Suggested Topics for Survey Papers

• Internet measurements: tools and recent statistics
• Recent developments in Internet traffic engineering
• Recent developments in wireless networking (WAP, Bluetooth, etc)
• Recent developments in ad hoc networking and sensor networks
• Recent developments in optical networking (WDM, etc)
• Recent developments in switch/router architectures
• Recent developments in web caching and web server architectures
• Recent developments in voice over the Internet (Internet telephony, RTP, etc)
• Recent developments in video over the Internet (including MBONE, RTP, etc)
• Recent developments on admission and policy control in the Internet
• Recent developments in QoS routing and constrained-based routing
• Recent developments in active network technology
• Recent developments in Internet pricing and charging schemes
• A comparison of buffer management policies (RED, SRED, FRED, BLUE, GREEN, etc)
• A comparison of reliable multicast protocols
• A comparison of multicast congestion control protocols
• A comparison of layered multicast protocols
• ......Any other topic we agree upon

Suggested Topics for Research Projects

• Fast handoff in mobile networks
• Comparison/performance of buffer management policies (RED, SRED, FRED, BLUE, GREEN, etc)
• The TCP Vegas congestion control algorithm
• Forward error correction in reliable multicast protocols (PGM)
• Coordinated congestion control of TCP/UDP sessions (CM-like)
• Differentiated services traffic conditioner design
• Multicast congestion control protocols
• Layered multicast protocols
• Internet measurement tools: a new tool or upgrade of an existing tool
• Tools for Internet simulators/emulators and I/O interfaces to them
• Feedback architectures and their modeling
• TCP congestion control variations (Tahoe, Reno, new Reno, SACK, FACK)
• Voice over IP tools
• Video over IP (congestion management and playback tools)
• Constrained based routing and QoS routing
• Traffic engineering with MPLS
• Security issues
• Mobile ad hoc routing algorithms
• Wireless protocols
• ......Any other topic we agree upon

See "Useful Links" for simulation, implementation and measurements tools, and useful manuals and papers that can help with your project. XINU can be used for some of the implementation projects involving lower layers (let me know if you need a XINU account). Also see Collected advice on research and writing and Writing Technical Articles for helpful hints on writing your paper/report. My notes at The Research Process and Tools may also help you select a topic, find references, etc.