The AKARI Architecture Design Project aims to implement the basic technology of a new generation network by 2015, developing a network architecture and creating a network design based on that architecture. Our philosophy is to pursue an ideal solution by researching new network architectures from a clean slate without being impeded by existing constraints. Once these new network architectures are designed, the issue of migration from today's conditions can be considered using these design principles. Our goal is to create an overarching design of what the entire future network should be. To accomplish this vision of a future network embedded as part of societal infrastructure, each fundamental technology or sub-architecture must be selected and the overall design simplified through integration.
