Piccolo: In-network compute for 5G services

Piccolo：5G 服务的网内计算

• 批准号: 106196
• 金额: $ 70.98万
• 依托单位: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=106196
• 关键词: Piccolo; network; compute; 5G; services

Piccolo will offer foundational technology breakthroughs for the long-term evolution of mobile networks, including 5G and beyond, enabling those networks and their operators as well as new market entrants to support newly emerging applications and services -- and thus also foster broad innovation. As key technology, Piccolo will introduce an unprecedented blending of networking, computing and data storage capabilities in a uniform in-network computing architecture. This platform will allow flexible, easy, and impromptu instantiation of applications across network nodes, close to the user, by combining lambda functions using lightweight and secure virtualisation techniques. The instant and ephemeral nature of the Piccolo approach will nicely complement (and be able to interact with) the presently standardised mobile edge computing and its service creation model.Piccolo will drive its development from two demanding use cases related to privacy-preserving data processing: 1) in the automotive domain for blending in-car and edge computing for data processing and control loops; and 2) in the area of Internet of Things for IoT vision processing and associated AI.Piccolo will develop new solutions for in-network computing that remove known and emerging deficiencies of edge/fog computing. Our vision is that every node includes processing, storage and networking capabilities in an integral architecture. The technical focus is twofold: (1) Compute platforms for network and 3rd party functions addressing fast, lightweight, secure virtualisation and data plane isolation ; (2) Distributed systems to ensure the network is scalable, resilient and secure, and supporting the joint optimisation of compute, network, and storage resources.Our objective is to create an Internet principle of "transparent in-network computing" that complements today's "transparent networking" and so enables a fresh dimension for permissionless innovation and growth.Piccolo will deliver new technical concepts, architecture and mechanisms, underpinned by an understanding of the use cases for in-network computing. Those will be realised in (open) software systems, extensively evaluated in several use cases, and disseminated via software, (pre-)standardisation efforts, and, ultimately, enhanced products of the partners.

Piccolo将为移动的网络（包括5G及以后）的长期演进提供基础技术突破，使这些网络及其运营商以及新市场进入者能够支持新兴应用和服务，从而促进广泛的创新。作为关键技术，Piccolo将在统一的网络计算架构中引入前所未有的网络、计算和数据存储功能。该平台将允许灵活，简单和即兴的应用程序实例化跨网络节点，接近用户，通过使用轻量级和安全的虚拟化技术组合lambda函数。短笛的即时性和短暂性将很好地补充Piccolo将从两个与隐私保护数据处理相关的苛刻用例中推动其发展：1）在汽车领域，将车内和边缘计算融合在一起，用于数据处理和控制循环; 2）在物联网领域，用于物联网视觉处理和相关的人工智能。Piccolo将为网络计算开发新的解决方案，消除边缘/雾计算的已知和新兴缺陷。我们的愿景是，每个节点都在一个整体架构中包含处理，存储和网络功能。技术重点有两个方面：（1）用于网络和第三方功能的计算平台，以实现快速、轻量级、安全的虚拟化和数据平面隔离;（2）分布式系统，确保网络的可扩展性、弹性和安全性，并支持计算、网络、我们的目标是创建一个“透明的网内计算”的互联网原则，以补充今天的“透明网络”。Piccolo将提供新的技术概念、架构和机制，并以对网内计算用例的理解为基础。这些将在（开放）软件系统中实现，在几个用例中进行广泛评估，并通过软件、（预）标准化工作以及最终合作伙伴的增强产品进行传播。