The Technology of OpenFog Computing and Networking

OpenFog Consortium

Why this open approach?

Proprietary or single vendor solutions slows down adoption and innovation.

An open architecture will:

• Provide a robust new platform for product development

• Increased quality and innovation through competition in the open environment

• Lead to a vibrant, growing supplier ecosystem

• Accelerate market adoption

• Lower system costs

Unified framework & roadmap to help software developers and system architects create the first generation of open fog computing systems develop compute, network, storage and control technologies for the cloud-to-things continuum.

The OpenFog Reference Architecture Framework

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First step in creating standards to enable interoperability in IoT, 5G, Artificial Intelligence and other complex data and network intensive applications.

Creates a common language for fog computing and will help unify the edge/fog ecosystem under a single, interoperable, testable set of hardware and software standards.

Security Scalability Open Autonomy RAS Agility Hierarchy Programmability

• Trust

• Attestation

• Privacy

• Localized command,

control

& processing

• Orchestration

& Analytics

• Avoidance of

network taxes

• Resource visibility &

control

• White box decision

making

• Interop & Data

normalization

• Flexible

• Cognition

& agility

• Value of data

• Reliability

• Availability

• Serviceability

• Tactical &

strategic decision

making

• Data to wisdom

• Fully cloud

enabled

• Computational &

System

• Autonomy at all

levels

• Programmable

SW/HW

• Virtualization &

multi-tenant

• App Fluidity

Storage

Network

Compute Accelerators

Control

Key pillars of the OpenFog architecture framework

The pillars describe requirements to every part of the fog supply chain: component manufacturers, system vendors, software providers, application developers.

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G1

G2

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Fog

G3

G4

Fog

Fog

G5

G6

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Fog

G7

G8

Fog

Fog

G9

G10

Fog

Fog

G11

G12

Fog

Fog

S1

R1

Fog

Fog

S2

R2

Fog

Fog

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G14

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Fog

G15

G16

Fog

Fog

G17

G18

Fog

Fog

G19

G20

Fog

Fog

G21

G22

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Fog

G23

G24

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Fog

Fog

T1

Fog

T3

Fog

T2

A1

A2

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Fog

D1

D2

Fog

Fog

Fog

T4

P2

P3

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Fog

P5

P4

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Fog

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T5

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Screening

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R2 R3

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M1 M2

Fog

T6

Cloud

Retail

Cameras *8Door LocksLights

Fog

Fog

Fog

Fog = 3rd Level Fog Node

= 2nd Level Fog Node

= Near Edge Fog Node

OpenFog RA description with perspectives

A closer look at fog nodes

• They form a mesh to provide load balancing, resilience, fault tolerance, and minimization of cloud communication.

• They communicate laterally (peer to peer, east to west) and communicate up and down (north to south)

• Are able to discover, trust, and utilize the services of another node in order to sustain reliability-availability-serviceability

Fog nodes in a Smart City: Buildings, neighborhoods & regions are connected to provide an infrastructure that may be optimized for service delivery.

The RA Enables SCALEThe OpenFog RA enables fog-cloud and fog-fog interfaces that provide these advantages:

Additional security to ensure safe, trusted transactions

Security

Awareness of client-centric objectives to enable autonomy

Cognition

Rapid innovation and affordable scaling under a common infrastructure

Agility

Real-time processing and cyber-physical system control

Latency

Dynamic pooling of local unused resources from participating end-user devices

Efficiency

• What it is: The OpenFog RA provides a high to medium-level cross-industry framework designed to help software developers and system architects create the first generation of open fog nodes and networks.

• Why it works: The OpenFog RA will help unify the edge/fog ecosystem under a single, interoperable, testable set of hardware and software standards.

• Why it matters: The OpenFog RA represents a game-changing, unified vision for providing computing, networking and storage in the continuum between the cloud and billions of things – where there currently are no viable solutions or standards.

Summary

Thank you!

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