AKARI Project
Encyclopedia
The AKARI Architecture Design Project (AKARI Project) is a large project for designing New Generation Network Architecture and is supported by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
(NICT) of Japan. The name comes from the Japanese word Akari, which means "A small light (in the dark pointing to the future)". Launched in May 2006, the AKARI Project aims to build technologies for new generation network by 2015, developing a network architecture and creating a network design based on that architecture. AKARI is also denoted as a Future Internet
project.
The members of the AKARI Project come from NICT and some other famous universities or companies such as Tokyo University, Keio University
, Osaka University
, Tokyo Institute of Technology
and NTT etc. So far they have produced a Conceptual Design Book, which describes their philosophy to pursue an ideal solution by researching new network architectures from a clean slate without being impeded by existing constraints. They have identified three major design principles as: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid), Sustainable and Evolutionary, and Reality Connection.
To some extent, the AKARI Project is similar to the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) facility of USA and many of the Seventh Framework Programmes (FP7) of EU.
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology is Japan's national research institute for information and communications...
(NICT) of Japan. The name comes from the Japanese word Akari, which means "A small light (in the dark pointing to the future)". Launched in May 2006, the AKARI Project aims to build technologies for new generation network by 2015, developing a network architecture and creating a network design based on that architecture. AKARI is also denoted as a Future Internet
Future Internet
Future Internet is a general term for research activities on new architectures for the Internet.-History:While the technical development of the Internet has been an extensive research topic from the beginning, an increased public awareness of several critical shortcomings in terms of performance,...
project.
The members of the AKARI Project come from NICT and some other famous universities or companies such as Tokyo University, Keio University
Keio University
,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...
, Osaka University
Osaka University
, or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...
, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The Tokyo Institute of Technology is a public research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,850 undergaraduates and 5006 graduate students for 2009-2010...
and NTT etc. So far they have produced a Conceptual Design Book, which describes their philosophy to pursue an ideal solution by researching new network architectures from a clean slate without being impeded by existing constraints. They have identified three major design principles as: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid), Sustainable and Evolutionary, and Reality Connection.
To some extent, the AKARI Project is similar to the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) facility of USA and many of the Seventh Framework Programmes (FP7) of EU.