ABSTRACT

We are at the dawn of an era in networking that has the potential to define a new phase of human existence. This era will be shaped by the digitization and connection of everything and everyone with the goal of automating much of life, effectively creating time by maximizing the efficiency of everything we do and augmenting our intelligence with knowledge that expedites and optimizes decision-making and everyday routines and processes.

The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective outlines how Bell Labs sees this future unfolding and the key technological breakthroughs needed at both the architectural and systems levels. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to a major area of change and the network and systems innovation required to realize the technological revolution that will be the essential product of this new digital future.

chapter 1|28 pages

The Future X Network

Enabling a new digital era

chapter 2|42 pages

The Future of the Enterprise

Creating a new global competitor

chapter 3|34 pages

The Future of Security

chapter 4|47 pages

The Future of Wide Area Networks

Creating the perfect network for a new era

chapter |36 pages

The Future of the Cloud

The rise of the new global-local cloud

chapter 6|28 pages

The Future of Wireless Access

Harish Viswanathan and Theodore Sizer II

chapter 7|28 pages

The Future of Broadband Access

chapter 8|28 pages

The Future of the Enterprise Lan

The invisible LAN

chapter |40 pages

The Future of Communications

The emergence of a unified interaction paradigm

chapter 10|33 pages

The Future of Information

chapter |24 pages

The Future of the Home

chapter 14|25 pages

The Future of Network Energy