A Multi-agent Architecture For Autonomic Management Of Virtual Networks

Network virtualization is a viable solution to interconnect virtual resources providing isolation and to promote the architecture pluralism for the Future Internet. The virtualization causes an increase of complexity that could be handled by autonomic computing. We developed a multi-agent architecture for autonomic management of virtual networks in infrastructure providers. A prototype system focusing on self-healing was implemented and evaluated on real and simulated environments. The experimental results show the ability of the system to quickly self-heal virtual networks in the presence of failure with a marginal impact on resource allocation. © 2012 IEEE.11831186Anderson, T., Peterson, L., Shenker, S., Turner, J., Overcoming the Internet impasse through virtualization (2005) Computer, 38 (4), pp. 34-41. , AprilSenna, C., Soares, M., Bittencourt, L., Madeira, E., An architecture for adaptation of virtual networks on clouds 7th Latin American Network Operations and Management Symposium (LANOMS), Quito, 2011Dobson, S., Denazis, S., Fernndez, A., Gati, D., Gelenbe, E., Massacci, F., Nixon, P., Zambonelli, F., A survey of autonomic communications (2006) ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst., 1, pp. 223-259. , DecemberFajjari, I., Ayari, M., Braham, O., Pujolle, G., Zimmermann, H., Towards an Autonomic Piloting Virtual Network Architecture 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS), 2011, pp. 1-5Pujolle, G., An autonomic architecture for network management and control (2008) UPGRADE, 9, pp. 36-40. , http://www.cepis.org/upgrade/files/pujolle-VI-08.pdf, December Online. AvailableHouidi, I., Louati, W., Zeghlache, D., Papadimitriou, P., Mathy, L., Adaptive virtual network provisioning (2010) VISA '10, pp. 41-48. , 2nd ACM SIGCOMM workshop on virtualized infrastructure systems and architectures (VISA), ser. New York, NY, USA: ACMMarquezan, C., Granville, L., Nunzi, G., Brunner, M., Distributed autonomic resource management for network virtualization IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2010, pp. 463-470Senna, C., Soares, M., Batista, D., Madeira, E., Fonseca, N., Experiments with a self-management system for virtual networks II Workshop de Pesquisa Experimental Da Internet Do Futuro (WPEIF), Campo Grande, 2011(2008) Ginkgo Distributed Network Piloting System. White Paper, , http://www.ginkgo-networks.com/IMG/pdf/WP_Ginkgo_DNPSv1_1.pdf, Online. AvailableFajjari, I., Aitsaadi, N., Pujolle, G., Zimmermann, H., VNE-AC: Virtual Network Embedding Algorithm Based on Ant Colony Metaheuristic IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2011, pp. 1-