Enabling Novel Interconnection Agreements with Path-Aware Networking Architectures

Enabling Novel Interconnection Agreements with Path-Aware Networking Architectures

Abstract

Path-aware networks (PANs) are emerging as an intriguing new paradigm with the potential to significantly improve the dependability and efficiency of networks. However, the benefits of PANs can only be realized if the adoption of such architectures is economically viable. This paper shows that PANs enable novel interconnection agreements among autonomous systems, which allow to considerably improve both economic profits and path diversity compared to today’s Internet. Specifically, by supporting packet forwarding along a path selected by the packet source, PANs do not require the Gao–Rexford conditions to ensure stability. Hence, autonomous systems can establish novel agreements, creating new paths which demonstrably improve latency and bandwidth metrics in many cases. This paper also expounds two methods to set up agreements which are Paretooptimal, fair, and thus attractive to both parties. We further present a bargaining mechanism that allows two parties to efficiently automate agreement negotiations.

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Authors
  • Scherrer, Simon
  • Legner, Markus
  • Perrig, Adrian
  • Schmid, Stefan
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Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings (Paper)
Event Title
51st IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN)
Divisions
Communication Technologies
Subjects
Informatik Allgemeines
Event Location
Taipei, Taiwan
Event Type
Conference
Event Dates
June 2021
Date
2021
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