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[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

At 10:05 AM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>Conference Sessions
>Tuesday-Thursday, August 26-28 =20
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> Tuesday, August 26
> Wednesday, August 27
> Thursday, August 28=20
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>Tuesday, August 26=20
>7:30 -
>8:30  Registration and Continental Breakfast=20
>8:30 -
>9:00  Chairman's Opening Remarks:
>Most of us are nomads, and we are faced with a lack of serious systems
>support for our activities. We are mobile in a number of dimensions:
>geography, context, application, device. We need support for location
>transparency and for device transparency. We must be liberated from failed
>system operation in our nomadic moves, including such annoyances as loss of
>session, need to reconfigure devices, unrecognizable TCP addresses,
>inconsistency among replicated files, and intermittent connectivity. In
>this session, we will lay out the landscape of nomadic computing and point
>to the solutions to these problems. The rest of the conference will
>elaborate on the issues, solutions and directions of nomadic computing.=20
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>Leonard Kleinrock, Computer Science Dept., UCLA
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>9:00 -
>9:45   Keynote Address
>Edward Kozel
>CTO and Sr. Vice President, Business Development
>Cisco Systems, Inc.
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>9:45 -
>10:15  Break=20
>10:15 -
>11:45  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
>=A0 =A0 Wireless Internet Access
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>Much of the focus of the wireless data industry lately has been on
>untethered access to the Internet. Is the wireless data industry just
>trying to grab onto the Internet's coattails (like everyone else), or is
>there something compelling about this marriage? This session will look at a
>selection of wireless Internet access solutions. What can you do with it,
>how much performance is enough, and what will be the preferred subscriber
>device -- the portable computer or wireless phone? More specifically, what
>is being done to adapt portable devices to the Internet, and what do early
>market results tell us? Will wireless access change the way people use the
>Internet and intranets? Is wireless Internet access just for people, or
>will "things" (e.g., automobiles) go online as well? There are many
>interesting questions, and our panel promises some interesting answers.
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>Ira Brodsky, President
>Datacomm Research Company=20
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>Jay Sheth, Director of Strategic Planning, GTE
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>Alan Saldich, Director of New Business Opportunities, Metricom
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>Dennis Abremski, Qualcomm, Inc.
> Information Replication for Nomadic Users
>Mobile computer users often have poor connectivity to their home network
>environment, and so must have local copies of the necessary relevant
>information; files, databases, web pages, etc. Without the right
>information, one can't work; the power of the mobile machine is in large
>measure lost. Since manual management of replication is awkward at best, a
>number of products and a variety of research efforts provide potentially
>powerful tools and solutions. There are a number of choices in each of the
>areas of database replication, long term web caching, and mobile file
>replication, with different levels of aspiration regarding transparent use
>and synchronization of independent updates. This session will focus on the
>nature of mobile replication problems, available shareware and commercial
>solutions, and likely developments in the near future.
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>Jerry Popek, Chief Technical Officer, PLATINUM Technology, Inc.
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>Corey M. Smith, President, Xcellenet
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>David Yach, Vice President Technology, Sybase, Inc.
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>11:45 -
>12:45  Lunch=20
>12:45 -
>2:15   Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
>=A0 =A0 Satellite Communications in the Global Internet
>Recent advancement and deployment of commercial products in satellite
>communication networks demonstrate the promise of ubiquitous access to
>Internet. By virtue of simultaneously reaching large geographical areas,
>satellite systems are natural platforms for broadcast and multicast
>applications. Moreover, satellite systems provides the mechanisms for
>seamlessly connecting field workers to the enormous information and
>computing resources of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII). To
>fully utilize the capabilities of next-generation satellites, several
>research and development issues need to be addressed such as "seamless
>integration" of satellite communications into existing standard Internet
>transmission links.
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>Son K. Dao, Head of Networking and Information Exploitation Research Dept.
>Hughes Research Laboratories, Inc.
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>Kanwar Chadha, Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Sales
>SiRF Technology, Inc.
> Pre-fetching and Web Caching
>Nomadic users are faced with varying degrees of bandwidth availability and
>often find themselves completely disconnected. The nomadic user should be
>able to continue to operate transparently even when disconnected from the
>Internet! In order to continue to operate efficiently in a low bandwidth or
>disconnected fashion, files or web pages can be replicated, cached, or
>stored on the local machine to allow the user to continue to operate. This
>session describes the various techniques and solutions which provide
>pre-fetching, web caching, and disconnected operation.
