Special Issue on Networks and Communications

摘要

Computer networks have become a part of everyone’s life and the Internet has grown humongously since its inception. Though the underlying purpose of computer networks is resource sharing, the communication paradigm has slowly evolved from the traditional clientserver model to the current peer-to-peer model. Based on the nature of the communication media, computer networks can be fundamentally classified into wired and wireless networks. These two categories of computer networks differ significantly in many aspects including the communication protocols, physical layer technologies, routing protocols, transport protocols, resource constraints, security issues and etc. Several sub-categories of networks have also emerged within the two broad categories of wired and wireless networks. This Special Issue has been conceived to promote state-of-the-art research in computer networks, network protocols, data communication technologies and network security. In this pursuit, we invited papers illustrating research results, projects, surveys and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in several areas related to the above areas. After a thorough review, a total of 15 papers have been selected for publication in the Special Issue. Among these 15 papers, (i) 4 papers are extensions of invited papers from the Second International Conference on Networks and Communications (NetCoM 2010) held in Bangalore from January 2-4, 2011; (ii) 3 papers were selected from a total of 89 papers received in response to the Open Call for the Special Issue; and (iii) 8 papers were selected from a total of 162 papers received in response to the Call for regular issue of IJCNC.