IP is full of complexities and inefficiencies due to network services being grafted on in orderto bring it up to speed with contemporary networks.

The 4D Network research project aims to replace IP as the basis of computer networking.4D refers to four network planes: decision, dissemination, discovery, and data, and takes aclean-slate approach to network control.

4D Networking is guided by three principles: Network-level objectives that can be expressedas goals for the network in its entirety; timely and accurate network-wide views of topology,traffic and events; and providing direct control to network operators.

You can read more about 4D Networks here.

4D Networks

The XIA project aims to create “a single network that offers inherent support forcommunication between current communicating principals — including hosts, content,and services — while accommodating unknown future entities.”

Essentially, this means that XIA will be a flexible, universally applicable system fornetwork communication that mitigates the unnecessarily complex ad-hocmechanisms in today’s networks.

You can find out more about Expressive Internet Architecture here.

Expressive Internet Architecture (XIA)

5G mobile networks will likely only become a

reality for consumer networking by 2020.

There are already some foundational points

guiding 5G development, such as:

1Gbps downlink initially, and multi-gigabit

in the future

Sub-millisecond latency

Increased energy efficiency over

previous generations.

You can read more about 5G Mobile Networks

here.

5G Mobile Networks

Researchers at the University of Washington are

currently working on technology that allows

‘backscattering’wireless signals.

Essentially, ambient backscattering aims to

leverage existing wireless signals both as a

source of energy and a medium for

communication.

You can read more about ambient backscatter

here.

Ambient Backscatter

The size and speed of today’s devices are operating near the physical limits of

silicon.

Diamond can run five times hotter than silicon without performance degradation, and

is 22 times more efficient at transferring heat – meaning it can be cooled far more

quickly.

Currently, diamond semiconductors are capable of delivering one million times more

current than conventional silicon semiconductors.

You can read more about diamond semiconductors here.

Diamond Semiconductors

Internet of Things (IoT) is already making significant inroads into the

mainstream.

With the device revolution already causing concern over IP addressing space,

and a projected 75 billion internet-connected devices by 2020, the IoT

could have massive implications for network management.

You can read more about the Internet of Things here.

Internet of Things

As we become increasingly dependent

on data and constant connectivity, and as

more of our ‘offline’ world comes online,

anything less than 100% uptime could

be a threat to the proper function of

society.

Exponential increases in data transfer

speeds will mean that sub-millisecond

transfer rates will be a reality in future

networks, and network management and

monitoring software will have to rise to

this challenge.

100% uptime and sub-millisecond transfer

rates

IRIS is committed to

meeting the demands of

tomorrow’s networks

today.

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