Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of FeddAbout

Timestamp:

Mar 17, 2014 4:03:32 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

faber

Comment:

checkpoint

FeddAbout

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 design to this point.
 
-DFA is a system that allows a researcher to construct experiments that
+The DFA is a system that allows a researcher to construct experiments that
 span testbeds by dynamically acquiring resources from other testbeds and
 configuring them into a single experiment.  As closely as possible that
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 An all of these cases, a researcher specifies the resources and their interconnections to the DFA, which coordinates between the testbeds and connects the resources.
 
-Consider a researcher who wants to connect the following resources into this simple topology:
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-[[Image(example_topology.png)]]
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-Resources a, b, and c are directly connected, and c, d, and e are on a shared network.  
+Consider a researcher who has access to several testbeds and wants to interconnect resources from those testbeds.  
+
+[[Image(federation.png)]]
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+From disparate testbeds, the DETER Federation System will create a single unified environment.
+
+[[Image(federated_experiment.png)]]
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+To be more concrete, DETER researchers have used the federation system to interconnect electrical power systems, high speed power simulation, a controlled IP network and a situational awareness display sited at three disparate research labs into a coherent whole.
+
+[[Image(practical_federation.png)]]
+
 
 = Overview =