The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective

We are at the dawn of an era in networking that has the potential to define a new phase of human existence. This era will be shaped by the digitization and connection of everything and everyone with the goal of automating much of life, effectively creating time by maximizing the efficiency of everything we do and augmenting our intelligence with knowledge that expedites and optimizes decision-making and everyday routines and processes.

The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective outlines how Bell Labs sees this future unfolding and the key technological breakthroughs needed at both the architectural and systems levels. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to a major area of change and the network and systems innovation required to realize the technological revolution that will be the essential product of this new digital future.

• Transforming NOKIA: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change
• Network Programmability and Automation: Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer
• 5G Mobile and Wireless Communications Technology
• Building the Network of the Future: Getting Smarter, Faster, and More Flexible with a Software Centric Approach (100 Cases)
• 5G for the Connected World
• Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT, and Cloud
• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) with a Touch of SDN
• The Art of Network Architecture: Business-Driven Design (Networking Technology)
• Navigating Network Complexity: Next-generation routing with SDN, service virtualization, and service chaining