TY - GEN
T1 - Cloud-Based Federation Framework and Prototype for Open, Scalable, and Shared Access to NextG and IoT Testbeds
AU - Mcmanus, Maxwell
AU - Rinchen, Tenzin
AU - Guan, Zhangyu
AU - Dey, Annoy
AU - Thota, Sumanth
AU - Zhang, Josh Z.
AU - Hu, Jiangqi
AU - Wang, Xi L.
AU - Ji, Mingyue
AU - Mastronarde, Nicholas
AU - Bentley, Elizabeth S.
AU - Medley, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/12/4
Y1 - 2024/12/4
N2 - In this work, we present a new federation framework for Union-Labs, an innovative cloud-based resource-sharing infrastructure designed for next-generation (NextG) and Internet of Things (IoT) over-the-air (OTA) experiments. The framework aims to reduce the federation complexity for testbeds developers by automating tedious backend operations, thereby providing scalable federation and remote access to various wireless testbeds. We first describe the key components of the new federation framework, including the Systems Manager Integration Engine (SMIE), the Automated Script Generator (ASG), and the Database Context Manager (DCM). We then prototype and deploy the new Federation Plane on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud, demonstrating its effectiveness by federating two wireless testbeds: i) UB NeXT, a 5G-and-beyond (5G+) testbed at the University at Buffalo, and ii) UT IoT, an IoT testbed at the University of Utah1.Through this work we aim to initiate a grassroots campaign to democratize access to wireless research testbeds with heterogeneous hardware resources and network environment, and accelerate the establishment of a mature, open experimental ecosystem for the wireless community. The API of the new Federation Plane will be released to the community after internal testing is completed.
AB - In this work, we present a new federation framework for Union-Labs, an innovative cloud-based resource-sharing infrastructure designed for next-generation (NextG) and Internet of Things (IoT) over-the-air (OTA) experiments. The framework aims to reduce the federation complexity for testbeds developers by automating tedious backend operations, thereby providing scalable federation and remote access to various wireless testbeds. We first describe the key components of the new federation framework, including the Systems Manager Integration Engine (SMIE), the Automated Script Generator (ASG), and the Database Context Manager (DCM). We then prototype and deploy the new Federation Plane on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud, demonstrating its effectiveness by federating two wireless testbeds: i) UB NeXT, a 5G-and-beyond (5G+) testbed at the University at Buffalo, and ii) UT IoT, an IoT testbed at the University of Utah1.Through this work we aim to initiate a grassroots campaign to democratize access to wireless research testbeds with heterogeneous hardware resources and network environment, and accelerate the establishment of a mature, open experimental ecosystem for the wireless community. The API of the new Federation Plane will be released to the community after internal testing is completed.
KW - IoT
KW - NextG
KW - amazon web services (AWS)
KW - over-the-air (OTA) experiments
KW - testbed sharing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105002911027
U2 - 10.1145/3636534.3697295
DO - 10.1145/3636534.3697295
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105002911027
T3 - ACM MobiCom 2024 - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
SP - 1826
EP - 1833
BT - ACM MobiCom 2024 - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 30th International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, ACM MobiCom 2024
Y2 - 18 November 2024 through 22 November 2024
ER -