Foundations and Trends® in Networking

Foundations and Trends® in Networking publishes survey and tutorial articles on all aspects of computer networking, issued by Now Publishers since 2004.《网络基础与趋势》刊载计算机网络的综述与教程文章，由 Now Publishers 自 2004 年起出版。

Each issue is an in depth monograph written by one author or a small group, and each is reviewed before it appears.每一期都是由一位作者或一个小组撰写的深入专著，出版之前都经过评审。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the second quartile of computer science, hardware and architecture.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在计算机科学硬件与体系结构类目中列第二区。

Scope

• The journal publishes survey and tutorial articles rather than short reports, and each piece is meant to teach a subject from the ground up.该刊刊载综述与教程文章而非简短报告，每一篇都意在从根上讲清一个题目。

• Computer networking supplies the subject, and the journal treats it as the practice of connecting two or more devices so that they may exchange data and share resources.计算机网络是该刊的题目，刊物把它视为把两台或更多设备连接起来、以便交换数据与共享资源的实践。

• Communication protocols are central, and an article is expected to set out the rules by which devices agree how to talk.通信协议居于中心，文章须讲清设备之间约定如何交谈所依据的规则。

• Physical connections and wireless links are both covered, and the journal follows a design from the cable or the antenna upward.有线连接与无线链路都得到覆盖，该刊追踪某一设计自线缆或天线向上的全过程。

• Network architecture is a standing subject, and the journal takes tutorials that lay out how a network is organised.网络体系结构是常设题目，该刊收载讲清网络如何组织的教程。

• Software defined networking is among the themes that have been treated, and the journal has carried an article on its architecture, protocols and applications.软件定义网络属于曾被处理的题目，该刊就它的体系结构、协议与应用刊载过文章。

• Wireless networking appears regularly, and articles on resource allocation and on cross layer control have appeared in the series.无线网络定期出现，关于资源分配与跨层控制的文章曾见于该系列。

• Co-design of sensing and communication is admitted, and a recent tutorial took in robotic coordination for autonomous multi-agent systems.感知与通信的协同设计也在接纳之列，近期一篇教程涉及自主多智能体系统的机器人协同。

• Ad hoc and sensor networks have been studied in the journal, and scaling laws for such networks were set out in one of its monographs.自组网与传感器网络在该刊得到研究，这类网络的伸缩律曾在其一篇专著中给出。

• Traffic and performance are treated as subjects, and articles on the flow of data through a network are admitted.流量与性能自成一个选题，关于数据流经网络的文章也在接纳之列。

• Theoretical work is admitted beside the practical, and a tutorial is expected to join the two.理论与实务并重，所选教程要求把二者连接起来。

• Monographs are long enough to develop an argument, and each one is catalogued both as a journal issue and as a book.专著篇幅足以展开一套论证，每一篇既按期刊期号、也按图书编目。

• The readership is drawn from networking research and from the engineering of networks, and the series is meant to serve both.读者来自网络研究与网络工程两方面，这一系列意在同时服务两者。

• A monograph in the series may run to a hundred pages or more, which is the room needed to set a subject out properly.该系列的一部专著可以长达百页以上，这正是把一个题目讲到位所需的篇幅。

• Network security has been treated in the series, and monographs on the trust placed in a protocol have appeared.网络安全在该系列中得到处理，关于对协议所寄信任的专著曾经出现。

• Content distribution and caching form a subject, and the series has carried tutorials on how a network serves many readers at once.内容分发与缓存自成一个选题，该系列曾刊载网络如何同时服务众多读者的教程。

• Mobile and cellular networks are covered, and the series has taken in the design questions raised by a network whose endpoints move.移动与蜂窝网络得到覆盖，该系列收载端点移动的网络所提出的设计问题。

• The economics of networking are admitted, and a monograph may weigh a technical choice against what it costs to run.网络的经济学也在接纳之列，一部专著可以把某项技术选择与运行成本相权衡。

• Measurement studies are taken, and a survey may gather what has been learned from operating a large network.测量研究受到收载，一篇综述可以汇集运营大型网络所得到的认识。

