A Networkless Data Exchange and Control Mechanism for Virtual Testbed Devices

Tim Gerhard; Dennis Schwerdel; Paul Müller

Testbeds and Research Infrastructure: Development of Networks and Communities. 9th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2014, Guangzhou, China, May 5-7, 2014, Revised Selected Papers

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A Networkless Data Exchange and Control Mechanism for Virtual Testbed Devices

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_2,
    author={Tim Gerhard and Dennis Schwerdel and Paul M\'{y}ller},
    title={A Networkless Data Exchange and Control Mechanism for Virtual Testbed Devices},
    proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructure: Development of Networks and Communities. 9th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2014, Guangzhou, China, May 5-7, 2014, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
    year={2014},
    month={11},
    keywords={Testbed Control interface Node control},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_2}
}

Tim Gerhard
Dennis Schwerdel
Paul Müller
Year: 2014
A Networkless Data Exchange and Control Mechanism for Virtual Testbed Devices
TRIDENTCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_2

Tim Gerhard¹^,*, Dennis Schwerdel¹^,*, Paul Müller¹^,*

1: University of Kaiserslautern

*Contact email: t_gerhard10@informatik.uni-kl.de, schwerdel@informatik.uni-kl.de, pmueller@informatik.uni-kl.de

Abstract

Virtualization has become a key component of network testbeds. However, transmitting data or commands to the test nodes is still either a complicated task or makes use of the nodes’ network interfaces, which may interfere with the experiment itself. This paper creates a model for the typical lifecycle of experiment nodes, and proposes a mechanism for networkless node control for virtual nodes in such a typical experiment lifecycle which has been implemented in an existing testbed environment.

Keywords: Testbed Control interface Node control

Published: 2014-11-28

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_2