Internet factories: Creating application-specific networks on-demand

We introduce the concept of Internet factories. Internet factories structure the task of creating and managing application-specific overlay networks using infrastructure-as-a-service clouds. We describe the Internet factory architecture and report on a proof of concept with three examples that progr...

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Published in:Computer networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) Netherlands : 1999), 2014-08, Vol.68, p.187-198
Main Authors: Strijkers, Rudolf, Makkes, Marc X., de Laat, Cees, Meijer, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cloud computing
Computer networks
Distributed computing
Factories
Industrial engineering
Industrial plants
Internet
Internet Protocol
Manufacturing engineering
Network architecture
Network management
Networks
Programmable networks
Software engineering
Software services
Studies
Tasks
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Summary:We introduce the concept of Internet factories. Internet factories structure the task of creating and managing application-specific overlay networks using infrastructure-as-a-service clouds. We describe the Internet factory architecture and report on a proof of concept with three examples that progressively illustrate its working. In one of these examples, we demonstrate the creation of a 163-node IPv6 network over 18 cloud locations around the world. Internet factories include the use of libraries that capture years of experience and knowledge in network and systems engineering. Consequently, Internet factories solve the problem of creating and managing on-demand application-specific overlay networks without exposing all their intricacies to the application developer.
ISSN:1389-1286
1872-7069
DOI:10.1016/j.comnet.2014.01.009