EAGER: Network Virtualization for OpenCloud

EAGER：OpenCloud 的网络虚拟化

• 批准号: 1343947
• 负责人: Scott Shenker
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: International Computer Science Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1343947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Network; Virtualization; OpenCloud

This project addresses the issue of functionality placement in virtualized networks. Functionality placement is the mapping of virtualized functions onto the network substrate and is a key part of using network virtualization to create sophisticated multitenant applications on top of virtualized network "slices". Prior work only considered virtualizing of communications links via methodologies such as Software Defined Networking (SDN). This project will demonstrate how one can implement network virtualization by utilizing only the edge of the physical network (which would make deployment much simpler) and how one can apply these ideas to higher-level functions (e.g., firewalls, proxy caches) and not just L2/L3 switches as are typically considered.Cloud Computing is rapidly changing the face of computing infrastructure and is a major economic driver in the technology sector. This project will benefit the cloud computing industry by informing the design of future cloud computing infrastructure and contributing prototype implementations the research community as open-source code.

这个项目解决了在虚拟网络中功能放置的问题。功能放置是将虚拟功能映射到网络基板上，是使用网络虚拟化在虚拟网络“片”之上创建复杂的多租户应用程序的关键部分。以前的工作只考虑通过软件定义网络（SDN）等方法对通信链路进行虚拟化。本项目将演示如何仅利用物理网络的边缘实现网络虚拟化（这将使部署更加简单），以及如何将这些想法应用于更高级的功能（例如，防火墙、代理缓存），而不仅仅是通常考虑的L2/L3交换机。云计算正在迅速改变计算基础设施的面貌，并且是技术领域的主要经济驱动力。该项目将为未来云计算基础设施的设计提供信息，并将原型实现作为开源代码提供给研究社区，从而使云计算行业受益。