CS432 Handouts Weeks 1-8 by Mah Jabeen

TOPIC 02 · Need for NeMS · In this module

Let us explore the need and motivation to perform Network

(NeMS)

(1 of 4)

Communications systems:

Evolving rapidly

User demands:

High performance networks Service providers: Rapidly expanding their network infrastructure

(2 of 4)

Network researchers face the protocol war

Developing new communications techniques, architectures and capabilities

developer

 How do I satisfy the QoS demands of users amidst emerging technologies and techniques viz a viz legacy counterparts?

Network Engineer in operations

 What is the right approach to solving my problem?  Do I buy latest device from company X that claims to solve all my problems?  Do I replace underlying technology of my system with the latest generation?

Next Generation Network Architect

 How do I know how this new approach will interact with already existing protocols?

 How do I build confidence in the utility of this approach without producing and deploying the technology?

NO

 Prototyping & empirical  testing  Trial field deployment

 (M & S)  Analysis

COST

Abstraction

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