报告题目: “Toward a Network Revolution–New Generation Network beyond Internet & NGN”

报告人：Prof. Tomonori AOYAMA (Keio University, Japan)

日本IEICE候任主席(President-Elect)

时间: 2008年7月10日（周四） 10:00am-11:30am

地点: FIT大楼 1-415

Abstract:

The broadband Internet is rapidly expanding and NGN (Next Generation Network) has just started in Japan to provide triple-play and quadruple-play services over IP-based networks. In the future legacy telephone networks and cellular phone networks will be merged into IP-based NGN so that the IP protocol will cover all types of networks.

It is, however, the time to start R&D on new network architecture beyond the Internet/NGN because it is envisaged that the improvement of IP technologies alone cannot cope with the social and technological requirements needed in 2020s. New Generation Network (NWGN) is defined as a network with basic architecture and protocol different from the Internet/NGN. In order to make clear NWGN architecture and protocol, a clean-slate design approach is necessary instead of the improvement of IP technologies.

NICT is a leading core in Japan for R&D on NWGN, and it has started all round promotion activities to accelerate NWGN R&D not only in NICT itself but also universities and industries.

In this presentation, an overview of NWGN and R&D activities in Japan is introduced.

Biography：

After entering NTT Corporation in 1969, he engaged in R&D on digital networks, optical network systems and super-high definition image systems in the Electrical Communication Laboratories. In 1994, he was assigned to be Director of NTT Opto-Electronics Laboratory, and then Director of NTT Optical Network Systems Laboratory in 1995. In 1997, he moved to the University of Tokyo, and was Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering. In 2006, he retired the University of Tokyo, and moved to Keio University where he is currently Professor of Research Institute for Digital Media and Content and is serving as NICT Program Coordinator for NWGN.

He is currently serving as Chair of Photonic Internet Forum in Japan, and Vice-chair of New Generation Network Promotion Forum and Ubiquitous Networking Forum.

He is IEEE Fellow and IEICE Fellow, and a member of Science Council of Japan.