Links and Networking

1)wireless/mobile
2) voice
3) security
4) operating system and protocols
5) storage area networking
6) switching and routing
7) optical networking

all of the above
They are different layers though, so depending on what are you asking for.

1) Physical interconnection between to devices with no wires, hot topic.
2) Compression algorithms and Quality of Service. Hot topic
3). Security. Always a hot topic
4). Quality of service again, congestion control, mechanisms to avoid packet losses and network collapse. Old topic but still warm
5). You mean NAS? This is an application of several of the others. Interesting concept.
6). Always a hot topic. With wireless ad-hoc networks, even more. Routing has been always an interesting problem, and tons of people work on developing a good strategy to route across wireless only environments (ad-hoc)
7). Exploiting the high bandwidth capabilities of FO is certainly a hot topic. Higher speeds are important for big backbone networks for internet. Perhaps not a niche market for consumer products yet. Still very important.

One Response

1. Ivan B Says:
   March 10th, 2010 at 12:50 am

   all of the above
   They are different layers though, so depending on what are you asking for.

   1) Physical interconnection between to devices with no wires, hot topic.
   2) Compression algorithms and Quality of Service. Hot topic
   3). Security. Always a hot topic
   4). Quality of service again, congestion control, mechanisms to avoid packet losses and network collapse. Old topic but still warm
   5). You mean NAS? This is an application of several of the others. Interesting concept.
   6). Always a hot topic. With wireless ad-hoc networks, even more. Routing has been always an interesting problem, and tons of people work on developing a good strategy to route across wireless only environments (ad-hoc)
   7). Exploiting the high bandwidth capabilities of FO is certainly a hot topic. Higher speeds are important for big backbone networks for internet. Perhaps not a niche market for consumer products yet. Still very important.
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