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>Steve Cappo, Product Manager - Weblicator, Lotus Development
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>Murray Mazer, Open Group Research Institute
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>Bill Schilit, FX Palo Alto Laboratory
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>Eric Brewer, EECS Dept., University of California Berkeley=20
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>2:15 -
>2:40  Break=20
>2:40 -
>4:10  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
>=A0 =A0 Wireless ATM
>This session will cover the synergies between ATM and radio and the
>implications to users of portable and wearable devices inherent in the
>convergence of ATM and IP. The advantages of Wireless ATM are not limited
>to the extension of ATM networks over radio links, but rather allow the
>introduction of a wide varitey of new techniques that enhance the network,
>applications, and usability. Session participants will explore these areas
>and their interactions.
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>Tom Freeburg, VP & Officer of the Technical Staff, Motorola
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>Bernard Herscovich, Asst. VP of Wireless Networks, Newbridge Networks Corp.
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>Arup Acharya, Systems Architecture Group, C&C Research Labs, NEC USA
> Mobile Application Protocols: LDAP, IMAP, and ROAMOPS
>Nomadic users are faced with different computing environments, different
>network services, and different communication alternatives. In order to be
>able to deal with such nomadic communication and computing challenges,
>protocols which provide mobile application support need to be developed. In
>this session, we will be addressing how applications can be developed and
>protocols utilized to provide a manageable environment for the nomad. For
>example, ROAMOPS enables Internet Roaming, the Lightweight Directory Access
>Protocol (LDAP) provides directory service standards, and the Internet
>Message Access Protocol (IMAP) provides support for multiple e-mail users
>to access their e-mail as though they were local.
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>Tim Howes, Directory Service Architect, Netscape
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>Dave Crocker, Brandenburg Consulting=20
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>Glenn Zorn, Microsoft Corporation
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>4:10 -
>4:20  Break=20
>4:20 -
>4:50  Special Update of the Mobile Network Computer Reference Specification
>(MNCRS)
>Gabriel Montenegro, Sun Microsystems
>Jackson Wong, Sun Microsystems
>Henry Chang, IBM
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>4:50 -
>7:00  Reception and Exhibits=20
>Wednesday , August 27=20
>7:30 -
>8:30  Continental Breakfast=20
>8:30 -
>9:30  Nomadic Devices and How They Live in Cyberspace
>This session will address the wide range of devices proposed to allow users
>to be nomadic while utilizing the internet. It will explore the devies
>themselves and how they can communicate with the rest of the Internet. We
>will examine some application senarios that range from those currently
>being tried to "Snow Crash" like systems with virtual worlds and people. A
>range of technical and societal issues such as security, addressing, costs
>and privacy will be examined as to how they effect Nomadic computing now
>and in the future .
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>David Farber, University of Pennsylvania
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>9:30 -
>10:15   Industry Outlook
>This session will provide an overview of the mobile data sector,
>delineating the factors that will drive market acceptance and offering some
>projections as to what applications will be demanded by the various
>segments: corporate, mobile professional, and consumer.=20
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>James (Seamus) McAteer, Consultant, Business Intelligence Center, SRI
>Consulting
>John Zahurancik, Wireless Internet Analyst, The Strategis Group
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>10:15 -
>10:45  Break=20
>10:45 -
>12:45  The Mobile-Aware Internet: IPv6 and Mobile IP
>Mobile IP opens the doors towards seamless roaming and application
>transparency for nomadic users. In this session, the base protocol and some
>associated technologies are covered. Charles Perkins, closely involved with
>the IETF working group effort that produced the Mobile IP Proposed Standard
>protocol, first gives an overview of the base protocol, and some aspects of
>route optimization that will eventually augment the network efficiency of
>the base protocol. Gabriel Montenegro, who is also involved with the mobile
>IP working group, then describes some of the current security challenges
>and solutions for the use of Mobile IP in the face of enterprise protection
>by firewalls and ingress filtering at the border routers.=20
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>David Johnson, one of the early researchers involved with mobile IP and
>co-author of the current IETF draft for IPv6 mobility, describes the
>proposed mechanisms to support mobility, and the natural way that IPv6 is
>suited for the task.
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>The Service Location Protocol (SLP) has been developed to support the
>establishment of connections between network client and service, and James
>Kempf will present his perspective on the way that Java clients can expect
>to make use of SLP to satisfy their service needs automatically.
