Architectural Framework of Application Service Networking in BcN

Ilyoung Chong: Dept. of Information & Communications Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea (TEL) +82-31-330-4229 (FAX) +82-31-339-5687 (E-Mail) iychong@hufs.ac.kr

Kyung-Shik Lim: School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (TEL) +82-53-950-6374 (E-Mail) kslim@knu.ac.kr

Chul-Hee Kang: Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Korea University, Seoul, Korea (TEL) +82-2-3290-3222 (FAX) +82-2-928-3787 (E-Mail) chkang@widecomm.korea.ac.kr

Abstract

To date, most of the efforts for next generation network have been mainly based around the construction of transport infrastructure to provide more broad bandwidth and higher quality to end users in the view of operators and service providers. However, it may not be sufficient to satisfy diverse customer demands and future application service features. One of the key requirements for Broadband convergence Network (BcN), which is named for next generation network in Korea, has been targeted to ensure that a provisioning of diverse service features is mainly initiated and customized according to users demand. In order to be able to provide a full suit of application services accommodating user’s requirements well, it is necessary to aim at building and dynamically configuring client service networking features for provisioning intelligent and active networking capabilities in BcN.

This paper will show how intelligent and user controllable application service networking helps to build and to configure BcN service capabilities with a high degree of flexibility. An example of architectural model to provide overlay application service network will be proposed with respect to open service architecture (OSA) in BcN. And overlay active and programmable networking features of BcN will be also shown for application QoS-capable and application-aware networking capability. The paper will indicate a framework to support value added service (VAS) in BcN for configuring service networking on users demand dynamically.

Short Biography

Ilyoung Chong: Ilyoung Chong is a Professor in the Dept. of Information & Communications Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea. His current research interests are in Broaband Communications (BcN), Communications traffic analysis, l, computer architecture, operating systems, and network performance evaluations.

Before he joined the faculty of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in 1996, he was a Principal engineer in ETRI from 1980 to 1996. He received a PhD. degree from the Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA in 1992.

Kyungshik Lim: Kyungshik Lim is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. His current research interests are in Mobile Networking and Computing, Wireless Internet Communications, Home Networking Middleware and High-Speed Communications Networks.

Before he joined the faculty of Kyungpook National University in 1998, he was a Principal engineer in ETRI from 1985 to 1998. He received a PhD. degree from the Department of Computer Science, University of the University of Florida. FL, USA in 1993.

Chul-Hee Kang: Chul-Hee Kang is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Korea University, Seoul, Korea. His current research interests are in High-speed Networking, Wireless Internet Communications, Ubiquitous Networking and Ad Hoc Networking.

Before he joined the faculty of Korea University in 1994, he was a Vice-President in ETRI from 1980 to 1994. He received a PhD. degree from the Waseda University. Japan in 1980.