Mobile communications networks have been evolved through multiple technologies over a period of several decades, to a stage that they become very complicated in the context of resource control and management. The heterogeneous next generation mobile network (NGMN) now includes a variety of network technologies and topologies incorporating with one another to provide a wide range of services; operate in a variety of channel conditions and environments; and within a single universal end user device. NGMN will need to be offered as an integrated system, and to promote interoperability among networks, offer global coverage and seamless mobility, enable the use of a universal handheld terminal, and enhance service quality compared to current wired networks. NGMN will be the infrastructure of the true mobile Internet. 

Biologically-inspired technologies seem to be a promising candidate to initiate further evolvement of the NGMN in a way that it can be operated much more efficiently and resource controlled in the heterogeneous and cooperative environment. There are certain similarities between the biological systems and the NGMN that show some principles in one system could be adapted to the other one and make the NGMN network management more flexible and operational. In this talk, the NGMN will be explained and its functionalities mapped with the biological systems using the examples of the speaker’s previous research works in the areas of NGMN architecture design, mobility and traffic management for cellular networks, NGMN security, mobile ad hoc and mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, and vehicular communications. The talk should be able to inspire the audience on new techniques accessible from the nature for a better design of architecture and network operation in future mobile communications networks than the conventional approaches.