Abstract:
Circuit switching and packet switching have been
developed to achieve statistical gain in sharing
transmission bandwidth of a "passive" transport
network whereby voice and data are transported
end-to-end without content modifications by the
network. This paper promotes a radical switching
technology that enables the network to transport as
well as process/transform its contents.
Inthis paper we propose "information switching"
as a technology for the future generation internet
that embeds networks with intelligence that is
necessary to build truly cognitive information
processing systems. By "cognitive information
processing" we mean that network elements can
intelligently and selectively deliver relevant,
filtered, pre-processed information to the desired
destinations. Masses of raw data can be processed
and primed, on-the-move to its destination, by the
network into a form that is suitable jar human
interaction and decision. A plausible information
switching architecture that makes use of advances
in information, computer, and communication
technologies is also presented.
