GROWTH OF FUTURE INTERNET: OPTIMISMS AND PESSIMISMS

1. Introduction

Present century is the age of information and communication technology. Science through its

marvelous achievements has converted this world into information and communication based

e-village. The prime aspect of current modern technology is to ensure a better way of

communication throughout the world in a more convenient, easy and cost-effective way.

Internet is such a gift, which is now governing the overall communication process. With the

aspects of cost, facility and reliability a new trend of introducing small sized devices with

some sorts of computing and communicating power has established its place in the arena of

research. With the voyage of introducing smart devices, the challenge of adorning them with

greater and effective computer-like use has come into question. It is now a great concern to

embed maximum applications and high-speed communication capability within these smart

devices and corresponding communication medium, where it is an extreme problem to provide

a framework of mobile internet for battery powered devices and wireless networks.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

The rapid use of smart devices has given rise to various concerns regarding integration of

available services and embedding internet-oriented applications in them. The increased

processing speed and higher storage capacity has motivated the users to have a substitution of

computer on their hand. The emerging growth of Ubiquitous or Pervasive computing and its

integration with mobile devices has mobilized this expectation. But, all these applications and

services require the use of internet which is the main point of limitation. The evolution on the

nature and span of devices requesting internet-oriented services has created a new complexity

in the architecture of internet. Mobile ad-hoc networks or mobile internets are in rapid use

where the prime objective is to provide the smart device users a glimpse of the use of
computer. Being relatively low powered with relatively lower memory support, the only way

to demonstrate the efficient service delivery is to minimize the controlling overhead or

service-time. However, because of mobility criteria, it is a must to handle larger amount of

information regarding the status and other routing concerns. Consequently, it is undoubtedly

important to redesign the mobile-internet architecture with modification of service primitives

and service delivery issues to ensure the optimized, effective and efficient enhancements.

Literatures in [1] - [7] provides an overview of the present systems and field specific

evolutions in this arena.

There are a number of new services or applications, which are evolving rapidly because of

smart device usage. The concept of sharing contents of the mobile devices is such an example

[9]. This requirement is completely dependent on the availability of network services and a

number of other variables, which may only be ensured through the modification of the current

internet architecture. The future internet should optimistically integrate this facility in an

effective and efficient manner.

Robust computer security or internet security may make us to move a way forward to integrate

crucial maintenance through internet technologies. A throughout investigation, detection,

prevention and recovery from threats with effective modified mechanism may embrace the

scared users back to the arena of internet based computing [2], [4], [14].

There are currently close to 40 different protocols on the data plane and the number of

proposed protocols are increasing dramatically. Consequently, the future internet will face not

only the heterogeneity problem but also may jeopardize the total infrastructure because of the

protocol oriented problems [1], [6].

In dealing with Challenged networks and even Delay Torrent Networks whereas, still now the

main point is distance handling, in future heterogeneous internet, the criteria should inevitably
 move towards the supportability of various types of devices with completely different

architecture and different platform [1], [4], [11], [12].

Sensor networks which are the most important concern for ubiquitous computing must be

effectively handled with the prime concern of battery driven criteria and other energy oriented

concern [9], [1]. New Transport Technologies with Very high speed transport (100 Gigabit/s

and higher), (Native) Ethernet transport and Inter and intra network management should be

more efficiently managed for the upcoming internet technology.

3. FUTURE INTERNET: OPITMISMS AND PESSIMISMS

The evolving nature of the human psychology with changed requirements and expectations of

the overall heterogeneity of platforms has turned it essential to redesign the internet

architecture in the point of view of the current situation stated in section 2.

Immersive Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are the two most fascinating concern of the

current internet applications. Starting the journey with ubiquitous computing, these two are

now considered as the next driving force of internet applications. The speed of internet

connections, which is the second issue of implementing and adapting virtual reality, is still

now in an infancy for the platform of smart devices because of device capability limitation as

well as framework inconsistency. User movements and network conditions which are the

important issues of real time internet-based application design and adaptation may be handled

in some modified and effective fashion to incorporate virtual reality to the smart devices

efficiently.

Computer Ethics is a growing idea in computer literature. The aspects of internet trust, which

is considered as a founding-block for especially e-commerce; has given rise to certain

inevitable questions regarding the future growth of electronic commerce. Mobile Commerce

(m-Commerce) which is the antecedent of e-commerce also focuses on the same issue
directing computer ethics as the only hope. The personalizations of web2.0 technologies with

effective internet trust building models may preferably ensure a well run of the e-commerce or

m-commerce with future internet technologies.

The more the expansion of facility, the more is the probability of threats. Consequently, the

aspects of network intuition detection and recovery mechanisms should must be enhanced to

fight the challenges appearing because of the growth of internet. But, accommodation of these

evolving aspects of changes is only possible through redesign of the protocols. That is, there is

no other way left to make the future internet effective and efficient but without re-design of

the network architecture.

The prime importance and focus that is optimistically deserved for future internet technologies

is the efficient heterogeneous device supportability with continuous evolution and change.

Extensive integration of SOA, mobility, reliability, availability, debuggability, security scale,

diversity and manageability will turn the future internet a ‘Perfect one’; though the pessimism

always echoes that, the advancement of service requesting components and human expectation

would cross the limit of sophistications towards future internet.

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