@proceedings{18249,
  keywords = {Disaggregated, Fog, Fog Computing, Privacy, Internet latency, low latency, latency, VPP, DPDK},
  author = {Somnath Mazumdar and Thomas Dreibholz},
  title = {Towards a Privacy-Aware Communication for Disaggregated Fog Platform},
  abstract = {Fog computing is an intermediate layer between edge devices and cloud computing that provides execution support to minimize application delays. Fog aims at improving latency and the quality of experience. Unlike legacy monolithic systems, in which resources are tightly coupled, disaggregated architectures aim to improve resource utilization, scalability, energy efficiency, and cost savings while supporting various large-scale workloads. This paper proposes a data communication fabric for disaggregated hardware architecture-based fog platforms. In addition, it integrates an often-overlooked component, i.e., privacy as a core design principle. The proposed architecture focuses on distributed and decentralized network traffic management using a vector packet processing platform. In this paper, we have presented target disaggregated hardware and mechanisms for efficient data packet management at local and global communication levels while improving latency and privacy. We demonstrated that our VPP/DPDK-based switches outperform traditional Linux bridging, achieving higher throughput (up to 1.7 Gbit/s vs. 0.9 Gbit/s) and lower latency (under 1 ms kernel-space round trip time).},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {24th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC)},
  month = {07/2025},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}