Swarmchestrate: Towards a Fully Decentralised Framework for Orchestrating Applications in the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum

Kiss, Tamas; Ullah, Amjad; Terstyanszky, Gabor; Kao, Odej; Becker, Soren; Verginadis, Yiannis; Michalas, Antonis; Stankovski, Vlado; Kertesz, Attila; Ricci, Elisa; Altmann, Jörn; Egger, Bernhard; Tusa, Francesco; Kovacs, Jozsef; Lovas, Robert

Abstract

Collecting and analysing large amounts of data in the Cloud-to-Edge computing continuum raises novel challenges that traditional centralised orchestration solutions cannot handle efficiently. To overcome the limitations of current centralised application management approaches, this paper presents a fully decentralised application-level orchestrator, based on the notion of self-organised interdependent Swarms. Application microservices are managed in a dynamic Orchestration Space by decentralised Orchestration Agents, governed by distributed intelligence that provides matchmaking between application requirements and resources, and supports the dynamic self-organisation of Swarms. Knowledge and trust, essential for the operation of the Orchestration Space, are managed through blockchain-based trusted solutions and the utilisation of emerging methods such as Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) and Distributed Identifiers (DID). End-to-end security of the overall system is assured by utilising state-of-the-art cryptographic and privacy-preserving data analytics algorithms. A digital twin, that runs in parallel to the physical system, further improves its behaviour with predictive feedback. The presented concept is going to be implemented in the EU-funded Swarmchestrate project that starts in 2024.

Citation

Kiss, T., Ullah, A., Terstyanszky, G., Kao, O., Becker, S., Verginadis, Y., Michalas, A., Stankovski, V., Kertesz, A., Ricci, E., Altmann, J., Egger, B., Tusa, F., Kovacs, J., & Lovas, R. (2024, April). Swarmchestrate: Towards a Fully Decentralised Framework for Orchestrating Applications in the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum. Presented at 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Kitakyushu, Japan

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024)
• Start Date: Apr 17, 2024
• End Date: Apr 19, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Apr 9, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 89-100
• Series Title: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies
• Series Number: 203
• Series ISSN: 2367-4512
• Book Title: Advanced Information Networking and Applications: Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2024), Volume 5
• ISBN: 978-3-031-57930-1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57931-8_9