Future Network Architectures and Core Technologies

This book introduces the background, basic concepts and evolution of computer network development; by comparing and contrasting with the typical network architectures in the market. The book focuses on the architecture and underpinning technologies towards the future in network designs. It also provides a reconfigurable evolutionary network function innovation platform for researches to run experiments on the networks they designed. The contents of this book are novel, informative, and practical — a reflection of the state-of-art development in network architecture.This book is written for engineers and researchers specializing in communications or computer networks. It could also be adopted as a textbook for graduate students majoring in communications, computing, and computer network related disciplines in colleges and universities. Contents: Overview of Future Network Architectures The Open and Programmable Future Network System Network Virtualization Technology and Future Network System Future Network System Based on Content Addressing Service-Oriented Future Network Architectures Mobility-Oriented Future Network System Other Future Network Architectures Future Network Testbed An Example: The Reconfigurable and Evolvable Network Function Innovation Platform Readership: Engineers and researchers specialising in communications or computer networks; Graduate students majoring in communications, computing, computer network related disciplines, and related other specialties in colleges/universities and training courses. Key Features: This book gives a systematic and comprehensive coverage on the architectures for future Internet The content of this book is an compilation of the latest research in computer networking undertaken by researchers all over the world progress in the world This book is written for graduate students in computer networking