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>Charles E. Perkins, Technology Development Group, Sun Microsystems
>David B. Johnson, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
>James Kempf is with the Technology Development Group, Sun Microsystems
>Gabriel Montenegro, Advanced Development Group - Nomadics, Sun Microsystems
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>12:45 -
>1:45  Lunch=20
>1:45 -
>3:15   Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
>=A0 =A0 Integrating Wireless LAN Technologies
>"Why has wireless data been so promising, yet so far been so unsuccessful?"
>The panelists will review the state-of-the-art in wireless data, and
>evaluate why the technology has had limited success to date. They will also
>describe challenges faced by wireless data systems, such as coverage,
>interoperability, and performance, and will suggest solutions to these
>challenges based on developments from their own leading research
laboratories.
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>R. H. Katz, Panel Chair, University of California, Berkeley
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>B. R. Badrinath, Rutgers University
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>M. G. Baker, Stanford University
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>J. J. Garcia-Luna, University of California, Santa Cruz=20
> IP Security=20
>For companies interested in establishing an Internet presence, security is
>a major concern. To address the problem, several security proposals have
>emerged including IPSEC (IP Security), SOCKS, SSL (Secure Session Layer),
>PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail), etc. These mechanisms offer different
>trade-offs in terms of transparency to applications, traffic overhead, and
>ease of implementation (some require changes to the operating system while
>others can be layered on top of the transport layer without altering the
>operating system). This session will provide an overview of Internet
>security technologies and compare their relative advantages and
disadvantages.
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>Vipul Gupta, Sun Microsystems and State University of New York
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>John Zao, Advanced Networking Dept., BBN
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>Evan Kaplan, President & CEO
>Aventail Corporation
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>3:15 -
>3:45  Break=20
>3:45 -
>4:30  XIWT Nomadicity Working Team UpdateNomadicity's fluid technological
>underpinnings are kept in turmoil as much by government and industry
>dynamics as by technological innovation. The Nomadicity Working Group of
>the Cross Industry Working Team (XIWT), housed within the Center for
>National Research Initiates (CNRI), has worked for several years to
>understand, clarify, and communicate the concepts which define nomadicity.
>The group is now actively engaged in production of a nomadicity reference
>model which architects nomadicity-specific structures and relates them to
>existing technologies. This presentation is a report on the state of that
>effort.=20
>Frank Prince, Hewlett Packard=20
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>Thursday, August 28=20
>7:30 -
>8:30  Registration and Continental Breakfast=20
>8:30 -
>10:00  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
>=A0 =A0 Ad Hoc Networks: Creating a Network on the Fly
>Ad Hoc Networks enable communications among mobile users without requiring
>a fixed backbone or infrastructure. These dynamically created networks,
>usually connected by wireless links, adapt to topology change when mobile
>hosts and even mobile routers move. Ad hoc networks can operate in a
>standalone fashion, part of an intranet or part of an integrated internet
>providing mobile nodes to be more than one hop away from the fixed network.
>Issues discussed in this session include various adaptive routing protocols
>and techniques, resource discovery, and resource reservation for ad hoc
>networks.
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>Joel Short, VP & CTO, Nomadix LLC
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>M. Scott Corson, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland
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>Bob O'Hara, President
>Informed Technology, Inc.
> QoS and Mobile Multimedia
>Allowing users to roam with their computers while continuing to access
>services on the wired network introduces problems due to highly variable
>connectivity and changing service environments. Many traditional
>applications can try to mask these effects, for example, by hoarding files
>or deferring communication or retransmission operations. The real-time
>nature of multimedia services renders many such options unattractive. This
>session will discuss issues of providing QoS for mobile multimedia
>services, including the design of packet telephony services and an
>application program interface (API) that allows applications to be kept
>aware of current network performance metrics, and by having the
>applications adapt their behavior to the current characteristics of the
>connection available to them.
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>Thomas Kunz, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
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>Cormac Sreenan, AT&T Labs Research
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>Andrew Lippman, MIT Media Lab
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>10:00 -
>10:20  Break=20
>10:20 -
>11:20   Executive Plenary: Integrating the Protocol Stack
>This session will discuss bridges between the two tracks of this
>conference, namely, Nomadic Network Support and Nomadic Application
>Support. One of the key problems facing the nomad today is the lack of
>interoperability of the "piece parts" that are rolling out from the
>vendors. Only through an integrated view, such as this session provides,
>can the technology provide effective solutions to the nomad's needs.
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>Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, Computer Science Dept., UCLA
>George Abe, Global Alliances Staff, Cisco Systems
>A.J. Dennis, Corporate Strategist, Novell
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