Distributed interactive objects are emerging as a distinct and dominant transport class. The current web is a simple example of these objects. We will examine how this new transport class might benefit from high-speed protocols, how current research in PfHSNs affects web protocols, and how high-speed protocol research may be affected by this shift in transport class.
With the rapid growth of the mobile data communications field, users will want the same core services of wired based networks in mobile data networks, and with a similar level of quality. This workshop session will explore some of the key considerations for mobile data communications to handle high data rate traffic, including real-time traffic. The dynamic nature of wireless communication channels and the restrictions imposed on capacity by hardware bandwidth, channel noise considerations, and multiuser utilization constitute a serious challenge to the ability to extend network services transparently to users in a mobile environment.
Some of the issues of interest desired for this session are the approach to resource reservation, the pros and cons of connection oriented systems, network throughput considerations, and interoperability among mobile systems. The focus will be on extending high data rate applications into the mobile environment.
This working session will consider the issue of what functionality belongs in emerging high bandwidth integrated service networks, and how trade-offs in the cost of bandwidth, processing, and memory affect this choice. We will discuss intelligent and active networking, and consider what it really means to be "in" the network from a layered model and network topology perspective.