1. Global Collaboration on Future Network Standardization
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14
DOCUMENT #:
GSC14-PLEN-044
FOR:
Presentation or Information
SOURCE:
TTA
AGENDA ITEM:
7 (New and Novel Topics)
CONTACT(S):
Global Collaboration on Future Network Standardization
Hyoung-Jun KIM,
Chair of PG210, TTA
Geneva, July 2009

2. Background (1/2)
The Future Network (FN), which is anticipated to provide futuristic functionalities beyond the limitation of the current network including Internet, is getting a global attention in the field of communication network and services.
To support the requirements of future emerging applications and users, telecommunications technologies beyond current IP oriented technologies will need to be developed.
To support the development of global and harmonized frameworks (e.g. requirements, functional architectures and protocols)
Geneva, July 2009

3. Background (2/2) Future Networks have become a part of global agenda.
ITU-T (Q21/SG13 and FG-FN), ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
IRTF (International), GENI/FIND (US), FP7/FIRE (EU), FIF(Korea), AKARI/NwGN (Japan), etc.
However, all these activities seems to be in their early stage of investigation.
Global harmonization between these different activities are extremely important and necessary to build up globally interoperable future ICT infrastructures.
Geneva, July 2009

4. Current Activities (1/7)
ITU-T Q.21/SG13
The title of SG13 in the new study period ( ) is “Future Networks including Mobile and NGN” reflecting the importance of “Future Networks”.
A new Question on Future Networks has been approved as Q21/13 and has started the works.
Future Network : Vision, Concepts, and Requirements
Requirements of Network Virtualization
Geneva, July 2009

5. Current Activities (2/7)
Study items (or deliverables) of Q.21/13 to be considered include, but are not limited to:
Problem statement on current IP-based network architecture
Design goals and general requirements for the FN  
Gap analysis between existing standards and FN
Meta architecture (network virtualization, cross-layer communications) and architectural framework for the FN
Incorporating new communication and service technologies into FN 
Identifying functions and capabilities to support new services for the FN
Geneva, July 2009

6. Current Activities (3/7)
ITU-T FG-FN
SG13 has established “Focus Group on Future Networks (FG-FN)” to share the discussion on Future Networks and ensure global common understanding about Future Networks with collaboration and harmonization with relevant entities and activities.
Supported by the Focus Group, SG13 can establish the clear roadmap of studies for Future Networks and good collaboration with relevant organizations/projects which are imperative to standardization activities for the Future Networks.
Geneva, July 2009

7. Current Activities (4/7)
The Focus Group, by collaborating with worldwide future network (FN) communities (e.g., research institutes, forums, academia and etc), aims to
collect and identify visions of future networks, based on new technologies
assess the interactions between future networks and new services,
familiarize ITU-T and standardization communities with emerging attributes of future networks, and
encourage collaboration between ITU-T and FN communities.
Geneva, July 2009

8. Current Activities (5/7)
1st Meeting of FG-FN
Luleå, Sweden, June 29-July 3 (co-located with FP7/FIREweek event)
The slide on meeting results will be added.
Geneva, July 2009

9. Current Activities (6/7)
ISO/IEC JTC1
SC6/WG7 has launched similar standardization activities on Future Network.
Future Network : Problem Statement and Requirements
Geneva, July 2009

10. Current Activities (7/7)
Korean Activities on FN Issues
Actively involved in standardization activities
ITU-T Q.21/13, FG-FN, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6
Management Team
Domestic Future Internet Forum (FIF) was launched in 2006.
A lot of members from universities, institutes, and industries
ETRI has started the work on development of virtualized programmable platform for Future Network research and experimentation.
Geneva, July 2009

11. Challenges
Taking into consideration the importance of global connectivity and interoperability between devices, networks, services and applications, global harmonization on Future Network between these different activities are extremely important and necessary to build up globally interoperable future ICT infrastructures.
Geneva, July 2009

12. Future Networks : Initial thinking
For the sake of better understanding of Future Networks, an initial definition of ‘Future Networks’ was proposed in Q.21/13 meeting
Future Network (FN) is a network which is able to provide revolutionary services, capabilities, and facilities that are hard to provide using existing network technologies.
FN provides mechanisms that benefit every participant as much as they contribute. It will be studied based on clean-slate approaches.
Clean-slate approach was understood as a design principle, not deployment.
Geneva, July 2009

13. Future Networks : Clean-slate design
Two Design Choices
Incremental Design : A system is moved from one state to another with incremental patches
Clean-Slate Design: The system is re-designed from scratch
It is assumed that the current IP’s shortcomings will not be resolved by conventional incremental and “backward-compatible” style designs.
So, the FN designs must be made based on clean-slate approach.
Geneva, July 2009

14. New Design Goals for FN Scalability Security Mobility
Quality of Service
Heterogeneity
Robustness
Customizability
Economic Incentives
Scalability
Security
Economics
Mobility
FN :
Design Goals
Customizability
Quality of Service
Robustness
Heterogeneity
Geneva, July 2009

15. Next Steps/Actions Global collaboration on Future Network required
To make good collaboration with relevant organizations/projects
To collect and identify visions of future networks with relevant organizations/projects
To establish the roadmap of studies for Future Networks
So, if we agree with the collaboration on FN inside of the GSC, TTA would like to propose this topic to be added in HIS at the next GSC.
Geneva, July 2009

16. Question & Discussion !! Hyoung Jun Kim E-mail: khj@etri.re.kr
Geneva, July 2009