Communications of the ACM
Network Orchestration: SL Researcher ses Music to Manage Networks
Researchers at Saint Louis University have proposed a sound-based traffic-management solution for network orchestration.
Credit: Ellen Hutti
Saint Louis University (SLU) researchers have proposed a sound-based traffic-management solution for network orchestration.
The researchers' Music-Defined Networking model programs network functions in response to specific sound sequences from real or virtual devices.
They investigated both active applications, where network devices were coded to emit a certain sound, and passive applications, in which sounds generated by devices like datacenter fans were monitored to identify possible malfunctions; the researchers modified existing network components with sound capabilities using low-cost speakers, microphones, and Raspberry Pi computers.
Researcher Flavio Esposito said, “Sound-based network management has potential as an effective and inexpensive network management technique for many applications. Exploring all these sounds fun to me.”
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