RINA 2019 - 6th International Workshop on the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture (RINA 2019)

During the last decade research funding bodies have allocated money to fund “Future Internet” or “Clean-slate” designs that could reduce network complexity by redesigning the network protocol architecture, questioning some of its key principles. Industry groups such as the ETSI ISG NGP are looking at alternatives to the current “TCP-IP” protocol suite. However, few initiatives have really been able to “clean the slate” and question the core model and underlying principles of current Internet protocols. Of those who have done it, RINA – the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture - is probably the simplest yet most general solution.
RINA goes back to the early days of network research, in which operating systems and distributed applications were the model for thinking about packet networks. Networking was though as the enabler of distributed computing. Hence the main function of networks was to communicate applications, not devices. RINA builds on the premise that networking is Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and only IPC, to provide a theory and a model that reconstructs the overall structure of the Internet, forming a model that comprises a single repeating layer, the DIF (Distributed IPC Facility), which is the minimal set of components required to allow distributed IPC between application processes. RINA supports inherently and without the need of extra mechanisms mobility, multi-homing and Quality of Service, provides a secure and configurable environment, motivates for a more competitive marketplace and allows for a seamless adoption
We solicit papers that investigate the application of RINA in different types of network segments and applications, papers reporting on prototype implementations, experimental deployments and interoperability with existing technologies.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Quality of Service in RINA
Mobility, multi-homing and multicast
Security: authentication, access control, confidentiality
Routing in recursive layers
Management of recursive networks
RINA scalability
Policies for large-scale RINA DIFs
Deployment scenarios for RINA
RINA prototype implementations
Deployment of 5G network slices enabling RINA networks
Analysis of case studies showing benefits of RINA
Specific RINA policies and DIF designs for wireless networks
Specific RINA policies and DIF designs for RINA for datacentre networks
Specific RINA policies and DIF designs for RINA for IoT networks
Specific RINA policies and DIF designs for RINA for service provider networks
RINA applied to Vehicular networking
Specific RINA policies and DIF designs for RINA as a next generation virtual network overlay
Supporting the requirements of large-scale decentralized applications (e.g. blockchains)