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ETSI Next Generation Protocols Group

Releases First Specification

Scenarios for a 21st Century Internet

On 10 October 2016, the ETSI Industry GS NGP 001 scenarios comprise standards bodies (e.g. 3GPP, ETSI, IEEE,
Specification Group on Next Generation addressing, security, mobility, context- IETF, ITU-T) to shape their protocol
Protocols (NGP ISG) announced the awareness, performance improvement evolution for 5G systems and 21st
release of its first specifications, GS and content enablement as well as century networking technology so as
NGP 001: Next Generation Protocols; multi-access, Internet of Things (IoT), to address the issues identified and
Scenarios Definitions. This document virtualization, mobile edge computing meet the recommendations provided.
defines key scenarios to evolve the and energy saving. The document also compares and
current Internet Protocol (IP) suite contrasts existing IP suite protocols
architecture and addresses the future With this document, ETSI NGP hopes with next generation networking and
technologies that will be embedded to influence the key communications internetworking protocol architecture
in next generation networks. The proposals.
aim is to provide all stakeholders
with harmonized requirements that
will be suitable for multi-access NGP Vision
communication including wireless, ETSI Next Generation Protocol Vision
wired and cellular communications.

IP protocols have been defined in Self-
Next
the 1970’s but a ubiquitous internet Non-IP Generation Organizing
requires a different approach today, Context Aware Identity Protocols Networks
with new security, addressing and
mobility issues to take care of. Internet Scale Manual Control
Minimized
High
“Current and future use cases include Mobility Throughput
4K videos on various devices, massive Mobility Enabler Transport
IoT, drone control or virtual reality Security Machine Learning
and AI Driven
to name but a few: use cases that Scale of Connected Devices
have nothing to do with those of the
70’s. A modernized network protocols Zero-disruption Lower Latency
architecture had to be triggered and Services and Packet Loss
this is why NGP ISG was created in Ubiquitous session
January 2016”, says Andy Sutton, liveliness Simplified Reduce Tunnel Super HD Media
Chairman of NGP ISG. E2E Security Overheads

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