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Some Issues on Computer Networks: Architecture and Key Technologies

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The evolution of computer networks has experienced several major steps, and research focus of each step has been kept changing and evolving, from ARPANET to OSI/RM, then HSN (high speed network) and HPN (high performance network). During the evolution, computer networks represented by Internet have made great progress and gained unprecedented success. However, with the appearance and intensification of tussle, along with the three difficult problems (service customizing, resource control and user management) of modern network, it is found that traditional Internet and its architecture no longer meet the requirements of next generation network. Therefore, it is the next generation network that current Internet must evolve to. With the mindset of achieving valuable guidance for research on next generation network, this paper firstly analyzes some dilemmas facing current Internet and its architecture, and then surveys some recent influential research work and progresses in computer networks and related areas, including new generation network architecture, network resource control technologies, network management and security, distributed computing and middleware, wireless/mobile network, new generation network services and applications, and foundational theories on network modeling. Finally, this paper concludes that within the research on next generation network, more attention should be paid to the high availability network and corresponding architecture, key theories and supporting technologies.

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Survey: This research is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No.90604003 and No.90604004, and by the National Grand Fundamental Research 973 Program of China under Grant No.2003CB314801.

Guan-Qun Gu graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology (now renamed as Southeast University), China, in 1962. He is currently with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, China, as a professor and holds the president of Southeast University. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has published more than 100 papers in referred journals and 6 books on computer networking and applications. His current research interests include computer networks, computer-integrated manufacturing systems, network service platform and network applications.

Jun-Zhou Luo received his B.S. degree in applied mathematics, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science, all from Southeast University, China, in 1982, 1992 and 2000, respectively. As a principal investigator, he completed 20 national and provincial projects in the past 18 years. He published over 270 journal and conference papers on computer network. Now he is a professor and the dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University. His research interests include protocol engineering, network security, network management, and grid computing.

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Gu, GQ., Luo, JZ. Some Issues on Computer Networks: Architecture and Key Technologies. J Comput Sci Technol 21, 708–722 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11390-006-0708-2

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