PN'25: ACM CoNEXT 2025 Workshop on the Polymorphic Network

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Abstract

Communication networks have evolved into critical infrastructure that underpins a vast range of consumer and industrial applications - from AR/VR and autonomous driving to smart manufacturing and telemedicine. Yet, current networking paradigms exhibit fundamental limitations in flexibility, scalability, service differentiation, mobility, security, and global operability, constraining their ability to meet emerging demands for intelligent, adaptive, and service-aware connectivity. The Polymorphic Network (PN) represents a next-generation architectural paradigm that unifies control and dynamic orchestration of forwarding behaviors and heterogeneous resources across the entire network. Building upon programmable networking foundations, PN enables the seamless coexistence and evolution of diverse networking paradigms (e.g., IP, NDN, MobilityFirst) while extending programmability into the computation, storage, and forwarding domains. This workshop invites contributions addressing the theory, design, implementation, applications, and operational insights of polymorphic networks, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on how PN can drive the evolution of intelligent, secure, and adaptive future networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCoNEXT 2025 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies
EditorsAndra Elena Lutu, Ying Zhang, Kai Chen, Jinshu Su, Lei Yang
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages51-52
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798400721915
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2025
Event21st International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies, CoNEXT 2025 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 1 Dec 20254 Dec 2025

Publication series

NameCoNEXT 2025 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies, CoNEXT 2025
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period1/12/254/12/25

Keywords

  • intelligent networking
  • network architecture
  • network security
  • polymorphic network
  • programmable networking

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