Service-Centric End-to-End Abstractions in Next-Generation Networks

Title: Service-Centric End-to-End Abstractions in Next-Generation Networks

Authors: Tilman Wolf

Abstract: Next-generation network architectures will be governed by the need for flexibility. Heterogeneous end-systems, novel communication abstractions, and security and manageability challenges will require networks to provide a broad range of services that go beyond the simple store-and-forward capabilities of today’s Internet. This paper introduces new abstractions for information transfer and data services in the network, which overcome the constraints of the end-to-end argument that has dominated current network designs. The explicit separation of communication and processing allows the composition of a variety of information transfer patterns that expand the capabilities of the network to meet its next-generation challenges. We discuss implementation issues that arise in this network architecture and present several examples of how applications can utilize the proposed abstractions. This present a first step towards a unified view of the convergence of networking, processing, and their distributed applications.

Published: Tilman Wolf, "Service-centric end-to-end abstractions in next-generation networks," in Proc. of Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Arlington, VA, Oct. 2006, pp. 79-86.

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BibTeX:
@INPROCEEDINGS{Wolf:SCE06,
   author    = {Wolf, Tilman},
   title     = {Service-Centric End-to-End Abstractions in Next-Generation Networks},
   booktitle = {Proc. of Fifteenth IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)},
   year      = 2006,
   pages     = {79--86},
   address   = {Arlington, VA},
   month     = oct
}

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