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		<title><![CDATA[ Communications Magazine, IEEE - new TOC ]]></title>
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		<description>TOC Alert for Publication# 35 </description>
		<year>2010</year>
		<month>March    </month>
		<day>15</day>
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			<title><![CDATA[IEEE Communications Magazine - Cover]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Table of Contents]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conferences: Building on a tradition of excellence [The President's Page]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402651]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Lee, B.G.;Letaief, K.B.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Communications Society Prize Paper Awards [Society News]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<title><![CDATA[OFC/NFOEC 2010: Keeping up with global communication demand [OFC Conference Preview]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402653]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Stark, A.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book reviews [reviews of "Fundamentals of Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks: Theory and Algorithms" (Stanczak, S. et al; 2009) and "Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Radio Networks" (Hossain, E., et al; 2009)]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402654]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two books are reviewed in this issue.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Pawelczak, P.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sharing feedback [Certification Corner]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402655]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Frantz, R.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[IEEE GLOBECOM 2009: A conference recognizing communications in the human context]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402656]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402656]]></guid>
			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Weinstein, S.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conference calendar]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402657]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402657]]></guid>
			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<title><![CDATA[New products]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402658]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Includes: Diagnostic tool for telecom networks; Altera's Cyclone IV FPGA expands reach of Cyclone FPGA series; Zarlink solves femtocell synchronization challenge.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402658]]></guid>
			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two controversies in the early history of the telegraph]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two related questions emerge from these controversies over the invention and early commercialization of the telegraph. First, how could Morse, a man with little scientific training or mechanical skill, invent the telegraph? Second, how should we apportion credit for the telegraph among Morse, Henry, and Vail?The author's conclusion is clear: Morse was the one who succeeded in reducing the invention of telegraphy in the United States to practice, but he relied on the substantialcontributions to the then-new science of electricity by Henry and the mechanical ingenuity of Vail. Without the help of either one, the Morse telegraph would not have been successful as a commercial system. As another interesting note, the author points out that the Morse code was developed by Morse himself, despite frequent comments that Vail was the one who developed the code.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402659]]></guid>
			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>28</startPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Hochfelder, D.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Global Communications Newsletter]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402660]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Includes: International Conference on Regulatory Activities in the Telecommunications Sector 28-29 September 2009, Budva, Montenegro; 2010: An Expected Appointment for DVB-H in Spain and Europe; Recent Activities of the Vietnam Chapter; Activities of the IEEE ComSoc Xi'an Chapter.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Jevric, B.;Alejos, A.V.;Sanchez, M.G.;Cuinas, I.;Nam, T.X.;Li, J.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Optical communications [Series Editorial]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402661]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The five articles in this series focus on optical communication issues including requirements for next-generation home area networks, online gaming and P2P file sharing, fiber access network architecture, Moore's Law, and formulating models for reliable TV/video broadcast, considering the network topologies based on minimum spanning trees.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402661]]></guid>
			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>38</startPage>
			<endPage>38</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Kuwahara, H.;Theodoras, J.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Perspective in next-generation home networks: Toward optical solutions?]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402662]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The meaning of broadband connection is in continuous evolution. FTTH and ever-improving ADSL technologies are capable of offering to the final residential user a very-high-performance access network connection to the main door of our homes. At the same time, high-definition and interactive video will require higher and higher bit rates inside the home. Both drivers lead to the requirement for high-quality networking also inside homes, to avoid a somehow ironic, but indeed possible situation in which the home area network becomes the actual bottleneck of the full system. In this article we review the requirements for next-generation HANs and show that this environment may end up taking advantage of optical cabling solutions as an alternative to more traditional copper or pure wireless approaches.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>39</startPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Gaudino, R.;Cardenas, D.;Bellec, M.;Charbonnier, B.;Evanno, N.;Guignard, P.;Meyer, S.;Pizzinat, A.;Mollers, I.;Jager, D.