LambdaBridge: A Scalable Architecture for Future Generation Terabit Applications

• Published in: 2006 3rd International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Xi Wang, Vishwanath, V., Byungil Jeong, Jagodic, R., He, E., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Leigh, J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-2006
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Bridges; Collaboration; Computer networks; Data visualization; Graphics; Large-scale systems; Liquid crystal displays; Optical fiber networks
• ISBN: 9781424404247; 142440424X
• DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374342

LambdaGrid applications as typified by data-intensive collaborative visualization are likely to be the first users of terabit-level networking. This paper features a main enabler of collaborative visualization over LambdaGrid, the Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment (SAGE) in particular, and anticipates the future needs of LambdaGrid applications in general. We present a scalable architecture called LambdaBridge to 'bridge' LambdaGrid applications with the terabit optical core networks. LambdaBridge will provision and control predictable- performance networks for end-systems (i.e. Grid clusters) using on-demand lambda/VLAN provisioning and end-system traffic shaping. The chief contribution of LambdaBridge is a deep understanding of how to synergistically bridge provisionable networks, end-systems, and future generation distributed terabit applications. This paper also introduces Scalable Visualcasting - a multicasting service for LambdaGrid that incorporates IP multicasting and optical multicasting.