Situated and Autonomic Communication an EC FET European initiative Fabrizio Sestinim European Commissionâ , with contributions from SAC project coordinators Categories and Subject Descriptors H.4.3 [Information Systems]: Communication Applications; C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Networks]: Networks Architecture and Design General Terms Design, Algorithms, Human Factors Keywords Autonomic Communication, nomadism, Always Best Connected, ad-hoc, new networking paradigms 1. A EUROPEAN INITIATIVE The recent advances in communication and networking technologies and the way in which these are being integrated in the human, working and social framework have made it increasingly evident that there are a number of technical and socio-economic areas whose understanding is still less than satisfactory, and in which long-term research is needed. Current communication/networking solutions appear neither task- nor knowledge-driven, and they are not fully scalable in relation to the ongoing explosion of communication needs, at macro and micro levels. In general, we can observe that the increasingly higher density mesh of components of communications systems and the resulting growing complexity of control requires more and more distributed and self-organizing structures, relying on simple and dependable elements able to collaborate to produce sophisticated behaviors. The main feature of future communication paradigms will be the ability to adapt to an evolving
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