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Harsh environments, non-traditional media, quantum, protocol invention, and emergent networking.

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25 Maritime, Underwater & Harsh-Environment Communications

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  1. 25.01Underwater acoustic networking
  2. 25.02Underwater optical communication
  3. 25.03Specialized underwater RF
  4. 25.04Hybrid acoustic-optical routing
  5. 25.05AUV networks
  6. 25.06Buoy relay networks
  7. 25.07Marine DTN
  8. 25.08Ocean sensor networks
  9. 25.09Offshore-platform networking
  10. 25.10Shipboard networking
  11. 25.11Arctic/polar communications
  12. 25.12Subsea cable monitoring
  13. 25.13Ocean Network Weather
  14. 25.14Autonomous maritime mesh
  15. 25.15Port networking
  16. 25.16Underwater localization/timing
  17. 25.17Disaster ocean communications
  18. 25.18Marine RF propagation
  19. 25.19Underwater digital twins
  20. 25.20Ocean-space networking

27 Visible Light, Acoustic & Non-Traditional Communications

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  1. 27.01Visible Light Communication
  2. 27.02LiFi
  3. 27.03Infrared communications
  4. 27.04Ultraviolet communications
  5. 27.05Acoustic networking
  6. 27.06Vibration-based communications
  7. 27.07Molecular communications
  8. 27.08Magnetic-induction networking
  9. 27.09Near-field communications
  10. 27.10Backscatter networking
  11. 27.11Ambient communications
  12. 27.12Power-line communications
  13. 27.13Body-area networks
  14. 27.14Implant communications
  15. 27.15Underground communications
  16. 27.16Through-material networking
  17. 27.17Hybrid-medium selection
  18. 27.18Novel-channel measurement
  19. 27.19Extreme low-power protocols
  20. 27.20AI discovery of novel physical communications

33 Quantum, Post-Quantum & Advanced Communications

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  1. 33.01Post-quantum migration
  2. 33.02Quantum-safe VPNs
  3. 33.03Hybrid classical/PQ crypto
  4. 33.04Network crypto inventory
  5. 33.05Quantum key distribution
  6. 33.06Quantum networking
  7. 33.07Quantum repeaters
  8. 33.08Quantum routing
  9. 33.09Quantum network simulation
  10. 33.10Classical control planes for quantum networks
  11. 33.11Quantum network timing
  12. 33.12Satellite quantum communications
  13. 33.13Quantum observability
  14. 33.14Quantum-safe device lifecycle
  15. 33.15Post-quantum PKI
  16. 33.16Delay-tolerant PQ security
  17. 33.17AI quantum scheduling
  18. 33.18Hybrid quantum/classical applications
  19. 33.19Quantum network twins
  20. 33.20Quantum Internet architecture

35 Protocol Invention, Standards & Future Network Science

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  1. 35.01Autonomous standards scout
  2. 35.02Standards gap detection
  3. 35.03Protocol mutation laboratory
  4. 35.04Machine-discovered routing
  5. 35.05Machine-discovered congestion control
  6. 35.06Self-adapting protocols
  7. 35.07Universal network capability language
  8. 35.08Universal rollback language
  9. 35.09Connectivity intent language
  10. 35.10Delay-aware application interface
  11. 35.11Value-of-information networking
  12. 35.12Semantic networking
  13. 35.13Trust-aware protocol design
  14. 35.14Uncertainty-aware protocols
  15. 35.15Resilience-first protocols
  16. 35.16Intermittency-native protocols
  17. 35.17Energy-native protocols
  18. 35.18Physical-environment-aware protocols
  19. 35.19Agent-to-network protocol
  20. 35.20Research-to-RFC pipeline

36 Bio-Inspired, Emergent & Frontier Networking

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  1. 36.01Digital network immune system
  2. 36.02Network antibodies
  3. 36.03Network vaccination
  4. 36.04Network ecology
  5. 36.05Spectrum ecology
  6. 36.06Swarm networking
  7. 36.07Self-organizing control planes
  8. 36.08Self-growing networks
  9. 36.09Network metabolism
  10. 36.10Neural routing
  11. 36.11Evolutionary network design
  12. 36.12Collective network intelligence
  13. 36.13Multi-agent resource negotiation
  14. 36.14Network reputation systems
  15. 36.15Administrative-domain social graphs
  16. 36.16Network memory compression
  17. 36.17Network dreaming
  18. 36.18Infrastructure imagination engine
  19. 36.19Autonomous Network Scientist
  20. 36.20Self-improving research infrastructure