GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008 groups.geni.net GENI working group wiki GENI Substrate Working Group Agenda and Deliverables Joseph B. Evans, University of Kansas Patrick Crowley, Washington University Peter O’Neil, Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) Co-Chairs

GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008www.geni.net2 Session Agenda WG Introductions - Joe, Patrick, Peter, Kristin, John Agenda Bashing - Joe Review Substrate WG Context & Deliverables - Joe Spiral 1 Technical Talks –Programmable Edge Node –Open Virtualized WiMAX Base Station –Autonomous Kansei Wireless Sensor Networks –Great Plains Environment for Network Innovations –Real-time Embedded Measurements –Optical Access Networks Substrate WG System Engineering Report - John –Discuss information needed from Spiral 1 projects Lightning Talks

GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008www.geni.net3 GENI Substrate The substrate working group focuses on aggregates and their interfaces, with emphasis on the experiment plane

GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008www.geni.net4 GENI Substrate There is significant “overlap” with other groups Examples - the substrate involves… –Measurement and instrumentation –Security and possible ancillary operational elements –Data plane and control plane communication infrastructure

GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008www.geni.net5 Substrate WG Charter Fundamental charter unchanged - work on designs and documentation for substrate –Prior language regarding deliverables was aimed at building/buying a monolithic GENI –Should adjust description now that the idea is to federate suites of resources What is needed… –Documentation for Spiral 1 –Documentation for GENI

GEC3 – October 28-30, 2008www.geni.net6 Working Group Deliverables Substrate WG Documents (Spiral 1) –Substrate Capabilities Summary –Substrate Capabilities based use-case(s) Substrate WG Documents (GENI Design) –Aggregate Subsystem Technical Description –Aggregate ICD More details later…