Convergence in Home Gigabit Networks: Implementation of the inter-MAC layer as a pluggable kernel module

Suraci, Vincenzo; Cimmino, Alessio; Colella, R.; Oddi, Guido; Castrucci, Marco

doi:10.1109/pimrc.2010.5671761

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“…traffic characteristics, topology, user behavior etc. ), so to reach the above goal, the QoS Controller uses advanced learning techniques (as in [22], [23]) in order to estimate the correlation between the control decisions and the Perceived QoE value.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…different subsystems of the internet architecture, such as new architectures [1] [4] [5], new routing protocols [6], [7], new identification and addressing schemes [8], new convergence solutions [9], new bandwidth reservation approaches [10], [11], new admission control and drop strategies [12], [13]. The holistic control and supervision of such a complex, heterogeneous and networked system is still a challenge, since current internet architecture has several limitations [14], [15].…”

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A Future Internet interface to control programmable networks

Battilotti

Cimorelli

Cusani

et al. 2015

2015 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)

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current internet infrastructure is still configured and managed manually or adopting a limited level of automation. The Future Internet aims to provide the network resources as a service to ease the process of automatic designing, controlling and supervising the telecommunication infrastructure. A key enabler of the Future Internet is the virtualization of the available resources and of the related functionalities. The widespread of cloud computing, Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technologies opened the way for a total control of programmable networks. Many open and commercial implementations have adopted this paradigm, but they expose a fragmented set of dissimilar interfaces that often offer similar or even overlapping functionalities. The result is that uncontrolled, open-loop routines and procedures still require a manual intervention. In this paper, we describe an open interface and its reference implementation, to control programmable networks adopting a novel, closed-loop approach based on end-users feedbacks. The proposed interface has been implemented as a Future Internet Generic Enabler named OFNIC

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A Future Internet interface to control programmable networks

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Cusani

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2015 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)

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“…The proposed network-level system for reducing power consumption is based on a technology-independent layer, called an inter-MAC, from the Omega project [7], [8].…”

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HOPE: home power efficiency system for a green network

Yan¹,

Fontaine²,

Bouchet³

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)

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Abstract-A home network represents an increasingly large portion of a household's electrical consumption due to the increasing number of digital home devices and the increasing complexity of the underlying communication infrastructure. Limiting a home network's power consumption is a priority for large institutions as witnessed by evolving regulation, and a priority for individual consumers wishing to reduce their electric bills. In this demonstration, we proposed a solution that aims at reducing power consumption at both the device and network level. At the device level, our system can turn the devices off when they are not in operation and quickly turn them on when they are needed. At the network level, the solution is based on a new convergence layer denoted inter-MAC, which provides a common infrastructure to the different home network paths. In particular, the inter-MAC can be used to choose a greener path. Our solution on both levels is compatible and complementary to home network energy saving.

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“…Coexistence and connectivity among different technologies, through PHY or data link layer (DLL) mechanisms, have been the focus of many studies. Representative examples are as follows: the inter-PHY protocol developed within the IEEE P1901 working group that allows coexistence among two different broadband PLC devices [6]; the ITU-T G.hn standard that has been conceived with the aim of offering interconnectivity among in-home high speed communication devices working over telephone wires, power lines, and coax [6,7] (G.hn speci�es the PHY layer and the MAC sublayer and addresses the coexistence between protocols that operate on different media); the solution developed within the EU-FP7 OMEGA project, according to which devices belonging to the OMEGA network share the same inter-MAC sublayer and consequently they can coexist and they can be interconnected [8].…”

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Enhancements of G3-PLC Technology for Smart-Home/Building Applications

Bert

D'Alessandro

Tonello

2013

Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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To enable the smart grid concept, it is fundamental to consider the in-home/building context where, beside the conventional home networking services, home automation and smart energy management services have to be offered. In this paper, we consider the in-home/building scenario, for which we propose a convergent network architecture to enhance the performance of the narrowband power line communication (PLC) G3-PLC technology through its integration with an Ethernet-based network. To this end, we define the protocols characterizing the network modules, namely, switches and routers, which allow for integrating the G3-PLC with Ethernet devices. Since Ethernet represents a convergent standard for many communication devices, by adding this functionality to G3-PLC, interconnectivity with other heterogeneous nodes can be offered. Furthermore, since the G3-PLC medium access control layer is based on a carrier sense multiple access scheme, its performance decreases when the number of network nodes contending for the channel increases. Therefore, we evaluate the network performance when an optimized time division multiple access scheme is adopted. The proposed convergent network architecture has been implemented in the OMNeT++ network simulator.

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Convergence in Home Gigabit Networks: Implementation of the inter-MAC layer as a pluggable kernel module

Cited by 11 publications

References 7 publications

A Future Internet interface to control programmable networks

A Future Internet interface to control programmable networks

HOPE: home power efficiency system for a green network

Enhancements of G3-PLC Technology for Smart-Home/Building Applications

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