Applied Research Center
for Computer Networks
R&D Director ARCCN, prof. R.Smelyanskiy
Moscow State University
smel@arccn.ru

Applied Research Center for Computer
Networks
Applied Research Center for Computer Networks (ARCCN) is a
Russian non-profit organization initially funded by Skolkovo and by
Industry Grants:
» To create a world-class core competency in Computer Networking in
Russia;
» Facilitate collaboration between Russian and international research,
scientific, educational and commercial experts and institutions;
» Establish a national program developing computer networking tools,
including design, configuration, installation and management;
» Promote commercialization of networking products and services;
» Create security solutions for:
• international commercialization;
• the protection of National cyberspace.
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National Interests
Computer networks are:
» One of the fundamentals of communication infrastructure in modern society;
» National security.
Industry problem: Russia DOES NOT participate in the value chain of creation and production
network hardware and software (>90% - solutions of foreign vendors).
Academic problem: Russian universities DO NOT conduct world level research in the field of
computer networks, DO NOT prepare professionals of the necessary level required by National
industry.
!
!
The moment has come: ongoing revolution in networking opens NEW OPPORTUNTIES for
Russian science and industry.!!!
To create a WORLD CLASS CORE COMPETENCY in computer Networking in Russia
Possible Solution:
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One year ago …
We expect to create and develop:
» World-class core competency in Software Defined Networks in Russia;
» 2-3 SDN segments and research groups in Russian universities and labs;
» Experimental analysis of SND software tools developed in ON.lab;
» Scientific fundamentals of SDN operation;
» Development of the mathematical background for forwarding policy specification
language in SDN;
» Comparative analysis of SDN network operating system;
» Requirements for OpenFlow-switch Architecture;
» Algorithms for resource management and administration in SDN based Data Center
and wireless access networks;
» Mathematical model of network application normal behavior in SDN network which
allows to describe existing attack types on network information and computing
resources;
» SDN Knowledge Base and Technical support of SDN segments.
A year has passed…
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International Integration
Partnership with two leading projects in the field of next generation networks
a non-profit organization founded by SDN inventors and
leaders from Stanford and Berkeley Universities to foster an
open source community to develop tools and platforms to
realize the full potential of SDN
ARCCN
ON.lab
open source tools&platform
GENI
network infrastructure
Goals of cooperation:
» To establish scientific contacts with
representatives of the main
development areas: EmulGeni,
PlanetLab, ORCA / ExoGENI;
» To connect into GLORIAD
network.
Goals of cooperation with Stanford,
Berkley UC & ON.lab:
» training ARCCN professionals in ON.lab
and conducting joint educational
programs;
» Joint research projects.
Conferences attended:
a unique virtual laboratory for at-
scale networking experimentation
where the scientists unite to
envision and create new
possibilities of future
internets. GENI unites more than
200 universities & labs
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International Integration
SUPERVISORY BOARD SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BOARD
Alexander Galitsky, Ph.D.
Almaz Capital Partners
Serge Fdida, Ph.D.
Director Laboratoire
d’Informatique, University
Pierre et Marie Curie
Glenn Ricart
Coordinator of US Ignite
Alexandr Povalko
Deputy Minister of Education and
Science of Russia
Victor Orlovskiy
Sberbank ex-senior Vice
President
Nikolay Suetin, Ph.D.
IT Cluster R&D Director
Skolkovo
Zahid Hussain
Senior Vice President,
EMC Corporation
Nick McKeown, Ph.D.
Professor
Stanford University
Scott J. Shenker , Ph.D.
Professor at University of
California, Berkeley
Ruslan Smeliansky, Ph.D.
R&D Director for ARCCN
Aleksei A. Soldatov
Head of Information Committee of
MSU
Jeffrey S. Chase, Ph.D.
Professor Duke University
Mircea Mihaescu, Ph.D.
Director, Sberbank Technology
Research Center
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SDN: market potential
2007
$454 mln
Market Potential Exponential Interest
Venture Investments
$10 M
$454 M
2012
Investors strongly believe in
SDN market potential
Open Networking Foundation
6 vendors
March 2011
90+ vendors
April 2013
2012
$300 M
2018
$35 000 M
SDN Market
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Startup Vendor Deal
$1260 mln
n/a
$176 mln
n/a
$100mln
• IBM, HP, NEC, Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Dell, Marvell are
offering hybrid SDN-solutions. Cisco develops own Platform
for the new generation of network – One Platform Kit
• Google built hardware and software based on the
OpenFlow protocol.

