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The following are lists of aggregates available to GENI experimenters.

1 Backbone Networks

Network Description Network Map
Internet2 Internet2 provides the U.S. research and education community a dynamic hybrid optical and packet network. GENI experimenters have access to 1Gbps of dedicated bandwidth from Internet2. Experimenters may create their own topologies using Layer 2 VLANS. Internet2 Map
National LambdaRail (NLR) NLR provides the testbed for advanced research at over 280 universities and private and U.S. government laboratories. GENI experimenters have access to up to 30Gbps of non-dedicated bandwidth on NRL. Experimenters may create their own topologies using Layer 2 VLANS. NLR Map
GENI OpenFlow Core GENI network core is a set of OpenFlow-capable switches in NLR and Internet2. There are currently two standing VLANs (3715 and 3716) carried on ten switches in the core. Experimenters may use these standing VLANs within the GENI core network without having to coordinate with NLR or Internet2. Experimenters will however have to coordinate with their campus and/or regional networks to connect to the GENI core. The two standing VLANS in the network core also bridge between the Internet2 and NLR networks. Core VLAN 3715 Core VLAN 3716

2 Programmable Hosts

Aggregate Description Compute Resources Programmable Network Accepts GENI Credentials Network Connectivity Experimenter Tools
PlanetLab Testbed consisting of 1090 nodes at 513 sites around the world Virtual machines on PlanetLab nodes No Yes Internet Gush, Omni, Raven, SFI
GPO Lab myPLC PlanetLab installation consisting of 5 multi-homed nodes Virtual machines on PlanetLab nodes No Yes Internet2: IP; NLR: IP; Internet Gush, Omni, SFI
Utah ProtoGENI Over 500 co-located PCs that can be loaded with an experimenter specified OS image and connected in arbitrary topologies. Includes 60 nodes with 2 WiFi cards each, plus software-defined radio peripherals (USRP2) Complete PCs or virtual machines on PCs PCs can be set up as routers, plus experimenter-controllable switches (HP ProCurves) Yes Internet2: IP and Layer 2; Internet ProtoGENI Tools, Gush
Kentucky ProtoGENI Over 50 co-located PCs that can be loaded with an experimenter specified OS image and connected in arbitrary topologies. Strong instrumentation capabilities Complete PCs or virtual machines on PCs PCs can be set up as routers Yes Internet2: IP and Layer 2; Internet ProtoGENI Tools, Instrumentation Tools
GPO Lab ProtoGENI 11 co-located PCs that can be loaded with an experimenter specified OS image and connected in arbitrary topologies Complete PCs PCs can be set up as routers Yes Internet2: IP and Layer 2; NLR: IP and Layer 2; Internet ProtoGENI Tools, Gush
Million Node GENI Compute resources on thousands of platforms donated by individuals and institutions. Platforms may be mobile and/or behind firewalls and NATs. Experimenter software, written in a subset of Python, runs in sandboxes on Million Node GENI platforms. No No Internet ProtoGENI Tools, Million Node GENI Tools

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3 Programmable Networks

Aggregate Description Compute Resources Accepts GENI Credentials Network Connectivity Experimenter Tools
Supercharged PlanetLab Platform (SPP) Nodes
Five high-performance PlanetLab nodes at Internet2 co-location sites. Nodes incorporate high-performance server and network processor blades to support service delivery over high speed overlay networks. Experimenters program the General-Purpose Processing Engines (GPEs) and Network Processor Blades (NPE) of the SPP nodes. No Internet2 ProtoGENI Backbone Nodes Nodes at 5 Internet2 co-location sites. The ProtoGENI backbone runs Ethernet on a 1Gbps Internet2 wave, and slices it with VLANs. Researchers select the topology of VLANs on this infrastructure. No Yes Internet2: Layer 2 and IP; Internet2 ION service (incl. many ProtoGENI sites); 1 Gbps to GpENI and Wisconsin ProtoGENI site, 10 GBps to Utah ProtoGENI site and Mid-Atlantic Crossroads; connected to SPP and ShadowNet nodes ProtoGENI Tools BGP Mux BGP-session multiplexer that provides stable, on-demand access to global BGP route feeds. Arbitrary and even transient client BGP connections can be provisioned and torn down on demand without affecting globally visible BGP sessions. No No Internet2 Stanford OpenFlow Network No Internet2 Indiana Openflow Network No Internet2 Rutgers Openflow Network No Internet2 Washington Openflow Network OpenFlow testbed consisting of three HP OpenFlow-controlled switches. Compute resources provided by a myPlc instance with two nodes. Yes NLR Wisconsin Openflow Network OpenFlow testbed consisting of six HP OpenFlow-controlled switches. Three of the six switches are connected to computing resources available to experimenters Yes NLR GPO Lab Openflow Network OpenFlow testbed consisting of three OpenFlow-controlled switches (one each of HP, NEC, and Quanta) and an Expedient AM/OIM/FV stack. Computing resources provided by the GPO Lab myPLC and GPO Lab ProtoGENI aggregates Yes Internet2: IP and Layer 2, NLR: IP and Layer 2 OpenFlow tools (NOX and Expedient), Omni

