Group-Oriented Communication: Concept and Network Architecture

Y. Takahashi, K. Sugiyama, H. Ohsaki, M. Imase, T. Yagi, J. Murayama
2008 2008 Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks  
In this paper, we propose a novel communication paradigm called group-oriented communication. Different from conventional unicast-based communications, group-oriented communication is entirely based on group-based communication. Our group-oriented communication is essentially a type of many-tomany communication, but it realizes any type of communications including one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one and many-tomany communications based on group-based communication. With our group-oriented
more » ... nication, diverse social activities can be shifted into a communication network in a straightforward way, and users' requirements on security/reliability can be fulfilled. In this paper, we first qualitatively discuss advantages of our group-oriented communication by comparing with the conventional IP-based network. We then discuss four design goals of a network architecture for our group-oriented communication: supporting dynamic entity/group, supporting address operation expression, realization of entity/group findability, and realization of security. After carefully examining these design goals, we design a network architecture for realizing our group-oriented communication. Through quantitative evaluations, we show that the network architecture for our group-oriented communication should be packet-based, that reachability control is the core networking technology, and that the network architecture should have the two-layer structure consisting of transport and control layers.
doi:10.1109/icccn.2008.ecp.179 dblp:conf/icccn/TakahashiSOIYM08 fatcat:2hkhmh2bsvaq3gy4vlhaaiake4