通信專業(yè)研究生研究方向展望

瀏覽了一下IEEE Communications Society 07年通信年會(huì)指南，現(xiàn)摘錄其中的部分內(nèi)容，給報(bào)考通信專業(yè)的同學(xué)拋磚引玉。。。

會(huì)議主題 "Smart Communications Technologies for Tomorrow" (未來智能通信技術(shù))

雖然我不知道具體的內(nèi)容，但以下幾百個(gè)方向應(yīng)該是通信專業(yè)最前沿的研究課題了。

紅色部分是我自己翻譯的。

1 COMMUNICATIONS QoS, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MODELLING (通信質(zhì)量、可靠性和性能建模)

The symposium deals with performance issues for enabling current and next-generation networks and services.

Topics of Interest
1) Qos in Multimedia Networks , VoIP QoS (多媒體網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)質(zhì)量,IP語音服務(wù)質(zhì)量)
2) QoS in the Internet   (Internet服務(wù)質(zhì)量)
3) QoS and Routing, MPLS, Multicast Service (路由和服務(wù)質(zhì)量,數(shù)字證明學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng),多點(diǎn)傳送服務(wù))
4) QoS Metrics ()
5) QoS of Network services, VPN, WEB (網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)質(zhì)量,虛擬專用網(wǎng)絡(luò),WEB)
6) QoS for Wireless Networks including Mobile and Sensor Networks (無線網(wǎng)絡(luò)包括移動(dòng)和傳感器網(wǎng)絡(luò)的服務(wù)質(zhì)量)
7) QoS Aspects for PSTN /IP-NW Interworking (PSTN/IP-NW交互工作的服務(wù)質(zhì)量)
8) QoS Network Architectures (服務(wù)質(zhì)量網(wǎng)絡(luò)結(jié)構(gòu))
9) Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability (服務(wù)質(zhì)量和可靠性的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化)
10) Traffic Modeling and characterization (交通建模和特征)
11) Traffic Control  (交通控制)
12) Performance Modeling (性能建模)
13) Network Design  (網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)計(jì))
14) Simulation techniques (仿真技術(shù))
15) Measurements techniques (測量技術(shù))
16) Tools and software for Performance Evaluation (性能評估的工具和軟件)
17) Satellite network and transport protocols (衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)和傳輸協(xié)議)
18) QoS-oriented solutions for IP over satellite (衛(wèi)星IPQos導(dǎo)向的解決方案)
19) Satellite/terrestrial QoS mapping (衛(wèi)星/陸地Qos映射)
20) Satellite adaptation layers and interfaces (衛(wèi)星適應(yīng)層和分界面)
21) Reliable satellite transport architectures (可靠衛(wèi)星傳輸結(jié)構(gòu))
22) End-to-end QoS satellite architectures (端對端Qos衛(wèi)星結(jié)構(gòu))
23) QoS signaling over satellite networks  (衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的Qos信號)
24) Peer-to-peer application over satellite (通過衛(wèi)星的點(diǎn)對點(diǎn)應(yīng)用)
25) Satellite call admission control  (衛(wèi)星電話接入控制)
26) QoS routing in satellite networks  (衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)的Qos路由)
27) Satellite resource allocation and planning (衛(wèi)星資源分配和計(jì)劃)
28) Network management in satellite networks (衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的網(wǎng)絡(luò)管理)
29) Emerging standards over Satellite  (衛(wèi)星中的Emerging標(biāo)準(zhǔn))

2 COMMUNICATIONS THEORY (通信理論)

This symposium welcomes original research papers on theoretical and applied aspects of wireless, mobile and wireline communication systems. Topics-of-interest address a wide range of physical layer issues including modulation, coding (such as turbo, LDPC, space-time, concatenated aspects), joint source-channel coding, synchronization, equalization (including soft and turbo-equalization), channel estimation, interference avoidance and advanced multiple access strategies. Theoretical performance analysis and design issues of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, ultrawideband (UWB) transmission, optical communication (such as optical CDMA, wireless optical) and cooperative diversity (including diversity/multiplexing tradeoffs, distributed coding and signal processing as applied to ad-hoc and sensor networks) will be also featured. Research results on communication theory aspects of genetics, bioinformatics and quantum information processing are warmly welcome as well.

