Networking in the Physical World

TL;DR

This paper introduces a physics-based network meta-architecture that leverages fundamental physical laws and models of computation to enable innovative network designs and cross-layer modifications.

Contribution

It presents a novel meta-architecture framework grounded in physical principles, facilitating new discussions and developments in network architecture design.

Findings

Provides a physics-based framework for network architecture

Enables analysis of cross-layer network modifications

Lays groundwork for future physical law-inspired network designs

Abstract

In this work we propose a network meta-architecture based on fundamental laws of physics and a physical model of computation. This meta-architecture may be used to frame discussions about novel network architectures as well as cross-layer alterations to the canonical network stack.