Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of GeniNewcomers

Timestamp:

02/14/09 16:27:23 (15 years ago)

Author:

Chip Elliott

Comment:

added much intro text, reshuffled for clarity of exposition

GeniNewcomers

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 = New to GENI? =
 
-'''''This page will contain links and other useful information to help new folks get going on the project.'''''  
+The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) is a suite of network research
+infrastructure now in its design and prototyping phase. It is sponsored by the National Science
+Foundation to support experimental research in network science and engineering.
 
-=== System Overview ===
-A high-level, narrative overview of the shape of the GENI suite of infrastructure. [http://www.geni.net/docs/GENISysOvrvw092908.pdf pdf ](Sept08)
+=== GENI Overview ===
+Network Science and Engineering research challenges us to understand networks broadly and at multiple layers of
+abstraction from the physical substrates through the architecture and protocols to networks of people,
+organizations, and societies. The intellectual space surrounding this challenge is highly
+interdisciplinary, ranging from new research in network and distributed system design to the theoretical
+underpinnings of network science, network policy and economics, societal values, and the dynamic
+interactions of the physical and social spheres with communications networks. Such research holds
+great promise for new knowledge about the structure, behavior, and dynamics of our most complex
+systems – networks of networks – with potentially huge social and economic impact.
 
-===  The GENI Project Office ===
-An introduction to the GPO and development approach planned for GENI.  [http://www.geni.net/docs/GENIOvrvw092908.pdf pdf] (Sept08)
+As a concurrent activity, community planning for the suite of infrastructure that will support NetSE
+experiments has been underway since 2005. This suite is termed the Global Environment for Network
+Innovations (GENI). Although its specific requirements will evolve in response to the evolving NetSE
+research agenda, the facility’s conceptual design is now clear enough to support a first spiral of
+planning and prototyping. The core concepts for the suite of GENI infrastructure are as follows.
 
-=== GENI Science Plan ===
-Discussion of how GENI will be used for research and some requirements for the suite of infrastructure. [http://www.geni.net/GDD/GDD-06-28.pdf pdf] (Sept06)
+• Programmability – researchers may download software into GENI-compatible nodes to
+control how those nodes behave;
 
-=== Design Principles ===
-Goals for the GENI design.  [http://www.geni.net/GDD/GDD-06-08.pdf pdf] (June06)
+• Virtualization and Other Forms of Resource Sharing – whenever feasible, nodes implement
+virtual machines, which allow multiple researchers to simultaneously share the infrastructure;
+and each experiment runs within its own, isolated slice created end-to-end across the
+experiment’s GENI resources;
 
-=== Working Groups ===
-The structure and governance of GENI working groups are discussed [http://www.geni.net/docs/geni-wgs-20070920.pdf here].  And the current list of working groups can be found [http://www.geni.net/wg here]. (Sept07)
- 
-=== Tutorial on the GENI Architecture ===
-At the 1st GENI Engineering Conference, John Wroclawski gave a very nice tutorial on the GENI architecture which is available as a !QuickTime [http://www.geni.net/docs/geni_arch_msp.mov movie]. (Oct07)
+• Federation – different parts of the GENI suite are owned and/or operated by different
+organizations, and the NSF portion of the GENI suite forms only a part of the overall
+“ecosystem”; and
+
+• Slice-based Experimentation – GENI experiments will be an interconnected set of reserved
+resources on platforms in diverse locations. Researchers will remotely discover, reserve,
+configure, program, debug, operate, manage, and teardown distributed systems established
+across parts of the GENI suite.
+
+As envisioned in these community plans, the GENI suite will support a wide range of experimental
+protocols, and data dissemination techniques running over facilities such as fiber optics with nextgeneration
+optical switches, novel high-speed routers, city-wide experimental urban radio networks,
+high-end computational clusters, and sensor grids. The GENI suite is envisioned to be shared among a
+large number of individual, simultaneous experiments with extensive instrumentation that makes it easy
+to collect, analyze, and share real measurements. 
+
+=== Technical introduction ===
+* '''System overview''' - A high-level, narrative overview of the shape of the GENI suite of infrastructure. [http://www.geni.net/docs/GENISysOvrvw092908.pdf pdf ](Sept08) [[br]]
+* '''Architectural tutorial''' - At the 1st GENI Engineering Conference, John Wroclawski gave a very nice tutorial on the GENI architecture which is available as a !QuickTime [http://www.geni.net/docs/geni_arch_msp.mov movie]. (Oct07) [[br]]
+* '''Design goals'''. [http://www.geni.net/GDD/GDD-06-08.pdf pdf] (June06) [[br]]
+
+===  How is GENI being planned and prototyped? ===
+* '''Project plan''' - An introduction to the GENI Project Office (GPO) and development approach planned for GENI.  [http://www.geni.net/docs/GENIOvrvw092908.pdf pdf] (Sept08) [[br]]
+* '''Spiral development''' -  GENI is being prototyped through "spiral development", with Spiral 1 now underway. See [wiki:SpiralOne GENI Spiral 1]. [[br]]
+* '''Working groups''' - GENI's technical design takes place in open, transparent working groups. Their structure and governance are discussed [http://www.geni.net/docs/geni-wgs-20070920.pdf here], with the current list of working groups can be found [http://www.geni.net/wg here]. (Sept07) [[br]]
+
+=== Research supported ===
+* Discussion of how GENI will be used for research and some requirements for the suite of infrastructure. [http://www.geni.net/GDD/GDD-06-28.pdf pdf] (Sept06)
+
+== See also ==
+* [wiki:GeniGlossary GENI Glossary] [[br]]
+* [wiki:SpiralOne GENI Spiral 1] [[br]]
+* [wiki:GpoDoc GENI Documents] [[br]]
+
+
+