Observing most fixed and mobile networks are based on IP (Internet Protocol) networking technology, it is reported that the IP networking will not be sufficient to support the emergence of new various types of services and explosive increases in networking devices and data volume. To address these challenges, researchers around the world are competing to develop new networking technology based on an ID (Identifier) instead of IP. Amidst this global effort, it is reported that core technologies to realize the ID based next generation networking has been successfully developed by ETRI on December 28, 2015.
Legacy IP technology, which adopts addressed-based networking, is significantly inefficient in newly emerging network environments, for instances, where communication objects keep moving and/or multiple copies of data exists within a network. Vulnerability to malice attacks is another typical example too. On the other hand, the ID-based networking technology is fundamentally tackling the issues by assigning IDs to various communications objects such as devices, users, data, and services independently from a specific location information in secure manner and by providing real-time management of necessary location information with network capability.
This research was sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning’s research project on ID-based networking technology to realize high-quality future Internet. As results of developing this new technology, ETRI has published around 20 research papers including SCI, completed over 30 domestic and international patent applications, and secured intellectual property rights for the achievement. Detailed research outcomes are available on the project homepage(http://www.idnet.re.kr).
