Fundamental Design Issues for the Future Internet

TitleFundamental Design Issues for the Future Internet
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsShenker, S. J.
Published inIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Volume13
Page(s)1176-1188
Other Numbers3505
Abstract

The Internet has been a startling and dramatic success. Originally designed to link together a small group of researchers, the Internet is now used by many millions of people. However, multimedia applications, with their novel traffic characteristics and service requirements, pose an interesting challenge to the technical foundations of the Internet. We address some of the fundamental architectural design issues facing the future Internet. In particular, we discuss whether the Internet should adopt a new service model, how this service model should be invoked, and whether this service model should include admission control. These architectural issues are discussed in a nonrigorous manner, through the use of a utility function formulation and some simple models. While we do advocate some design choices over others, the main purpose here is to provide a framework for discussing the various architectural alternatives.

Bibliographic Notes

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 13, Number 7, pp. 1176-1188

Abbreviated Authors

S. Shenker

ICSI Research Group

Networking and Security

ICSI Publication Type

Article in journal or magazine