Research on IoT Traffic Engineering using SDN

• Project/Area Number: 16K16052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Information network
• Research Institution: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
• Principal Investigator: Yamanaka Hiroaki 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 総合テストベッド研究開発推進センターテストベッド研究開発運用室, 研究員 (60614518)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: SDN / IoT / センサーデータ / センサデータ / トラフィックエンジニアリング / 資源割当 / フローエントリ数削減 / 制御メッセージ削減 / 細粒度ネットワーク資源管理 / インターネット高度化 / 情報通信工学 / スマートセンサ情報システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research realizes prediction of the data traffic volume in a network from IoT sensor devices, and methods of path allocation and flow entry setting using SDN. From the simulation results, the number of flow entries and the number of control messages for flow setting are reduced, compared to the conventional method that sets flow entries for each communication of each device. Furthermore, we develop a prototype system considering the edge computing environment that is suitable for sensor data collection. The operation verification shows that the system can be applied to traffic engineering for sensor data collection.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で提案したパス割当て手法は、今後普及が期待されるIoTにおいて、多数のデバイスからのデータ収集において、効率的なネットワークインフラ資源の利用に寄与する。インフラ資源の新規投資および膨大な運用コスト抑制の効果が期待できる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] UnisonFlow: A Software-Defined Coordination Mechanism for Message-Passing Communication and Computation (2018)
  • Author(s): Keichi Takahashi, Susumu Date, Dashdavaa Khureltulga, Yoshiyuki Kido, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Shinji Shimojo
  • Journal Title: IEEE Access Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 23372-23382
  • DOI: 10.1109/access.2018.2829532
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] AutoVFlow: Virtualization of large-scale wide-area OpenFlow networks (2017)
  • Author(s): Yamanaka Hiroaki、Kawai Eiji、Shimojo Shinji
  • Journal Title: Computer Communications Volume: 102 Pages: 28-46
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2016.12.006
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] PRAGMA-ENT: An International SDN Testbed for a Cyberinfrastructure in the Pacific Rim (2016)
  • Author(s): Kohei Ichikawa, Pongsakorn U-chupala, Che Huang, Chawanat Nakasan, Te-Lung Liu, Jo-Yu Chang, Li-Chi Ku, Whey-Fone Tsai, Jason Haga, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Yoshiyuki Kido, Susumu Date, Shinji Shimojo, Philip Papadopoulos, Mauricio Tsugawa, Matthew Collins, Kyuho Jeong, Renato Figueiredo, Jose Fortes
  • Journal Title: Concurrency And Computation: Practice And Experience, Wiley InterScience Volume: - Issue: 13 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1002/cpe.4138
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Supporting k-Nearest Service Discoveries for Large-Scale Edge Computing Environments (2018)
  • Author(s): Teranishi Yuuichi、Kimata Takashi、Yamanaka Hiroaki、Kawai Eiji、Harai Hiroaki
  • Organizer: 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] エッジコンピューティングにおけるモビリティ対応機能の検討 (2018)
  • Author(s): 山中 広明、河合 栄治、寺西 裕一、原井 洋明
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会コミュニケーションクオリティ研究会
• [Presentation] エッジコンピューティングにおけるモビリティを考慮したサーバ仮想化の考察 (2018)
  • Author(s): 山中 広明、河合 栄治、寺西 裕一、原井 洋明
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会技術報告(CQ2018-71)
• [Presentation] IoTセンサデータトラフィックに対するSDNによる細粒度な制御方式の検討 (2017)
  • Author(s): 山中 広明
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会コミュニケーションクオリティ研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道千歳市千歳科学技術大学
  • Year and Date: 2017-04-20
• [Presentation] Proximity-aware IaaS for Edge Computing Environment (2017)
  • Author(s): Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Yuuichi Terahishi, and Hiroaki Hara
  • Organizer: The 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research