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An Architecture for Spatial Networking

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  • Haebom

Author

Josh Millar, Ryan Gibb, Roy Ang, Hamed Haddadi, Anil Madhavapeddy

Outline

$\Textit{Bifr ost}$ is a programming model for implementing networking based on physical space. It addresses the challenges of existing cloud-based architectures by using bigraphs to represent spatial containment relationships and connectivity. This allows for policy scopes based on physical boundaries, location-based device naming, instantiation of spatial services, and spatial organization while maintaining local autonomy. $\textit{Bifr ost}$ enables direct communication between adjacent devices, the need for explicit gateways due to physical barriers, and spatially aware applications that bridge local control with global coordination.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
It provides a foundation for developing new types of spatially aware applications by leveraging physical space as a core element of networking.
Enables low-latency, secure, and efficient communication through proximity communication, local control, and autonomy.
Effectively model spatial containment relationships and connectivity using Bigraph.
Limitations:
No specific details on actual implementation and performance evaluation were provided.
There are limited examples of specific applications supported by $\textit{Bifr ost}$.
There is a lack of comparative analysis with other networking models.
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