LARGE SCALE NETWORK PROTOCOL EMULATION ON COMMODITY CLOUD

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dc.contributor.advisorGnawali, Omprakash
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSubhlok, Jaspal
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGabriel, Edgar
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStoleru, Radu
dc.creatorDutta, Anirup 1989-
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-05T17:06:21Z
dc.date.available2014-04-05T17:06:21Z
dc.date.createdDecember 2013
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.date.updated2014-04-05T17:06:26Z
dc.description.abstractNetwork emulation allows us to evaluate network protocol implementations, typically in higher fidelity than simulations. Most emulators allow execution of code in the platform or environment similar to the target platform on which the protocol will be deployed. This advantage comes at a cost. Emulation often requires much larger IO or computational resources than simulations. As a result, it is common to see some research projects doing simulations with up to hundred thousand nodes while emulations typically scale up to a few hundred nodes. In this thesis, we present CloudNet, a network protocol emulation platform that leverages the commodity cloud computing service to scale emulations to thousands of nodes. CloudNet uses a lightweight virtualization technique called LXC containers to emulate a single node. The network protocol code and the protocol state for each node is maintained in its respective container. CloudNet then uses properties of the network topology to determine where to place these containers among many physical machines, researchers might rent on the cloud service. CloudNet's careful mapping of nodes to the containers makes network performance more predictable and suitable for emulation even on a shared commodity cloud, which was previously thought to be unsuitable for serious network emulation. Through extensive experiments, we establish that CloudNet is scalable to thousand node networks while providing accurate emulation results.
dc.description.departmentComputer Science, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/596
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectCloud computing
dc.subjectDTN Emulation
dc.subjectDelay-tolerant networks
dc.subjectNetwork emulation
dc.subjectEmulation in Cloud
dc.subjectNetwork Performance in Cloud
dc.subject.lcshComputer science
dc.titleLARGE SCALE NETWORK PROTOCOL EMULATION ON COMMODITY CLOUD
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
thesis.degree.departmentComputer Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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