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Programmable low-end networks: powering internet connectivity for the other three billion

Grant number: 23/00816-2
Support Opportunities:Regular Research Grants
Start date: November 01, 2023
End date: October 31, 2025
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
Agreement: MCTI/MC
Principal Investigator:Weverton Luis da Costa Cordeiro
Grantee:Weverton Luis da Costa Cordeiro
Host Institution: Instituto de Informática. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Porto Alegre , SP, Brazil
Associated researchers: André Figueira Riker ; Antonio Jorge Gomes Abelém ; Breno Bernard Nicolau de França ; Fernando Manuel Valente Ramos ; Jaime Galán-Jiménez ; Jose Rodrigo Furlanetto de Azambuja ; Juliano Araujo Wickboldt ; Luciano Paschoal Gaspary ; Marcelo Caggiani Luizelli ; Michel Marialva Yvano ; Mohamed Faten Zhani ; Rodrigo Brandão Mansilha
Associated scholarship(s):24/00006-3 - Development and evaluation of an emulation environment for programmable low end transceivers, BP.TT
24/00787-5 - Slicing and simplifying P4 programs for low-end devices applying Software Engineering techniques, BP.TT
23/15662-0 - The development and availability of algorithms for compressing dados to create an ambient environment for computing and execution via primitive P4, BP.TT

Abstract

The project focuses on the following exploratory research question: Is it possible to incorporate the concept of data plane programmability in low-end networks? The potential implications of a positive response are manifold, enabling the use of low-end transceivers in innovative use cases beyond the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular, it would be possible to use such devices to expand the last mile and provide Internet access in remote communities, thus contributing to narrowing the digital divide. Considering the given exploratory research question, the present project proposal aims to conceive a conceptual architecture of low-end ''programmable'' devices -- via domain-specific languages popular within programmable data planes, such as P4 and NPL -- and ''manageable'' -- from a Software Defined Networking (SDN) control plane. To this end, we propose to advance in four research directions: 1) conceive a conceptual architecture of programmable low end transceivers using domain specific languages such as P4 and NPL, 2) incorporate mechanisms to maximize data goodput, including packet compression and forward error correction, monitoring of transmission conditions for dynamic adjustment of transceiver operating parameters, 3) extension of domain-specific languages such as P4 and NPL for programming embedded programmable devices, and 4) project, development and evaluation of low-end, low-cost programmable device prototypes for long-distance data communication. (AU)

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Scientific publications
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
LAMB, IVAN PETER; PINHEIRO ROSA DUARTE, PEDRO ARTHUR; LUIZELLI, MARCELO CAGGIANI; GASPARY, LUCIANO PASCHOAL; AZAMBUJA, JOSE RODRIGO; DA COSTA CORDEIRO, WEVERTON LUIS. Multi-Tenant Programmable Switch Virtualization Leveraging Explicit Resource Sharing. 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., . (21/00199-8, 20/05183-0, 23/00673-7, 23/00816-2)