Jointly sponsored by the IEEE Communications and Computer societies and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), this bimonthly journal reflects the multidisciplinary nature of communications networks. It is committed to the timely publication of high-quality papers that advance the state-of-the-art and practical applications of communication networks. Both theoretical research contributions (presenting new techniques, concepts, or analyses) and applied contributions (reporting on experiences and experiments with actual systems) and tutorial expositions of permanent reference value are published. The topics covered by this journal include:
- Network Architecture and Design, including networks for local, metropolitan or wide areas, Broadband and very high rate networks, data networks, telephone networks, network interconnections, and the performance analysis of these systems.
- Communication Protocols, including the design and analysis of protocols for network access, error recovery, routing, congestion, and flow control; and formal methods for the verification, testing, and conversion of communication protocols.
- Network Software, including distributed processing environments for network systems; network software architecture; network applications, e.g., directory services and call processing; network signaling; and application programming interfaces.
- Network Technologies including the selection and use of different technologies, such as lightwave or radio; switching technologies applied to networks; and network systems integration.
- Network Services and Applications, including connectionless and connection-oriented services; personal, location-independent communications; multimedia services and applications; and the implications of applications on network requirements.
- Network Operations and Management, including operations and management applications, network planning and evolution, network reliability and survivability, and network security.
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