Keio Research Institute at SFC

* This laboratory has been completed.

In the MOBiDY project, demonstration research is conducted centered on validation and negotiation of architectures and their protocols that are best suited to transparent connection of the Internet with the mobile phone network while receiving feedback from actual working services.

Contact	E-mail:mobidy@sfc.keio.ac.jp

Background

Mobile phone usage is expanding explosively in the market, much more than Internet growth. Part of this attraction to mobile phones is that mobile phones are not only a communications tool when mobile but they are ideal data processing terminals that support network standards. With the success of e-mail on mobile phones, the demand for these phones has been established as a business model, and it is expected that more mobile phones will be deployed for data communications rather than voice communications in the future.

challenges

The Internet is an example of how a distributed computer network that allowed end-to-end connections for maximum effort with minimum burden on routing became widely successful. However, the existing mobile phone networks use a centralized management structure for historical reasons. Therefore, to assure global development in the future, an environment is needed to allow efforts outside the network and to make effective use of resources.

Features

This project recommends that various elements be taken in for the future growth of the Internet as a data communications network and that more substantial, expansive architectures and protocols from different viewpoints be deployed.

Research plan

We will discuss the ideal form of a new, next-generation architecture after gaining a deep understanding of the technology, taking into account the features of other networks that have completely different characteristics.

Current status

Participating communication carriers have applied a protocol, which was subjected to review in this project. This concept has created a stir in the industry.

Challenges

The Internet is an example of how a distributed computer network that allowed end-to-end connections for maximum effort with minimum burden on routing became widely successful. However, the existing mobile phone networks use a centralized management structure for historical reasons. Therefore, to assure global development in the future, an environment is needed to allow efforts outside the network and to make effective use of resources.

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