Technology initiatives for the near future in internetworking

Author

Koyanagi, Keiichi ; Saito, Takafumi ; Kanada, Tetsuya ; Kitami, Kenichi

Author_Institution

NTT Telecommun. Lab. Group, Japan

Volume

35

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

108

Lastpage

113

Abstract

The introduction of the Open Computer Network (OCN), providing Internet-like services by NTT, will lead to higher-level demands by users. For example, users will be asking for higher quality, greater functionality, and lower charges for high-speed, high-throughput data transfer. To respond effectively to the wishes of sophisticated and varied users, technology development must be pursued from the user´s point of view. For this reason, research and development is being performed on middleware to open up network functions and make it possible for the user and network to cooperate with each other. This article discusses the development of major technologies for achieving an enhanced OCN (next-stage OCN) which should become a catalyst far the future multimedia network, and presents a future vision for the network

Keywords

computer networks; data communication; internetworking; multimedia communication; open systems; Internet like services; NTT; Open Computer Network; high-speed data transfer; high-throughput data transfer; internetworking; middleware; multimedia network; research and development; technology initiatives; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Data security; IP networks; Information security; Internetworking; Investments; Robustness; Spine; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.592103

Filename

592103