C-POD: An AWS Cloud Framework for Edge Pod Automation and Remote Wireless Testbed Sharing
Annoy Dey, Vineet Sreeram, Gokkul Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan, Maxwell McManus, Yuqing Cui, Guanying Sun, Elizabeth Serena Bentley, Nicholas Mastronarde, and Zhangyu Guan

TL;DR
C-POD is a cloud-native framework that automates deployment and management of edge pods for remote wireless testbed sharing, enabling scalable OTA experimentation via AWS cloud resources.
Contribution
This paper introduces C-POD, a novel framework that simplifies remote wireless testbed sharing and management using cloud automation and edge computing.
Findings
Successful deployment on AWS demonstrating automation and scalability.
Integration of wireless testbeds for RF and 5G(B) communications.
Enhanced experiment observability and resource management.
Abstract
This paper presents C-POD, a cloud-native framework that automates the deployment and management of edge pods for seamless remote access and sharing of wireless testbeds. C-POD leverages public cloud resources and edge pods to lower the barrier to over-the-air (OTA) experimentation, enabling researchers to share and access distributed testbeds without extensive local infrastructure. A supporting toolkit has been developed for C-POD to enable flexible and scalable experimental workflows, including containerized edge environments, persistent Secure Shell (SSH) tunnels, and stable graphical interfaces. We prototype and deploy C-POD on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud to demonstrate its key features, including cloud-assisted edge pod deployment automation, elastic computing resource management, and experiment observability, by integrating two wireless testbeds that focus on RF…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G · IoT and Edge/Fog Computing · IoT Networks and Protocols
