Evolving toward the next-generation Internet: challenges in the path forward

Author

Personick, Stewart D.

Author_Institution

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

76

Abstract

Most people would agree that the Internet is one of the great technical and business success stories of the 20th century, notwithstanding the financial losses that have been experienced by overly optimistic and speculative investors. Even in the context of the current dramatic slowdown in telecommunications investment, the Internet and its supported applications are continuing to revolutionize almost all aspects of our business and personal lives - mostly for the better. The author reviews a subset of the challenges that lie ahead in evolving the Internet to meet the growing and changing needs of its users

Keywords

Internet; business communication; optical fibre networks; packet switching; quality of service; telecommunication network routing; 20th century; IP networks; QoS; business success; dense WDM; financial losses; multiplexing; next-generation Internet; optical technology; packet switching; quality of service; rearrangeable networks; routing; technical success; telecommunications investment; Aggregates; Bandwidth; Costs; Forward contracts; IP networks; Internet; Investments; Production; Spine; Thumb;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2002.1018010

Filename

1018010