bzs@ENCORE.COM (Barry Shein) (03/15/89)
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-Barry Shein, ||Encore||
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 15:56:01 EST
From: Mills@udel.edu
To: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa
Subject: INARC workshop announcement
WORKSHOP ON THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET ARCHITECTURE AND PROTOCOLS
1-2 June 1989, University of Delaware
Sponsored by the Internet Architecture Task Force
and the Internet Activities Board
The Internet Activities Board (IAB) has been guiding and coordinating
the research and development activities of the DARPA/NSF Internet System
for several years. The Internet Architecture Task Force (INARC) of the
IAB has been asked to explore the inherent limitations in the existing
Internet architecture and supporting IP/TCP protocol suite and how the
lessons learned can be applied to future systems. The INARC will hold a
two-day workshop on 1-2 June 1989 at the University of Delaware to
explore these and related issues. While the emphasis of the workshop
will be on the past and future evolution of the Internet system,
specific issues relevant to other architectures, protocol suites and
migration strategies may be discussed as well.
Interested persons from all walks of network life are invited to attend.
Participants will be encouraged to present short briefings on specific
technical issues, including those suggested below, but this is not a
requirement for admission. While some participants may be invited on the
basis of their known expertise, biases and past vocalizations on these
issues, participants outside the IAB, INARC and their dependencies are
actively encouraged. In order to manage the local arrangements it is
necessary that participants register their intent to attend by
contacting the INARC chair:
David L. Mills
Electrical Engineering Department
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 451-8247
mills@udel.edu
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Are the Internet architecture and protocols suitable for use on
very high-speed networks operating in the 1000 Mbps range and up?
If the network-level or transport-level protocols are not usable
directly, can they be modified or new ones developed to operate
effectively at these speeds?
2. Are the Internet addressing and gateway-routing algorithms adequate
for very large networks with millions of subscribers? If not, is it
possible to extend the addressing scope and/or develop new routing
paradigms without starting over from scratch?
3. Can the Internet model of stateless networks and stateful hosts be
evolved to include sophisticated algorithms for flow management,
congestion control and effective use of multiple, prioritized
paths? Can this be done without abandoning the estimated 60,000
hosts and 700 networks now gatewayed in the system?
4. Can the existing Internet of about 300 routing domains be evolved
to support the policy and engineering mechanisms for many thousands
of domains including education, research, commercial and government
interests? Can this be done with existing decentralized management
styles and funding sources? If not, what changes are needed and how
can they be supported, given practical limits on infrastructure
funding?