FABRIC: A National-Scale Programmable Experimental Network Infrastructure

IEEE Internet Computing; vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 38-47, 1 Nov.-Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1109/MIC.2019.2958545.

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.

URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8972790&isnumber=8970628

 

Related Projects

Staff Authors