Organizing Committee General Chair: Robert Fish, Panasonic Technologies, USA – robf@research.panasonic.com Technical Program Chair: Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA – m.ulema@ieee.org Technical Program Vice Chair: Guenter Schaefer, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany – schaefer@ee.tu-berlin.de Technical Program Vice Chair: Eric Addeo, Devry College, USA – eaddeo@nj.devry.edu Technical Program Vice Chair: John Barr, Motorola, USA – John.Barr@motorola.com Technology Applications Chair: Alex Gelman, Panasonic Technologies, USA – adg@research.panasonic.com Tutorial Chair: Alan Kaplan, Panasonic Technologies, USA – kaplana@ research.panasonic.com Poster Session Chair: Barcin Kozbe, Ericsson Inc, USA – barcin.kozbe@ericsson.com Keynote and DEP Chair: Maurizio Beltrami, Philips, Netherlands – maurizio.beltrami@philips.com Finance Chair: Heather Yu, Panasonic Technologies, USA – heathery@research.panasonic.com Publicity Chair: Michael Kincaid, MSK & Assicaiates, USA – mkincaid@glownetworks.com Steering Committee Chair: Stan Moyer, Telcordia Technologies, USA – stanm@research.telcordia.com Members: John Barr, Motorola, USA – John.Barr@motorola.com Maurizio Beltrami, Philips, USA – maurizio.beltrami@philips.com Howard Bussey, Kodak, USA – howard.bussey@kodak.com K.C. Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan – chenkc@ieee.org Alex Gelman, Panasonic Technologies, USA – adg@research.panasonic.com Howard Green, Marconi, UK – howard.green@marconi.com Alan Kaplan, Panasonic Technologies, USA – kaplana@research.panasonic.com Dave Marples, Telcordia Technologies, USA – dave@marples.net Naohisa Ohta, Sony, Japan – naohisa@sm.sony.co.jp Curtis Siller, Cetacean Networks, USA – csiller@cetacean.com Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA – m.ulema@ieee.org Heather Yu, Panasonic Technologies, USA – heathery@research.panasonic.com Doug Zuckerman, Doug Zuckerman Associates, USA – W2xd@aol.com IEEE Staff Liaison: Gayle Weisman, IEEE Communications Society – g.weisman@comsoc.org Conference Management: Ana Robicoff, Meetinguides