Fundamental research on theories of smart and cooperative networks

The current Internet has three types of bindings, namely the binding between resource and locators, the binding between control and data, and the binding between identity and locator. The resulting network architecture makes the network being relatively static and rigid. This makes it difficult for the Internet to satisfy the current demands including high-speed, high efficiency, high throughput, and pervasiveness. In addition, this also makes it hard for the network to be scalable and secure, support efficient host mobility, being efficient resource utilization and energy saving. In order to address these issues once and for all, we propose a novel network architecture called smart and cooperative network architecture. The network architecture has three layers, called the smart service layer, the resource adaption layer, and the network component layer. It also has two realms, called the entity realm and the behavior realm. Based on this architecture, we outlined the basic theories of the three layers, respectively, in order to make a future Internet being able to support efficient host mobility, be scalable and secure, being efficient resource utilization and energy saving, and to offer improved user experience.