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R&D Strategy toward
New Generation Network (NWGN)

18 January, 2008
Vice President of NICTINADA, Shuichi

1Whether Internet is sustainable or not ?
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1. Too complex ! Become more and more difficult to add new functions
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authentication?
small devices?
guaranteeddependability?
service?
Functions were rapidly added

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2. Capability to meet rapidly growing Information traffic-Amount of total traffic of broadband subscribers in Japan reached 721.7Gbit/s in May 2007,-40% growth from previous year and 70% from two years ago. (From MIC press release of Aug 2007)-It will reach 1 terabit/s (1,000Gbit/s) around 2008, and 1 petabit/s (1,000 terabit/s) inthe 2020 s.

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Whether Internet is sustainable or not ?
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3. Economic damage from security incidents is increasing
Economic loss from spam mail in Japan is estimated 5 billion dollars in 2005. (US Ferris Research)
Sufferers from personal information leak are 22 million in 2006 and estimated compensation
amounts to 457 billion yen. (Japan Network Security Association) Information security market is
growing and will reach 800 billion yen in 2011. (Fuji Chimera Research Institute) Cyber attack tothreaten company is increasing.

4. Power consumption of ICT equipments is increasing rapidly
1.2 Tbps ( / shelf) router s power consumption is 15.5 KW. If linear relationship is maintained,
estimated power consumption of petabit class router could be about 10,000 KW. 100 petabit classrouters may consume all power from one atomic generator.

5. Possibilities to meet the requirements from ubiquitous applications
Medical and health care

Crime prevention, security

Disaster monitoring and prevention

M any sensor with various specifications are scattered in various
places. Network may be established on an ad hoc basis. Various
incidents information or sensing results are collected through network

Environment monitoring

OthersManagement and traceability of agriculture products3

Consideration items to develop NWGN
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Possible sustainable solution ⇒ New Generation Network
We started the development of NWGN concepts. Followings
are major consideration items (but not exhaustive);- Safety and reliability of network- Integration of packet and circuit switches (optical paths)
through the introduction of all optical signal processing atswitching node and significant power conservation.
- Flexible access systems including wireless and mobile- Assumption of various terminals ranging from high end
servers to sensor devices- Higher network performance (transmission speed,robustness, sustainability, etc.)- Virtualization of network resources- etc.
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Strategic approaches for the development of NWGN
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Communications- Promotion of strategic R&D of key technologies
ex. New network architecture, virtualization technologies,
dynamic network technologies, ubiquitous/sensor
network technologies, wireless technologies, information
security technologies, etc.
- Promotion of experiments using the fruit of R&D
ex. Development of test bed network and other test beds
- Consensus building through the consideration ofsocial and economic impacts of new technologies
and systems
ex. Information security, privacy, environmental impacts,
open network conditions, sustainability of network, etc.
- Strengthening of capability to cope withdiversification of global market- Promotion of international collaboration
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Core organizations to promote R&D of NWGN
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Establish New Generation Network R&D
strategic headquarter in Oct. 2007

New Generation NetworkDevelop
Promotion Forum established instrategies
reflecting ideas Nov. 2007
from different
fieldsChairperson： Dr. Saito, professor emeritusof Tokyo University

Chairperson： President Miyahara-Open forum for everyone (engineers,economists, consumer associations, etc.)-Development of mid- and long- term R&Dstrategies toward NWGN
-Measures to promote R&D in NICT andorganizational framework to realize them-Measures to promote international
cooperation◆ In NICT, following activities are promoted; design ofnetwork architecture of NWGN, R&D of optical node,
overlay network fundamental technologies and etc.,
experiments using test bed network JGN2.
◆ R&D funding to industry or academy for the developmentof dynamic network technologies, photonic network
technologies, etc.

-Promote R&D through the cooperation ofindustry, academy and government

Contribution
to Forum
activities

Activities-R&D policies and road maps making for
NWGN-Consideration of social and economic
aspects of NWGN
-Promotion of international cooperation
through international symposium andworkshop

Based on R&D strategies developed by NICT, we plan to promote strategic R&D
to realize NWGN.

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R&D related activities of NICT
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R&D in NICT
Network architecture design, opticalnode, overlay network fundamentaltechnologies, etc.

Established 1 Oct. 2007

New Generation Network R&D
strategic headquarter
Chairperson: President Miyahara

R&D funding
Dynamic network technologies,
photonic network technologies,etc.

Operation of test
bed network
JGN2⇒JGN2plus
7Organization of New Generation Network Promotion Forum
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Communications-Established Nov. 2007 Chairperson： Dr. Saito, Professor emeritus of Tokyo University

GeneralGeneral Assembly
Assembly (GA)
(GA)
NWGN
NWGN Promotion
Promotion Committee
Committee-Advise-Advise toto GA
GA onon international
international cooperationcooperation fromfromtheacademicviewpoint
the academic view point

Steering
Steering
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Committee

Secretariat
Secretariat
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R&D strategy
strategy WG
WG-Consideration-Consideration ofof R&D
R&D strategies
strategies fromfrom basic
basic toto application
application researchresearch (policies(policies andand roadroad maps)
maps)

Assessment
Assessment WG
WG-Consideration-Consideration ofof thethe socialsocial andand economic
economic aspects
aspects ofof NWGN
NWGN

Test
Test bed
bed network
network promotion
promotion WG
WG-Promotion-Promotion ofof researchresearch andand experiments
experiments onon test
test bed
bed network
network

Planning
Planning andand promotion
promotion WG
WG-Vision-Vision making
making ofof NWGN
NWGN andandPR
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Forum ss activities
activities

http://nwgn-forum.nict.go.jp

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