3rd International IEEE/Create-Net Workshop on Networks for Grid Applications

Research Article

TeraPaths: End-to-End Network Path QoS Configuration Using Cross-Domain Reservation Negotiation

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374426,
        author={Bruce  Gibbard and Dimitrios Katramatos and Dantong Yu and Shawn McKee },
        title={TeraPaths: End-to-End Network Path QoS Configuration Using Cross-Domain Reservation Negotiation},
        proceedings={3rd International IEEE/Create-Net Workshop on Networks for Grid Applications},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={GRIDNETS},
        year={2006},
        month={10},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374426}
    }
    
  • Bruce Gibbard
    Dimitrios Katramatos
    Dantong Yu
    Shawn McKee
    Year: 2006
    TeraPaths: End-to-End Network Path QoS Configuration Using Cross-Domain Reservation Negotiation
    GRIDNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374426
Bruce Gibbard1,*, Dimitrios Katramatos1,*, Dantong Yu1,*, Shawn McKee 2,*
  • 1: Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • 2: University of Michigan
*Contact email: gibbard@bnl.gov, dkat@bnl.gov, dtyu@bnl.gov, smckee@umich.edu

Abstract

TeraPaths is a DOE MICS/SciDAC-fundedproject conceived to address the needs of the high energy and nuclear physics scientific community for effectively protecting data flows of various levels of priority through modern high-speed networks. TeraPaths is rapidly evolving from a last-mile, LAN QoS provider to a distributed end-to-end network path QoS negotiator through multiple administrative domains. Developed as a web service-based software system, TeraPaths automates the establishment of network paths with QoS guarantees between end sites by configuring their corresponding LANs and requesting MPLS paths through WANs on behalf of end users. The primary mechanism for the creation of such paths is the negotiation and placement of advance reservations across all involved domains. This paper describes the status of the project, our experiences so far, as well as the directions of our continued work.