広域仮想計算機基盤のための仮想ネットワークテストベッド構築に関する研究

2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00170
• Research Institution: Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: 市川 昊平 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (90511676)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 広域計算環境 / クラウドコンピューティング / Software Defined Network / OpenFlow / 国際情報交換 / タイ：アメリカ：台湾

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

仮想計算機技術の発達により、地理的に分散する大学や組織が提供する計算機資源をソフトウェア制御技術により動的に多数確保し、仮想計算資源を共有するマルチサイト・クラウド実験基盤の構築技術は成熟しつつある。しかし、このような広域に分散する仮想計算機基盤と統合して活用可能なネットワークの実験基盤の整備はまだ発展途上にある。本研究では、広域に分散するSDN (Software Defined Networking)サービスを複数相互接続し、仮想計算機基盤の構築と同時に、その仮想計算機基盤間をつなぐネットワークに関しても仮想化技術によってソフトウェアで完全に制御可能なネットワーク実験基盤（テストベッド）の構築を目指し、研究開発を実施している。
初年度にあたる当該年度は、1) 国際環境におけるOpenFlowの相互接続網の構築、2) 複数管理ドメインにまたがるOpenFlowネットワークの仮想化技術の構築に取り組んだ。国際環境におけるOpenFlowの相互接続網の構築の構築にあたっては、各国のアカデミックネットワークを相互に接続することで、これまでに日本の3拠点、アメリカ3拠点、台湾を接続した実証実験環境を構築した。また、複数管理ドメインにまたがるOpenFlowネットワークの仮想化技術の構築にむけ、NICTが開発したAutoVFlowと呼ばれる仮想化ソフトウェアを前述の国際実験環境において配備し、実証的評価を行った。

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

本研究では、研究計画として、1) OpenFlow相互接続網の構築、2) 複数管理ドメインにまたがるOpenFlowネットワークの仮想化技術の構築、3) 複数管理ドメイン仮想化技術の実証実験、4) 実アプリケーションを用いたネットワーク実験基盤の実証的評価という4つのマイルストーンを設定して進めている。当該年度では、研究計画通り、1)のOpenFlow相互接続網の構築を継続して実施しつつ、2)のネットワーク仮想化技術の構築に取り組んでいる。そのため、概ね当初の計画通り研究開発が推移していることから、順調に進展していると判断している。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

当該年度は当初の研究開発通り、順調に研究開発が進展しているため、次年度も計画通り進める予定である。本研究では、OpenFlow相互接続網の構築および拡張を継続的に行うため、国内外の研究者と継続的な議論を展開している。次年度の拡張に向けては、現在タイの研究者と議論を深めている段階である。

Causes of Carryover

本研究では、広域分散環境を構築する上で、実証のための物品の購入を計画していたが、当該年度は既存の学内資産を利用することで一部の目的が達成可能であったため、物品費を抑えた。

Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget

広域分散環境を構築するにあたって、当該年度未使用分は次年度においてより大規模な実証環境構築および実験に利用することで、本研究において得られる成果を最大化するために活用する予定である。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, San Diego/University of Florida/Indiana University(米国)
  • Country Name: U.S.A.
  • Counterpart Institution: University of California, San Diego/University of Florida/Indiana University
• [Int'l Joint Research] National Applied Research Laboratories(台湾)
  • Country Name: その他の国・地域
  • Counterpart Institution: National Applied Research Laboratories
• [Journal Article] SAGE-based Tiled Display Wall Enhanced with Dynamic Routing Functionality Triggered by User Interaction (2016)
  • Author(s): Yoshiyuki Kido, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Hirotake Abe, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, and Shinji Shimjo
  • Journal Title: Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) Volume: 56 Pages: 303-314
  • DOI: doi:10.1016/j.future.2015.09.033
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Virtual screening techniques and current computational infrastructures (2016)
  • Author(s): Jason Jaga, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date
  • Journal Title: Current pharmaceutical design Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Hydra: A High-throughput Virtual Screening Data Visualization and Analysis Tool (2016)
  • Author(s): Curtis Sera, Shelby Matlock, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa, Jason H. Haga
  • Organizer: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
  • Place of Presentation: Catamaran Resort Hotel, San Diego, California, U.S.A
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-06 – 2016-06-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Practicality and Feasibility of Improving Linux Container Utilization with Task Rebalancing Strategy (2016)
  • Author(s): Pongsakorn U-chupala, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 30 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Marriott Grand Ballroom, Manila, Philippines
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-27 – 2016-01-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Extending PRAGMA-ENT for End Users using IPOP Overlay Networks (2016)
  • Author(s): Kyuho Jeong, Renato Figueiredo, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 30 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Marriott Grand Ballroom, Manila, Philippines
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-27 – 2016-01-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Architecture of Controlling Network and Virtualized Computational Resources on SDN-enhanced Job Management System Framework (2016)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Watashiba, Masaharu Shimizu, Susumu Date, Hirotake Abe, Yoshiyuki Kido, Kohei Ichikawa, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai and Shinji Shimojo
  • Organizer: Annual Meeting on Advanced Computing System and Infrastructure (ACSI) 2015
  • Place of Presentation: International Congress Center EPOCHAL, Tsukuba, japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-26 – 2016-01-27
• [Presentation] An Empirical Study of SDN-accelerated HPC Infrastructure for Scientific Research (2015)
  • Author(s): Susumu Date, Hirotake Abe, Dashdavaa Khureltulga, Keichi Takahashi, Yoshuyuki Kido, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Pongsakorn U-Chupala, Kohei Ichikawa, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Shinji Shimojo
  • Organizer: International Conference Research and Innovation (ICCCRI)
  • Place of Presentation: National Library, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-26 – 2015-10-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Efficient MPI_Reduce Algorithm for OpenFlow-Enabled Network (2015)
  • Author(s): Pisit Makpaisit, Kohei Ichikawa, Putchong Uthayopas, Susumu Date, Keichi Takahashi and Dashdavaa Khureltulga
  • Organizer: 15th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT’15)
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07 – 2015-10-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] IPOP Overlay Networks for Data Sharing and Virtual Clusters in PRAGMA (2015)
  • Author(s): Renato Figueiredo, Ken Subratie, Kyuho Jeong, Saumitra Aditya, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 29 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07 – 2015-10-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Evaluation of Topology-Based Openflow Controller for Multipath Tcp on Pragma-Ent (2015)
  • Author(s): Chawanat Nakasan, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa, Hajimu Iida, and Putchong Uthayopas
  • Organizer: Pragma29 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07 – 2015-10-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Practicality and Feasibility of Improving Linux Container Utilization with Task Rebalancing Strategy (2015)
  • Author(s): Pongsakorn U-chupala, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date
  • Organizer: Pragma29 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07 – 2015-10-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Implementation of SDN-enhanced Job Management System with Bandwidth Control (2015)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Watashiba, Susumu Date, Hirotake Abe, Yoshiyuki Kido, Kohei Ichikawa, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Shinji Shimojo, Haruo Takemura
  • Organizer: Pragma29 workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07 – 2015-10-09
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] PRAGMA-ENT: Exposing SDN Concepts to Domain Scientists in the Pacific Rim (2015)
  • Author(s): Kohei Ichikawa, Mauricio Tsugawa, Jason Haga, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Te-Lung Liu, Yoshiyuki Kido, Pongsakorn U-Chupala, Che Huang, Chawanat Nakasan, Jo-Yu Chang, Li-Chi Ku, Whey-Fone Tsai, Susumu Date, Shinji Shimojo, Philip Papadopoulos, Jose Fortes
  • Organizer: PRAGMA Workshop on International Clouds for Data Science (PRAGMA-ICDS 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Simple Multipath Openflow Controller Using Topology-Based Algorithm for Multipath Tcp (2015)
  • Author(s): Chawanat Nakasan, Kohei Ichikawa, Hajimu Iida, and Putchong Uthayopas
  • Organizer: PRAGMA Workshop on International Clouds for Data Science (PRAGMA-ICDS 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] PRAGMA-ENT: 国際共同研究におけるSDNテストベッドの構築 (2015)
  • Author(s): 市川昊平
  • Organizer: 第1回RICC - RIEC ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 宮城県仙台市、東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-05
• [Presentation] Deployment of a Multi-Site Cloud Environment for Molecular Virtual Screenings (2015)
  • Author(s): Anthony Nguyen, Andrea Matsunaga, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date, Mauricio Tsugawa and Jason Haga
  • Organizer: 11th IEEE International Conference on eScience2015
  • Place of Presentation: Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30 – 2015-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Deployment and Evaluation of Bandwidth and Latency Aware Network Over Large-Scale Openflow Testbed (2015)
  • Author(s): Pongsakorn U-chupala, Kohei Ichikawa, Putchong Uthayopas, Susumu Date, and Hirotake Abe
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Hybrid Game Contents Streaming Method to Improve Graphic Quality Delivered by Cloud Gaming (2015)
  • Author(s): Kar-Long Chan, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: Pragma 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Netspec: Software-Defined Network Behavior Test Tool (2015)
  • Author(s): Kazuki Hara, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: Pragma 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of a Simple Multipath Openflow Controller for Multipath Tcp (2015)
  • Author(s): Chawanat Nakasan, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: Pragma 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A multipath controller for accelerating GridFTP transfer over SDN (2015)
  • Author(s): Che Huang, Chawanat Nakasan, Kohei Ichikawa, Hajimu Iida
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Flow-level monitoring based-on OpenFlow for categorizing network application (2015)
  • Author(s): Xuliang Wang, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Kohei Ichikawa
  • Organizer: PRAGMA 28 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Implementation of SDN-enhanced Job Management System with Bandwidth Control (2015)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Watashiba, Susumu Date, Hirotake Abe, Yoshiyuki Kido, Kohei Ichikawa, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Shinji Shimojo, Haruo Takemura
  • Organizer: Demo Workshop for Network-intensive Applications, PRAGMA 28
  • Place of Presentation: Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-08 – 2015-04-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks] PRAGMA-ENT
  • URL: https://github.com/pragmagrid/pragma_ent/wiki