Abstract: Evolution and Direction of IP Transport Systems

Alan Hannan, GlobalCenter

This presentation looks at the high-level evolution of our network infrastructure and ponders the direction that we are going. These issues have an important impact on network operators' short-to-medium-term planning and investments. An outline of the talk follows:
  • History (and reasoning)
    • TDM Circuits
    • VCs/TDM Circuits
    • Optical Circuits
    • MPLS/Optical Circuits
  • Protocols
    • HDLC
    • FR
    • ATM
    • MPLS
  • Convergence
    • Evolving Optical Routing
    • Ubiquity of IP Applications
      • MIT's Project Oxygen
      • Wireless Access
  • Future Likelihoods
    • Shared Infrastructure
    • Distributed Computing as a driver
      • Akamai
      • caching
      • 'bots' and silicon cockroaches


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