Stitch-n-Sync: Discreetly disclosing topology information using logically centralized controllers

Competitive Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are typically long-known for their shrewdness to conceal their underlying network topology information. Having said this, in this article, we propose a quasi-distributed topology information sharing framework for network operators based on logically centra...

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Published in2013 21st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Venmani, Daniel Philip, Gourhant, Yvon, Zeghlache, Djamal
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2013
Subjects
Bandwidth
Collaboration
Distributed Topology Information
Information management
Logically Centralized Controllers
Mobile Backhaul Networks
Network topology
Optimization
Synchronization
Topology
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Summary:Competitive Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are typically long-known for their shrewdness to conceal their underlying network topology information. Having said this, in this article, we propose a quasi-distributed topology information sharing framework for network operators based on logically centralized controllers. Through our approach, we present a topology information sharing scheme in which two or more MNOs can cooperatively and more importantly, discreetly reveal their topology information for the sake of utilizing the unused available resources of each other, at times of network failure situations. Our approach has been formulated and developed based on a novel key metric to `tune' the amount of information sharing. Based on extensive simulations, we then investigate the impacts of network topology information sharing on the network capacity. The overall feasibility is illustrated through significant numerical results.
ISSN:1092-1648
2643-3303
DOI:10.1109/ICNP.2013.6733662