Programma Nazionale della Ricerca 2001-03
Bando FIRB
Progetto Strategico “Tecnologie Abilitanti per la Società della Conoscenza”
Progetto obiettivo “Reti e Netputing”
Progetto
“Piattaforme abilitanti per
griglie computazionali a elevate prestazioni
orientate a organizzazioni virtuali scalabili”
GRID.IT
(Resp.: Prof. Marco Vanneschi, CNR/UniPi)
Rimodulazione del WP1
Pisa, 27-28 Maggio 2002 – Riunione del CGCE
Relazione con l’UdR CNIT
Resp. UdR CNIT: Prof. Giancarlo Prati
Articolazione su due workpackages
• WP 1 – Grid oriented optical switching
paradigms (Resp. Piero Castoldi)
• WP 2 - High-performance photonic test-bed
(Resp. Stefano Giordano)
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Istituzioni che partecipano al al WP1
• Laboratorio Nazionale di Reti Fotoniche, Pisa
Know-how: all 5 major areas of optical networks and photonic
technologies (routing and switching, trasmission, amplification, systems)
• UdR CNIT at
 Università di Ancona
Know-how: enabling technologies and OXC WXC architectures
 Università di Bologna
Know-how: architectures for optical packet switching networks
 Università di Trento
Know-how: traffic models and resource allocation
• University of Texas @ Dallas (UTD)
Know-how: control plane and reliability for optical networks
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Sintesi amministrativa WP1
Responsabili di fondi di ricerca sul WP1
• Piero Castoldi
• Andrea Fumagalli (UTD)
(Lab Naz. Reti Fotoniche)
• Roberto Battiti (CNIT-TN)
• Franco Callegati (CNIT-BO)
• Gianni Cancellieri (CNIT-AN)
Regole per autorizzazione spese e avvio contratti
• Proposta da parte del responsabile dei fondi con indicazione della motivazione e
dell’attività a cui afferisce la spesa
• Parere favorevole del responsabile di workpackage dopo essersi consultato col
responsabile di attività
• Supervisione periodica (semestrale) delle spese in relazione all’attività scientifica
svolta da parte del responsabile di UdR
Stato amministrativo del progetto
• Completata assunzione 2.3 giovani ricercatori finanziati al 100% (1.5.02, 1.9.02, 1.5.03)
• Grande attrezzatura: porte per router Juniper in acquisto
• Effettuazione delle spese di start-up per tutte le unità operative
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Sintesi economica WP1-WP2
Suddivisione delle spese (sui 3 anni) alle unità operative del WP1-WP2
Personale spese gen giov. Ric.
Spesa A
Spesa B Spesa C
WP1
Ancona
WP1/WP2 Lab-Cast
WP1
Trento
WP2
Lab-Giord
WP1
Bologna
WP1
UTD
TOTALE
Quota
Attrezz
Miss est
Spesa D Spesa E
80,8
48,5
0,0
14,0
14,0
282,5
277,5
180,0
40,0
25,1
116,4
69,9
0,0
17,6
8,0
135,0
81,0
0,0
54,7
15,0
111,8
83,3
27,0
5,4
14,0
188,0
112,8
0,0
0,0
0,0
915
44,2%
673
32,5%
207
10,0%
132
6,4%
76
3,7%
Consul Mat Cons
Spesa F Spesa G Costo Tot Fin. MIUR
57,0
0,0
214,3
150,0
0,0
2,0
807,1
619,0
0,0
2,5
214,4
150,0
0,0
0,0
285,7
200,0
4,0
0,0
245,5
180,0
0,0
0,0
300,8
200,0
61
5
2068
1499
3,0%
0,2%
100,0%
Cofin
64,3
188,1
64,3
85,7
65,5
90,2
553
10,36%
39,03%
10,37%
13,82%
11,87%
14,55%
100,00%
Finanziamenti sul 1° anno (30%), da integrare col cofinanziamento
Stanziamento PROGETTO FIRB - su base finanziamenti - anno 02-03
n. 2 contratti triennali per giovani ricercatori al Lab. Naz. di Reti Fotoniche, n. 0,3 Unità CNIT-BO
WP1 - Resp. Piero Castoldi
WP2 - Resp. Stefano Giordano
100%
Giordano
Lab Pisa
TOTALE
Lab Pisa
125.928,34
43,29%
Castoldi
Lab Pisa
Texas
60.000,00
20,62%
Fumagalli
Texas
CNIT-BO
15.000,00
5,16%
Callegati
CNIT-BO
CNIT-TN
50.000,00
17,19%
Battiti
CNIT-TN
50.000,00
CNIT-AN
40.000,00
13,75%
Cancellieri CNIT-AN
40.000,00
TOTALE
290.928,34
TOTALE
80.000,00
Contratti giovani ric.
66.836,56
2 ricerc
11.935,10
0,3 ricerc
272.764,90
60.000,00
80.000,00
TOTALE
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78.771,66
26.935,10
449.700,00
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WP1 – Sintesi scientifica (1)
State of the art
•
GRID computing
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Connection of geographically distant machines (computers) for solving large
problems
Currently based on network infrastructure without QoS constraints (e.g.,
standard TCP/IP protocol)
Intelligent Optical Networks
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Provide intelligent dynamic adaptation to grid application connectivity requests
(e.g., bandwidth, dynamic logical topology, Quality of Service (QoS), reliability)
Connection oriented switching paradigm (e.g., virtual circuit opposite to best
effort IP)
Novel optical layer components
Objective
Scaling typical performance of Local Area Network (LAN) computer clusters to
Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN)
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WP1 – Sintesi scientifica (2)
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•
•
•
•
Proposed approach
Utilizing Intelligent Optical Networks based on the GMPLS protocol suite
for connecting grid nodes
Expected results
Guarantee requested connection QoS based on agreed classification
Dynamic adaptation to changing QoS requirements of connections
between GRID nodes (logical GRID network topology)
Impact
Mainly DIRECT and SHORT-TERM (applied research) on local and national
grid network implementation
As GUIDELINES for LONG TERM (fundamental research) for next
generation optical grid networks.
