Books and articles I like

Books I like (Academic)

1. "Algorithm Design" by Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos
2. "Algorithms" by S. Dasgupta, C. Papadimitriou, U. Vazirani
3. "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Sheldon Axler
4. "Linear Algebra" by Friedberg, Insel and Spence
5. "Communication Networking : An Analytical Approach" by Anurag Kumar, D. Manjunath and Joy Kuri
6. "Calculus I" and "Calculus II" by Tom Apostol (Useful for non-mathematicians)
7. "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos" by Steven Strogatz

Useful Links for a communication networks research

A list of "classical" communication networks papers from homepage of Dr. Henning Schulzrinne

Miscellaneous Articles

"You and Your Research" by Richard Hamming