While all I often want to hear from BT is when are they are going to upgrade our service, it seems they have far bigger plans afoot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7547251.stmInsights from artificial life could soon be helping run BT's networks.
The telecommunications firm wants to give its networks life-like abilities so they can self-regulate, recover from injury and respond to changing demands.
BT is keen to use these techniques to make wireless networks more reliable and adaptable and help distribute net-based services.
It unveiled its research at the Artificial Life XI conference taking place in Winchester this week.
BT is collaborating with Telecom Italia, universities and research organisations on a project called Cascadas.
This aims to optimise the division of tasks around a network by giving them more autonomy and self-awareness by making them more modular and more applicable to different programs that may call on them.
I dont want to be the first to pour cold water on this sort of scheme but not having a central control allows for a little bit of anarchy to go a long way if any part of the network is penetrated, unless a very rigid set of rules are in place there will likely be a fiasco shortly after real-life deployment.
