Trends
Multimedia over IP networks
- Next Generation Internet with features for “soft” QoS
- RSVP, Class-based Queuing, Link Scheduling
Voice over IP networks
- Packet Voice and Video
- RTP and ALF
Intelligence shifts to the network edges
- Better, more agile software-based voice and video codecs
Programmable intelligence inside the network
- Proxy servers intermixed with switching infrastructure
- TACC model & Java code: “write once, run anywhere”
Implications for cellular network infrastructure of the 21st century?