An Architecture and a Programming Interface for Application-Aware Data Dissemination Using Overlay Networks

Tarun Banka; Panho Lee; Anura  Anura P. Jayasumana; Jim Kurose

2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

An Architecture and a Programming Interface for Application-Aware Data Dissemination Using Overlay Networks

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    author={Tarun Banka and Panho Lee and Anura  Anura P. Jayasumana and Jim Kurose},
    title={An Architecture and a Programming Interface for Application-Aware Data Dissemination Using Overlay Networks},
    proceedings={2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
    year={2007},
    month={7},
    keywords={Adaptive systems  Application software  Bandwidth  Collaboration  Computer science  Delay  Meteorological radar  Quality of service  Streaming media  Switches},
    doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382438}
}

Tarun Banka
Panho Lee
Anura Anura P. Jayasumana
Jim Kurose
Year: 2007
An Architecture and a Programming Interface for Application-Aware Data Dissemination Using Overlay Networks
COMSWARE
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382438

Tarun Banka¹^,*, Panho Lee¹^,*, Anura Anura P. Jayasumana¹^,*, Jim Kurose²^,*

1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
2: Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003 USA

*Contact email: tarunb@engr.colostate.edu, leepanho@engr.colostate.edu, anura@engr.colostate.edu, kurose@cs.umass.edu

Abstract

Many real-time distributed collaborative applications are emerging that require exchange of critical sensor data among geographically distant end users under resource-constrained network conditions. The QoS requirements, e.g., required bandwidth, latency, acceptable data quality, and reliability are interdependent, and critical to the operation of these applications. This paper presents an AWON (application-aware overlay networks) architecture for deploying application-aware services in an overlay network to best meet the application requirements over the available overlay networking infrastructure. An application programming interface (API) is presented to facilitate development of applications within the AWON architectural framework. The API supports the configuration of overlay nodes for in-network, application-aware processing. Application-defined plug-in modules are used to deploy application-specific functionality at each overlay node. The API also enables communication between application and the overlay routing protocol for the desired QoS support. The effectiveness of the AWON architecture and the API is demonstrated for a real-time weather radar data dissemination application using planetlab. Experimental results show that AWON-based application-aware services significantly improve the quality of the content delivered to the end users in bandwidth-constrained conditions.

Keywords: Adaptive systems Application software Bandwidth Collaboration Computer science Delay Meteorological radar Quality of service Streaming media Switches

Published: 2007-07-09
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-07-26

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382438