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Technical Committee on Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems

Authors: Athanassios Manikas and Tarek S. El-Bawab

Date/Time: Wed, 11th June 2014, 7:30 am – 9:00 am

Meeting Location: Room Castlereagh I, Level B1, Sheraton Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Officers: Tarek S. El-Bawab, Chair, [email protected] Ahmed E. Kamal, Vice-Chair, [email protected] Athanassios Manikas, Secretary, [email protected]

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 am 1. Participants (19)

• Angellos Antonopoulos, CTTC, Spain

• Jean Armstrong, Monash University, Australia

• Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy

• Octavia Dobre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

• Tarek El-Bawab, Jackson State University (JSU), USA

• Jaafar Elmirghani, University of Leeds, UK

• Nathan Gomes, University of Kent, UK

• Steve Gorshe, PMC-Sierra, USA

• Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy

• Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University, USA

• Jochen Maes, Alcatel-Lucent, Belgium

• Athanassios Manikas, Imperial College, UK

• Eduardo Medeiros, Lund University, Sweden

• Wai Pang Ng, University of Northumbria, UK

• Roberto Rojas-Cessa, NJIT, USA

• Vidhya Sridhar, Imperial College, UK

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• Georgia Tseliou, UOC, Spain

• Martin Valdez-Vivas, Stanford University, USA

• Raimena Veisllari, NTNU, Norway

2. Introduction The Chair Tarek El-Bawab welcomed all participants and outlined the agenda. First, the attendees were self-introduced. Then, the attached slides were presented by the Chair and discussed item-by-item.

3. Approval of the Globecom 2013 Minutes A motion was made by Athanassios to approve the minutes, the draft of which is posted on TAOS website (www.comsoc.org/~taos). The motion was seconded by Walter and the minutes were approved without remarks.

4. Highlights and Trends Tarek updated the attendees about a number of developments. TAOS has been recertified for three more years. Both the beta version of the TAOS website and the Newsletter have gone live on the 6th of June 2014. Technical themes: Broadband Access & Green Communication/Networks 5. Conference updates Main GC/ICC submission trends have not significantly changed. ONS continues to be at the lower end of symposia submissions. On the other hand, TAOS access Track on Green Communication Systems and Networks has the largest number of submissions in SAC and there is consensus among officers that the track is ready to be elevated to a symposium (Slides # 4 through # 13). 6. TAOS P&P The Chair stated that a Semi-final document of the policies and procedures is now available on TAOS website. This includes updated provisions regarding elections and voting. Final feedback of membership, if any, may be provided no later than Aug 1st, 2014. All TCs are now required to define an Active (Voting) Member, and the definition has to be part of the TC’s P&P. 7. Other Activities/Updates Contributions by TAOS membership to current ComSoc leadership have been updated. TAOS takes pride in being a TC of very high contribution in this regards. Prof. Jaafar Elmirghani encouraged interested TAOS member to participate in the IEEE green ICT activity he is taking a lead in (the activity is now moving to ComSoc). Prof. Fabrizio Granelli is chairing the Standardization Research Group on Software Defined and Virtualized Wireless Access, which is part of a new IEEE standardization effort in this area. He also solicited interest among the TAOS community. Emphasis has been made, once again, on the TC’s continuing policy to look for new volunteers and activists, and to contribute new faces to leading ComSoc activities.

http://www.comsoc.org/%7Etaos

Slides # 15 through # 17 8. Discussions Prof. Octavia Dobre inquired about possibility of TAOS appearances/meetings in OFC. Tarek appreciated the idea, maybe for future consideration. The reason why there have not been regular meetings for the TC in OFC is because the conference is focusing on optical activities only (which are part, but not all, of TAOS scope). 9 Awards The Best Paper Award in ICC 2014 Access Networks and Systems (ANS) Track, Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications was presented to the paper: “How Vectoring in G.fast May Cause Neighborhood Wars”, Authored by: Eduardo Medeiros, Lund University, Sweden Thomas Magesacher, Lund University, Sweden Per-Erik Eriksson, Ericsson Research, Kista, Sweden Chenguang Lu, Ericsson Research, Kista, Sweden Per Ödling, Lund University, Sweden The Best Paper Award in the ICC 2014 Green Communications and Computing (GCSN) Track, Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications is presented to the paper: “Dynamic Resource Management in Virtualized Data Centers with Bursty Traffic”, Authored by: Martin Valdez-Vivas, Stanford University, USA Nicholas Bambos, Stanford University, USA John Apostolopoulos, Cisco Systems, USA The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 am Attachments: Meeting Slides

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IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)Transmission, Access, Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical

Committee

ICC 2014 TC meeting, Sydney, Australia

Wednesday, June 11, 2014The Sheraton on the Park, Castlereagh Room, Level B1

7:30‐9:00 am

Tarek S. El‐Bawab, Ph.D.Chair, TAOS

Agenda Welcome and Introductions Approval of the Globecom 2013 minutes of meeting Highlights and Trends Conferences update (sponsorships and statistics)

• Globecom 2013• ICC 2014• Globecom 2014• ICC/Globecom statistics (2010‐2014)• ICC and Globecom conferences in the works

ICC 2015 Globecom 2015 ICC 2016 Beyond ICC 2016

• TCS & Other Conferences

TAOS Policies and Procedures (P&P) Other Activities/Updates Awards

06/11/2014 TAOS meeting, ICC 2014, Sydney 2

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Highlights and Trends

TAOS has been recertified successfully

Our P&P updated, now including TC active/voting member definition; and other updates

New TAOS website launched on June 6, 2014

First issue of TAOS’ Newsletter published, also on June 6, 2014

Current themes Continue: Broadband Access and Green Communication Systems and Networks• ANS Track inherent part of SAC

• GCSN dominates SAC and proposal submitted to GITC to elevate this Track to ICC/GC Symposium

Sponsorship of GC/ICC’s ONS continues


Conferences Update (1/10)GC 2013 (Atlanta, Georgia)

SAC Symposium: Access Track, chaired by Filippo Cugini, received 30 papers, 11 accepted (36.7%), 3.4 reviewers per paper (statistics below).

SAC Symposium: SAC GCSN, co‐chaired by Stefano Bregni, received 92 papers out of which 36 accepted (39%)

ONS Symposium: co‐chaired by S. J. Ben Yoo: received 63 papers, 50.6% in systems and 49.4% in networks. 24 papers accepted, roughly 12 in systems and 12 in networks

SAC ANS Track

Statistics

Optical Wireless Optical/

Wireless

Integration

xDSL Cable

(HFC & IPTV)

Others Total

Submitted 6 6 9 4 5 0 30

Accepted 3 2 2 2 2 0 11


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Conferences Update (2/10)ICC 2014 (Sydney, Australia)

SAC Symposium: Access Track, chaired by Tarek El‐Bawab, 18 papers, 26 TPC members, 4‐5 reviewers/paper, 8 papers accepted (44%). Oral session, 2 papers in SAC’s interactive sessions. Track statistics below

SAC Symposium: GCSN, co‐chaired by Jaafar Elmighani, 105 papers, 72 TPC members. An average of 3+ reviews was provided. 41 papers accepted (39%), 40 papers into 8 oral sessions and 1 paper a SAC’s interactive sessions

ONS Symposium: co‐chaired by Nathan Gomes: 75 papers, 44% in systems and 56% in networks. 30 papers accepted; plus 1 paper added from another symposium making total number of ONS papers= 31

SAC ANS Track

Statistics


Wireless

Integration

xDSL Cable

(HFC & IPTV)

Others Total

Submitted 6 6 3 3 0 0 18

Accepted 3 1 1 3 0 0 8


Conferences Update (3/10)GC 2014 (Austin, Texas)

SAC Symposium: Access Track, chaired by Frank Effenberger, received 13 papers, the distribution of which among areas is here below.

SAC Symposium: GCSN, co‐chaired by Fabrizio Granelli, received 108 papers.

ONS Symposium: was not sponsored by TAOS (nomination did not make it through)

Paper selection is not completed yet


SAC ANS Track

Statistics


Wireless

Integration

xDSL Cable

(HFC & IPTV)

Others Total

Submitted 1 8 1 3 0 0 13

Accepted ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐

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Conferences Update (4/10) SAC & ONS Trends, 2010 thru mid‐2014


Conferences Update (5/10) SAC Access Track (All): 2011 thru mid‐2014


0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

ICC 2011 GC 2011 ICC 2012 GC 2012 ICC 2013 GC 2013 ICC 2014 ICC 2014 GC 2014

Percentage

of Submission

Conference

Access Track Sub‐Areas

xDSL

Optical

Wireless

Cable (HFC/IPTV)

Optical/Wireless Integration

Others (Satellite, PLC, ..)

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Conferences Update (6/10) SAC Access Track (Main Areas): 2011 thru mid‐2014


0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

ICC 2011 GC 2011 ICC 2012 GC 2012 ICC 2013 GC 2013 ICC 2014 ICC 2014 GC 2014

Percentage

of Submissions

Conferences

Access Track Sub‐Areas (Main)

xDSL

Optical

Wireless

Optical/Wireless Integration

Conferences Update (7/10) ONS‐ Networks versus Systems, 2011 thru mid‐2014


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Conferences Update (8/10)ICC & GC in the works

ICC 2015 (London), N. Gomes and A. Manikas Conf. TPC Chairs. www.dropbox.com/s/pcci53dmleq93bk/ICC_LONDON_SHORT_VIDEO_v1.wmv. Approved TAOS’ Co‐Chairs:• Jaafar Elmirghani for SAC GCSN, and chairing SAC• Jochen Maes for SAC ANS• Luca Valcarenghi for ONS

GC 2015 (San Diego), Approved TAOS Co‐Chairs:• Hakki C. Cankaya for SAC ANS• Abdallah Shami for SAC GCSN• Jean Armstrong for ONS

