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Connecting the Edges: A Universal, Mobile-Centric, and Opportunistic Communications Architecture

Sarros, C-A; Diamantopoulos, S; Rene, S; Psaras, I; Lertsinsrubtavee, A; Molina-Jimenez, C; Mendes, P; ... Tsaoussidis, V; + view all (2018) Connecting the Edges: A Universal, Mobile-Centric, and Opportunistic Communications Architecture. IEEE Communications Magazine , 56 (2) pp. 136-143. 10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700325. Green open access

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Abstract

The Internet has crossed new frontiers with access to it getting faster and cheaper. Considering that the architectural foundations of today's Internet were laid more than three decades ago, the Internet has done remarkably well until today coping with the growing demand. However, the future Internet architecture is expected to support not only the ever growing number of users and devices, but also a diverse set of new applications and services. Departing from the traditional host-centric access paradigm, where access to a desired content is mapped to its location, an information-centric model enables the association of access to a desired content with the content itself, irrespective of the location where it is being held. UMOBILE tailors the information-centric communication model to meet the requirements of opportunistic communications, integrating those connectivity approaches into a single architecture. By pushing services near the edge of the network, such an architecture can pervasively operate in any networking environment and allows for the development of innovative applications, providing access to data independent of the level of end-to-end connectivity availability.

Type: Article
Title: Connecting the Edges: A Universal, Mobile-Centric, and Opportunistic Communications Architecture
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700325
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700325
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Computer architecture, Edge computing, Content management, Routing protoccols, Information retrieval, Mobile computing, Internet
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10045116
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