Imminent traffic volume explosion
Video distribution as (literally) a killer application
Resource management issues unsolved today
Information-centric concepts are proliferating
CDNs: transparent redirection of requests to topologically close servers
P2P: location-agnostic exchange of content chunks
IETF ALTO: align peer selection with network topology (operator policies)
IETF DECADE: access named content in storage servers
Machine-to-Machine Communication
Information-centric research activities
4WARD NetInf: Information-centric networking with a flat naming scheme
CCN: Content-centric networking with a hierarchical naming scheme
PSIRP: Publish/subscribe for Internet level communication
DTN: Delay-Tolerant Networking based on Bundle protocol