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

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轻松地构建实验网络，探索新的颠覆性架构创新。网络多样化是一个新兴的概念，它设想多个不同的网络在可重新配置的基板上共存。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，其形式允许部署和使用系统来承载实时流量(即使在要求高性能级别的设置中也是如此)，它允许多个不同的路由器共享一个通用硬件平台，使用围绕可根据需要分配给不同路由器的处理引擎池构建的灵活架构。该平台利用了先进电信计算架构(ATCA)，这是一种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。预计支持高达10 Gb/S的链路速度，典型配置支持4到6条链路和8到10个各种类型的处理引擎。该平台的设计足够灵活，可以支持广泛的活动，预计将成为多样化联网可行性的令人信服的示范。此外，该平台似乎非常适合对当前互联网协议套件的改进，这些改进需要修改路由器数据路径。广泛的影响：通过华盛顿大学的开放网络实验室，这些系统将直接供其他人进行实验使用。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引入，刺激竞争对手之间的竞争，并防止目前困扰互联网的网络僵化问题再次出现。将创建新的课程，学生将受益，特别是参与该项目的研究生。

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.