The NEBULA Future Internet Architecture

Authors

Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolFollow
Ken Birman, Cornell UniversityFollow
Robert Broberg, Cisco SystemsFollow
Matthew Caesar, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFollow
Douglas Comer, Purdue UniversityFollow
Chase Cotton, University of DelawareFollow
Michael J. Freed, Princeton UniversityFollow
Andreas Haeberlen, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Zachary G. Ives, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Arvind Krishnamurthy, University of WashingtonFollow
William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow
Boon Thau Loo, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
David Mazieres, Stanford University
Antonio Nicolosi, Stevens Institute of TechnologyFollow
Jonathan M. Smith, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Ion Stoica, University of California - BerkeleyFollow
Robbert van Renesse, Cornell UniversityFollow
Michael Walfish, New York UniversityFollow
Hakim Weatherspoon, Cornell UniversityFollow

ORCID

Christopher S. Yoo 0000-0003-2980-9420

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

NEBULA is a proposal for a Future Internet Architecture. It is based on the assumptions that: (1) cloud computing will comprise an increasing fraction of the application workload offered to an Internet, and (2) that access to cloud computing resources will demand new architectural features from a network. Features that we have identified include dependability, security, flexibility and extensibility, the entirety of which constitute resilience. NEBULA provides resilient networking services using ultrareliable routers, an extensible control plane and use of multiple paths upon which arbitrary policies may be enforced. We report on a prototype system, Zodiac, that incorporates these latter two features.

Keywords

Computer science, cloud computing, communications, architectural features, reliable routing system & data center interconnect, NCore, data plane enabling policy enforcement, new control plane architecture, NEBULA virtual & extensible networking techniques, economic & policy implications

Publication Title

The Future Internet - Future Internet Assembly

Publication Citation

In THE FUTURE INTERNET – FUTURE INTERNET ASSEMBLY 2013: VALIDATED RESULTS AND NEW HORIZONS 16 (Alex Galls & Anastasius Gavras eds., Springer 2013).

Repository Citation

Yoo, Christopher S.; Birman, Ken; Broberg, Robert; Caesar, Matthew; Comer, Douglas; Cotton, Chase; Freed, Michael J.; Haeberlen, Andreas; Ives, Zachary G.; Krishnamurthy, Arvind; Lehr, William; Loo, Boon Thau; Mazieres, David; Nicolosi, Antonio; Smith, Jonathan M.; Stoica, Ion; van Renesse, Robbert; Walfish, Michael; and Weatherspoon, Hakim, "The NEBULA Future Internet Architecture" (2013). All Faculty Scholarship. 2034.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/2034