Green Symbiotic Cloud Communications: Virtualized Transport Layer and Cognitive Decision Function

• Published in: IEEE access 2017, Vol.5, p.13409-13421
• Main Authors: Mustafa, H. D., Merchant, S. N., Desai, U. B., Baveja, B. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cloud computing; Communication; Computer architecture; Decision theory; goal attainment; heterogeneous networks; IEEE 802.11 Standard; Information flow; IP (Internet Protocol); multiple access; Multiple criterion; Multiple objective analysis; Optimization; Resource allocation; security; Servers; socket programming; Symbiosis; Throughput; Utility theory; Virtualization
• ISSN: 2169-3536; 2169-3536
• DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2644727

The evolution of the concept of cloud communications has posed a growing emphasis on virtual and abstract environments for the flow of information, structuring it in similitude to a natural cloud. The green symbiotic cloud communications (GSCCs) paradigm created on this concept facilitates the use of multiple communication mediums concomitantly creating a first of its kind communication cloud. This paper specifically corroborates a virtualized transport layer and network ports and an abstracted Internet protocol scheme in defining the GSCC architecture. We further address the issue of formulating a cognitive decision function based on utility theory, which allows users with GSCC enabled devices to intelligently distribute its bandwidth requirement amongst the available communication mediums. Considering the multiple criteria associated with different networks, we formulate an optimization problem to find the solution for this resource allocation problem for single user. We further address the multi-user scenario and formulate and solve the multi-objective optimization problem using goal attainment technique. Results in single and multiple user scenarios, demonstrate that by utilizing multiple mediums as per GSCC paradigm coupled with our proposed decision function improves the functionality of the communication cloud. The proposed architecture is dynamic and evolving, embedding greenness by efficiently utilizing the available resources as and when required. The multiple virtual links equate a linearly increasing relationship with the throughput achieved. Experimental results for both real time and static data through the proposed schematic are documented. The augmented paradigm enhances the quality of service, linearly increases throughput and increases the overall security in communications.