> > PS. All of the current attempts to turn IP statistical multiplexing into > network slicing or deterministic networks are far from scale or practical > deployments (IMO). >
Wow, that's quite a statement (I'm not disparaging, just surprised). Etienne On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:37 PM Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I doubt we want to move away from those concepts. > > I think we all do - except technology is not there yet. Just imagine if > over a single piece of fiber you will get infinite bandwidth delivered over > unlimited modulation frequency spectrum ... > > IMHO till real true optical switching is a commodity we are stuck with > statistical multiplexing. > > But optimistically I think time will come when you will be able to > setup end to end optical paths in true any to any fashion with real end to > end resource guarantees. Then next generations will be looking at current > routers like we look today at strowger telephone switches :) > > Cheers, > R. > > PS. All of the current attempts to turn IP statistical multiplexing into > network slicing or deterministic networks are far from scale or practical > deployments (IMO). > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:18 PM Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 4/Aug/20 16:56, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote: >> >> > The survey I pointed to suggests that hard slicing is the least >> > preferred option among survey respondents. >> >> That's because the very nature of DWDM, Ethernet, IP, MPLS and VM's is >> all about re-using the same infrastructure over and over again for it to >> make commercial sense. >> >> I doubt we want to move away from those concepts. >> >> We rely on many services today delivered over the public Internet that >> virtualize and still perform. Even good ol' video streaming, which was >> predicted to break the Internet. >> >> So not sure what applications are driving the demand for "greater QoS" >> on 5G networks, in real terms. >> >> Mark. >> > -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
