1. FABRIC: A National-Scale Programmable Experimental Network Infrastructure
- Author
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Baldin, Ilya, Nikolich, Anita, Griffioen, James, Monga, Indermohan Inder S, Wang, Kuang-Ching, Lehman, Tom, and Ruth, Paul
- Subjects
Research and development ,Machine learning ,Cloud computing ,Computer security ,Distributed computing ,Storage management ,Instruments ,5G mobile communication ,Distributed Computing ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Communications Technologies ,Networking & Telecommunications - Abstract
FABRIC is a unique national research infrastructure to enable cutting-edge and exploratory research at-scale in networking, cybersecurity, distributed computing and storage systems, machine learning, and science applications. It is an everywhere-programmable nationwide instrument comprised of novel extensible network elements equipped with large amounts of compute and storage, interconnected by high speed, dedicated optical links. It will connect a number of specialized testbeds for cloud research (NSF Cloud testbeds CloudLab and Chameleon), for research beyond 5G technologies (Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research or PAWR), as well as production high-performance computing facilities and science instruments to create a rich fabric for a wide variety of experimental activities.
- Published
- 2019