DocumentCode :
1968618
Title :
The DRAGON Project and Application Specific Topologies
Author :
Leung, Fiona ; Flidr, Jaroslav ; Tracy, Chris ; Yang, Xi ; Lehman, Tom ; Jabbari, Bijan ; Riley, Don ; Sobieski, Jerry
Author_Institution :
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads, Washington
fYear :
2006
fDate :
1-5 Oct. 2006
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
10
Abstract :
A new breed of network intensive "e-science" applications are emerging that require a new perspective on how networks provide resources to the user. These e-science applications often have large raw capacity requirements (tens of gigabits/second) and require global reach. The discipline scientists expect this type of performance to be deterministic and repeatable, and available in conjunction with other resources such as sensors, instruments, computational clusters, storage arrays, and the like. The DRAGON project, an NSF funded testbed in the Washington DC metropolitan area, has been developing open source generalized multi-protocol label swapping (GMPLS) based service concepts that provide dedicated and deterministic network resources to the e-science application. Using the GMPLS control plane and DRAGON extensions, an entire "application specific topology" can be established in an automated fashion across administrative boundaries, across heterogeneous network technologies, and can be instantiated in seconds rather than weeks or months. This paper describes the technologies being developed by the DRAGON project and some of the ways application specific topologies are being applied to advanced networked applications.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; public domain software; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network topology; DRAGON project; application specific topologies; e-science application; generalized multiprotocol label swapping; heterogeneous network; open source software; Application software; Information science; Instruments; International collaboration; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Radio astronomy; Sensor arrays; Testing; Urban areas;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, 2006. BROADNETS 2006. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0425-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0425-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374347
Filename :
4374347
Link To Document :
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