Expediting experiments across testbeds with Anybed: a testbed-independent topology configuration tool

Mio  Suzuki; Hiroaki  Hazeyama; Youki  Kadobayashi

2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

Expediting experiments across testbeds with Anybed: a testbed-independent topology configuration tool

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    author={Mio  Suzuki and Hiroaki  Hazeyama and Youki  Kadobayashi},
    title={Expediting experiments across testbeds with Anybed: a testbed-independent topology configuration tool},
    proceedings={2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
    year={2006},
    month={7},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649157}
}

Mio Suzuki
Hiroaki Hazeyama
Youki Kadobayashi
Year: 2006
Expediting experiments across testbeds with Anybed: a testbed-independent topology configuration tool
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649157

Mio Suzuki¹^,*, Hiroaki Hazeyama¹^,*, Youki Kadobayashi¹^,*

1: Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan

*Contact email: mio-su@is.naist.jp, hiroa-ha@is.naist.jp, youki-k@is.naist.jp

Abstract

Building an experimental network within the testbed has been a tiresome process for experimenters, due to the complexity of the physical resource assignment and the configuration overhead. Also, the process could not be expedited across testbeds, because the syntax of a configuration file varies depending on specific hardware and software. In this paper, we propose the AnyBed: the experimental network-building system using the logical and physical network topologies which are described in XML. Mapping these two topologies, AnyBed can build intended logical network topology on any PC clusters. We have evaluated the Anybed implementation using two distinct clusters.

Published: 2006-07-05
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649157