Rivier College CS 699 Professional Seminar Ch 2

Rivier College, CS 699 Professional Seminar Ch. 2: When They’re Everywhere Vinton G. Cerf (from Beyond Calculation) Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 1

Internet Predecessors • Facsimile concepts in the mid 1800 s; • Facsimile interoperability (infrastructure) over 125 years later; • Television was demonstrated in the late 1920 s; • Television become marketable in the late 1940 s; • Television really took off with color television in the 1960 s; • Internet was supported by the U. S. Defense Department, then through the National Science Foundation, department of Energy, NASA; • Internet expanded by Telecom and Software industries; • In 1997, rapid development of Internet-based radio, television, telephony, new media devices. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 2

Internet Essentials • Interoperability; • Telephone interworking as infrastructure (supporting facsimile, computer communication via modem, voice); • Basic IP Layer will be a key element in the system utility; • Common address space; • Binding and Mapping from other address spaces; • 128 -bit address space of IP version 6; • Unified Storage for e-mail, fax messages, telecalls, voice; • “Horseless Carriage” (cars) and “Internet telephony”. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 3

Statistics • World’s Population: 5. 8 B (1996) vs. 11. 5 B (2047); • Internet Penetration Rate similar to TV and Telephony (+ personal and vehicular devices, fiber optics, broadband); • 3 -4 Billion devices (present Telephone has 660 M - impact on all aspects of the global economy and social structure); • Data rates: maximum for optical fiber (38 THz range per fiber); • End-User Data rates: Gigabit range; • New Methods to replace TCP/IP; • Global Networks; • Packet and Circuit-like Services. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 4

Sensor Networks • Sensor Systems have become an integral part of our world; • Global Positioning Information Systems. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 5

Media Integration • • • Merging in Communication Media through Internet; Internet will emulate functions of radio, TV, Telephone; Initiation of phone calls through Internet; Internet content of the TV broadcasts; Private discussion groups; Multicast communications groups (emergency commands); Consumer Electronics; Management and Control of individual devices; Programmable VCR via Internet; Speaker-independent recognition, translation, understanding. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 6

Mobile Software & Virtual Worlds • • Mobile Software technologies; Security systems; “Smart” devices: interacting with network services; Tax software; Multiparty games; Virtual stores, banks, schools, offices; Video teleconferences. Ch. 2: They're Everywhere 7