G-Lab Deep-G

Duration: 2009-2012

Description

The project addresses issues related to the Future Internet and the provisioning of appropriate experimental platforms in the academic environment, with an emphasis on current work in the G-Lab framework. The main focus of the research is to convey the requirements that result from a concrete application layer workflow to the network layer.

The same questions and problems arise in both the application layer and the network itself such as, for example, problems related to the description, location and functional composition of service units. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts are relevant to all levels, yet various different approaches and technologies are used. These approaches require extended flexibility in the network protocol stack. Revolutionary approaches that are tailored for current research are needed here. There is already a great deal of flexibility in the applications field, and as a result new compositional approaches are easier to implement. This is why researchers follow a more evolutionary approach.

This project will attempt to bring both worlds closer together and to produce and set up suitable cross layer, cross technology and cross domain results. In addition, it is vital to set up monitoring and security mechanisms that extend across all layers for decision making and network control as well as for examining suitable management and implementation mechanisms. Refining the current G-Lab experimental platform is also an essential aspect of this proposal and will help to ensure the position of future experimental research as part of the overall G-Lab framework.

Goal

• Investigation of innovative concepts for a close cooperation of network and services with focus on network security in the future Internet

• Development of a Functional Composition Concept for a dynamic composition of functional blocks on network and service level

• Development of functional blocks for cooperative security on service and network level

• Evaluation of the developed solutions in the G-Lab platform

• Extension of the G-Lab experimental platform in accordance to project needs (DEEP Boot Image)

• Investigation of Federation concepts to interconnect with international Future Internet Testbeds

Investors

This project is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). Other project participants are:

• Fraunhofer FOKUS
• TU Berlin
• TU Kaiserslautern
• Universität Duisburg-Essen

Contact

Links

• http://www.g-lab-deep.de/