Resilient and energy-efficient multi-cloud service grid for 5G edge applications

本研究项目旨在设计、实现和验证一个边缘到云连续体的控制器框架，以说明天空计算范式。该控制器框架将对多云、多接入、多核心网络进行优化，命名为多云服务网格。分布式网格将异构计算、数据和智能的结构编织在一起，以便随时随地按需启用上下文感知、沉浸式和分布式的现代应用程序。这样的框架面临着专门的基础设施、多租户服务和分布式控制的挑战。该框架的验证将通过在仓库情况下操作一群机器人的应用程序来完成；需要新的分析模型。对于这些模型，我们将重点关注深度强化学习和卷积神经网络。其中一个关键输出将是具有连续和离散动作的平稳最优控制策略，使用控制器框架实现所需的优化。该框架以及模型、人工智能方法和策略将部署在提供云制造服务的CEOSNet基础设施ÉTS上。这种部署应该展示集成解决方案的可行性、优点和潜在限制。该项目将为VMware的多云和网格平台做出贡献，并在加拿大促进一类新的创新5G应用。

This research project aims to design, implement, and validate a controller framework for an edge-to-cloud continuum that illustrates the Sky Computing paradigm. The controller framework will optimize the multi-cloud, multi-access, multi-core network, named Multi-Cloud Service Grid. A distributed Grid weaves together a fabric of heterogeneous compute, data, and intelligence to enable context-aware, immersive, and distributed modern applications anytime, anywhere, on-demand. Such a framework faces challenges of specialized infrastructure, multi-tenant services and distributed control. The validation of this framework will be accomplished via applications that operate a swarm of robots in a warehouse situation; requiring new analytical models. For these models, we will focus on deep reinforced learning and convolutional neural networks. One of the key outputs will be a stationary optimal control policy with continuous and discrete actions, achieving the required optimization using the controller framework. This framework, along with the models, AI methods, and policies, will be deployed on the CEOSNet infrastructure at ÉTS that provides cloud manufacturing services. This deployment should demonstrate the feasibility, advantages, and potential limitations of an integrated solution. The project will contribute to VMware's multi-cloud and grid platform as well as facilitating a new class of innovative 5G applications in Canada.