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4 Wireless Testbeds

Aggregate Description Compute Resources Programmable Network Accepts GENI Credentials Network Connectivity Experimenter Tools
ORBIT Wireless Testbed 400 nodes, each with two 802.11 a/b/g interfaces, arranged in a grid. Nodes can be loaded with experimenter specified OS and software. Full access to nodes in the testbed MAC layer and above programmable by experimenter. Topology control by changing transmit power levels and noise floor. No OMF Tools
DOME 35 transit buses equipped with computers and a variety of wireless radios, stationary WiFi access points with buses authenticated for access, numerous organic access points. Radios in the testbed include 802.11b/g access points, 802.11g PCI, XTend 900Mhz radios, 3G modems, and GPS Virtual machines on an embedded computer running Linux No No Internet

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5 Specialized Aggregates

Aggregate Description Compute Resources Programmable Network Accepts GENI Credentials Network Connectivity Experimenter Tools
Deter
Testbed for security experiments consisting of about 200 co-located PCs that can be loaded with an experimenter specified OS image and connected in arbitrary topologies Complete PCs PCs can be set up as routers No I2? NLR? Internet ProtoGENI Tools, SEER Kansei Sensor networking testbed consisting of 96 nodes. Each node has one XSM, 4 Telosbs, and one iMote2, all of which are attached to a Stargate. The Stargates are connected using both wired and wireless ethernet. The nodes have 802.11, 802.15.4, and 900 MHz Chipcon CC1000 radios Experimenters program the Stargates running Stargate Release 7.2 from Intel Research. No No Internet EmStar stargate development environment ViSE Virtualized access to three sensor nodes located in the Amherst, MA area. Sensor nodes include a Davis Pro Vantage Pro2 Weather Station, a Sony SNC-RZ50N Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera, and a Raymarine RD424 Radome Radar Scanner. Linux virtual machines on sensor nodes Testbed nodes use long distance 802.11b over directional antenna for communication No

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6 GENI Aggregates: Coming Soon

GpENI Network testbed centered on a Midwest US regional optical network between The University of Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and University of Missouri – Kansas City, supported with optical switches from Ciena interconnected by Qwest fiber infrastructure.
GENICloud Brings OpenCirrus and Ecalyptus-based cloud computing resources to GENI experimenters.
PrimoGENI Integrate a large-scale, real-time network simulator (PRIME) into ProtoGENI, enabling slices involving both physical and simulated networked components.
CMU Homenet Nodes Nodes on non-controlled networks placed in residences such as apartments.
MAX Regional optical network consisting of wavelength-selectable switches, 10Gbps Ethernet switches, PlanetLab nodes, OpenFlow switches, NetFPGA hosts, and connections to ProtoGENI, Internet2 ION, NLR. MAX Aggregate
CMU Wireless Emulator A wireless network emulator that accurately emulates wireless signal propagation in a physical space.
ORCA/BEN Network consisting of several segments of dark fiber and includes a reconfigurable fiber switch (layer 0) to generate different physical topologies, out of band network management to access equipment at PoPs and remote power management for resetting and powering down of experimental equipment.
Data Intensive Cloud Cloud-based environment for data-intensive experiments from start (the data collection point) to finish (processing and archiving).
Rutgers WiMAX GENI-enabled WiMAX base station at Rutgers University.
NY Poly WiMAX GENI-enabled WiMAX base station at Polytechnic Institute of New York University.
UCLA WiMAX GENI-enabled WiMAX base station at the University of California, Los Angeles to support the deployment and testing of vehicular services and applications in the Campus Vehicular Testbed (C-VeT).
GPO Lab WiMAX GENI-enabled WiMAX base station at the BBN Campus, Cambridge, MA.