Concretization and Morphware Networks
Guy Pujolle · 2015
This chapter looks at the likely developments in the longer term, with concretization and networks that mutate to suit the clients’ needs. There are numerous problems that need to be solved, and new ideas have been put forward, including the creation of a software network every time a connection request is made. Whilst such networks cannot be implemented on a true scale today, there is no reason to think that the same will be true in a few years’ time. Hence, rapid reconfigurable processors would represent an excellent solution. The chapter examines the question of how to improve the performance of software networks, whose power is lower than that of hardware networks. By concretization, we are able to obtain networks which are perfectly suited to the services and applications needing to be served.