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ZNA: A Six-Layer Network Architecture for New Generation Networks —— Focusing on the Session Layer, the Network Layer, and Cross-Layer Cooperation ——

Fumio TERAOKA, Sho KANEMARU, Kazuma YONEMURA, Motoki IDE, Shinji KAWAGUCHI, Kunitake KANEKO

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Using “clean-slate approach” to redesign the Internet has attracted considerable attention. ZNA (Z Network Architecture) is one of clean-slate network architectures based on the layered model. The major features of ZNA are as follows: (1) introducing the session layer to provide the applications with sophisticated communication services, (2) employing inter-node cross-layer cooperation to adapt to the dynamically changing network conditions, (3) splitting the node identifier and the node locator for mobility, multi-homing, and heterogeneity of network layer protocols, (4) splitting the data plane and the control plane for high manageability, and (5) introducing a recursive layered model to support network virtualization. This paper focuses on the first three topics as well as the basic design of ZNA.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E97-B No.12 pp.2583-2595
Publication Date
2014/12/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1587/transcom.E97.B.2583
Type of Manuscript
Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Technologies and Architectures for Improving Scalability, Reliability, and Robustness for Future Information Networks)
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Authors

Fumio TERAOKA
  Keio University
Sho KANEMARU
  Keio University
Kazuma YONEMURA
  Keio University
Motoki IDE
  Keio University
Shinji KAWAGUCHI
  Keio University
Kunitake KANEKO
  Keio University

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