Software-defined infrastructure and the Future Central Office

Author

Joon-Myung Kang ; Bannazadeh, Hadi ; Rahimi, Hossein ; Lin, Tao ; Faraji, Mohammad ; Leon-Garcia, Alberto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 June 2013

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

229

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of virtualization and software-defined infrastructure (SDI) in the design of future application platforms, and in particular the Future Central Office (CO). A multi-tier computing cloud is presented in which resources in the Smart Edge of the network play a crucial role in the delivery of low-latency and data-intensive applications. Resources in the Smart Edge are virtualized and managed using cloud computing principles, but these resources are more diverse than in conventional data centers, including programmable hardware, GPUs, etc. We propose an architecture for future application platforms, and we describe the SAVI Testbed (TB) design for the Smart Edge. The design features a novel Software-Defined Infrastructure manager that operates on top of OpenStack and OpenFlow. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the Smart Edge design on the Future CO.

Keywords

Web design; cloud computing; computer centres; virtualisation; GPU; OpenFlow; OpenStack; SAVI testbed; SDI; Smart Edge design; TB design; cloud computing principles; conventional data centers; data-intensive applications; future CO; future central office; low-latency applications; multitier computing cloud; programmable hardware; software-defined infrastructure; virtualization; Cloud computing; Computer architecture; Control systems; Educational institutions; Graphics processing units; Resource management; Virtualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications Workshops (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCW.2013.6649233

Filename

6649233