Boosting Cloud Communications through a Crosslayer Multipath Protocol Architecture

Author

Coudron, Matthieu ; Secci, Stefano ; Maier, G. ; Pujolle, Guy ; Pattavina, A.

Author_Institution

LIP6, UPMC, Paris, France

fYear

2013

fDate

11-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

External reliability in data-center networking is today commonly reached via forms of provider multihoming, so as to guarantee higher service availability rates. In parallel, Cloud users also resort to multihoming via different device access interfaces (Wi-fi, 3G, Wired). Both practices add path diversity between Cloud users and servers, unusable with legacy communication protocols. To overcome this void, we present a holistic multipath communication architecture for Cloud access and inter-Cloud communications, and defend its possible implementation using three promising recent protocols functionally acting at three different communication layers: MPTCP, LISP and TRILL.

Keywords

cloud computing; computer centres; protocols; 3G interface; LISP; MPTCP; TRILL; Wi-Fi interface; crosslayer multipath protocol architecture; data-center networking; device access interfaces; external reliability; intercloud communications; legacy communication protocols; multipath communication architecture; protocols functionally; provider multihoming; wired interface; Cloud computing; Computer architecture; IP networks; Protocols; Servers; Virtual machine monitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), 2013 IEEE SDN for

Conference_Location

Trento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SDN4FNS.2013.6702535

Filename

6702535