Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2026, 16(6), 2026-215
A Basic Element Analysis Model for Network Service Extensibility
1 Lecturer,
School of Network Security, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing,
China, E-mail: jizuqin@jit.edu.cn
(corresponding author).
2 Associate Professor, School of Network
Security, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China, E-mail:
chengyuan2018@jit.edu.cn
Project Management
Received February 9, 2026; revised April 12, 2026; accepted June 3, 2026
Available online June 17, 2026
Abstract: In order to meet the increasing demand of emerging network applications, the extensibility of network services has become a key issue in future network research. Existing research on future networks lacks consideration of the basic elements that networks should have to realize service extensibility, and of the degree to which networks possess these elements, and cannot provide a unified metric for assessing whether networks have the basis for service extensibility. Furthermore, it analyzes the basic elements of network service extensibility, proposes methods for analyzing these elements, and then constructs a basic element analysis model for network service extensibility. Then, the availability of the analysis model is verified by assessing the extent to which the “extensible network service model” possesses the basic elements of service extensibility. Finally, the analysis model is applied to two typical future networks in order to identify the root cause of their insufficient service extension capability.
Keywords: Network service, service extensibility, basic element, analysis model.
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Citation: Ji, Z., and Cheng, Y. (2026). A Basic Element Analysis Model for Network Service Extensibility. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 16(6), 2026-215.
