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A brief overview of the NEBULA future internet architecture

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Tom Anderson

University of Washington, Seattle, USA

University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Ken Birman

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Robert Broberg

Cisco Systems, San Jose, USA

Cisco Systems, San Jose, USA
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Matthew Caesar

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Douglas Comer

Purdue University, Purdue, USA

Purdue University, Purdue, USA
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Chase Cotton

University of Delaware, Newark, USA

University of Delaware, Newark, USA
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Michael J. Freedman

Princeton University, Princeton, USA

Princeton University, Princeton, USA
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Andreas Haeberlen

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Zachary G. Ives

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Arvind Krishnamurthy

University of Washington, Seattle, USA

University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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William Lehr

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Boon Thau Loo

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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David Mazières

Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA

Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
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Antonio Nicolosi

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA
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Jonathan M. Smith

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Ion Stoica

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
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Robbert van Renesse

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Michael Walfish

University of Texas, Austin, Austin, USA

University of Texas, Austin, Austin, USA
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Hakim Weatherspoon

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
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Christopher S. Yoo

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 44 Issue 3July 2014pp 81–86https://doi.org/10.1145/2656877.2656889

Published:28 July 2014Publication History

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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.

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A brief overview of the NEBULA future internet architecture
1. Networks
  1. Network protocols
  2. Network types
    1. Packet-switching networks

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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 44, Issue 3
July 2014
127 pages
ISSN:0146-4833
DOI:10.1145/2656877
Editors:
Konstantina Papagiannaki
Telefonica Research, Barcelona, Spain
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Katerina Argyraki
EPFL, Switzerland
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Hitesh Ballani
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
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Fabián Bustamante
Northwestern University, USA
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Joseph Camp
SMU, USA
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Columbia University, USA
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Stony Brook University, USA
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Politecnico di Torino, Italy
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Bhaskaran Raman
IIT Bombay, India
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Joel Sommers
Colgate University, USA
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LIP6, France
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University of New South Wales, Australia
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