What would Cisco pay money to see solved

1. What would Cisco pay money to see solved? Fred Baker Cisco Advanced Research and Technology Initiative http://www.cisco.com/go/research

2. What are we interested solving? Global Warming Complexity Bring an end to BS, MS, and PHD Global Dominion World Peace An increase in the average IQ World Hunger We do have a few things we would like fixed�We do have a few things we would like fixed�

3. Global Warming Vendors will build whatever their customers tell them they want to buy It will cost according to what said customers tell us needs to be in the router: Heat dissipation Silicon Processing Power requirements �It looks like Cisco � from their uber-expensive CRS-1 router into their merely amazingly expensive routers.� http://scottstuff.net/blog/articles/tag/ios We are approaching the limts of moore�s law. It isn�t good enough to �add bandwidth� or�increase the clock rate�. We have to do things in fundamentally smarter ways. That includes materials physics, algorithms, routing tables, and a variety of other parts of the system.We are approaching the limts of moore�s law. It isn�t good enough to �add bandwidth� or�increase the clock rate�. We have to do things in fundamentally smarter ways. That includes materials physics, algorithms, routing tables, and a variety of other parts of the system.

4. How to address this? In physics: Can I deliver cooler components? Can electronics require less power? Are there better ways to cool equipment? Data centers? In architecture Optical technology? Scalable route tables? Is there a way to do what we do in a better way? Virtualization�

5. Complexity: delivering specific services in general purpose networks Quad-play: Voice, video, data, and wireless Don�t ask silly questions about the juxtaposition of applications and access technologies in this (Marketing came up with it) Service providers have historically built networks to deliver applications Relentless convergence is driving them to build a common network to deliver all of the above This is a new approach to many of them We need ways to simplify the delivery of services (OTT and SP-provided) Services are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and it is becoming lessobvious that the right way to deliver them is by building networks specific to them. But the general Internet (remember the mbone?) isn�t a great place for a lot of the services people want to offer. We need better ways to deliver interesting services.Services are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and it is becoming lessobvious that the right way to deliver them is by building networks specific to them. But the general Internet (remember the mbone?) isn�t a great place for a lot of the services people want to offer. We need better ways to deliver interesting services.

6. An end to BS, MS, and PHD In TCP, that is� In today�s networks, we want To not overrun a 64 KBPS link (still very common outside the Europe/North America/Australia/Eastern Asia bandwidth corridor) To use DOCSIS 3.0 and UMTS effectively To fully utilize a 10 GBPS 250ms RTT path To effectively use WiMax/Wifi with highly variable delay and non-negligible loss To provide predictable performance on satellite paths with non-negligible loss (think aircraft) To operate at the knee of the performance curve, not the cliff To do so with a single commodity TCP usable by my mother-in-law And please note: those are all parts of the same Internet And oh by the way - don�t ask me to do an FFT per packet Cisco sellsproducts to the whole world, not just the parts that are glutted with fiber. Folks in Africa, Central Asia, South America, and the Pacific Islands want the kinds of experiences that are normal in Western Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia. Say �Satellite�, �Wireless�, and �expensive�. Use them all in a sentence. Research has looked at many different aspects of making TCP work better. It has not provided a way that a commodity computer operated by my mother-in-law can get optimal use out of any network she attaches to at any time. We need to do an awful lot better than we do now. Making TCP predictable, having it us the available capacity somewhat fairly, and having it deliver data in a timely fashion are mutually contradictory goals that we really need to solve.Cisco sellsproducts to the whole world, not just the parts that are glutted with fiber. Folks in Africa, Central Asia, South America, and the Pacific Islands want the kinds of experiences that are normal in Western Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia. Say �Satellite�, �Wireless�, and �expensive�. Use them all in a sentence. Research has looked at many different aspects of making TCP work better. It has not provided a way that a commodity computer operated by my mother-in-law can get optimal use out of any network she attaches to at any time. We need to do an awful lot better than we do now. Making TCP predictable, having it us the available capacity somewhat fairly, and having it deliver data in a timely fashion are mutually contradictory goals that we really need to solve.

7. Global Dominion Network administrations need know and control their networks Systematically prevent faults from occurring Identify faults that are likely to happen before they do Detect, diagnose, and resolve issues in real time Network Management: Configuration control Scalable monitoring Useful trend isolation, including timely detection of changes in trend Intelligent management applications that take the right action and tell the manager they did so Network Management? Don�t make me laugh. We as an industry have no idea how to do it well, and we need to figure out how.Network Management? Don�t make me laugh. We as an industry have no idea how to do it well, and we need to figure out how.

8. World Peace �If you desire peace, prepare for war� Vegetius The network and its inhabitants are continuously under attack 80% of attacks are from behind the firewall Attacks include spam, ddos, and a variety of subtle trojan-based systems that seek to steal information or disrupt operations Architectural approaches still needed To understand, prevent, detect, and defuse attacks of many kinds The US Air Force now has a Cyber Warfare Command. Think about it.The US Air Force now has a Cyber Warfare Command. Think about it.

9. We�re still looking for intelligence in the universe Having it only in the end systems isn�t working. Neither is having it only in the network We�re looking for ways that the network can provide intelligent services to the intelligent edge, to make things work better all around. We need the right kinds of intelligence in the network.We need the right kinds of intelligence in the network.

10. World Hunger Click to Add Text� We don�t claim to have a corner on the next Really Clueful Thing. One thing we look to research for is truly cool ideas we haven�t thought of. Surprise us. We might be interested.We don�t claim to have a corner on the next Really Clueful Thing. One thing we look to research for is truly cool ideas we haven�t thought of. Surprise us. We might be interested.

11. What would Cisco pay money to see solved? Cisco Advanced Research and Technology Initiative http://www.cisco.com/go/research