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

Research Article

EXTREME: combining the ease of management of multi-user experimental facilities and the flexibility of proof of concept testbeds

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649156,
        author={Marc  Portoles-Comeras and Manuel  Requena-Esteso and Josep  Mangues-Bafalluy and Marc  Cardenete-Suriol},
        title={EXTREME: combining the ease of management of multi-user experimental facilities and the flexibility of proof of concept testbeds},
        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.2006.1649156}
    }
    
  • Marc Portoles-Comeras
    Manuel Requena-Esteso
    Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
    Marc Cardenete-Suriol
    Year: 2006
    EXTREME: combining the ease of management of multi-user experimental facilities and the flexibility of proof of concept testbeds
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649156
Marc Portoles-Comeras1,*, Manuel Requena-Esteso1,*, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy1,*, Marc Cardenete-Suriol1,*
  • 1: Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (PMT), Av. Canal Olímpic S/N 08860 Castelldefels - Barcelona - Spain
*Contact email: marc.portoles@cttc.es, manuel.requena@cttc.es, josep.mangues@cttc.es, marc.cardenete@cttc.es

Abstract

The experimental testbed for research enabling mobility enhancements (EXTREME) is being developed to allow researchers (i.e. users) of the CTTC to test networking algorithms and technologies in a close-to-real scenario. Basically, EXTREME development focuses on combining the ease of management of multi-user experimental facilities with the flexibility allowed by proof of concept testbeds. Its main goals are: 1) to reduce time from scenario conception by the researcher to the start of the measurements phase, 2) to provide an abstraction of the underlying physical resources to researchers so that they can focus on functionalities rather than low-level configuration issues of the machines, 3) to provide a generic framework to ease the realization and analysis of performance measurements and 4) to allow the rapid adoption and testing of new emerging technologies in a close-to-production environment. The main initial focus of EXTREME is on attaining these goals in wireless environments, which, in general, are more challenging than wired ones. This paper describes its design goals, current status, and some application scenarios where EXTREME has been used.