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This is a good report highlighting some of the research areas
that networking researchers need to concentrate on. It has pointed out
especially three areas: 1. Measurement: "A day in the lif of
the Internet", 2. Modelling: Modelling the traffic patterns, so that
they can be more useful, 3. Introducing disruptive technologies.
You can read the report here
Below is a brief abstract for future reference.
ABSTRACT:
This report is the result of a new approach by the Computer
Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National
Research Council to developing research agendas in key areas
of information technology. Typically, only the members of a particular
research community participate in defining an agenda for
their future research activities. CSTB convened a small
workshop in which more than half of the attendees were researchers in
other
fields. The
premise behind this approach was that working together with a smaller number of
network research insiders, these outsiders?people whose
primary research interests were not in networking but who
represented instead additional subdisciplines of computer science, as well as
other disciplines such as Earth science, economics, and
information studies?would function much like a visiting
committee, providing a fresh perspective on research topics and directions
and helping to stimulate development of a strategic view of
future research directions. CSTB picked networking as the
subject of this board-initiated project?the first in a planned series of
workshops?since it is a field that has enjoyed both success
and great attention due to its most visible creation, the
Internet. As this report illustrates, it is also a compelling field in which to
explore alternative research visions because that very
success has constrained some avenues of research....
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