SDN-based gateway architecture for electromagnetic nano-networks
Electromagnetic nano-communication has increasing attention in recent years. Several developments have been achieved in the fabrication, communication and management of various nano-network devices serving potential applications ranging from softwaredefined metamaterials, wireless robotic materials...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/385182 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/385182 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2021.12.017 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 5G networks Software-defined networking (Computer network technology) Nano-network Software defined networking Internet of nano-things Micro/nano-gateway Xarxes definides per programari (Tecnologia de xarxes d'ordinadors) Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telemàtica i xarxes d'ordinadors |
| Sumario: | Electromagnetic nano-communication has increasing attention in recent years. Several developments have been achieved in the fabrication, communication and management of various nano-network devices serving potential applications ranging from softwaredefined metamaterials, wireless robotic materials and body-centric communication. Such applications need uplink and downlink communication between the deployed nano-network and the external macro-world or the Internet through nano-interfaces. As a result, heterogeneous nano-network devices and their interoperability in different Internet of nano-things applications become new challenges for nano-network communication. In this regard, dynamic, flexible and distributed micro/nano-gateways can accommodate such sustainable issues and make the nano-network fully operational, regardless of the adopted application domain or the protocols used in communication. Network functions virtualization and software-defined networking technologies altogether can overcome these challenges. This article proposes SDN-based architecture and software module for the micro/nano-gateway. The proposed software module converts data formats and protocols between nano-network and traditional network domains allowing the nano-devices to be linked to the Internet. A prototype of the module is built, and the performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated based on two communication scenarios; single tenant and multitenant. The result shows the effect of the total number of connected nano-devices and the number of packets sent by each device on the total average round-trip processing delay and the overall throughput of the micro/nano-gateway. |
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