multi-domain Environment.- Mobile Agents in Implementation of a Virtual Home Environment.- Author Index.

Thongchai Yongchareon is President of the Telephone Organisation of Thailand. Finn Arve Aagesen is Professor in Telematics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Vilas Wuwongse is Professor in Computer Science at the Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand.