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The 6^th National Conference on

Communications

Pre-Conference Tutorials - January 28^th

IISc Bangalore and IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Madras

Prof. V.S.Raju, Director

IIT Delhi

Dr. S.D.Joshi

Prof. V.Sinha

IIT Kanpur

Prof. S.Prasad

Chairman

Prof. S.Prasad

Dr. Ranjan K Mallik

Dr. S.D.Joshi

Department of Electrical Engineering,

IIT Delhi - 110 016

India

(011) 696 6606

(011) 696 6264

Original contributions based on theoretical/simulation/experimental research, development, design, testing and measurement work are invited for 20/10 minute presentation and poster sessions in the "National Conference on Communications - (NCC-2000)". Some review papers may also be accepted. All papers will go through a process of review and the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings. There will be a separate session for presenting product development. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Baseband and RF communication
• Source and channel coding,ciphers
• Spread spectrum
• Signal/Image processing, optical signal processing
• Circuit, packet and cell switching, telecommunication signalling
• RF, microwave, fiber-optic and satellite communication technology
• Wireless communication technology
• Telecommunication and computer networks
• Mobile/Wireless/Cellular communication
• Satellite/Optical/Multimedia/ATM broadband networks
• Telecommunication devices/ICs/VLSI/circuits
• Communication protocols and software
• Telecommunication network planning, management, policy & regulations
• Multimedia communications
• Emerging communication technologies

Extended summary limited to a total of four A4 size pages with double space typing should be submitted in quadruplicate for purpose of review. Submission (of single copy) can also be made initially by e-mail in MS-WORD/postscript format, but hard-copies should still be mailed. The summary should include the address of the author(s), a description of the work, a few diagrams, results, discussions, and the most relevant references. Review type of papers should however be submitted in full. The accepted papers will have to be submitted in camera ready format.

Other features of the NCC-2000 include tutorials on current topics in communications, industry presentation and product development session, invited lectures from eminent experts, panel discussions, poster sessions, and exhibitions.