Milestone ERM: S3.e Demonstration at GEC11 and Experimenter Outreach

13 years late (07/31/11 00:00:00)

  • Deploy multiple ERM boxes (between 2 to 4) within suitable GENI infrastructures that can most take advantage of real-time optical layer measurement and cross-layer control. Potential GENI infrastructures include the BEN network located in North Carolina (where we have already been working during spiral 2) and the DRAGON/MAX network located in the greater Washington D.C. area.
  • Demonstrate the deployment of multiple ERM boxes (between 2 to 4) within suitable GENI infrastructures that can most take advantage of real-time optical layer measurement and cross-layer control.
  • Conduct an experiment using this ERM-enabled network involving non-GENI researchers. We have already initiated these projects with collaborators at AT&T Research and Lucent/Alcatel. Potential issues that ERM could address are:
    • Restoration and Protection: IP-layer restoration is becoming an important issue for the networking community. We can utilize the ERM box to monitor the IP traffic on the WDM network. ERM box can be enabled with functionalities to restore and protect IP router failures, by intelligently rerouting the traffic on the optical layer.
    • Energy Efficiency: The increasing number of networking devices in the present day Internet is causing a significant rise in the energy consumption. The ERM box can be used to enable traffic engineering (TE) based on energy-efficient routing. For example, the routing algorithm could minimize the number of IP ports used by enabling optical bypass.
  • Present a demo of an experiment using this ERM-enabled network involving non-GENI researchers. We have already initiated these projects with collaborators at AT&T Research and Lucent/Alcatel.
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