DocumentCode :
57257
Title :
The fluid internet: service-centric management of a virtualized future internet
Author :
Latre, Steven ; Famaey, Jeroen ; De Turck, Filip ; Demeester, Piet
Volume :
52
Issue :
1
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Jan-14
Firstpage :
140
Lastpage :
148
Abstract :
The Internet was originally designed as a best effort packet forwarding substrate. However, since its inception, its purpose has shifted toward a rich service-centric delivery platform. Its underlying infrastructure as well as the number of connected devices have taken on immense proportions, and sharing of capabilities has come into widespread use. Moreover, the Internet´s services are becoming increasingly interactive, context-aware, and content-oriented. This has led to stringent delivery requirements being imposed on the underlying infrastructure. Despite these evolutions, management of the Internet has not evolved significantly. It remains largely static and is unable to provide dynamic end-to-end service delivery guarantees in a cost-effective manner. In this article, we propose the Fluid Internet, a novel paradigm aimed at tackling these management challenges. The Fluid Internet seamlessly provisions virtualized infrastructure capabilities, adapting the delivery substrate to the dynamic requirements of services and users, much like a fluid adapting to fit its surroundings. As such, the Fluid Internet gives a service provider the ability to manage its services end to end and elastically. Our vision is achieved through a unification of concepts from network virtualization, cloud computing, and service-centric networking. The relevant stakeholders, as well as their functions and interactions, are described. Additionally, we identify the major technical challenges that remain to be tackled for the Fluid Internet vision to become a reality.
Keywords :
Internet; cloud computing; telecommunication network management; best effort packet forwarding substrate; cloud computing; delivery substrate; dynamic end-to-end service delivery guarantees; dynamic requirements; fluid Internet; network virtualization; service provider; service-centric delivery platform; service-centric management; service-centric networking; stringent delivery requirements; virtualized future Internet; Cloud computing; IP networks; Internet; Telecommunication network management; Telecommunication services; Virtualization;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2014.6710076
Filename :
6710076
Link To Document :
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