ICC 2016 (Kuala Lumpur), Tarek El‐Bawab is Workshops Chair, Fabrizio Granelli approved as Chair too. TAOS nominated:• Ahmed Kamal as co‐chair for SAC ANS• Anura Jayasumana as co‐chair for SAC GCSN• Walter Cerroni as co‐chair for ONS

GC’2016 (Washington DC), ICC 2017 (Paris), GC’2017 (Singapore), and ICC 2018 (Kansas City): no nominations yet


Conferences Update (9/10)TCS & Other Conferences

ITC 2014 (new)• Martin Reisslein, Wai Pang Ng, and Abdallah Shami are serving as TPC members

EuCNC 2014 (new)• Anura Jayasumana, Filippo Cugini, and AthanassiosManikas are serving as TPC members

ONDM 2014• Andrea Bianco, Ravi Subrahmanyan, and Anna Tzanakakiare serving as TPC members


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Conferences Update (10/10)TCS & Other Conferences

NOC 2014 (held last week)• Stefano Bregni Executive Co‐Chair (ComSoc Liaison),• Jaafar Elmirghani delivered Keynote Talk

Energy Efficient Content Distribution Optical Networks• Use of content caching to reduce power consumption, the design of energy efficient peer‐to‐peer content distribution networks and the design of distributed content clouds for energy efficiency.

http://noc2014.deib.polimi.it/?page_id=1342

• Tibor Cinkler and Luca Valcarenghi are TPC members

HONET 2013• Ahmed Kamal TPC Chair, and TPC members provided

2014 NIST‐ATIS‐Telcordia Synchronization Workshop• Ravi Subrahmanyan and Stefano Bregni are steering group members


TAOS Policies and Procedures (P&P)

During Globecom 2013, TAC recommended that all TCs:

• Specify active/voting TC Member definition in their P&P (per existing ComSoc P&P)

• Regularly revisits and update these P&P, and active members lists

• TAOS membership inputs were solicited for suggestions for P&P updates

Semi‐final draft posted now on our new website for members’ comments before finalization

• Please provide your comments, if any, by August 1, 2014


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Other Activities/Updates (1/3)

TAOS’ members contribute ComSoc leadership in numerous other capacities:• Stefano Bregni, Steve Gorshe, and Tarek El‐Bawab serve in ComSoc

Board of Governors• Stefano Bregni is VP, Members Relations• Steve Gorshe is Director of Magazines• Tarek El‐Bawab is Director, Conference Operation• Michael Devetsikiotis is Chair of GITC• Tarek El‐Bawab, Michael Devetsikiots, and Fabrizio Granelli are Board

Member, Education and Training Board (ETB)• Tarek El‐Bawab Chairs the ETB’s Work Group on Telecommunication

Engineering Education in the US New ABET Accreditation Criteria for Electrical, Computer, and Communication Engineering Anticipated (Public Comments Period ends June 15, 2015; EAC vote expected in July; and ABET Board vote expected in November)

Please see: http://www.comsoc.org/blog/telecommunication‐recognized‐distinct‐engineering‐education‐discipline



TAOS’ members contribute ComSoc leadership in numerous other capacities:• Jaafar Elmirghani Chair of cross IEEE Societies Green ICT Working

Group. Tarek El‐Bawab represents TAOS in this Group• Distinguished Lecturers: Fabrizio Granelli (2nd term), Ahmed Kamal

and Anura Jayasumana• Frank Effenberger, Ravi Subrahmanyan, and Tarek El‐Bawab serve in

IEEE Communication Magazine Editorial team• Stefano Bregni serves in Ad Hoc Committee on Smart Grid

Communications. Michael Devetsikiotis serves in Ad Hoc Committee on Cloud Communications and Networking

• Ravi Subrahmanyan serves in Editorial Board of Communications Technology News (CTN) initiative

Student Competition Program’s representatives:• 2013: Tarek El‐Bawab• 2014: Walter Cerroni


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Fabrizio Granelli represents TAOS in ComSoc Rapid standardization activity, and Chairs one of its four groups. Meeting held April 25, 2014 (Newark), where standardization opportunities in SDN and network virtualization were discussed. Open calls for participation sent. Groups formed:• Study Group on Security, Reliability and Performance for Software Defined

and Virtualized Ecosystems• Research Group on Software Defined and Virtualized Wireless Access,

Chaired by Granelli• Task group within P1093 MGSON on Service Virtualization• Research Group on Structured Abstractions for Software Defined and

Virtualized Ecosystem

TAOS is seeking new volunteers to participate and enrich our scope of technical activities• From both industry and academia• From all over the world• We Want to see Workshops, Tutorials, Panels, and special publication issues

with industrial contributions in particular


Questions?


Next, we conclude our meeting with the 2014 TAOS award presentation

Two Awards presented today for best papers in the ANS and GCC SAC Tracks of ICC 2014

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Awards (1/2)The 2014 TAOS Best Papers’ Awards


Awards (2/2)The 2014 TAOS Best Papers’ Awards


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Thank You for you interest in TAOS

Meeting Adjourned!


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