I-Corps: Elastic Network Infrastructure

I-Corps：弹性网络基础设施

• 批准号: 1660680
• 负责人: Eric Keller
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660680&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Elastic; Network; Infrastructure

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project rests in the creation of a new category of how networking is offered. Rather than offered as a static collection of physical appliances to be managed by a company's IT staff, this project aims to provide network processing as a service, and in turn reduce capital costs (through more efficient use of resources), as well as operational costs (by simplifying management). In effect, it seeks to do for networking what cloud computing did for computing. Target markets include traditional enterprise networks, which can replace their physical network devices with this service to save money and simplify management, and Cloud and telecom service providers which could offer the service as an add-on feature to their customers in order to increase revenue. As more devices come online, as more traffic traverses a network, and as networks further become more integral to business operations, the needs for more reliable and efficient networks will likewise increase.This I-Corps project explores the market for a new approach to network functions virtualization, where network functions are disaggregated into separate processing and state storage components. Experiments have shown seamless scalability, disruptionless failure management, and processing rates in line with other software solutions. The aim of this I-Corps project is to interview a large number of potential customers to understand their current and future needs, challenges, and operations. With this, the commercial viability and value proposition of the 'stateless' network functions technology will be better understood.

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于创建了一个如何提供网络的新类别。该项目旨在将网络处理作为服务提供，从而降低资本成本(通过更高效地使用资源)和运营成本(通过简化管理)，而不是作为由公司IT员工管理的静态物理设备集合。实际上，它寻求为网络做云计算为计算所做的事情。目标市场包括传统企业网络，它们可以用这项服务取代他们的物理网络设备，以节省资金并简化管理，以及云和电信服务提供商，它们可以将这项服务作为附加功能提供给客户，以增加收入。随着更多的设备在线，随着更多的流量通过网络，随着网络进一步成为业务运营的组成部分，对更可靠、更高效的网络的需求也将增加。这个i-Corps项目探索了一种新的网络功能虚拟化方法的市场，其中网络功能被分解到单独的处理和状态存储组件中。实验表明，无缝的可扩展性、无中断的故障管理以及与其他软件解决方案一致的处理速度。这个i-Corps项目的目的是采访大量潜在客户，以了解他们当前和未来的需求、挑战和运营。有了这一点，无状态网络功能技术的商业可行性和价值主张将得到更好的理解。