The Internet Protocol Journal) is a quarterly technical publication containing tutorial articles (“What is…?”) as well as implementation and operation articles (“How to…”). The journal provides articles about all aspects of Internet technology. IPJ is not intended to promote any specific products or services, but rather is intended to serve as an informational and educational resource for engineering professionals involved in the design, development, and operation of public and private internets and intranets. In addition to feature-length articles, IPJ contains technical updates, book reviews, announcements, opinion columns, and letters to the Editor.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Access and infrastructure technologies such as: Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, xDSL, cable, fiber optics, satellite, and mobile wireless.
• Transport and interconnection functions such as: switching, routing, tunneling, protocol transition, multicast, and performance.
• Network management, administration, and security issues, including: authentication, privacy, encryption, monitoring, firewalls, troubleshooting, and mapping.
• Value-added systems and services such as: Virtual Private Networks, resource location, caching, client/server systems, distributed systems, cloud computing, and quality of service.
• Application and end-user issues such as: E-mail, Web authoring, server technologies and systems, electronic commerce, and application management.
• Legal, policy, regulatory and governance topics such as: copyright, content control, content liability, settlement charges, resource allocation, and trademark disputes in the context of internetworking.
IPJ will pay a stipend of US$1000 for published, feature-length articles. For further information regarding article submissions, please contact Ole J. Jacobsen, Editor and Publisher. Ole can be reached at ole@protocoljournal.org or olejacobsen@me.com