OPTIMITER, an acronym for “Open and Programmable Telemetry for Disaggregated Monitoring of Energy and Resource Consumption in B5G Experiments and Research”, represents a platform extension initiated by Nextworks and is among the XX projects selected for the second Open Call of Imagine-B5G.
OPTIMITER proposes the design, implementation and integration of a distributed and scalable monitoring platform for collecting and exposing metrics on resource and energy consumption in experimental facilities for 5G/B5G/6G networks. The solution is specifically tailored to the practical requirements of research environments, prioritizing aspects of openness, programmability, modularity and expandability.
The monitoring platform proposed in OPTIMITER targets the collection of metrics from the twofold perspective of resources and energy consumption, adopting a disaggregated and scalable approach that considers metrics not only at the rack or server level but also at the virtual function level. This allows us to identify the energy consumption associated with several elements, like network functions, applications, network slices, ML training jobs, etc., to derive useful information on the impact of given services on global energy consumption. The availability of such data will foster the research and development of new algorithms, application deployment models, ML techniques and automation strategies to reduce and optimize energy consumption towards the sustainability of B5G/6G networks.
OPTIMITER has the following objectives:
- To design and implement an open and programmable monitoring platform for experiments on energy efficiency in the 6G network sustainability area.
- To enhance the physical infrastructure of the IMAGINE-B5G Portuguese facility with energy meters, e.g., Power Distribution Units (PDUs) featuring individual metering capabilities and exposure of energy consumption data via open interfaces.
- To integrate and validate the monitoring platform in the enhanced IMAGINE-B5G Portuguese facility, delivering two releases of the integrated solution.
The proposed solution will impact IMAGINE-B5G in different ways:
- At the Management level– The OPTIMITER platform enables energy consumption in the communication services and vertical services by providing programmable and open interfaces to collect historical and real-time data with deep granularity, up to the single process, container, and VM, to identify the actual contribution of single elements and (virtual) functions to the total energy consumption. Such data can allow the training of AI/ML models and implementation orchestration algorithms that will optimize function and service allocation, choosing energy-efficient combinations like consolidating workloads on fewer nodes and shutting down others automatically. A simple PoC will be developed to demonstrate the feasibility of such an approach.
- At the Societal level – The OPTIMITER platform is a technological enabler that allows orchestration strategies to reduce energy consumption in delivering communication and vertical services. It will enable us to quickly and timely identify anomalous resource or energy consumption levels, preventing operational risks and security threats, thus increasing platform reliability and security.
OPTIMITER solution extends the Portuguese facility of the B5G Platform with a unified energy monitoring system capable of seamlessly integrating heterogeneous data sources. These include open-source energy agents that complement the monitoring of physical devices with detailed knowledge of power consumption at the level of single virtual functions, assuming containerized or VM-based service deployments. The solution focuses on advanced and disaggregated energy and computing resource consumption monitoring to provide insights into the contribution of specific physical and virtual elements, functions and services to the overall energy consumption.
This project has already started its work in the IMAGINE-B5G second open call. If you want to learn more about this and the other selected projects, stay tuned to our website and our social media channels.
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