NEW IP Framework and Protocol for Future Applications

Abstract

It is observed that the Internet has been slowly "fragmented" into Many Networks (ManyNets) due to both technical and commercial evolutions. The interconnection among those networks is a challenge due to their incompatible addressing mechanisms. Furthermore, emerging applications like Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), holographic communications, etc. rise new requirements to the network and involve innumerable physical and virtual objects, which require more efficient and customized network services. Current Internet Protocol (IP) that aims to connect regional academic and military networks was invented half a century ago. The original IP design philosophy like fixed address length, binding machines to specific locations, and others are not sufficient anymore to tackle those challenges.In this paper, we propose a novel framework for future Internet protocol, called NEW IP, to tackle aforementioned challenges and fulfill the requirements of future applications. NEW IP inherently enables variable-length and multi-semantic network addresses, and user-definable networking. Besides the NEW IP framework, a few use cases will be illustrated to highlight the benefits it brings.