Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype

Marcelo Basso; Vinicius B. Alves; Laura B. Ramos; Julien Guillemot; Andre Riker; Antonio Abelem; Luciano Gaspary; Mohamed Faten Zhani; Jaime Galan-Jimenez; Juliano Wickboldt; Weverton Cordeiro

doi:10.1109/NOMS57970.2025.11073634

Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype

Marcelo Basso
, Vinicius B. Alves
, Laura B. Ramos
, Julien Guillemot
, Andre Riker
, Antonio Abelem
, Luciano Gaspary
, Mohamed Faten Zhani
, Jaime Galan-Jimenez
, Juliano Wickboldt
, Weverton Cordeiro

Department of Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We present a prototype that could open the doors to mitigate digital exclusion in technologically underserved pop-ulations. By converging software-defined networks (SDN) with programmable data planes (PDP), our approach enables one to customize low-cost hardware to fit the network behavior. We integrate low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), known for their scalability and efficiency, with PDPs to propose a flexible solution for changing requirements, such as distance and terrain configurations, validated through real-world test scenarios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025
Editors	Doug Zuckerman, Mehmet Ulema, Noura Limam, Young-Tak Kim, Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Vinicius Fulber-Garcia
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331531638
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS57970.2025.11073634
State	Published - 2025

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems and Management
Modeling and Simulation

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Basso, M., Alves, V. B., Ramos, L. B., Guillemot, J., Riker, A., Abelem, A., Gaspary, L., Zhani, M. F., Galan-Jimenez, J., Wickboldt, J., & Cordeiro, W. (2025). Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype. In D. Zuckerman, M. Ulema, N. Limam, Y.-T. Kim, L. Z. Granville, & V. Fulber-Garcia (Eds.), Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025 (Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS57970.2025.11073634

Basso, Marcelo ; Alves, Vinicius B. ; Ramos, Laura B. et al. / Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life : A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype. Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025. editor / Doug Zuckerman ; Mehmet Ulema ; Noura Limam ; Young-Tak Kim ; Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville ; Vinicius Fulber-Garcia. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. (Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025).

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Basso, M, Alves, VB, Ramos, LB, Guillemot, J, Riker, A, Abelem, A, Gaspary, L, Zhani, MF, Galan-Jimenez, J, Wickboldt, J & Cordeiro, W 2025, Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype. in D Zuckerman, M Ulema, N Limam, Y-T Kim, LZ Granville & V Fulber-Garcia (eds), Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025. Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS57970.2025.11073634

Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype. / Basso, Marcelo; Alves, Vinicius B.; Ramos, Laura B. et al.
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Basso M, Alves VB, Ramos LB, Guillemot J, Riker A, Abelem A et al. Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype. In Zuckerman D, Ulema M, Limam N, Kim YT, Granville LZ, Fulber-Garcia V, editors, Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2025. (Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025). doi: 10.1109/NOMS57970.2025.11073634

Bringing Programmable Low-End Networks to Life: A Field Study with an Off-the-Shelf Prototype

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