Future Network Architectures and Core Technologies: Aspects of Human Resources Development and Higher Education

This book introduces the background, basic concepts and evolution of computer network development; by comparing and contrasting with the typical network architectures in the market. The book focuses on the architecture and underpinning technologies towards the future in network designs. It also provides a reconfigurable evolutionary network function innovation platform for researches to run experiments on the networks they designed. The contents of this book are novel, informative, and practical — a reflection of the state-of-art development in network architecture. This book is written for engineers and researchers specializing in communications or computer networks. It could also be adopted as a textbook for graduate students majoring in communications, computing, and computer network related disciplines in colleges and universities.

Ju-long Lan is a professor in the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). He received his PhD in Communication and Information System in 2001, and is the managing director of the Novel Network Architecture Research department. His research interests mainly include network architecture, future Internet, switching and routing, and network modelling. Yuxiang Hu is a professor in the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). He received his PhD in Communication and Information System in 2011. His research interests mainly include future network, routing protocols, switching design and network security. Zhen Zhang is an associate professor in the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). He received his PhD in Communication and Information System in 2012. His research interests mainly include Content-centric Networking, Named Data Networking, Software Defined Network and Network Functions Virtualization. Yiming Jiang is an assistant researcher in the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). He received his PhD in Communication and Information System in 2014. His research interests mainly include new network architecture and network security technology. Peng Wang is an associate Professor of Zhongyuan University of Technology, China. Before joining Zhongyuan University of Technology, he was an assistant research fellow at the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). He received his PhD in Communication and Information System also from NDSC. His research interests include network security, network architecture, wireless network security, and network active defence. Jiangxing Wu is a professor in the National Digital Switching System Engineering & Technological R&D Center of China (NDSC). His research interests include future network, distributed computer system, broadband network and network security.