Asymmetric Addressing Structures in Limited Domain Networks

Abstract

Different industry verticals require their network domains to describe their optimized application control and behavior through custom protocols. Such local protocols are necessary because adapting specific behaviors using current general-purpose network paradigms often leads to constrained design decisions since the IP does not provide necessary customization with its existing format. At the same time, with the growth in Industrial Internet and IoT, there is a need for convergence between the standard Internet and proprietary protocols. In this regard, network addresses are key to representing application semantics or a device’s capability, but the current IP address structure does not sufficiently capture these artifacts. We propose the use of New IP shipping specification to accommodate a diverse set of local protocol requirements in a well-structured user-defined address scheme and its effective integration and adaptation to the IP for opaque connectivity over the Internet.