38.
HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
Advances in high
performance network capabilities and distributed systems technologies are making
it easier for large geographically dispersed teams to collaborate effectively.
However, significant research questions must be addressed if
co-laboratories are to achieve their potential, namely, by providing:
(1) remote access to terascale computing resources and data archives; (2)
remote users with an experience that approaches "being there;" and (3)
remote visualization generated by analysis of large data sets and by simulation.
Grant applications are sought to develop software tools and services to
support coordinated and dynamic resource sharing in areas such as resource
discovery, resource access, authentication, authorization to enable resource
sharing and scientific collaborations. Grant
applications are sought only in the following subtopics:
a. High-Speed
Network Provisioning Tools and Services—DOE operates a production
high-performance IP-based network called ESnet. ESnet
interconnects science facilities, supercomputer centers, and data repositories,
and also enables large scientific collaborations.
The current ESnet backbone is based on Packet over SONET.
In the future, it is anticipated that the ESnet core network will exploit
advanced optical network technologies such as GMPLS and MPLS, in order to
deliver end-to-end on-demand circuits and bandwidth.
Therefore, grant applications are sought to develop advanced agile
optical networks for ESnet. These
end-to-end system level technologies must be suitable for deployment and testing
on the Ultra-Science Net (USnet), a DOE-funded optical network testbed operated
by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (USnet
is used to develop, deploy, and test advanced optical network technologies for
ESnet; further information on USnet can found at:
http://www.csm.ornl.gov/ultranet/.)
Specific areas of interest in agile optical networks include, but are not
limited to, rs-GMPLS extensions with bandwidth reservation and scheduling, MPLS
and rs-GMPLS security, inter-domain rs-GMPLS signaling, hybrid packet/circuit
switched technologies, integration QoS, MPLS, and rs-GMPLS, traffic engineering
for rs-GMPLS-based networks, and end-to-end network monitoring tools and
services. Grant applications must
clearly outline how the proposed technology can be deployed and tested on the
USnet testbed. Low level optical
networks components such as optical cross-connect, optical amplifiers and signal
processing, chip design and manufacturing, wireless network technologies, etc.,
are beyond the scope of this topic. Grant
applications that focus on these technologies will be declined without a
peer-review.
Questions – contact Thomas Ndousse-Fetter (tndousse@science.doe.gov)
b. High-Speed
Network Security Systems—Office
of Science R&D activities are conducted in an open but secure science
environment. In this environment,
the security systems deployed to protect cyber attacks must be carefully
designed and deployed, so as to not hinder scientific discoveries.
Grant applications are sought to develop intelligent and scalable cyber
security systems that can operate at speeds up to 10 Gpbs and beyond.
The proposed cyber security systems must be fast, highly robust, and
transparent to end users. Technologies
of interest include, but are not limited to, ultra-high-speed Intrusion
Detection Systems (IDS), high-speed firewall systems, authentication systems for
rs-GMPLS control Plane, VLANs security, and optical layer security.
Questions – contact Thomas Ndousse-Fetter (tndousse@science.doe.gov)
References:
1.
Rao, N. S., et
al., “Ultra Science Net: Network
Testbed for Large-Scale
Science Applications,” IEEE
Communications Magazine, 2005.
(ISSN:
0163-6804)(Full text available at: http://www.csm.ornl.gov/ultranet/overview.pdf)
2.
“Network Provisioning and Protocols for DOE Large-Science
Applications,” Report of DOE Workshop on Ultra High-Speed Transport Protocol
and Dynamic Provisioning for Large-Scale Applications, Argonne, IL, August 10-11, 2003. (Full text available via:
http://www.csm.ornl.gov/ghpn/wk2003.html)
3.
“DOE Science Networking - Roadmap to 2008,” 2003.
(Report available at: http://www.es.net/hypertext/welcome/pr/Roadmap/)
4.
“Energy Sciences Network,” U.S. DOE Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory Website, at http://www.es.net/
5.
Rao, N. S., et al. “Experimental Results on Data Transfers over
Dedicated Channels,” First
International Workshop on Provisioning and Transport for Hybrid Networks:
PATHNETS, 2004. (Full
text available at: http://www.broadnets.org/2004/workshop-papers/Pathnets/05_ExperimentalResultsonDataTransfers-NageswaraRao.pdf)
6.
“The Hybrid Optical
and Packet Infrastructure [HOPI] Project,” Internet2 Website, at http://networks.internet2.edu/hopi/
7.
“User Controlled Light Path Provisioning [UCLP],” University
of Ottawa
and Communications Research Center Website, at http://www.uclp.ca/)
8.
“High-Performance Networks for High-Impact Science,” Report of
the
9.
Veeraraghavan, M., et al., “CHEETAH:
Circuit-Switched High-Speed End-to-End Transport Architecture,” Proceedings of Outcome 2003,
Dallas, TX, October 13-17, 2003. (Poster available at:
http://www.csm.ornl.gov/workshops/DOE_SciDAC/040322-CHEETAH.pdf)
10.
Veeraraghavan, M. and Zheng, X., “A Reconfigurable
Ethernet/SONET Circuit Based Metro Network Architecture,” IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communication, 22(8): 1406-1418, October 2004.
(Full text available at: http://www.ece.virginia.edu/~mv/pdf-files/jsac2004-rescue.pdf)
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