{"title":"Measurement of IP Packet Flow and Evaluation with VINS","authors":"Nanjun Li","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444735","url":null,"abstract":"Due to enormous complexity of Internet topology and diversity of nodes' behavior, some important attributes of IP packet flows are not measurable in real world with existing technologies. However, by adequately simulating network nodes' behavior and evaluating their performance, new insights into IP packet flows can be gained. With a brief review on today's Internet architecture and recent development of the visualized IP-based network simulator (VINS), this paper applies VINS to measure IP packet flows in a simulated network. We investigate the causes of packet loop and find the time-to-live (TTL) control may not work as expected in some circumstances. A slight modification of TTL control is proposed and tested with VINS, which may strengthen the capability of cin a domain of nodes.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125831230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Large-scale Reconfigurable Virtual Testbed for Information Security Experiments","authors":"A. Volynkin, V. Skormin","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444663","url":null,"abstract":"The vulnerability of a modem computer network to information attacks stems from its high complexity, global interconnectivity and multiple entry points. While experimental security-related studies cannot be performed on \"real\" operating computer networks, and data collected during real information attacks is incomplete and sporadic, extensive network facilities have become a necessary component of security research. In order to assure the scalability of results, it is important that the experimental network properly emulates the \"real\" network. The development of such an experimental facility for network security research is presented. It will allow for a high level of software visualization enabling the users to achieve a high level of network scalability and rapid deployment, ensuring proper analysis and development of new tools and techniques for threat detection and mitigation.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124894409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yong Liu, M. H. Phùng, K. Chua, G. Mohan, Yanmei Guo, S. Panneerselvan
{"title":"A Unified Network Control and Management System for an Integrated EPON and Metro Optical Network Testbed","authors":"Yong Liu, M. H. Phùng, K. Chua, G. Mohan, Yanmei Guo, S. Panneerselvan","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444724","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a unified network control and management system for an integrated Ethernet-based optical network testbed is introduced. The integrated optical network testbed consists of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) access network and an metro Ethernet network. A unique feature of the developed network control and management system is that all network control and management signaling frames are transmitted and processed in Ethernet layer. As such, the system has a unified architecture for both the metro Ethernet network and the EPON access networks, and provide a uniform interface for network administrators to manage both networks. The architecture and the major functionalities including virtual local area network (VLAN)-based traffic engineering and resource reservation are discussed.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121982380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Avallone, Vittorio Manetti, Marina Mariano, S. Romano
{"title":"A splitting infrastructure for load balancing and security in an MPLS network","authors":"S. Avallone, Vittorio Manetti, Marina Mariano, S. Romano","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444681","url":null,"abstract":"Several multi-path routing algorithms have been recently proposed to achieve load balancing and increase security. However, the functionalities required to split traffic flows over multiple paths have not been standardized yet. Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) offers a suitable environment to implement multi-path routing algorithms, as multiple parallel label switched paths (LSPs) may be established to carry each a portion of a traffic flow. This paper focuses on a traffic splitting mechanism designed for MPLS networks. We propose a set of new operations to be performed by the edge routers and illustrate them with reference to a popular open source implementation of the MPLS stack. We implemented the new operations and give a demonstration of their functionality using an experimental testbed.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128322973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interconnection of Broadband Islands in Developing Regions","authors":"A. Nungu, B. Pehrson","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444661","url":null,"abstract":"We present research on how to establish sustainable broadband markets in rural areas of developing regions. Due to an increasing political awareness of the importance of ICT for development, many such regions are now being networked. Since they have little legacy to consider, there are opportunities to leapfrog and stimulate solutions tailored to future needs and public good. The specific properties of the network topologies discussed are due to the piecemeal deployment of optical fiber creating broadband islands to be connected via whatever narrowband links available. The quality of service in such networks of interconnected broadband islands can be optimized by making the broadband islands self-sustained and managing the narrowband links by clever use of bandwidth management schemes, buffering, caching, etc., tailored to the needs of the specific services and applications. Our strategy assumes an open access regulatory regime allowing sharing of communication resources, opening up for innovative business models and new value chains. It calls for new technical solutions, also considering power consumption and cost. Our research includes experimental validation, currently focusing on two pilots in rural Tanzania, having one of the most open regulatory frameworks in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper discusses a network design and outlines experiments underway in the pilots.