The 2nd International NorNet Users Workshop (NNUW-2)

August 28-29, 2014

at the Simula Research Laboratory in Fornebu/Norway

Welcome

More than two years ago, the NorNet project has started with the intention to build up the world’s first large-scale network testbed for multi-homed systems. NorNet should provide researchers the possibility to perform experiments in real-world wired and wireless setups. Now, the wired part – denoted as NorNet Core – as well as the wireless part – denoted as NorNet Edge – have reached a stage that allows further researchers to start running such experiments. That is, currently 11 NorNet Core sites and more than 300 NorNet Edge nodes are ready to support your research ideas on resilience, mobility, security, multi-path transport and further subjects!

This workshop intends to provide current as well as new and future NorNet users the possibility to get information about the NorNet testbed and initial research results, to discuss their ideas with the testbed developers and to get the possibility for obtaining access to NorNet.

You can download a one-page NNUW-2 and NorNet information sheet as PDF file here!

Programme and Workshop Proceedings

Thursday, August 28, 2014

• 9:00 Registration opens
• 10:30-12:00 NorNet Overview Session
  • Ahmed Elmokashfi (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Welcome» (5 min)
  • Özgü Alay (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Workshop Details and Agenda» (10 min)
  • Džiugas Baltrūnas/Ahmed Elmokashfi (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «The NorNet Edge Testbed for Mobile Broadband Measurements» (30 min)
  • Thomas Dreibholz (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «The NorNet Core Testbed – Introduction and Status in August 2014» (30 min)
    
  • Henrik Vest Simonsen (Universitetet i Oslo):
    «A Live Demonstration of NorNet Core» (15 min)
• 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
• 13:30-15:00 Mobile Measurements and Testbeds Session
  • Ahmed Elmokashfi (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Mobile Broadband Measurements using NorNet» (45 min)
  • Özgü Alay/Yuba Raj Siwakoti (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Mobile Broadband Networks under Mobility» (20 min)
  • Foivos Michelinakis (IMDEA):
    «Mobile Capacity Measurements and Estimation» (20 min)
• 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
• 15:30-17:20 Fixed Measurements and Testbeds Session
  • Dennis Schwerdel (TU Kaiserslautern):
    «Future Internet in Germany – The German-Lab Project and ToMaTo Testbed» (30 min)
  • Adnan Aziz (Universität Duisburg-Essen):
    «A Distributed Infrastructure to Analyse SIP Attacks in Internet using the NorNet Testbed» (20 min)
    
  • Forough Golkar (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Measuring and Comparing Internet Path Stability in IPv4 and IPv6» (20 min)
  • Ioana Livadariu (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Leveraging IPv4 and IPv6 Multi-Connectivity» (20 min)
  • Sune Jakobsson (Telenor Norge):
    «Performance and Availability of Cloud Application Servers» (20 min)
• 19:00-23:00 Social Event at SüdØst Asian Crossover in Grünerløkka!
  In order to go from Simula to the restaurant, just take bus 31 (bus plan) from IT Fornebu into the direction of Tonsenhagen or Grorud. Then, disembark at Heimdalsgata (it is 3 stops after Oslo Sentralstasjon at Jernbanetorget). The restaurant is just across the road.

Friday, August 29, 2014

• 08:30-09:00 Discussion
• 09:00-11:00 Multi-Path Transport Session I
  • James P. G. Sterbenz (University of Kansas):
    «Geodiverse Multipath Communication with Structural Multilevel Diversity for the Resilient Future Internet» (20 min)
  • Özgü Alay/Simone Ferlin-Oliveira/Thomas Dreibholz (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Multipath Transport over Heterogeneous Networks» (40 min)
    
  • Øyvind Ytrehus (Universitetet i Bergen):
    «Coding for Multipath TCP: Opportunities and Challenges» (30 min)
    
  • Olav Kvittem (UNINETT):
    «UNINETT Quality Measurements in Streaming Media» (30 min)
• 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
• 11:15-12:45 Multi-Path Transport Session II
  • David Andrew Hayes/Simone Ferlin-Oliveira (Universitetet i Oslo/Simula Research Laboratory):
    «Shared Bottleneck Detection Evaluation with NorNet» (40 min)
    
  • Hakim Adhari (Universität Duisburg-Essen):
    «Does the End-User Really have benefits from using Multi-Path Transport?» (25 min)
    
  • Karl-Johan Grinnemo (Karlstads Universitet):
    «Using MPTCP to Reduce Latency for Cloud Based Mobile Applications» (25 min)
• 12:45-13:45 Lunch Break
• 14:00-16:00 NorNet Tutorial Session
  • Thomas Dreibholz (Simula Research Laboratory):
    «An Experiment Tutorial for the NorNet Core Testbed» (120 min)

Venue, Travel and Accomodation

How to reach the Simula Research Laboratory

The workshop will take place at the Simula Research Laboratory within the IT Fornebu complex at Martin Linges vei 17, 1364 Fornebu/Norway (coordinates: 59.89555N, 10.62791E). For a detailed location map, see OpenStreetMap. Fornebu is located approximately 7 km from the city centre of Oslo, the capital of Norway.

From Oslo, you can easily reach the Simula Research Laboratory by taking bus number 31, 31E, 36 or 36E in the direction to Fornebu (busses er labelled for Fornebu or Snarøya). Public transport schedules and ticketing information can be obtained from Ruter. Within the city centre, these busses pass by the National Theatre (Nationaltheatret) and Oslo Central Station (Oslo sentralstasjon, shortly called Oslo S). From Oslo S, there are national and international train connections (NSB) as well as a direct train from/to the airport (Flytoget). The Oslo International Airport (airport code: OSL) in Gardermoen is the nearest international airport.

Get off the bus at the «IT Fornebu» bus stop; it is two stops after Telenor Arena. When you exit the bus, you will see the orange hub in the middle of «Portalbygget». You need to walk down the stairs beneath it to get to the main entrance hall («Resepsjon»). Right before the reception, there is a staircase. Walk up the stairs to the 3rd floor and you find Simula’s main entrance.

In order to reach the Simula Research Laboratory by car, follow the directions towards Fornebu and then follow the signs for Snarøya. After you have passed the Telenor building, follow the road straight ahead through a junction and then take the second exit  («Rolfsbuktveien») at the first roundabout. Drive past the orange hub/building and take the first turn left at the corner of the HP builing. There is paid parking in the underground parking house between «Terminalbygget» and the new Statoil building. Take the stairs/lift up and walk to the reception.

Visa assistance

For international participants, please obtain information on whether you need a visa for Norway and details about the corresponding application procedure from your local travel agengy or the Norwegian embassy in your home country. If you need an invitation letter, please contact Ahmed Elmokashfi as soon as possible!

Where to stay?

Oslo, as the capital of Norway, has various hotels. An overview can for example be found at TripAdvisor or Finn.no.

What to see?

What about combining your workshop travel with a visit of the Oslo region, Østlandet or the many other nice places in Norway? Some further information can be found here:

• Visit Oslo: http://www.visitoslo.com/.
• Visit Norway: http://www.visitnorway.com/.
• Norsk Folkemuseum: http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/.
• Sognsvann: http://ut.no/tur/sognsvann.
• Weather forecast: http://www.yr.no/sted/Norge/Oslo/Oslo/Oslo/langtidsvarsel.html.

Note, that most places in the Oslo area are very easily reachable by public transport!

Registration

The registration is open now:

Go to Online Registration!

Please help us planning the NNUW-2 by registering as soon as possible!

Contact

In case of questions, please contact Jarle Bjørgeengen or Thomas Dreibholz.