关注NGN的两大走向:网络融合和机对机应用

Two Trends of NGN: Network Convergence and M2M Application

文章提醒读者对NGN未来发展的两大走向:网络融合和机对机应用加以注意。对于网络融合,文章认为:融合不仅仅体现于技术方面,还涉及业务的融合、管理的融合、运营的融合和管制的融合,将是一个长期的过程,设备供应商和业务提供商可先把注意力集中在特定市场的特定融合需求上,在战术上采用能够满足这些需求的技术,从战略上则需要有一个高度灵活的通用平台以适应新出现的各种要求。对于机对机应用,文章认为:随着射频标识(RFID)技术和传感器等的大量使用以及网格计算等高级应用的推广,处于早期阶段的机对机应用将逐渐趋于成熟。在未来某一天,由机器产生的信息流量必将超过人-机应用和人-人应用产生的流量,占据全部流量的绝大部分,应当予以高度关注。

Two trends of Next Generation Network （NGN） should be paid attention： network convergence and Machine-to-Machine （M2M） application. The article thinks that network convergence would not only be implemented at the technical side, but also occur in service, management, operation and control. Its implementation still has a long way to go. Equipment vendors and service providers may first focus on some special requirements on convergence on some special markets. Tactically, they may adopt relevant technologies to meet these requirements. However, they strategically require a highly flexible general platform to meet diversified emerging demands. The article also thinks that M2M aplSlication would go mature along with the mass application of RFID （Radio Frequency Identification）and sensors and popularization of advanced applications such as grid computing. The M2M traffic will definitely go beyond the Person-to-Machine and Person-to-Person traffic on some day and become the most part of the whole traffic in the future. Therefore, it deserves great attention.