Cloud Computing Goes To Sea: Ship Design Around Software Defined Networking (SDN) Systems
Title | Cloud Computing Goes To Sea: Ship Design Around Software Defined Networking (SDN) Systems |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | McGillivary, A.., Fornasa M., Baglietto P., Stecca M., Caprino G., & Maresca M. |
Published in | Ocean News and Technology |
Other Numbers | 3795 |
Abstract | Cloud computing has taken over many areas of computing/ communication systems, in particular in companies with large distributed computer systems and databases. Cloud computing is based on both dynamic computer system virtualization and dynamic network virtualization. In this article we focus on dynamic network virtualization and more specifically on Software Defined Network technology, which basically involves a shift from increasingly smart routers/switches to much simpler routers/switches only providing data plane functionalities, whereas the network control plane functionalities are provided by software platforms hosted in computer systems possibly distant from the actual networks (c.f. Pretz, 2013). Specifically the data plane, which transports data packets, is separated from the control plane, which decides how to forward data packets. In SDN, the data plane is controlled by devices called network controllers, which send commands to dumb switching nodes (routers) throughout the network (Feamster et al., 2013). - See more at: https://www.oceannews.com/news/2014/09/25/september-cloud-computing-goes... |
Acknowledgment | This work was partially funded by the Computer Platform Research Center (CIPI), a joint effort of the University Padua and the University of Genoa, through a research fellowship. |
Bibliographic Notes | Ocean News and Technology |
Abbreviated Authors | A. McGillivary, M. Fornasa, P. Baglietto, M. Stecca, G. Caprino, and M. Maresca |
ICSI Research Group | Research Initiatives |
ICSI Publication Type | Article in journal or magazine |