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Online gaming and P2P file sharing in next-generation EPONs]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402663]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Understanding the social impact of advanced access technologies and witnessing that applications are increasingly based on content provided by end users, we take a look at next-generation EPON networks and elaborate on their suitability to efficiently support online gaming and P2P file sharing applications by means of evolutionary WDM and long-reach PON upgrades. We examine a scalable all-optical integration of WDM EPONs, which exploits the unique traffic characteristics of P2P file sharing and online gaming applications, and supports them with an incremental add-on service with fallback option.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>48</startPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Maier, M.;Herzog, M.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cost vs. reliability performance study of fiber access network architectures]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402664]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fiber to the home is the future-proof technology for broadband access networks. Several fiber access network architectures have been developed (e.g., point-to-point, active optical network, and passive optical network). PON is considered the most promising solution due to the relatively low deployment cost and high resource efficiency. Meanwhile, because of the growing demand for reliable service delivery, fault management is becoming more significant in all parts of communications networks. However, there is a trade-off between the cost of protection and the level of service reliability. Since economical aspects are most critical in the access part of networks, improving reliability performance by duplication of network resources (and capital expenditures) could be too expensive. Therefore, recent work has focused on PON protection schemes with reduced CAPEX. The future trend will probably migrate toward minimizing operational expenditures during the access network lifetime. The main contributions of this article include providing a general method for CAPEX and OPEX analysis that can be applied to any type of fiber access network with consideration of changed component cost in time and variable take rates, and comparing the total cost (i.e., sum of CAPEX and OPEX) for the selected representative architectures with and without protection for business and residential users in relation to reliability performance. The aim is to give a guideline for the design of the most cost-effective protection schemes, while maintaining acceptable service reliability.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Jiajia Chen;Wosinska, L.;Machuca, C.;Jaeger, M.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moore's Law and energy and operations savings in the evolution of optical transport platforms]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a telecommunications equipment vendor, we have witnessed a tremendous increase in the capacity of transport equipment over the past 16 years. Platforms have evolved from the first generation add/drop multiplexer to the next generation multiservice provisioning platform and today's packet optical transport platform. This article discusses our findings in the application of Moore's Law to these optical transport platforms in capacity, power, space, and capital cost. It also discusses our findings in using Moore's Law as a presumption to explore the operations cost savings in power consumption, office floor space, and maintenance. Payback periods for the capital cost of new technology from energy and operations savings are investigated. The conclusions justify the replacement of the network technology for every other generation.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>66</startPage>
			<endPage>69</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Han, S.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reliable video broadcasts via protected Steiner trees]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The introduction of the latest generation of ROADMs in the communication long-haul transport networks allows network planners to consider some new cost-effective design alternatives. Specifically, for video broadcast services ROADM wavelength drop-and-continue technology enables simple wavelength connections at each node via a tree-like topology, and the intelligent control plane permits the use of various shared protection schemes (with failure restoration switching times comparable to SONET BLSR). In this article we formulate models for reliable TV/video broadcast. We consider the network topologies based on minimum spanning trees. The objective is to minimize the total network cost while ensuring that the broadcast, originating in one (or two) source node(s), is delivered to a set of destination nodes and the network will tolerate at least one single link failure. The resulting protected tree networks are illustrated, and the cost of protection strategies is analyzed.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Allen, J.D.;Kubat, P.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[LTE update [Series Editorial]]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402667]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[This issue includes four articles addressing some key technologies for LTE and LTE-Advanced systems.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>78</startPage>
			<endPage>78</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Yum, P.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cooperative MIMO channel models: A survey]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402668]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cooperative multiple-input multiple-output technology allows a wireless network to coordinate among distributed antennas and achieve considerable performance gains similar to those provided by conventional MIMO systems. It promises significant improvements in spectral efficiency and network coverage and is a major candidate technology in various standard proposals for the fourth-generation wireless communication systems. For the design and accurate performance assessment of cooperative MIMO systems, realistic cooperative MIMO channel models are indispensable. This article provides an overview of the state of the art in cooperative MIMO channel modeling. We show that although the existing standardized point-to-point MIMO channel models can be applied to a certain extent to model cooperative MIMO channels, many new challenges remain in cooperative MIMO channel modeling, such as how to model mobile-to-mobile channels, and how to characterize the heterogeneity and correlation of multiple links at the system level appropriately.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Cheng-Xiang Wang;Xuemin Hong;Xiaohu Ge;Xiang Cheng;Gong Zhang;Thompson, J.