Conclusions

Abstract

The main conclusions from each chapter are presented, together with a critical perspective. At the end a view on migration paths is given. The deployment of the project results is put into four perspectives: extension of current networks by means of technology, e.g., it is possible to use results from self-management to enhance management capabilities; adding functionality by providing overlay/underlay and control, e.g., the Network of information can be applied on top of the current Internet; network virtualisation is a means of not only sharing network resources, but it can also be used as a migration path to new network architectures e.g. for specialised custom-tailored networks; deployment of a completely new network based on 4WARD’s architecture framework, but this has limited commercial applicability and can only be used for very specialised networks, e.g., sensor networks.