ABSTRACT
The main goal of ARCFIRE is to bring RINA from the labs into the real-world. RINA, the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture, is an innovative “back-to-basics” network architecture that solves current limitations and facilitates full integration between distributed computing and networking. RINA addresses the challenges that drive the communications industry in moving from dedicated hardware to almost completely virtualised infrastructure. New technologies such as 5G will change the communication industry even more significantly before 2020. RINA, the Recursive InterNetworkArchitecture is a “back to basics” approach learning from the experience with TCP/IP and other networking technologies in the past. To better understand the implications that this approach has uncovered and to explore its consequences, it is necessary to build systems that adhere to that architecture. In contrast, the simple structure exhibited by RINA can be leveraged for designing simpler, more performant and predictable operator networks.