Applied Research Center for Computer
Networks
ARCCN is focused on:
 Multidisciplinary scientific research in innovative computer networking
technologies with an emphasis on SDN;
 Activities with high commercial potential;
 Open Source software development;
 Breakthrough technologies, platforms, prototypes and solutions designed to
seize commercial opportunities in the fields of Information and
Telecommunications technology;
 Information Security.
ARCCN Team
7%
20%
12%54%
7% Ph.D.
Assos. Prof
Postgraduate
Engineeres
Vendor's
certificated
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Key R&D Results for 2012/2013
Fundamental Research:
» Mathematical models of SDN operation.
Assimilation expertise of current
solutions, technology and international experience:
» Experimental analysis of open source SDN controllers (network
operating systems for SDN).
» Analysis of SDN based Data Center resource management
methods and Quality of Service (QoS) management systems.
Software development and experimental research:
» Methods and testbeds for experimental study of ON.Lab software.
» HiFi simulation of Large Scale Networks
» Requirements for OpenFlow-switch Architecture;
» Prototype of software open source tool for development and
debugging of applications for SDN.
» DPDK open source development for OVS.
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Research Community
» Initiation of research groups in four Russian Universities
» Development of e-Learning infrastructure, including courses on basic
SDN software tools.
» System of technical support of SDN-hubs in Russian universities.
» SDN Knowledge-Base Development.
» Educational Programs and Workshops for Russian research
community.
International Cooperation
» Internlships ARCCN professionals in ON.lab.
» Research made by ON.lab for ARCCN:
− Using Multiple Wireless Networks;
− OpenFlow optimized switch design;
− VM placement in DataCenter;
− Header space analysis and network policy checking.
» Collaboration with GENI:
− GENIRUC project: 10 accounts for Russian Universities to enter the global
research network.
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Key Research Results for 2012/2013

Collaboration with Academic and Industrial
Societys
» Summer and Autumn SDN Schools for students, researchers & engineers in collaboration with ON.Lab
(Stanford, Berkley) >40 participants
» Open Lectures about SDN/OpenFlow with Nick McKeown, Scott Shenker and Russian scientists and
experts > 600 participants offline & > 2500 participants online
» Research and development on OpenFlow
switch architecture on Intel Platform using
Intel Data Plane Development Kit.
» Development of security technology for
payment transactions via cellphones
from unauthorized access.
» Resource usage efficiency increasing
methods for data centers based on the
storage virtualization.
» Development of pilot segment cloud
platform for data centers based on
SDN.
Current research projects granted by Industry
 Cooperation with universities: MSU, Orenburg State
University, Southern Federal University, University
ITMO, St.Petersburg State Polytechnic
University, etc.;
 GENIRUS: 10 accounts for RUS Universities.
University Consortium: Information Dissemination:
 > 15 scientific papers;
 > 10 reports on conferences;
 150 unique publications of SDN in Russian MSM;
 Educational TV & radio programs.
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Compare plans and reality
World-class core competency in Software Defined Networks in
Russia;
2-3 SDN segments and research groups in Russian universities and
labs;
Estimation of the efficiency of SND software tools developed in
ON.lab;
Scientific fundamentals of SDN operation;
SDN network operating system Architecture and Organization;
Development of the basis of specification language of forwarding
policy in SDN;
Requirements for OpenFlow-switch Architecture;
Algorithms for resource management and administration in SDN
based Data Center and wireless access networks;
Mathematical model of network application normal behavior in SDN
network which allows to describe existing attack types on network
information and computing resources;
SDN Knowledge Base and Technical support of SDN segments.
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Open Cloud
Generalized*Network*Slicing*
Network*OS*
Net*Hypervisor*
Network*OS*
App* App* App*
Tenant&
(of&John’s&AWS)&
Isolated&Network&
Slice&
VM*Control*
John’s&AWS&
Network*OS*
Net*Hypervisor*
Network*OS*
App* App* App*
Tenant&
(of&Jane’s&Rackspace)&
Isolated&Network&
Slice&
VM*
VM*Control*
Jane’s&Rackspace&
VMs& VMs&
WAN
DC
DC

Edge
Core
DSLAM
OLT
DSLAM
Access
BRAS Firewall
Carrier Grade
NAT
DPI
CDN
Monitor
WAN Accelerator
CPE
Standard High Volume
Servers/Storage/SwitchesBRAS
DPI
DPI
CG-NAT
CG-NAT
BRAS
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func BRAS
BRAS
DPI
CG-NAT
BRAS
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
BRAS
DPI
CG-NAT
BRAS
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CPE-Func
CDN
CDN
CDN
CDN
Monitor
Monitor
WAN-Accl
WAN-Accl
CDN
CDN
CDN
CDN
Monitor
Monitor
WAN-Accl
WAN-Accl
Network Function-VMs
Carrier Edge Network with NFV

Edge
Core
Access
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
NF-VM NF-VM
VM Mgmt
SDN Controller
Load
Balancer
Firewall CG-NAT
VM + Network Orchestration
BRAS BRAS WAN-Accel DPI
NFV with the SDN Control Plane

(B-RAS, CMTS, PDN-GW)
Cloud to the Network Edge

» Distributed network operating system for scalable SDN control plane;
» Seamless integration of hybrid networks, SDN in wireless and legacy
networks;
» Optimized Architecture for OpenFlow-switch;
» Informational Security: detect memory exploits malware from traffic
flows, counteract DDoS attacks and anonymous requests;
» Measurement and Load-balancing of SDN in Data Center;
» Hi-Fi modeling of the National scale networks;
» Resource management and consolidation in Data Centers
geographically distributed and connected through WAN (Open Cloud);
» Network Definition and Forwarding Policy Specification Languages;
» SDN network trouble shooting.
R&D Program for 2013/2015
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Key Application Areas for 2013/2015
» SOHO system for Home private network management
and administration;
» Applications for SDN-controllers;
» Safety and secure mobile banking;
» Software services integration in Internet;
» Open Cloud;
» Virtual Network Infrastructure on Demand.
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http://arccn.ru/
+7 (495) 984 27 64
smel@arccn.ru
@ArccnNews
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