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Providing UMTS connectivity to PlanetLab nodes

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Roberto Canonico,

Giovanni Di Stasi,

Antonio Pescape,

Giorgio VentreAuthors Info & Claims

CoNEXT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM CoNEXT Conference

Article No.: 74, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1544012.1544086

Published: 09 December 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Planetlab is widely recognized as being one of the most important Internet-scale testbeds. However, while allowing experimentations involving hundreds of hosts spread all over the world, PlanetLab still suffers of a few significant limitations. One of these limitations is the lack of heterogeneity, in particular in terms of access technologies. In this paper we describe the efforts we made, in the context of the OneLab European project, in order to mitigate this problem. In particular, we describe how we managed to integrate UMTS connectivity into a PlanetLab-based testbed. We illustrate the technical challenges we had to face, the final result we obtained, and present a case study meant to show the utility of having UMTS connectivity available in Planetlab.

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Freire CQuereilhac ATurletti TDabbous W(2012)Automated Deployment and Customization of Routing Overlays on PlanetlabTestbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_21(240-255)Online publication date: 2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_21
Botta ACanonico RDi Stasi GPescapé AVentre GFdida S(2010)Integration of 3G connectivity in PlanetLab EuropeMobile Networks and Applications10.1007/s11036-010-0224-z15:3(344-355)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11036-010-0224-z
Di Stasi GAvallone SCanonico R(2009)Integration of OMF-Based Testbeds in a Global-Scale Networking FacilityQuality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_34(545-555)Online publication date: 2009
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_34

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CoNEXT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM CoNEXT Conference

December 2008

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ISBN:9781605582108

DOI:10.1145/1544012

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IMDEA Networks and University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
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University Texas at Austin
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Polytechnic University
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University of Thessaly, Greece

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Freire CQuereilhac ATurletti TDabbous W(2012)Automated Deployment and Customization of Routing Overlays on PlanetlabTestbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_21(240-255)Online publication date: 2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_21
Botta ACanonico RDi Stasi GPescapé AVentre GFdida S(2010)Integration of 3G connectivity in PlanetLab EuropeMobile Networks and Applications10.1007/s11036-010-0224-z15:3(344-355)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11036-010-0224-z
Di Stasi GAvallone SCanonico R(2009)Integration of OMF-Based Testbeds in a Global-Scale Networking FacilityQuality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_34(545-555)Online publication date: 2009
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_34

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