<s>
The	O
Autonomic	B-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
Architecture	I-General_Concept
(	O
ANA	O
)	O
project	O
aims	O
at	O
exploring	O
novel	O
ways	O
of	O
organizing	O
and	O
using	O
networks	B-Architecture
beyond	O
legacy	O
Internet	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
develop	O
a	O
novel	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
networking	I-Protocol
architecture	O
that	O
enables	O
flexible	O
,	O
dynamic	O
,	O
and	O
fully	O
autonomous	O
formation	O
of	O
network	O
nodes	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
whole	O
networks	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
autonomic	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
will	O
allow	O
dynamic	O
adaptation	O
and	O
re-organisation	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
working	O
,	O
economical	O
and	O
social	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Integrated	O
Project	O
aims	O
at	O
exploring	O
novel	O
ways	O
of	O
organizing	O
and	O
using	O
networks	B-Architecture
beyond	O
legacy	O
Internet	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
develop	O
a	O
novel	O
network	O
architecture	O
that	O
enables	O
flexible	O
,	O
dynamic	O
,	O
and	O
fully	O
autonomic	O
formation	O
of	O
network	O
nodes	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
whole	O
networks	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scientific	O
objective	O
of	O
this	O
proposal	O
is	O
to	O
identify	O
fundamental	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
principles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
this	O
project	O
will	O
build	O
,	O
demonstrate	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
such	O
an	O
autonomic	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
challenge	O
addressed	O
in	O
this	O
project	O
is	O
to	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
network	O
architecture	O
and	O
to	O
fill	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
functionality	O
needed	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
feasibility	O
of	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
networking	I-Protocol
within	O
the	O
coming	O
4	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Autonomic	B-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
Architecture	I-General_Concept
(	O
ANA	O
)	O
project	O
has	O
two	O
complementary	O
objectives	O
that	O
iteratively	O
provide	O
feedback	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
:	O
a	O
scientific	O
objective	O
and	O
a	O
technological	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
identify	O
fundamental	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
networking	I-Protocol
principles	O
that	O
enable	O
networks	B-Architecture
to	O
scale	O
not	O
only	O
in	O
size	O
but	O
also	O
in	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
premise	O
of	O
our	O
work	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
functionally	O
scaling	O
network	O
is	O
a	O
synonym	O
for	O
an	O
evolving	O
network	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
various	O
self-x	O
attributes	O
essential	O
to	O
autonomic	O
communication	O
such	O
as	O
self-management	B-General_Concept
,	O
self-optimization	O
,	O
self-monitoring	O
,	O
self-repair	O
,	O
and	O
self-protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hypothesis	O
is	O
that	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
these	O
self-x	O
attributes	O
,	O
such	O
functional	O
scaling	O
will	O
naturally	O
lead	O
to	O
networks	B-Architecture
that	O
are	O
not	O
only	O
richer	O
in	O
functionality	O
but	O
which	O
also	O
scale	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Autonomic	B-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
Architecture	I-General_Concept
will	O
emerge	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
architectural	O
design	O
that	O
enables	O
flexible	O
,	O
dynamic	O
and	O
fully	O
autonomic	O
formation	O
of	O
large-scale	O
networks	B-Architecture
in	O
which	O
the	O
functionalities	O
of	O
each	O
constituent	O
network	O
node	O
are	O
also	O
composed	O
in	O
an	O
autonomic	O
fashion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technological	O
objective	O
of	O
ANA	O
is	O
therefore	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
experimental	O
autonomic	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
feasibility	O
of	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
networking	I-Protocol
within	O
the	O
coming	O
4	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
step	O
,	O
using	O
insights	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
effort	O
,	O
will	O
loosen	O
the	O
constraints	O
and	O
permit	O
wired	O
and	O
multihop	B-General_Concept
wireless	O
heterogeneous	O
devices	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
in	O
an	O
autonomic	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
the	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
self-organization	O
of	O
networks	B-Architecture
into	O
a	O
global	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
the	O
long	O
term	O
visions	O
to	O
materialize	O
,	O
ANA	O
uses	O
the	O
testbed	O
as	O
an	O
investigative	O
research	O
vehicle	O
while	O
remaining	O
committed	O
to	O
the	O
far	O
looking	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
situated	O
and	O
autonomic	B-Protocol
networking	I-Protocol
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
