MRI:Development of a Diversified Router for Experimental Research in Networking

MRI：开发用于网络实验研究的多样化路由器

• 批准号: 0520778
• 负责人: Jonathan Turner
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-10-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0520778&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Diversified; Router; Experimental

This project, developing a diversified router platform to enable networking researchers to more easily construct experimental networks, explores new and disruptive architectural innovations. Networking diversification is an emerging concept that envisions multiple diverse networks co-existing on a reconfigurable substrate. Enabling the creation of systems that demonstrate new network architectural innovations in a form that permits systems to be deployed and used to carry live traffic (even in settings that demand high performance levels), this diversified router allows multiple diverse routers to share a common hardware platform, using a flexible architecture built around a pool of processing engines that can be allocated to different routers as needed. The platform leverages the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA), a rapidly developing industry standard for telecommunications equipment. To simplify overall architecture, whenever possible, the platform uses standard ATCA components and distributed switching. It is expected to support link speeds up to 10Gb/s with typical configurations supporting 4 to 6 links and 8 to 10 processing engines of various types. Designed flexible enough for use in support of a wide range of activities, the platform is expected to serve as a compelling demonstration of the feasibility of diversified networking. Moreover, the platform appears well-suited for improvements to the current internet protocol suite that require modifications to the router data path.Broader Impact: Through Washington's University's Open Network Lab, the systems will be made directly available for experimental use by others. The diversified networking concept has the potential to transform the Internet, enabling new network technologies to be introduced at any time, stimulating competition among competitive alternatives, and preventing the recurring problem of network ossification that now plagues the Internet. New courses will be created and students will benefit, particularly the graduate students working on the project.

该项目开发了一个多样化的路由器平台，使网络研究人员能够更容易地构建实验网络，探索了新的和破坏性的架构创新。网络多样化是一个新兴的概念，设想多个不同的网络共存于一个可重构的基板。这种多样化的路由器能够创建展示新网络架构创新的系统，其形式允许系统部署和用于承载实时流量（即使在要求高性能水平的设置中），这种多样化的路由器允许多个不同的路由器共享一个共同的硬件平台，使用围绕处理引擎池构建的灵活架构，可以根据需要分配给不同的路由器。该平台利用了先进的电信计算架构（ATCA），这是一个快速发展的电信设备行业标准。为了简化整体架构，该平台尽可能使用标准ATCA组件和分布式交换。预计它将支持高达10 Gb/s的链路速度，典型配置支持4到6个链路和8到10个各种类型的处理引擎。该平台设计灵活，可用于支持广泛的活动，预计将有力地展示多样化网络的可行性。此外，该平台似乎非常适合于改进目前的互联网协议套件，需要修改路由器的数据路径。更广泛的影响：通过华盛顿大学的开放网络实验室，该系统将直接提供给其他人实验使用。多样化的网络概念有可能改变互联网，使新的网络技术能够随时推出，刺激竞争替代品之间的竞争，并防止目前困扰互联网的网络僵化问题再次出现。新的课程将被创建，学生将受益，特别是研究生的项目工作。