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Carrier aggregation for LTE-advanced mobile communication systems]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402669]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[In order to achieve up to 1 Gb/s peak data rate in future IMT-Advanced mobile systems, carrier aggregation technology is introduced by the 3GPP to support very-high-data-rate transmissions over wide frequency bandwidths (e.g., up to 100 MHz) in its new LTE-Advanced standards. This article first gives a brief review of continuous and non-continuous CA techniques, followed by two data aggregation schemes in physical and medium access control layers. Some technical challenges for implementing CA technique in LTE-Advanced systems, with the requirements of backward compatibility to LTE systems, are highlighted and discussed. Possible technical solutions for the asymmetric CA problem, control signaling design, handover control, and guard band setting are reviewed. Simulation results show Doppler frequency shift has only limited impact on data transmission performance over wide frequency bands in a high-speed mobile environment when the component carriers are time synchronized. The frequency aliasing will generate much more interference between adjacent component carriers and therefore greatly degrades the bit error rate performance of downlink data transmissions.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>88</startPage>
			<endPage>93</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Guangxiang Yuan;Xiang Zhang;Wenbo Wang;Yang Yang;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Self-configuration and self-optimization for LTE networks]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402670]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the rapid growth of mobile communications, deployment and maintenance of cellular mobile networks are becoming more and more complex, time consuming, and expensive. In order to meet the requirements of network operators and service providers, the telecommunication industry and international standardization bodies have recently paid intensive attention to the research and development of self-organizing networks. In this article we first introduce both the market and technological perspectives for SONs. Then we focus on the self-configuration procedure and illustrate a self-booting mechanism for a newly added evolved NodeB without a dedicated backhaul interface. Finally, mobility load balancing as one of the most important selfoptimization issues for Long Term Evolution networks is discussed, and a distributed MLB algorithm with low handover cost is proposed and evaluated.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Honglin Hu;Jian Zhang;Xiaoying Zheng;Yang Yang;Ping Wu;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quality-driven cross-layer optimized video delivery over LTE]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402671]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[3GPP long term evolution is one of the major steps in mobile communication to enhance the user experience for next-generation mobile broadband networks. In LTE, orthogonal frequency-division multiple access is adopted in the downlink of its E-UTRA air interface. Although cross-layer techniques have been widely adopted in literature for dynamic resource allocation to maximize data rate in OFDMA wireless networks, application-oriented quality of service for video delivery, such as delay constraint and video distortion, have been largely ignored. However, for wireless video delivery in LTE, especially delay-bounded real-time video streaming, higher data rate could lead to higher packet loss rate, thus degrading the user-perceived video quality. In this article we present a new QoS-aware LTE OFDMA scheduling algorithm for wireless real-time video delivery over the downlink of LTE cellular networks to achieve the best user-perceived video quality under the given application delay constraint. In the proposed approach, system throughput, application QoS constraints, and scheduling fairness are jointly integrated into a cross-layer design framework to dynamically perform radio resource allocation for multiple users, and to effectively choose the optimal system parameters such as modulation and coding scheme and video encoding parameters to adapt to the varying channel quality of each resource block. Experimental results have shown significant performance enhancement of the proposed system.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Haiyan Luo;Song Ci;Dalei Wu;Jianjun Wu;Hui Tang;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Second ITU-T Kaleidoscope Conference: "Innovations for Digital Inclusion" [Series Editorial]]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The seven articles in this Standards section are selected from the second International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Kaleidoscope Academic Conference, which took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, 31 August-1 September 2009. The conference focus was on the role that standards play in "Innovations for Digital Inclusion."]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>110</startPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[De Campos Neto, S.F.;Maeda, Y.;Sherif, M.H.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is digital inclusion a good thing? How can we make sure it is?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Activities directed at "including" more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work toward digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>112</startPage>
			<endPage>118</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Stallman, R.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Technology for losers: Re-equipping the excluded]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402674]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The agenda of technology for losers is closely related to a politically more correct concept of using technology to empower disadvantaged regions or individuals. Technology for losers emphasizes the fact that losers are those that had something valuable, which they have subsequently, for whatever reason, lost. Although commonly used as a highly patronizing and even offensive term, the term loser, literally, refers to diverse users of technology such as people marginalized because of unemployment, individuals with special needs, and poor people in developing regions. Hence, together they form a majority of humankind. Working with losers requires technology designers to focus more on urgent and concrete problems, while the traditional perspective of disadvantaged users calls for correct strategies at the policy level. The key characteristic of designing technology for losers is the fact that it starts from the identification of their strengths rather than needs or lacks; thus recognizing their ultimate resources, which can be released by re-equipping them with what they have lost.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>120</startPage>
