Cognitive Service-Oriented Infrastructures

Abstract

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Service- Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) were proposed to support the evolution and composition of services on heterogeneous network- ing infrastructures. However, neither SOA nor SOI address the issues related to the performance of the underlying network infrastructure. This paper shows that such issues can be mitigated by supporting the SOA paradigm using cognitive networks, which are networks that promote continuous adaptation and intelligent communications, so that transparency to underlying technology, protocol independence and quality of service can be promoted.