FSArch: Enables FPGA-Based Platforms to Provide Network Services

Most network services are provided by middle boxes at present. However middle boxes would cause many issues such as robustness, security and so on. The latest studies put forward the outsourcing mechanism to solve these problems. Given the benefits of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) in reconfiguration and packet processing, we propose Search, an architecture that enables FPGA-based platforms to provide network services. Based on Search, the user can realize customized features added to the network. Besides, we present the idea of FaaS, which takes FPGA-based platforms as the infrastructure to provide network services for users. At last, an application of network measurement service in FaaS is implemented.