			<endPage>124</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Sutinen, E.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interplay and implications of intellectual property and academic-industry collaboration to foster digital inclusion]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402675]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[This article discusses how to reduce the barriers universities and industry face when working together on collaborative research projects. As a best practices study, the article describes lessons that should not be viewed as isolated experiments, but as practices that can create the synergy required to drive collaborative research, innovation, and digital inclusion. This is particularly critical for developing and growth market countries, but appropriate for all.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>126</startPage>
			<endPage>129</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Masi, L.;Tew, D.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[RoFSO: A universal platform for convergence of fiber and free-space optical communication networks]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402676]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The ever-increasing demand for capacity and quality in wireless communication links has continued to inspire researchers to innovate new design methodologies and concepts over wireless systems and networks with the ultimate aim of achieving a next-generation network. Among the emerging technologies is the radio on free-space optics system described in this article. With this technology it is possible to simultaneously transmit multiple RF signals comprising heterogeneous wireless services over FSO links using wavelength-division multiplexing technology. Moreover, the RoFSO technology can be applied as a universal platform for enabling seamless convergence of fiber and free-space optical communication networks, thus extending broadband connectivity to underserved areas. We present the design concept and highlight some experimental results obtained from performance evaluation of the RoFSO system we have developed. Using the quality metric parameters defined for the different RF service signals transmitted over the experimental RoFSO system, the results demonstrate satisfactory performance in terms of reliability and stability. Considering the potential of RoFSO technology, as demonstrated in our studies, we propose a study for standardization work in the ITU, which can lead to its rapid adoption.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>130</startPage>
			<endPage>137</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Kazaura, K.;Wakamori, K.;Matsumoto, M.;Higashino, T.;Tsukamoto, K.;Komaki, S.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[An ID/locator split architecture for future networks]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402677]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The ID/locator split concept has recently been introduced in the standardization activities of ITU-T study group 13 for use in future networks. To contribute to ITU-T's initiative, we first propose a naming system to configure host-names and identifiers and map them to locators. We then propose a network architecture that is based on the ID/locator split concept and the naming system. The proposed architecture allows the network layer to change protocols and locators without disturbing the upper-layer communication sessions. This capability is helpful for designing efficient solutions for mobility, multi-homing, routing, and security as well as for integrating heterogeneous network layer protocols.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>138</startPage>
			<endPage>144</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Kafle, V.P.;Otsuki, H.;Inoue, M.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Quality of service management for ISPs: A model and implementation methodology based on the ITU-T recommendation E.802 framework]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402678]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Quality of service has become one of the most important factors among Internet service providers. The implementation of appropriate QoS policies is essential in order to maintain customer loyalty and fulfill regulators' requirements. ITU-T recommendation E.802 provides a framework for the identification of QoS criteria relevant to users and ISPs. This Recommendation also provides guidelines to derive measurable QoS parameters from identified criteria. This article presents a QoS management model and implementation methodology for ISPs. We ground our investigation on the E.802 framework, which ISPs may face when implementing ITU-T Recommendation G.1000. The proposed methodology is meaningful for users, vendors, and network operators. Furthermore, its conformance with the ITU-T standard makes it suitable and deployment-ready for both regulators and providers.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>146</startPage>
			<endPage>153</endPage>
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			<authors><![CDATA[Ibarrola, E.;Liberal, F.;Ferro, A.;Jin Xiao;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Discrimination in NGN service markets: Opportunity or barrier to digital inclusion?]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=5402648&arnumber=5402679]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The promise of digital inclusion may be deterred by different sorts of discrimination brought about by next-generation network operators. As the growth of fixed and mobile networks relies on private investment and sufficient regulatory and economic incentives, competition in different telecommunications markets will increasingly depend on providers' ability to differentiate their product and discriminate among consumers. Unless the industry - operators, content providers, and regulatory and competition authorities - fully understands and exploits the welfare enhancing role of discrimination in the new environment, NGNs' promises of universal and ubiquitous access, sustainability, and affordability might be only incipiently achieved.]]></description>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<startPage>154</startPage>
			<endPage>159</endPage>
			<fileSize>148</fileSize>
			<authors><![CDATA[Beltran, F.;Gomez, L.;]]></authors>
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			<title><![CDATA[Advertisers' index]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[February  2010]]></pubDate>
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			<volume>48</volume>
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