Forwarding on Gates (FoG)

FoG is a new ‘edge-based’ architecture for the Future Internet. This project will provide an open-source proof-of-concept implementation and show its advantages in contrast to the current Internet.

Objectives for the Future Internet architecture

• Enable dynamic function injection in a network
• Reduce the management complexity
• Bridging connection oriented and connectionless
• Interoperating with current Internet

Innovations shown by the project

• 'Edge-based' approach in contrast to the common 'node-based' of today's Internet
• Forward plane with interconnected functional blocks called 'Gates'
• Incremental routing based on network policies and QoS
• Universal management framework for network and services

Validation and demonstration

• Simulation with distributed event simulator
• Linux implementation
• Large scenarios in G-Lab's experimental facility
• Comparison with other approaches