Initial Meeting Announcement
Organizing Meeting of The Pouzin Society
The Pouzin Society, named after Louis Pouzin, the inventor of datagrams and connectionless networking, announces its initial organizing meeting. The society’s purpose is to provide a forum for developing viable solutions to the current Internet architecture crisis.About 15 years ago, it became clear that IPv4 was reaching its limits, and the IETF responded by creating IPv6. In 2006 came the tacit admission that there continue to be fundamental scaling problems in the Internet routing architecture which would only be exacerbated by IPv6, and that Moore's Law could not save us this time. Several solutions were proposed, all based on revising IPv6 addressing using the concept of a locator/identifier split. Work has proceeded diligently, but a few months ago, it became clear that not only was this approach fatally flawed, but by implication, so was IP, or any variation of it. Academic efforts, beginning with NewArch and continuing with FIND and GENI are no closer to finding a solution than we were a decade ago.
In the meantime, “Patterns in Network Architecture” has appeared, describing a simple new architecture that not only solves existing problems but also predicts capabilities as yet unconsidered.
Initial meetings will be held in conjunction with FutureNet in Boston, May 4 - 7. There will be a one day organizing meeting on May 4 to discuss collaboration and next steps. On May 6 and 7 there will be a working meeting at Boston University on the specific topic of the current addressing crisis. There will be considerable work refining architectural details, but the central goal of the effort is to form a group that builds implementations of this new network architecture to evaluate its scalability, security, and other pertinent characteristics.
Michael O’Dell
Chair, The Pouzin Society
Schedule & Logistics
Monday 04 May 2009
Start Time 0930The Pouzin Society
Organizing Meeting
Location:
Seaport Hotel
200 Seaport Blvd
Boston, MA 02210
Flagship A
You are invited to attend FutureNet www.futurenetexpo.com on a complimentary basis by registering on-line using code DAY09 at: http://www.20milereg.com/register/Future2009/AttendeeRegistration.aspx
Upon arrival please go to the Plaza Level to receive your badge credentials. (3rd floor from main lobby)
Wednesday 06 May 2009 and Thursday 07 May 2009
Start Time 0930The Pouzin Society
Task Group on Naming and Addressing
Location:
Boston University
School of Management, SMG 212
595 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Parking in the garage under the building, in street level lots nearby or on the street (metered).
MBTA: (Subway) Take the Boston College Green Line to Blandford St stop or a short walk west on Commonwealth Ave from Kenmore Square. (Red Sox play Cleveland those evenings).