Abstract:
This paper presents the high-level architecture, task execution methods, and scheduling algorithms behind community internet measurement network (IMN), named AIORI-IMN (Raje A, et al. The Internet Measurement Network (AIORI-IMN). In: 2023 4th International Conference on Computing and Communication Systems (I3CS) 1–8, 2023). AIORI-IMN is researched and developed as part of the project “Advanced Internet Operations Research in India” (AIORI) funded by MeitY, Govt. of India (Internet Governance | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. URL https://www.meity.gov.in/content/internet-proliferation-governance). AIORI-IMN is designed to collect, analyze, collaborate and share protocol measurement metrics using distributed Remote Endpoints (RE). The underlying architecture supports the measurement platform to be plug-and-play, secured, scalable, interoperable and resilient. The core architecture is based on distributed edge computing paradigm. It has been designed to be layered with defined interfaces, helping each layer to be interoperable and flexible to adopt new changes with minimal or no impact on other layers. The distributed communication is handled using the Publish-Subscribe messaging pattern. The architecture, design and algorithms have been tested with a reference implementation. The implementation is live now having 100+ Remote Endpoints (RE). The portal https://aiori.in facilitates stakeholders to execute, analyze and visualize measurement tasks in REs. The underlying distributed edge architecture is having three layers (Worker, Controller, UI Management & Analytics). All the layers are interoperable and communicate through APIs and messages. The task execution and scheduling algorithms keep track of optimal resource utilization. A novel approach to Internet Measurement has been researched. It needs continuous evolution so that it remains relevant for future Internet architecture.
Published in: SN Computer Science Journal | Advances in Internet Research and Engineering 2023