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WP1 breakdown (2)
WP 1 - Grid oriented optical switching paradigms (Resp. P. Castoldi)
[70% of the total CNIT UdR funding]
Technical Board member: Dr. Luca Valcarenghi (assistant professor).
8%
• Activity 1.1 – Connections, topologies and network service models
(Resp. R. Battiti) [Lab PI, TN]
1° year
2° year
15%
• Activity 1.2 – Grid computing on state-of-the-art optical networks
1° year
2° year
(Resp. P. Castoldi) [Lab PI, TN, UTD]
• Activity 1.3 – Migration scenarios to intelligent flexible optical networks (Resp. F. Callegati)
15% [Lab PI, BO, TN, UTD]
1° year
2° year
• Activity 1.4 – Control plane and network emulation for optical packet switching networks
15% (Resp. A. Fumagalli) [Lab PI, TN, UTD]
2° year
3° year
• Activity 1.5 – Enabling technologies for optical switching networks
17% (Resp. G. Cancellieri) [Lab PI, BO, AN]
1° year
2° year
3° year
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WP1 breakdown (1)
Previsione di impegno in mesi/uomo sul WP1
WP1
Lab-PI
140
BO
45
AN
19
TN
54
Texas m/u TOT
54
312
DELIVERABLES
Short term (end of March 2003)
• A1.1 Realistic traffic models for grid computing transactions
• A1.2 Preliminary results on blocking probability, on the trade-offs bandwidth delay, on the
performance of fractional restoration in optical networks.
• A1.3 Early results on the specifications for an OPS network supporting grid computing
• A1.4 Early results on architectures and control plane emulation in optical networks
• A1.5 Early results on enabling technologies and control of all-optical switching devices.
May/June 2003
Technical report on early project results with emphasis on the flow of information on the
interface between areas
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Details about activity 1.1
Activity 1.1 – Connections, topologies and network service models
8%
1° year
2° year
(Resp. R. Battiti) [Lab PI, TN, UTD]
MILESTONES and DELIVERABLES (1-18 months)
 Traffic models to represent computer generated loads [technical report]
 Resource Allocation Architecture (RAA) to map network logical topology
requests from GRID to the optical network [technical report and software
tool]
 Virtual topology definition based on given traffic patterns [technical
report and software tools]
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Details about activity 1.2
15%
Activity 1.2 – Grid computing on state-of-the-art optical networks
(Resp. P. Castoldi) [Lab PI, TN, UTD]
1° year
2° year
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES (after 1-12 months)
 Static and dynamic routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) of
optical connections [technical report and software tools]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES (after 6-18 months)
 Reliability schemes exploiting traffic granularity (GMPLS) for
protection and restoration [technical report and laboratory testbed]
 GMPLS based control plane for dynamic distributed resource
allocation [technical report and laboratory testbed]
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Details about activity 1.3
Activity 1.3 – Migration scenarios to intelligent flexible optical
15% networks
1° year
2° year
(Resp. F. Callegati) [Lab PI, BO, TN]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES [1-12 months]
 Scaling issues of optical networks granularity from the flow, to the
burst up to the packet [technical report]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES [12-24 months]
 Optical Packet Switching (OPS) for grid computing: packet formats,
control plane, and OPS applicability limitations [technical report and
design tool]
 Fast bandwidth reservation scheme for both data transfers of various
size and real-time packets [technical report and design tool]
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Details about activity 1.4
Activity 1.4 – Control plane and network emulation for optical packet
15% switching networks
2° year
3° year
(Resp. A. Fumagalli) [Lab PI, UTD, TN]
MILESTONE AND DELIVERABLES [12-24 months]
 Design, development, and debugging of general purpose event driven
simulator for GRID related networking events [technical report and design
tool]
 Differentiated Reliability (DiR) for protection and restoration of the optical
network [technical report and design tool]
MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES [24-36 months]
 GMPLS based control plane for generic optical packet switched network
[technical report and laboratory testbed]
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Details about activity 1.5
Activity 1.5 – Enabling technologies for optical packet switching
17% networks
1° year
2° year
3° year
(Resp. G. Cancellieri) [Lab PI, BO, AN]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES [1-12 months]
 Preliminar results on self-routing and automatically switched optical nodes for grid
computing based on Wavelength Routing Switches (WRS) [technical report]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES [12-24 months]
 Final results on self-routing and automatically switched optical nodes for grid
computing based on Wavelength Routing Switches (WRS) [technical report]
 Qualifying technologies for optical networks, such as Raman Amplifiers (RA) and
Photonic Christal Fiber (PCF) [technical report]
MILESTONE and DELIVERABLES [24-36 months]
 Testbed based on automatically switched optical nodes and qualifying optical
tecnologies [laboratory testbed]
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Specifications on interaction among areas
Area 4
WP10
WP11
WP12
WP7
Area 1
WP13
WP8
WP4
WP14
WP9
WP6
A1.1, A1.2, A1.3,
A1.4, A1.5
WP1
WP2
Area 2
WP3
WP5
Area 3
A1.1, A1.2, A1.4
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