Lecture
How to Buy a Network: Trading of Resources in the Physical Layer
Speaker: |
Vassilis
Prevelakis, University of Drexel |
Date: |
Monday, 16 October 2006 |
Time: |
17:00-18:30 |
Location: |
"Mediterranean Studies" Seminar Room, FORTH. Heraklion, Crete |
Host: |
E. Markatos |
| Abstract: |
Recently, a number of new
research initiatives, most notably UCLPv2 and GENI, have promoted
the dynamic partition of physical network resources as the means
to (a) operate the network and (b) to implement new protocols
and services. This leads to a number of open issues such as resource
discovery, implementation of resource partitioning, and the aggregation
of resources to create arbitrary network topologies. To us, the
key issue is the design of a mechanism to trade, acquire, and
control the network resources, given a choice of resource providers.
In this paper, we present an architecture that allows physical
resources to be traded, while granting users controlled access
to the acquired resources via a policy enforcement mechanism.
In addition, it allows provider domains to be linked via configurable
resource exchange points that are the physical layer equivalents
of the pooling point, or Internet Exchange Point (IXP). We demonstrate how our trading system will operate by presenting a use case where a network topology is constructed using resources from multiple providers. The use case also shows how a dynamic reconfiguration can be effected by the customer though the use of simple access control policies, without involving the provider. |
| Bio: |
Detailed CV is available at: http://vp.cs.drexel.edu/cv.html. |
