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Embedded Measurement Framework (ERM)Spiral 2 Year-end Project Review

PI: Keren Bergman

Students: Michael Wang, Caroline Lai, Cathy Chen

Senior Researcher: Dr. Balagangadhar Bathula

August 27, 2010

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Project Summary

• Address the GENI challenge of architectural experimentations across diverse heterogeneous technologies by– Supporting embedded real-time measurements from GENI substrates– Utilize measurement capabilities to enable cross-layer communication and control

• Spiral 1:– Evaluated GENI’s capabilities for embedded real-time measurements and cross-layer control– Proposed development of a Unified Measurement Framework (UMF) – Joined Cluster D to integrate UMF into ORCA-BEN

• Spiral 2:– Designed and implemented a NetFPGA-based UMF– Demoed UMF in an experimental use-case run at Columbia University– Integrated UMF with Integrated Measurement Framework (IMF) and collaborated on an

experimental use-case run at BEN based in North Carolina– Began plan to work with other GENI clusters to expand the reach of UMF

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Milestone & QSR StatusID Milestone Status On

Time?On Wiki? GPO

signoff?

S2.a Prototype UMF software Designed NetFPGA-based implementation of UMF, consisting of HW and SW.

On Time Yes Yes

S2.b Demo software interface from UMF to embedded measurement subsystem

Demoed embedded real-time measurement capability of UMF by retrieving optical power from Polatis switches in ORCA-BEN. Demoed at GEC7.

On Time Yes Yes

S2.c Demo UMF in an experimental use-case

Demoed cross-layer communication and control capability of UMF by running experimental use-case at Columbia. Demoed at GEC8.

On Time Yes Yes

QSR: Oct 2009 Completed On Time Yes Yes

QSR: Jan 2010 Completed On Time Yes Yes

QSR: April 2010 Completed On Time Yes Yes

QSR: July 2010 Completed On Time Yes Yes

S2.d Integrate UMF with BEN Integrated UMF with BEN in RENCI. Demoed experimental use-case at GEC8.

Due 8/31/2010

S2.e Design and demo XML data exchange software modules

Integrated UMF with IMF and SILO. Demoed experimental use-case at GEC8.

Due 8/31/2010

S2.f Plan to integrate UMF with another infrastructures

Began discussion with other GENI teams for possible spiral 3 and solicitation 3 collaborations.

Due 8/31/2010

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Accomplishments 1: Advancing GENI Spiral 2 Goals

Spiral 2 Goal: Instrumentation & Measurement

• Implement NetFPGA-based UMF to support embedded real-time measurements and enable cross-layer communications

• Develop measurement handler software for Polatis to measure optical power

• Develop XML-RPC code and prototype board to control semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

• Develop MATLAB script to control variable optical attenuator (VOA)

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UMF Physical Setup

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Accomplishments 1: Advancing GENI Spiral 2 Goals

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Experimental Setup at Columbia University

Spiral 2 Goal: Optical Layer Experimentation

• Tested UMF in an experimental use-case performed at Columbia University

• VOA1 attenuates power of input light signal

• Unprotected lightpath (red line) – power on this lightpath is directly affected by VOA1

• Protected lightpath (green line): – UMF monitors power of input light signal– UMF controls SOA to amplify input signal when

power is below a threshold

• Receiver setup is used to obtain eye diagrams and BER curves

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Experimental Results

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Determining Optimal Power Threshold

Eye Diagrams

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Accomplishments 1: Advancing GENI Spiral 2 Goals

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Integrate UMF with IMF in BEN

Spiral 2 Goal: Integration

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Duke BEN PoP

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Accomplishments 2:Other Project Accomplishments

• Participated in the First Workshop on the perfSONAR Network Measurement Infrastructure (July 7-9, 2010 in Arlington, VA)

– Highlighted our embedded real-time measurements and cross-layer efforts at the breakout sessions– Discussed potential to use physical layer measurements to deal with disaster management of L1 infrastructure

• Collaborated with IMF and LEARN projects to discuss possibilities of:– Integrating optical layer measurement capabilities into perfSONAR– Utilizing measurement capabilities of perfSONAR to support cross-layer communication and optimization

• Effort toward expanded platforms for implementing UMF:– NetFPGA summer camp 2010 (Aug 8-13) – OpenFlow tutorial at GEC8 (July 22)

• Began planning opportunities to expand reach of UMF • Committed to house GENI Racks at Columbia University in preparation for Solicitation 3 Enhanced Meso-scale

Prototype proposal• Committed to technically working with the selected Solicitation 3 I&M project, specifically collaboration with

“GEMINI: a GENI Measurement and Instrumentation Infrastructure” proposal

• Collaborated with the NSF ERC-funded Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) and hosted 2 REU students to work on cross-layer related projects

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Issues

• By end of spiral 2, enabled embedded real-time measurement and cross-layer communication and control in ORCA-BEN.

• Expand of ERM capabilities into the other GENI clusters challenged by multiple I&M platforms and efforts. – Clear path for broadening insertion of ERM/Cross-layer in GENI following Solicitation 3

proposals selection.– In the meantime, we have had numerous technical discussions with multiple groups and

projects, understand the paths toward expanding UMF across GENI.

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Plans

• Spiral 2 (remaining work)– Milestone S2.f

• Begin plan to integrate the UMF with infrastructures in other GENI clusters

• Spiral 3 (tentative next steps)– Design and develop a more universally deployable version of UMF consisting of:

• Suite of software and NetFPGA to expand optical layer measurement capabilities• Set of active optical components (SOAs, VOAs, etc) to enable cross-layer control

– Deploy UMF within multiple infrastructures in other GENI clusters

– Collaborate with the selected Solicitation 3 efforts• instrumentation and measurement proposal• enhanced meso-scale prototype proposal (GENI Rack)

to expand the optical layer measurement and cross-layer optimization capabilities of UMF.