Meeting Announcements
The Pouzin Society
The Pouzin Society, named after Louis Pouzin, the inventor of datagrams and connectionless networking, announces its second annual 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 were held in conjunction with FutureNet in Boston, May 4 - 7, 2009. The next meetings will be held in conjunction with Futurenet 2010 in Boston, May 9-13. There will be an initial meeting on May 9 for introductions and to discuss collaboration and next steps. John Day will present a tutorial on May 10. There will be additional working meetings on May 11 and 12, and possibly May 13, depending on the schedules of the participants. 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
Next Meeting -- To be Announced
Previous Meeting (FYI)
Thanks to those who joined us! We hope to see you at the next meeting.Sunday 09 May 2010
The Pouzin Society
Informal introductions and discussion
Start Time 14:00
Location:
Park Plaza Hotel
50 PARK PLAZA AT ARLINGTON STREET
BOSTON
MA 02116
You are invited to attend FutureNet www.futurenetexpo.com on a complimentary basis by registering on-line using code DAY10 at: http://www.20milereg.com/register/Future2010/attendeeRegistration.aspx
Upon arrival please go to the FutureNet Registration Desk to receive your badge and credentials.
Monday 10 May 2009 AM
John Day Architecture TutorialSee FutureNet program for location and time
Monday 10 May 2009 PM
The Pouzin Society Organizational and Technical Meetings
Park Plaza Hotel, meeting time and room to be announced
Tuesday 11 May 2009 through Wednesday 12 May 2009
The Pouzin Society Technical MeetingsStart Time 0930
Park Plaza Hotel, meeting room to be announced