ITR-M: Technologies for Dynamically Extensible Networks

ITR-M：动态可扩展网络技术

• 批准号: 0325298
• 负责人: Jonathan Turner
• 金额: $ 210万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0325298&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITR; Technologies; Dynamically; Extensible; Networks

This project seeks to create advanced hardware and software technologies for supporting dynamically extensible networks. Extensible Network Services Platforms (NSP) support the dynamic insertion of hardware and software plugins that serve as network-resident assists to distributed applications. To enable the greatest impact, extensible networks require sophisticated control mechanisms to enable application developers to specify how application sessions may be configured, while allowing the network the flexibility to map individual sessions onto available resources and to accommodate individual user preferences. This project will develop and demonstrate scalable, high performance NSPs and will create a software Network Extension System (NES) to automatically configure application sessions on demand. In addition to becoming more flexible, networks must become more robust, in order to support advanced mission-critical applications. It is no longer reasonable to assume that network routers operate in a benign environment where users cooperate for the larger social good. The growing challenges to the nation's cyber-infrastructure make it necessary to design systems that can operate reliably and deliver excellent performance, even in the presence of extreme traffic conditions. This project will develop practical designs for managing system resources to ensure robust network operation, even in the most demanding, high performance environments.

该项目旨在创建支持动态可扩展网络的先进硬件和软件技术。可扩展网络服务平台（NSP）支持动态插入硬件和软件插件，这些插件充当分布式应用程序的网络驻留辅助。为了实现最大的影响，可扩展网络需要复杂的控制机制，以使应用程序开发人员能够指定如何配置应用程序会话，同时允许网络灵活地将各个会话映射到可用资源并适应各个用户的偏好。该项目将开发和演示可扩展的高性能NSP，并将创建一个软件网络扩展系统（内斯），以按需自动配置应用程序会话。除了变得更加灵活之外，网络还必须变得更加强大，以支持高级关键任务应用。假设网络路由器在用户为了更大的社会利益而合作的良性环境中运行已经不再合理。国家网络基础设施面临的日益严峻的挑战使得设计出即使在极端交通条件下也能可靠运行并提供卓越性能的系统成为必要。该项目将开发用于管理系统资源的实用设计，以确保即使在要求最高的高性能环境中也能实现稳健的网络运行。