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"228 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133134170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A COTS based Testbed to Develop Mission Tailored Solutions: Versatile Communications Backbone Network","authors":"Alberto Domingo, H. Wietgrefe, Miguel Angel Rico","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444662","url":null,"abstract":"The NATO Response Force operational concept is based on the rapid deployment of expeditionary forces at a number of locations with mission tailored capabilities. Commercially available products fail on key NATO requirements for various reasons, e.g. form factor, types of supported interfaces, and resilience, to name a few. Therefore a commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) technology based testbed for the development of mission tailored communication functions has been drafted. As a first application of this testbed, a tailored, multi-service, highly redundant LAN/MAN ring communication system for deployed military CIS infrastructure, the so called Versatile Communications Backbone Network (VCBN), has been developed by the authors. The VCBN concept provides a very-high reliability backbone ring, made up of two dual-redundant IP rings. The rings can be implemented using different media, and therefore support very well the phased deployment of communications into theatre. To ease industrialisation, the VCBN nodes are implemented using COTS products: Intel-based single board computers, standard Ethernet interfaces, and a ring logic and node management application running on Linux. The system incorporates the functionality required for expeditionary deployments, and the strictly needed interfaces, without the complexity of commercial systems that, in general, render suboptimal solutions in terms of space complexity and cost. Each VCBN node can be fitted into a 2U, 19 inch rack-mount. Initial analysis has proved that VCBN nodes arc operationally and commercially feasible, at an affordable cost. While established with the VCBN application in mind, the test environment used for the development is well suited for the development and mission tailoring of other communication functions.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124785801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Gurkan, Xiaojing Yuan, D. Benhaddou, F. Figueroa, Jonathan A. Morris
{"title":"UH-ToSS: A Sensor Networking Testbed with IEEE1451 Compatibility for Space Exploration","authors":"D. Gurkan, Xiaojing Yuan, D. Benhaddou, F. Figueroa, Jonathan A. Morris","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444675","url":null,"abstract":"Smaller, faster, and cheaper sensors resulted from continuing advances in sensor, semiconductor, and communication systems technology makes it possible to have real sensor intensive networks of fixed and mobile devices for use in many in-door and out-door applications. Several sensor network testbeds have been developed, but none of them consider how to incorporate smart sensor capability in the system. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a testbed, ToSS (Testbed of Smart Sensors), developed in collaboration with NASA Stennis Space Center for testing and verifying IEEE 1451-compatible sensor systems with network performance monitoring capability for space shuttles and other space exploration relevant tasks.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117067790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Riggio, N. Scalabrino, D. Miorandi, I. Chlamtac
{"title":"JANUS: A Framework for Distributed Management of Wireless Mesh Networks","authors":"R. Riggio, N. Scalabrino, D. Miorandi, I. Chlamtac","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444703","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are emerging as a potentially attractive access architecture for metropolitan-scale networks. While research on WMNs has been up to a large extent confined to the study of efficient routing protocols, there is a clear need to envision new network management tools, able to sufficiently exploit the peculiarities of WMNs. In particular, a new generation of middleware tools for network monitoring and profiling must be introduced in order to speed up development and testing of novel protocol architectures. Currently, management functionalities are developed using conventional centralized approaches. The distributed and self-organizing nature of WMNs suggest a transition from network monitoring to network sensing. In this work, we propose JANUS, a novel framework for distributed monitoring of WMNs. We describe the JANUS architecture, present a possible implementation based on open-source software and report some experimental measurements carried out on a small-scale testbed.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126617075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Architecture for Experimenting with Traffic Engineering and QoS Routing Algorithms","authors":"S. Avallone, S. Romano, G. Ventre","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444700","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet research community is making a great effort in order to define efficient network management and control functions. The goal is to make the best use of the network infrastructure, while meeting the users' requirements at the same time. One of the keys to achieve such a goal is the routing algorithm. A wide variety of traffic engineering and QoS routing algorithms have been proposed aiming to optimize resources and provide QoS to the users. However, the performance of such algorithms have usually been evaluated through simulations. In this paper, we present an architecture which enables to experiment with different routing algorithms in a real network. The performance of the routing algorithms can then be evaluated in terms of number of admitted flow requests, average delay, packet loss and jitter. We describe how we implemented all the components of the proposed architecture and how we setup a testbed consisting of Linux PCs. Finally, we illustrate an experiment we conducted to demonstrate the operation of our architecture.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114779619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Vallejo, A. Zaballos, J. Abella, G. Villegas, J. Selga
{"title":"Evaluation of a Policy-Based QoS Management Architecture over an IPv6 DiffServ testbed","authors":"A. Vallejo, A. Zaballos, J. Abella, G. Villegas, J. Selga","doi":"10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444697","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present the implementation of a bandwidth broker architecture for the centralized management of the QoS in native IPv6 DiffServ networks in a multi-domain environment. The bandwidth broker has been programmed in JAVA and uses COPS-PR as an infra-domain communication protocol and SIBBSv6 as an inter-domain communication protocol. The latter protocol is also presented. SIBBSv6 is a variation of the SIBBS inter-domain communication protocol with some new features such as the IPv6 support. The evaluation of the proposed architecture has been tested by implementing a real IPv6 DiffServ testbed composed of three domains. Each of these domains is managed by the developed bandwidth broker named BBv6. The results of these tests and the corresponding conclusions are also presented.","PeriodicalId":397239,"journal":{"name":"2007 3rd International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Networks and Communities","volume":"68 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120825383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}