International SDX Demo

[nriga@bbn.com]

Demo Title: International SDX Demo

One-sentence layman's description: This demos shows working prototypes of Software Defined Exchanges operating in the US and Europe.

Who should see this demo? Example: Attendees interested in Emerging Internet Architecture and specifically in Software Defined Networks and Infrastructure.

Demo description paragraph(s):

The Software Defined Exchange (SDX) is a recently defined concept that is motivated by the need of applications to, via software programs, dynamically acquire and control network, computation and storage resources. An SDX is a meeting place where resource owners (e.g., cloud or network operators) advertise the availability of their wares and where applications go to identify, pay for and acquire resources to support their needs. These needs may change over time and the SDX supports such dynamic reconfiguration. In effect the SDX allows applications to acquire a software defined “Slice” of the Internet and resources that are connected to it. It is a traditional market bringing together sellers and buyers of goods. Its availability will democratize the ability of new applications to compete in a variety of markets served by different resource providers. The SDX together will “slicing” and “software defined infrastructure” have the potential to revolutionize the Internet and to enable an exciting new generation of applications. Of course, this very high level description belies the complex financial, policy, security and technical problems that must be overcome to fully realize the potential of the SDX. Prototype SDXs are now being established to explore and address these problems in a collaborative atmosphere.

At this demo we are going to present an architecture proposition for an SDX and two working prototype SDXs interoperating, one in the US and one in Europe.

List of equipment that will need AC connections (e.g. laptop, switch, monitor): Just put in the number of connections needed if your demo description already lists equipment.

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