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The '''Recursive InterNetwork Architecture (RINA)''' is a new computer [[network architecture]] proposed as an alternative to the architecture of the currently mainstream [[Internet protocol suite]]. RINA's fundamental principles are that [[computer network]]ing is just [[Inter-Process Communication]] or IPC, and that layering should be done based on scope/scale, with a single recurring set of protocols, rather than based on function, with specialized protocols. The protocol instances in one layer interface with the protocol instances on higher and lower layers via new concepts and entities that effectively [[Reification (computer science)|reify]] networking functions currently specific to protocols like [[BGP]], [[OSPF]] and [[Address Resolution Protocol|ARP]]. In this way, RINA claims to support features like mobility, [[multihoming]] and [[Qualityquality of Serviceservice]] without the need for additional specialized protocols like [[Real-time Transport Protocol|RTP]] and [[User Datagram Protocol|UDP]], as well as to allow simplified network administration without the need for concepts like [[Autonomous system (Internet)|autonomous systems]] and [[Network address translation|NAT]].

==Background==