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The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research

The Best of The Best

Edited by
Tranter, William H., Taylor, Desmond P., Ziemer, Rodger E., Maxemchuk,Nicholas F., Mark, Jon W.

The culmination of a half century’s work from the most distinguished researchers in the communications and networking field.

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) culled five decades’ worth of articles from its various journals to present a through, single-volume retrospective of the most notable works. The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research presents fifty-six papers, divided into two categories-Communications and Networking-and grouped chronologically. This landmark resource provides readers with:

  • Research articles that have set the standard for quality, selected from the most respected journals in the field
  • An introductory essay by the editors that explains the selection process and puts the collection in historic context

Selected by a team of today’s finest researchers in the field, each of the featured articles is a milestone unto itself. For everyone interested in communications and networking research, The Best of Best serves as a guide to the field’s history and as a benchmark for future research.

New York: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2007, pp.692.


Contents
    Physical and Link Layer Aspects of Communications

  1. Ariyavisitaku., Sirikiat Lek., “Turbo space-time processing to improve wireless channel capacity,” IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol. 48, no.8, pp. 1347-1359, Aug. 2000.


  2. Alamouti, Siavash M., “A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 1451-1458, Oct. 1998.


  3. Naguib, Ayman F., Tarokh, Vahid., Seshadri, Nambirajan., and Calderbank, A. Robert., “A space-time coding modem for high-data-rate wireless communications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication,vol.16, no. 8, pp. 1459-1478, Oct. 1998.


  4. Berrou, C. and Glavieux, A., "Near optimum error correcting coding and decoding: turbo-codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communicationsvol. 44, no. 10, pp.1261-1271, Oct. 1996.


  5. Viterbi, A.M. and Viterbi, A.J., “Erlang capacity of a power controlled CDMA system,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.11, no. 6, pp. 892-900, Aug. 1993.


  6. Duel-Hallen, Alexandra., “Decorrelating decision-feedback multiuser detector for synchronous code-division multiple-access channel,” IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol. 41, no. 2, pp.285-290, Feb. 1993.


  7. Brackett, Charles A., “Dense wavelength division multiplexing networks: principles and applications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.8, no. 6, pp. 948-964, Aug.1990.


  8. Lupas, Ruxandra and Verdu, Sergio., "Near-far resistance of multiuser detectors in asynchronouschannels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 496-508, Apr. 1990.


  9. Divsalar, Dariush and Simon, Marvin K., "Multiple-symbol differential detection of MPSK,” IEEETransactions on Communications vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 300-308, Mar. 1990.


  10. Chuang, Justin C-I., The Effects of Time Delay Spread on Portable Radio Communications Channels with Digital Modulation,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, vol.5, no.5, pp. 879-889, Jun.1987.


  11. Saleh, Adel M. and Valenzuela, Reinaldo A., "A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.5, no. 2, pp. 128-137,Feb.1987.


  12. Boehm, Rodney J., Ching, Yau-Chau., Griffith, George C., and Saal, Frederick A., “Standardized Fiber Optic Transmission Systems-A Synchronous Optical Network View,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.4, no. 9, pp. 1424- 1431, Dec.1986.


  13. Cimini, Leonard J., "Analysis and simulation of digital mobile channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.COM-33, no. 7, pp.665-675,Jul.1985.


  14. Forney, David G., Gallager, Robert G., Lang, Gordon R., Longstaff, Fred M., and Qureshi,Shahid U., “Efficient Modulation for Band-Limited Channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.2, no. 5, pp. pp. 632- 647, Sep.1984.


  15. Winters, Jack H., “Optimum Combining in Digital Mobile Radio with Cochannel Interference,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.2, no. 4, pp. 528-539, Jul.1984.


  16. Monsen, Peter., “MMSE Equalization of Interference on Fading Diversity Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.32, no. 1, pp. 5-12, Jan.1984.


  17. Runge, Peter K. and Trischitta, Patrick R., “The SL Undersea Lightguide System,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in communications,vol.1, no. 3, pp. 459- 466, Apr.1983.


  18. Pawula, R. F., Rice, S. O., and Roberts, J. H., “Distribution of the Phase Angle between Two Vectors Perturbed by Gaussian Noise,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.30, no. 8,pp. 1828-1841, Aug. 1982.


  19. Cox, Donald C., “Cochannel Interference Considerations in Frequency Reuse Small-Coverage-Area Radio Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.30, no. 1, part 1, pp. 135-142, Jan. 1982.


  20. Murota, Kazuaki and Hirade, Kenkichi., “GMSK Modulation for Digital Mobile Radio Telephony,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.29, no. 7, pp. 1044-1050, Jul. 1981.


  21. Aulin, Tor and Sundberg, Carl-Erik W., “Continuous Phase Modulation--Part I: Full Response Signaling,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.29, no. 3, pp. 196-209, Mar. 1981.


  22. Aulin, Tor., Rydbeck, Nils., and Sundberg, Carl-Erik W., “Continuous Phase Modulation--Part II: Partial Response Signaling” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.29, no. 3, pp. 210-225, Mar. 1981.


  23. Franks, L. E., “Carrier and Bit Synchronization in Data Communication--A Tutorial Review,” IEEE Transactions on Communications,vol.28, no. 8, part 2, pp. 1107-1121, Aug. 1980.


  24. Jager, Frank De and Dekker, Cornelis B., “Tamed Frequency Modulation, A Novel Method to Achieve Spectrum Economy in Digital Transmission,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.26, no. 5, pp. 534-542, May. 1978.


  25. Pursley, Michael B., “Performance Evaluation for Phase-Coded Spread-Spectrum Multiple-Access Communication--Part I: System Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.25, no. 8, pp. 795-799, Aug. 1977.