• Foundational material is welcome, since the series is meant to give a newcomer a way into a subject that has grown difficult.基础性材料受到欢迎，因为该系列意在为初来者提供进入一个已变得艰深题目的门径。

• The series is cited in the engineering literature, and its monographs are used in graduate courses as well as in research.该系列被工程文献引用，其专著既用于研究，也用于研究生课程。

History

• The series began in 2004, when the publisher appointed Anthony Ephremides as its first editor.这一系列始于 2004 年，出版方当时任命（Anthony Ephremides）为首任主编。

• It was brought out by a young publisher, Now, which had started the Foundations and Trends idea only about two years before.它由一家年轻的出版方 Now 推出，后者大约两年前才开创基础与趋势这一构想。

• The idea was unusual at the time, in that each issue is a single monograph, thoroughly reviewed and issued as both a journal number and a book.这一构想在当时并不常见，每一期都是单篇专著，经彻底评审，既作期刊期号也作图书发行。

• Sister series were started in communications and information theory and in stochastic systems, and the networking series followed the same pattern.通信与信息理论、随机系统等姊妹系列相继创办，网络系列也循同一格局。

• The publisher works from Boston in the United States and from Delft in the Netherlands, and the imprint carries both cities.出版方在美国波士顿与荷兰代尔夫特两地办公，出版信息同时带有这两个城市。

• The journal is issued four times a year, and each issue runs as a self contained treatment of one question.该刊每年出版四期，每一期都是对某一问题的自足处理。

• The print number is 1554-057X and the electronic number is 1554-0588.印刷版编号为 1554-057X，电子版编号为 1554-0588。

• The title is listed in the emerging sources citation index, and it also appears in Scopus and in the engineering indexes.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，也见于 Scopus 与各工程类索引。

• The impact indicator has stood at 1.3 and then 3.3 in the two editions that record a figure.在有记录的两年版本中，影响因子先为 1.3，后为 3.3。

• Most of the content is now free to read, and the series is offered through the publisher's open arrangements.该系列的大部分内容如今可免费阅读，并通过出版方的开放安排提供。

• The series is issued alongside its siblings under a single house, and the recent pages carry the branding of a larger publishing group.该系列与它的姊妹刊在同一出版方旗下发行，近期页面带有更大出版集团的品牌标识。

• The series is read by researchers who need a firm footing in a neighbouring subject, and it is written with that reader in mind.该系列面向需要在邻近题目上站稳脚跟的研究者，写作时也以这类读者为念。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Anthony Ephremides of the University of Maryland, who has led the series since it was started.主编是马里兰大学的（Anthony Ephremides），他自该系列创办起便主持其事。

• The editor has worked on queuing, on multiple access and on the stability of networks, which suits a series given to theory stated plainly.主编曾在排队论、多址接入与网络稳定性方面工作，这与一个致力于把理论讲明白的系列相称。

• An editorial board supports the editor, and its members are drawn from networking research in several countries.一支编委会为主编提供支持，成员来自数个国家的网络研究界。

• Topics are proposed rather than simply submitted, and a prospective author is expected to make a case for a monograph before writing it.选题以提议而非径直投稿的方式进行，拟作者在动笔之前须先论证一部专著的必要。

• Each accepted piece is thoroughly reviewed, and the review is meant to test whether the treatment will serve a reader who is new to the subject.每一篇获收的稿件都经彻底评审，评审意在检验该处理能否服务初识此题的读者。

• The series offers authors a longer form than a paper allows, and the editorial line favours clarity over compression.该系列为作者提供比论文更长的篇幅，编辑方针偏好清晰而非压缩。

• Authors are expected to place the work in the context of what is already known, since a survey is judged by what a reader learns.作者须把工作放进已有知识的脉络之中，因为综述是按读者学到什么来评判的。

• The publisher handles production and distribution, and each monograph is made available both as an issue and as a stand alone book.出版方负责制作与发行，每部专著既作为期号、也作为单行本提供。

• Open access arrangements apply to much of the series, and the publisher sets out the terms on its own pages.开放获取安排适用于该系列的大部分内容，出版方在自身页面上说明条款。

• The editorial office answers queries by email and guides an author from a proposal through to a finished monograph.编辑部以电子邮件答复查询，并引导作者从提议走到成书。