Engineering Applications on the eInfrastructure: The Case of Telecommunication Measurement Instrumentation
Berruti Luca 1, Davoli Franco 2, Perrando Marco 3, Vignola Stefano 1, Zappatore Stefano 2
1 National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), University of Genoa Research Unit, Savona Multimedia
Communications Laboratory, Via Armando Magliotto 2, 17100 Savona, Italy
e-mail: {luca.berruti/stefano.vignola}@cnit.it
2 Department of Communications, Computer and Systems Science (DIST), University of Genoa / National Inter-University Consortium
for Telecommunications (CNIT), University of Genoa Research Unit, Via Opera Pia 13, 16154 Genova, Italy
e-mail: {franco.davoli/sandro.zappatore}@cnit.it
3 Department of Communications, Computer and Systems Science (DIST), University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 13, 16154 Genova, Italy
SIR S.r.l., Via XX Settembre 3/6, 16121 Genova, Italy
e-mail: marco.perrando@gmail.com
Received:
Received: 9 December 2008; published online: 25 March 2009
DOI: 10.12921/cmst.2009.15.01.41-47
OAI: oai:lib.psnc.pl:662
Abstract:
Remote Instrumentation Services can provide unprecedented boost to the generalized use of sophisticated and costly scientific equipment, and foster the diffusion of eScience applications. However, this paradigm does not only apply to large-scale laboratories and devices, but it can be fruitfully employed even with smaller and relatively widespread measurement instrumentation adopted in engineering applications. In this context, we consider the case of telecommunication measurements, and of their execution within the eInfrastructure, by using a subset of the service capabilities. We highlight some specific aspects of this environment, and we present an application example and some performance evaluation results.
Key words:
Grid infrastructure, Remote Instrumentation Services, Service Oriented Architecture
References:
[1] V. J. Harward et al., The iLab shared architecture: A Web Services infrastructure to build communities of Internet accessible laboratories. Proc. IEEE 96 (6), 931-950 (2008).
[2] F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Grid-Enabled Remote Instrumentation. Springer, New York, NY, 2008.
[3] F. Lelli, E. Frizziero, M. Gulmini, G. Maron, S. Orlando, A. Petrucci and S. Squizzato, The many faces of the integration of instruments and the grid. International Journal of Web and Grid Services 3 (3), 239-266 (2007).
[4] F. Davoli, S. Palazzo and S. Zappatore, Eds., Distributed Cooperative Laboratories: Networking, Instrumentation, and Measurements. Springer, New York, NY, 2006.
[5] I. Foster, Service-oriented science. Science Mag. 308
(5723), 814-817 (2005).
[6] GRIDCC project website, http://www.gridcc.org.
[7] RINGrid project website, http://www.ringrid.eu.
[8] DORII project website, http://www.dorii.eu.
[9] D. F. McMullen, R. Bramley, K. Chiu, H. Davis, T. Devadithya, J. C. Huffman, K. Huffman and T. Reichherzer, The Common Instrument Middleware Architecture. In: F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Grid Enabled Remote Instrumentation, Springer, New York, NY, 2008, 393-407.
[10] The RINGrid project team, Remote Instrumentation Whitepaper. available at http://www.ringrid.eu.
[11] http://testequipment.globalspec.com/ProductFinder/Labware_Test_Measurement.
[12] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, G. Massei, A. Scarpiello and S. Zappatore, Remote laboratory experiments in a Virtual Immersive Learning environment, Advances in Multimedia, 2008 (to
appear).
[13] VRmedia website, http://www.vrmedia.it.
[14] LabWindows/CVI, http://www.ni.com/lwcvi.
[15] L. Berruti, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, Investigating the performance of a middleware protocol architecture for telemeasurement, International Journal of Communication Systems 21 (5), 509-523 (2008).
[16] SUN Java Message Service (JMS), http://java.sun.com/products/jms.
[17] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, Performance Analysis of a Grid-Based Instrumentation Device Farm. In: F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Remote Instrumentation and Virtual Laboratories, Springer. New York, NY, 2009 (to appear).
[18] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, M. Perrando, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, A comparison between data delivery mechanisms from remote instrumentation over geostationary satellite links. Proc. 14th Ka and Broadband Commun. Conf., Matera, Italy, Sept. 2008, pp. 643-649.
Remote Instrumentation Services can provide unprecedented boost to the generalized use of sophisticated and costly scientific equipment, and foster the diffusion of eScience applications. However, this paradigm does not only apply to large-scale laboratories and devices, but it can be fruitfully employed even with smaller and relatively widespread measurement instrumentation adopted in engineering applications. In this context, we consider the case of telecommunication measurements, and of their execution within the eInfrastructure, by using a subset of the service capabilities. We highlight some specific aspects of this environment, and we present an application example and some performance evaluation results.
Key words:
Grid infrastructure, Remote Instrumentation Services, Service Oriented Architecture
References:
[1] V. J. Harward et al., The iLab shared architecture: A Web Services infrastructure to build communities of Internet accessible laboratories. Proc. IEEE 96 (6), 931-950 (2008).
[2] F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Grid-Enabled Remote Instrumentation. Springer, New York, NY, 2008.
[3] F. Lelli, E. Frizziero, M. Gulmini, G. Maron, S. Orlando, A. Petrucci and S. Squizzato, The many faces of the integration of instruments and the grid. International Journal of Web and Grid Services 3 (3), 239-266 (2007).
[4] F. Davoli, S. Palazzo and S. Zappatore, Eds., Distributed Cooperative Laboratories: Networking, Instrumentation, and Measurements. Springer, New York, NY, 2006.
[5] I. Foster, Service-oriented science. Science Mag. 308
(5723), 814-817 (2005).
[6] GRIDCC project website, http://www.gridcc.org.
[7] RINGrid project website, http://www.ringrid.eu.
[8] DORII project website, http://www.dorii.eu.
[9] D. F. McMullen, R. Bramley, K. Chiu, H. Davis, T. Devadithya, J. C. Huffman, K. Huffman and T. Reichherzer, The Common Instrument Middleware Architecture. In: F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Grid Enabled Remote Instrumentation, Springer, New York, NY, 2008, 393-407.
[10] The RINGrid project team, Remote Instrumentation Whitepaper. available at http://www.ringrid.eu.
[11] http://testequipment.globalspec.com/ProductFinder/Labware_Test_Measurement.
[12] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, G. Massei, A. Scarpiello and S. Zappatore, Remote laboratory experiments in a Virtual Immersive Learning environment, Advances in Multimedia, 2008 (to
appear).
[13] VRmedia website, http://www.vrmedia.it.
[14] LabWindows/CVI, http://www.ni.com/lwcvi.
[15] L. Berruti, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, Investigating the performance of a middleware protocol architecture for telemeasurement, International Journal of Communication Systems 21 (5), 509-523 (2008).
[16] SUN Java Message Service (JMS), http://java.sun.com/products/jms.
[17] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, Performance Analysis of a Grid-Based Instrumentation Device Farm. In: F. Davoli, N. Meyer, R. Pugliese and S. Zappatore, Eds., Remote Instrumentation and Virtual Laboratories, Springer. New York, NY, 2009 (to appear).
[18] L. Berruti, F. Davoli, M. Perrando, S. Vignola and S. Zappatore, A comparison between data delivery mechanisms from remote instrumentation over geostationary satellite links. Proc. 14th Ka and Broadband Commun. Conf., Matera, Italy, Sept. 2008, pp. 643-649.
