通信專業(yè)研究生研究方向展望
瀏覽了一下IEEE Communications Society 07年通信年會指南，現摘錄其中的部分內容，給報考通信專業(yè)的同學拋磚引玉。。。
會議主題 "Smart Communications Technologies for Tomorrow" (未來智能通信技術)
雖然我不知道具體的內容，但以下幾百個方向應該是通信專業(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 (多媒體網絡服務質量,IP語音服務質量)
2) QoS in the Internet (Internet服務質量)
3) QoS and Routing, MPLS, Multicast Service (路由和服務質量,數字證明學習系統,多點傳送服務)
4) QoS Metrics ()
5) QoS of Network services, VPN, WEB (網絡服務質量,虛擬專用網絡,WEB)
6) QoS for Wireless Networks including Mobile and Sensor Networks (無線網絡包括移動和傳感器網絡的服務質量)
7) QoS Aspects for PSTN /IP-NW Interworking (PSTN/IP-NW交互工作的服務質量)
8) QoS Network Architectures (服務質量網絡結構)
9) Standardization Aspects of QoS and Reliability (服務質量和可靠性的標準化)
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 (網絡設計)
14) Simulation techniques (仿真技術)
15) Measurements techniques (測量技術)
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)星網絡和傳輸協議)
18) QoS-oriented solutions for IP over satellite (衛(wèi)星IPQos導向的解決方案)
19) Satellite/terrestrial QoS mapping (衛(wèi)星/陸地Qos映射)
20) Satellite adaptation layers and interfaces (衛(wèi)星適應層和分界面)
21) Reliable satellite transport architectures (可靠衛(wèi)星傳輸結構)
22) End-to-end QoS satellite architectures (端對端Qos衛(wèi)星結構)
23) QoS signaling over satellite networks (衛(wèi)星網絡中的Qos信號)
24) Peer-to-peer application over satellite (通過衛(wèi)星的點對點應用)
25) Satellite call admission control (衛(wèi)星電話接入控制)
26) QoS routing in satellite networks (衛(wèi)星網絡的Qos路由)
27) Satellite resource allocation and planning (衛(wèi)星資源分配和計劃)
28) Network management in satellite networks (衛(wèi)星網絡中的網絡管理)
29) Emerging standards over Satellite (衛(wèi)星中的Emerging標準)
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,空時及其它信道碼設計)
2) Iterative detection and decoding for concatenated systems (連接系統的迭代檢測和解碼)
3) Space-time coding and processing (空時編碼和處理)
4) MIMO system design and analysis (多輸入多輸出系統設計和分析)
5) Low complexity decoding algorithms (低復雜度解碼算法)
6) Distributed coding and processing: ad-hoc and sensor networks (分布式編碼和處理:ad-hoc和傳感器網絡)
7) Source Compression and joint source/channel coding (信源壓縮和聯合信源/信道編碼)
8) OFDM and multi-carrier methods 正交頻分復用和多載波方法)
9) CDMA and multi-user detection (CDMA和多用戶檢測)
10) Diversity, cooperative systems and diversity/multiplexing tradeoff (多樣性,合作系統和多樣性/多路交換技術)
11) Interference cancellation and avoidance (干擾消除和抑制)
12) UWB systems and analysis (超寬帶系統和分析)
13) Soft and traditional equalization/decoding (軟-傳統均衡/解碼)
14) Adaptive systems for communications (通信中的自適應系統)
3 COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SECURITY (計算機和通信網絡安全)
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)