  26. Abramson, Norman., “The Throughput of Packet Broadcasting Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.25, no. 1, pp. 117-128, Jan. 1977.


  27. Van Etten, W., “Maximum Likelihood Receiver for Multiple Channel Transmission Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.24, no. 2, pp. 276-283, Feb.1976.


  28. Van Etten, W., “An Optimum Linear Receiver for Multiple Channel Digital Transmission Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.23, no. 8, pp. 828-834, Aug. 1975.


  29. Ungerboeck, Gottfried., “Adaptive Maximum-Likelihood Receiver for Carrier-Modulated Data-Transmission Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.22, no. 5, pp. 624-636, May.1974.


  30. Benedetto, Sergio., De Vincentiis, Girolamo., and Luvison, Angelo., “Error Probability in the Presence of Intersymbol Interference and Additive Noise for Multilevel Digital Signals,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.21, no. 3, pp. 181-190, Mar. 1973.


  31. De Buda, Rudi., “Coherent demodulation of frequency-shift keying with low deviation ratio,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.20, no. 3, part 2, pp. 429-435, Jun. 1972.


  32. Weinstein, S. B. and Ebert, Paul M., “Data Transmission by Frequency-Division Multiplexing Using the Discrete Fourier Transform,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.19, no. 5, part 1, pp. 628-634, Oct. 1971.


  33. Heller, Jerrold A. and Jacobs, Irwin Mark., “Viterbi Decoding for Satellite and Space Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.19, no. 5, part 1, pp. 835-848, Oct. 1971.


  34. Viterbi, Andrew J., “Convolutional Codes and Their Performance in Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.19, no. 5, part 1, pp. 751-772, Oct. 1971.


  35. George, Donald A., Bowen, Robert R., and Storey, John R., “An Adaptive Decision Feedback Equalizer,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.19, no. 3, pp. 281-293, Jun. 1971.


  36. Wintz, Paul A. and Luecke, Edgar J., “Performance of Optimum and Suboptimum Synchronizers,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.17, no. 3, pp. 380-389, Jun. 1969.


  37. Lender, Adam., “Correlative Digital Communication Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.12, no. 4, pp. 128-135, Dec. 1964.


  38. Bello, Philip A., “Characterization of Randomly Time-Variant Linear Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.11, no. 4, pp. 360-393, Dec. 1963.


  39. Arthurs, E. and Dym, H. “On the Optimum Detection of Digital Signals in the Presence of White Gaussian Noise-A Geometric Interpretation and a Study of Three Basic Data Transmission Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.10, no. 4, pp 336-372, Dec.1962.


  40. Hancock, J C. and Lucky, R W., “Performance of Combined Amplitude and Phase-Modulated Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.8, no. 4, pp. 232-237, Dec. 1960.


  41. Costas, J P., “Synchronous Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 99-105, Mar. 1957.



  42. Networking

  43. Leland, Will E., Taqqu, Murad S., Willinger, Walter., and Wilson, Daniel V., “On the self-similar nature of Ethernet traffic (extended version),” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol.2, no.1,pp. 1-15, Feb. 1994.


  44. Parekh, Abhay K. and Gallager, Robert G., “A generalized processor sharing approach to flow control in integrated services networks: the single-node case,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol.1, no.3, pp. 344-357, Jun.1993.


  45. Hahne, Ellen. L., Choudhury, Abhijit K., and Maxemchuk, Nicholas F., “DQDB networks with and without bandwidth balancing,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 40, no.7, pp. 1192-1204, Jul.1992.


  46. Karol, Mark J., Hluchyj, Michael G., and Morgan, Samuel P., Input Versus Output Queueing on a Space-Division Packet Switch,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.35, no. 12, pp. 1347-1356, Dec. 1987.


  47. Maxemchuk, Nicholas F., “Routing in the Manhattan Street Network,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.35, no. 5, pp. 503- 512, May. 1987.


  48. Jaffe, Jeffrey M., “Bottleneck Flow Control,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.29, no. 7,pp. 954- 962, Jul. 1981.


  49. Tymes, La Roy W., “Routing and Flow Control in TYMNET,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.29, no. 4, pp. 392- 398, Apr. 1981.


  50. Zimmermann, Hubert., “OSI Reference Model--The ISO Model of Architecture for Open Systems Interconnection,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.28, no. 4, pp. 425- 432, Apr. 1980.


  51. Merlin, Philip M. and Schweitzer, Paul J., Deadlock Avoidance in Store-and-Forward Networks--I: Store-and-Forward Deadlock,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.28, no. 3, pp. 345- 354, Mar.1980.


  52. Gallager, Robert G., “A Minimum Delay Routing Algorithm Using Distributed Computation,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.25, no. 1, pp. 73- 85, Jan. 1977.


  53. Tobagi, Fouad and Kleinrock, Leonard., “Packet Switching in Radio Channels: Part I--Carrier Sense Multiple-Access Modes and Their Throughput-Delay Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.23, no.12, pp. 1400-1416, Dec. 1975.


  54. Kleinrock, Leonard and Lam, Simon S., “Packet Switching in a Multiaccess Broadcast Channel:Performance Evaluation,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.23, no.04, pp. 410-423, Apr. 1975.


  55. Cerf, Vinton G. and Kahn, Robert E., “A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.22, no. 5, pp. 637-648, May. 1975.


  56. Baran, Paul., “On Distributed Communications Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.12, no. 1, pp. 1-9, Mar. 1964.


  57. Prosser, Reese T., “Routing Procedures in Communications Networks-Part I: Random Procedures,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.10, no. 4, pp. 322-329, Dec. 1962.




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