TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE
This research proposes a new network architecture, SCAFFOLD, that directly supports the need of wide-area services. SCAFFOLD treats service-level objects (rather than hosts) as first-class citizens and explores a tighter coupling between object-based naming and routing. A clean-slate, scalable version of the federated SCAFFOLD architecture is being designed and prototyped. System components include programmable routers/switches, resolution services for object-based lookup and forwarding, and integrated end-hosts.
The center of people's "digital lives" today are online services -- not the networks or computers on which they run. The research ultimately explores what abstractions and mechanisms that will make the future network a powerful, flexible hosting platform for wide-area services (the so-called "cloud"). In doing so, SCAFFOLD would lower the barrier to deploying networked services that are scalable, reliable, secure, energy-efficient, and easy to manage.
The project includes a summer-camp outreach activity with schools serving under-represented groups to build services on top of SCAFFOLD, new special course development, and technology transfer with industry.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0904729 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$750,000 |
Project Location - City |
Princeton |
| Award Date |
08/01/2009 |
Project Location - State |
NJ |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
08544-2001
|
| Jobs Reported |
0.00 |
Congressional District |
12 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
002484665
|
| Recipient Address |
1 NASSAU HALL |
| Recipient City |
PRINCETON |
| Recipient State |
New Jersey |
| Recipient Zip |
08544-2001 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
12 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
NeTS: Medium: A SCAFFOLD for Service Centric Networking |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Research & Public Policy Analysis |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
This project revisits the design of the network stack--and the naming and software abstractions it exposes--to meet the needs of online services. The centerpiece of our Serval (previously SCAFFOLD) architecture is a new Service Access Layer that sits above an unmodified network layer, and enables applications to communicate directly on service names. Serval was published in NSDI 2012 in April, and received an honorable mention at its Community Award. Serval was also a finalist for the 2012 IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize. We have carefully specified the end-point connection control protocol (ECCP) that is part of the Serval architecture. ECCP allows end-points to seamlessly change network addresses, migrate flows across interfaces, or establish additional flows for efficient and uninterrupted service access. We developed formal models to verify that ECCP works correctly in the presence of packet loss, out-of-order delivery, and frequent mobility. ECCP appeared in ICNP 2012 in October. We are also developing a platform, Tango, for controlling network usage through policy on end-user devices like smartphones. Tango implements a device-wide policy engine that uses programmable user policies to generate constraints for usage across a device's network(s) and perform actions that express a user's goals. Since apps have a finer level of detail about their network usage, Tango also supports apps that supply a policy of their own. Tango leverages ECCP and Serval's support for flow migration (e.g., to switch between WiFi and cellular networks); this helps give device owners and apps greater control over data caps, battery life, and user experience. Tango was recently submitted to the Mobicom conference in March 2013. |
| Jobs Created |
0.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Princeton University supports its faculty during the Academic Year. No jobs created/retained this quarter. |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
08/01/2009 |
| Award Number |
0904729 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$750,000 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$691,958 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$683,043 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
**K |
| Activity Description |
Research & Public Policy Analysis |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
1 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$59,462 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
1 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$59,462 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
9 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$4,316 |
Sub-award 2062 - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
| Sub-Award Amount |
$59,462 |
| Sub-Award Date |
11/20/2012 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$0.00 |
| Project Location - City |
New York |
| Project Location - State |
NY |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
10003-6806 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
12 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
041968306
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| Sub-Recipient Address |
70 WASHINGTON SQUARE S |
| Sub-Recipient City |
NEW YORK |
| Sub-Recipient State |
New York |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
10012-1019 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
10 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
40º 20' 38",
-74º 39' 19" |
| Congressional District |
12 |
| Address 1 |
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| Address 2 |
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| City |
Princeton |
| County |
Mercer |
| State |
NJ |
| Zip |
08544-2001 |
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