Virtual Resource Description and Clustering for Virtual Network Discovery
Ines Houidi, Wajdi Louati, Djamal Zeghlache, Stephan Baucke · 2009
This paper explores description and clustering techniques for virtual networks provisioning from shared physical resources. The contribution consists of a virtual resource description schema to specify properties and relations between virtual resources and a conceptual clustering technique to facilitate matching and discovery. Conceptual clustering provides a hierarchical classification of virtual resources and concept descriptions for clusters. Performance results benefits of conceptual clustering for resource matching are reported.