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