Topics of Interest
1) Turbo, LDPC, space-time and other designs of channel codes (Turbo,LDPC,空時(shí)及其它信道碼設(shè)計(jì))
2) Iterative detection and decoding for concatenated systems (連接系統(tǒng)的迭代檢測和解碼)
3) Space-time coding and processing (空時(shí)編碼和處理)
4) MIMO system design and analysis (多輸入多輸出系統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì)和分析)
5) Low complexity decoding algorithms  (低復(fù)雜度解碼算法)
6) Distributed coding and processing: ad-hoc and sensor networks  (分布式編碼和處理:ad-hoc和傳感器網(wǎng)絡(luò))
7) Source Compression and joint source/channel coding  (信源壓縮和聯(lián)合信源/信道編碼)
8) OFDM and multi-carrier methods 正交頻分復(fù)用和多載波方法)
9) CDMA and multi-user detection (CDMA和多用戶檢測)
10) Diversity, cooperative systems and diversity/multiplexing tradeoff (多樣性,合作系統(tǒng)和多樣性/多路交換技術(shù))
11) Interference cancellation and avoidance (干擾消除和抑制)
12) UWB systems and analysis (超寬帶系統(tǒng)和分析)
13) Soft and traditional equalization/decoding  (軟-傳統(tǒng)均衡/解碼)
14) Adaptive systems for communications (通信中的自適應(yīng)系統(tǒng))

3 COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SECURITY (計(jì)算機(jī)和通信網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全)

With the advent of pervasive computer in communications networks and the proliferation of heterogeneous networks, network security has become paramount. The proposed Communications and Computer Network Security Symposium will address aspects of modeling, design, implementation, deployment, network management, and security algorithms, protocols, architectures, systems and testbeds. Original papers are invited in the area of network security, source authentication, protocols, data encryption algorithms, attack scenarios, source mimicking, denial of service, countermeasure scenarios, link layer security, and so on. Furthermore, contributions devoted to the evaluation, optimization, or enhancement of security mechanisms for current technologies as well as devising efficient security and privacy solutions for emerging technologies are solicited.

Topics of Interest
1) 3G, 4G security
2) 802.11 security, 802.11i
3) Ad hoc network security
4) Advance cryptography and Quantum cryptography
5) Application/network penetration testing
6) Authentication protocols
7) Biometric security: technologies, risks and vulnerabilities
8) Bluetooth security
9) Computer communication security
10) Computer and network forensics
11) Critical infrastructure security
12) Cryptography Issues
13) Data and system integrity
14) Deployment and management of computer/network security policies
15) Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDOS) attacks and countermeasures
16) Distributed systems security
17) DNS spoofing and security
18) Encryption standards
19) Encryption vulnerabilities
20) Financial cryptosystems
21) Firewalls
22) Formal trust models
23) Information hiding and watermarking
24) Intrusion detection, localization, and avoidance
25) IPv6 security, IPSec
26) Key distribution methods and management
27) Light-weight cryptography
28) Message authentication
29) Mobile code security
30) Network security metrics and performance evaluation
31) Network traffic analysis techniques
32) Operating System(OS) security and log analysis tools
33) Optical Network security
34) Peer-to-peer systems
35) Public-key cryptography
36) Quantum cryptography and implementation platforms
37) Quantum Key Distribution methods
38) Revocation of malicious parties
39) Robust Security Network (RSN)
40) Secure naming
41) Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
42) Security modeling and protocol design
43) Security specification techniques
44) Self-healing networks
45) Sensor network security
46) Single- and multi-source intrusion detection and response (automation)
47) Smart cards and secure hardware
48) Source and link authentication
49) Symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography
50) Testbeds
51) Transport Layer Security (TLS)
52) Trust establishment
53) Upper-layer authentication
54) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
55) Vulnerability, exploitation tools, and virus/worm analysis
56) Web, e-commerce, m-commerce, and e-mail security
57) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)