학술논문

The Pos Experiment Controller: Reproducible & Portable Network Experiments
Document Type
Conference
Source
2024 19th Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS) Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS), 2024 19th. :85-92 Jan, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Wireless communication
Knowledge engineering
Costs
Limiting
Reproducibility of results
Replicability
Network systems
Repeatability
Reproducibility
Network Experiment
Portability
plain orchestrating service (pos)
Language
ISSN
2688-4909
Abstract
Network experiments are an essential tool to derive knowledge about network behavior. Yet, the experiment landscape is fractured, consisting of many specialized experiment enclaves, i.e., testbeds, with their own toolchain, limiting portability between different testbeds. Such fracturing hinders research, increasing the costs of replicating research across enclaves. This increase in cost also holds for the possible reuse of experiment parts across testbeds. Previous work introduced the pos framework and methodology, reducing the required effort for reproducible experiments. However, currently, this framework is available solely in a limited set of testbeds. In this work, we extend the proposed framework and, thus, build bridges between existing testbed islands. To showcase our approach and its feasibility, we recreate a well-known experiment on multiple testbeds and compare the results. These results indicate repeatability across testbeds. Concurrently, they highlight the flexibility gained through our approach and the need for reproducibility-aware experiment design.