[194692] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Making interconnection agreements between networks more dynamic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Gould)
Tue May 23 15:09:49 2017
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From: "Aaron Gould" <aaron1@gvtc.com>
To: "'Pedro de Botelho Marcos'" <pbmarcos@inf.ufrgs.br>,
<nanog@nanog.org>
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:09:46 -0500
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This sounds something like the MEF Third Network type stuff.... I mean =
the ability to setup connection dynamically across network boundaries =
on-the-fly, via an ordering system... that has always sounded awesome to =
me... and I've wondered how we could actually get there one day. Sounds =
like a lot of initial cooperation
-Aaron
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Pedro de =
Botelho Marcos
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 1:07 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Making interconnection agreements between networks more dynamic
Hello,
We are a group of networking researchers from UFRGS, UCLouvain and =
KAUST.
We are working towards an approach to make interconnection agreements =
between networks more dynamic. The current approach for establishing =
agreements is cumbersome, typically requiring lengthy discussions. To =
accommodate the expected growth of traffic demands, network operators =
need to over-provision. Even so, operators miss the ability to quickly =
respond when facing unforeseen traffic demands, because agreements have =
static characteristics and changes could take days or weeks to be =
implemented.
Dynamic agreements offer many opportunities. For example, consider =
acquiring extra "bandwidth as a service" that is available on demand =
just when one needs it, similarly to how one might spin up extra VMs in =
the cloud to handle high loads.
We are interested in collecting some anecdotal evidence that dynamic =
agreements could solve real-world problems. Has any member of the forum =
faced any scenario where the kind of dynamism described above could be =
helpful?
Many thanks for your inputs,
--
Pedro de Botelho Marcos
PhD Student
Computer Networks Research Group
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
