Authors:
Jonathan Eccles
1
and
George Loizou
2
Affiliations:
1
University of London, United Kingdom
;
2
Dept.of Computer Science, birkbeck, University of London and European University Cyprus, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Cloud architecture, Profiles, Policy management, Virtualisation, Abstraction classes, Service control.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Computing Architecture
;
Cloud Interoperability
;
Cloud Middleware Frameworks
;
Cloud Standards
;
Enterprise Architectures and Services
;
Fundamentals
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Services Science
Abstract:
We succinctly summarise the various current approaches encountered in Policy-Based Control of Functional Networking within Cloud Structures by integrating these concepts with those of Profile generation, and generic environment representation, based on Entity-Relationship (ER) and Class-Based Modelling. The subsequent problems that this integration gives rise to are identified and discussed. We present a generic solution to these problems, which has been partially implemented, and show how this work is being extended using the concept of Abstraction Classes. We indicate further work to be undertaken in this area.