New social paradigms engendered by the melting of physical boundaries and the coming together of communities of interest, are forcing us all to wake up to the fact that the social world in which we have all lived in up until now, will be a very different world as the next century develops. This track will present substantial sessions ranging from details of specific underlying technologies such as differentiated service and multicasting through new middleware concepts to views of the next generation of the Internet. New applications, and innovative improvements in existing applications will be described as well as insights gained from real, measured experience with the Internet. Throughout its life the Internet has been a focus for new technical developments. New technology has fueled the growth of the Internet allowing it to absorb exponential growth.
New technology continues to evolve to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of applications.
The IETF has overseen the turbulent development of the Internet. Its various working groups are always at the cutting edge of new technology.