Team for Research in
Ubiquitous Secure Technology

Citation
D. Hausheer, A. Parekh, J. Walrand, G. A. Schwartz. "Towards a compelling new Internet platform". IFIP/IEEE International Symposium, IEEE, pp 1224-1227, 23, May, 2011.

Abstract
Networking researchers complain that the current Internet is ossified, i.e. that it can hardly be changed. We believe that one of the fundamental reasons for that is the lack of appropriate incentives for providers to invest in new technology, especially in the absence of a compelling new architecture and a killer application that would benefit from an alternative architecture. There is a chicken-and-egg problem: In order to come up with exciting new applications, there needs to be an infrastructure supporting them. Researchers have proposed to build network testbeds (e.g. GENI/FIRE) to test new network architectures and protocols at larger scale. However, these testbeds appear to have little attraction for users, in particular for commercially oriented application developers. OpenFlow is an alternative approach enabling experimental protocols in production networks. However, one of its limitations is lack of addressing provider incentives. In this position paper, we therefore sketch the characteristics that we think a new Internet platform should have in order to be compelling. We argue for a platform that offers rich programmability at low performance cost and that separates traffic to enhance security and limit interference among applications. Moreover, the platform should be open and accessible to a wide community of users and have a high usability in terms of being easily programmable by application developers. Finally, we believe the new platform should provide support for running sophisticated applications across multiple provider domains.

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  D. Hausheer, A. Parekh, J. Walrand, G. A. Schwartz.
  "Towards a compelling new Internet platform".
  IFIP/IEEE International Symposium, IEEE, pp 1224-1227, 23,
  May, 2011.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{HausheerParekhWalrandSchwartz11_TowardsCompellingNewInternetPlatform,
      author = {D. Hausheer and A. Parekh and J. Walrand and G. A.
                Schwartz},
      title = {Towards a compelling new Internet platform},
      booktitle = {IFIP/IEEE International Symposium},
      organization = {IEEE},
      pages = {pp 1224-1227},
      day = {23},
      month = {May},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Networking researchers complain that the current
                Internet is ossified, i.e. that it can hardly be
                changed. We believe that one of the fundamental
                reasons for that is the lack of appropriate
                incentives for providers to invest in new
                technology, especially in the absence of a
                compelling new architecture and a killer
                application that would benefit from an alternative
                architecture. There is a chicken-and-egg problem:
                In order to come up with exciting new
                applications, there needs to be an infrastructure
                supporting them. Researchers have proposed to
                build network testbeds (e.g. GENI/FIRE) to test
                new network architectures and protocols at larger
                scale. However, these testbeds appear to have
                little attraction for users, in particular for
                commercially oriented application developers.
                OpenFlow is an alternative approach enabling
                experimental protocols in production networks.
                However, one of its limitations is lack of
                addressing provider incentives. In this position
                paper, we therefore sketch the characteristics
                that we think a new Internet platform should have
                in order to be compelling. We argue for a platform
                that offers rich programmability at low
                performance cost and that separates traffic to
                enhance security and limit interference among
                applications. Moreover, the platform should be
                open and accessible to a wide community of users
                and have a high usability in terms of being easily
                programmable by application developers. Finally,
                we believe the new platform should provide support
                for running sophisticated applications across
                multiple provider domains.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/828.html}
  }
  

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