This is a copy of a presentation I gave at IGF Ukraine in Kiev on 4 September 2010. It provides a few leads to participants on where we're heading as far as the Future of the Internet is concerned.

1. The Internet in 2020
IGF-UA, Ukraine, 4 September 2010
Olivier Crépin-Leblond – ocl@gih.com

2. Ukraine Internet, May 1994
Internet IP ( Moskow, AO Relcom, (M9) - 193.124.22.0)
| | |
| | +--193.125.68.131 (ns.carrier.kiev.ua) 19200 bps,
| +--193.124.51.65 (ns.gu.kiev.ua) 19200 bps,
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++-193.124.57.65 (ktts.kharkov.ua) 19200 bps,
| this host has more than 20 (!) IP links in Kharkov
| and Donetsk (Ukraine).
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|
++-193.124.65.254 (ukrcom.sebastopol.ua) 19200 bps
+-193.124.53.65 (spider.cris.crimea.ua) 19200 bps
+-193.124.52.20 (vista.odessa.ua) 19200 bps "
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3. Infrastructure required
for telecommunications
•Always connected “Data Glove” incorporating a
fully networked personal digital assistant
•Possibility to consult pictures of area (like
Google maps), to control drone aircraft
directly or to access remote cameras
•Helmet-mounted Webcam, food, health and
GPS location device
•This is only addressable via IPv6
This will all be used in
civilian applications!
Source: US Army Natick Systems
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4. Infrastructure required These are the
for telecommunications applications of the
•Always connected Personal Digital Assistant: future
•Mobile phone (Apple iPhone & iPad, Nokia, HTC etc.)
•Possibility to surf Web sites, but also use artificial intelligence for the
digital assistant to automatically book tickets, shop, see pictures of area
(like Google maps), to access remote cameras, and to find out about
anything, anywhere. GPS location device with information about
services. This is only addressable via IPv6!
•Law enforcement and civil protection
•Police can use all of these services, and more, to ensure the safety of
the population. Firemen can coordinate information more easily.
Ambulances and emergency services will know more information before
arriving on scene.
•Always online - Everywhere
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5. Future Solution – Internet everywhere
In the future, communication will go everywhere
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6. IPv6 Sensors everywhere
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7. The Smart Grid
7 Source: US National Institute of Standards & Technology

8. Internet essentials
Today: human to human and human to device traffic
Future that we know: a lot of device to device traffic
Infrastructure has to be developed enough to support
this
• IPv6 addresses to many more devices than today
We don’t know: Communication standards and all
future services to be implemented
What we need: User-centric Internet which respects the
end to end principle and constitutes no barrier to
innovation
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9. Don’t be afraid of change!
Horse drawn carriages are history
Today there’s a systemic barrier to the
Internet’s Growth
Laws and processes are designed to
safeguard what is currently in place
Baggage which, in some cases, will have to
be changed
Otherwise? The market will dictate change
and it will find opportunities elsewhere
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10. Internet in 2020?
Quotes – Vinton Cerf
US Scientist, widely known as one of the Fathers of the Internet
The Internet is based on a layered, end-to-end
model that allows people at each level of the
network to innovate free of any central control.
By placing intelligence at the edges rather than
control in the middle of the network, the Internet has
created a platform for innovation.
Science-fiction does not remain fiction for long, and
certainly not on the Internet.
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11. The Internet in 2020
THANK YOU
Olivier Crépin-Leblond – ocl@gih.com