DocumentCode
1280805
Title
Toward cloud-ready transport networks
Author
Contreras, Luis M. ; López, Víctor ; De Dios, Óscar González ; Tovar, Alejandro ; Muñoz, Fernando ; Azañón, Amanda ; Fernández-Palacios, Juan Pedro ; Folgueira, Jesús
Volume
50
Issue
9
fYear
2012
fDate
9/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
55
Abstract
This article presents an operator´s view of the evolution towards a transport network ready to support cloud services, which are hosted in data centers and reachable through the network. This work shows the reasons why current transport networks are not efficiently designed for a cloud environment, and it describes the architecture for a cloud-ready network. To show the feasibility of such a cloud-ready network, we present three experimental validations of the concepts to support our network evolution.
Keywords
cloud computing; computer centres; cloud services; cloud-ready transport networks; data centers; Bandwidth; Cloud computing; IP networks; Multiprotocol label switching; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical fiber networks; Transport protocols;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2012.6295711
Filename
6295711
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