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SUMMARY The Technical Committee on Communication BehaviorEngineering addresses the research question "How do we construct a communication network system that includes users?". The growth in highly functional networks and terminals has brought about greater diversity in users' lifestyles and freed people from the restrictions of time and place. Under this situation, the similarities of human behavior cause traffic aggregation and generate new problems in terms of the stabilization of network service quality. This paper summarizes previous studies relevant to communication behavior from a multidisciplinary perspective and discusses the research approach adopted by the Technical Committee on Communication Behavior Engineering.

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We have developed a novel method for the selective deposition of thin films on the vertical surface of a planar substrate with a vertical step. This was done with a dual-ion-beam sputtering apparatus that is equipped with two ion-beam sources. Using this technique a multilayer filter was monolithically formed on the vertical surface of a Si substrate on which a photodetector had been fabricated, and clear filtering-photodetecting characteristics were observed. This technique can be applied to the monolithic integration of thin-film devices and waveguide-type optical devices with a vertical end facet.