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The Way 4WARD to a Creation of a Future Internet Henrik Abramowicz Ericsson Research EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 Challenging the IP fortress - will this be successful ? IP EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 1

Network (R)Evolution Future Internet Interconnecting Information Sensor Net Mobile networks Future Internet Overlay Networks Google, Akamai…. Appl: Skype, Joost, n o Youtube i t u Tech: BitTorrent l o v ) E ( R Internet Interconnecting hosts Telephony Interconnecting wires EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 Mobile networks (r-) evolution 4th Gen LTE 3rd Gen HSPA 2 nd Gen UMTS 1st Gen GSM Analogue e.g. NMT 2000 2010 80ies 90ies EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 2

The Future Network as we know it � Flexible and participatory – user and provider are dynamically attached roles � Information centric rather than bit centric at the network level � Security that nevertheless keeps the generativity 1 of the network intact � Low cost to access, deploy and operate � ... 1 see Zittrain „The Future of the Internet and how to stop it“ EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 The Facets of 4WARD Business Innovation � Combination of Architecture Framework Socio-Economics clean-slate Network of I nformation approaches Generic Paths to address the Network of the Usage Future � Focus on individual Endpo In Network Management P P Network Virtualisation A int arder Forw innovations P A e c in phase 1 Foldi Point n P A a ng n r e � Size: Roughly v o G 23 M€ Policy � Time 2 years EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 3

D 4 W Business, Society and Regulatory Drivers Policy Governance Regulation � Focus of 4WARD: BM scenarios & Drive innovations into the Concepts and Use Cases network layer to create new Technologies socio-economic opportunities Regulation Requirements scenarios � Network modeling � Network virtualisation � Embedded network Business Models self-management Socio-economic Technologies � Functionally rich Service Usage communication paths � Network of information � More at the BIRD Workshop on 2 October, organized by 4WARD (Business Innovation, Regulation & Dissemination) – Discussion on non-technical driver results with external audience, European Commission and regulation organisations. WS on Socio-Economics in FI, Bled, 1 April 2008 WPx/Slide 7 K.Wuenstel 4WARD Principles � Tenet 1: Let 1000 Networks Bloom � Tenet 2: Let Networks Manage Themselves � Tenet 3: Let a Network Path Be an Active Unit � Tenet 4: Let Networks Be Information-Centric EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 4

Support the Network Architect Requirements Requirements … … (Meta) Modeling Design Process Design Process (including iterations) (including iterations) “Blue Print” Guidelines, Network building blocks … of network architect architecture Composition Inter- of func- operability tionality (CFI) Implementation iterations 4WARD WP2 Framework EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 The Virtual e2e Network Deals with e2e resource • Substrate virtualisation of networking resources Virtualisation of Resources (partitioning of physical infrastructure into “Slices”) Includes wireless • virtualisation Opens the possibility for • Virtualised more radical innovation substrate in the network Provisioning of Virtual Networks Enables migration from • (aggregate “slices” and form virtual networks) “ current Internet Virtual Network Virtual Network Management of Virtual Networks EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 5

Traditional Network Management Analysis and action Managed domain Network element EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 In-network Management Management Notification command Network element Managed with embedded domain management processes Peer-to-peer interaction EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 6

A new transport paradigm: the generic path merge/ network code decode split/ balance code join cooperatively Generic path 1 Generic path 2 Path generalisations in a functional architecture: How to • – Organize cooperation between nodes in a path • Understand their existence, and signaling between nodes – Structure cross-layer information • Find out lower topologies and their capabilities – Control underlay topologies • “Multi-layer routing” • Mobility by generic path • Evaluation in proof-of-concept testbeds EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 The Network of Information • Architecture of a Network of Information • Information modelling A A D D • Basic dissemination D D mechanisms and services C C B B E E • Non-dissemination and delay-sensitive services • Evaluation of the D D A A A approach E E B B B B B B B B E E E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A A A C C C D D EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 7

NetInf architecture overview NetInf NetInf NetInf User A User B User C “Google” for Real World User NetInf objects Operate on object by ID NetInf NetInf Object operations machinery Locate Information • Create ID Object • Publish ID • Remove ID • Store/update object Locate Real • Get object World Object • Locate object • Delete object Locate Real World s d e Bit-level l r Objects o t a s W d Object t c p l e u Real World a j b e R O Object tracker Move Bit-level object to/from location Transport Store Bit-level Bit-level objects objects WPx/Slide 15 EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 Internet Evolution • Clean Slate research • HIP • New Arch. Framework • Node Id • NetInfo • Network Virtualisation • Generic Transport • Network Coding • Multi path • Current Internet EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 8

Strategies for Internet evolution Overlay techniques: run new protocols on top of IP Network Virtualisation IP routers Incremental evolution, addition of functionality to current internet without changing the prevalent paradigms EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 Summary � Inherent integration of self-management � Increasing the amount of network features reliably available to end-user applications – Like mobility, QoS, security but also scalability, deployability � Driving innovation and new business opportunities into the network layer � Defining a systems approach to the Future Internet � Drive the work from the mobile and wireless perspective � We are open and interested in collaboration with related international initiatives EuroNF Würzburg July 21-22 2008 9