Reflection: Resource Adaptation
• In a large network diversity is ingrained
• Whether it is an adaptive service or not, but the
ingredient components should not make very
restrictive assumption about network resources.
• This requires certain behaviors (potential “Active
Network Layer Services)
– Network resource awareness
– State awareness about the service
– Self-organization help (state maintenance signaling?)
– Plug-in in the applications themselves (footprint).
– Seamless reorganization