In the past, deploying business-critical applications on distributed IT systems required purchasing all necessary components, services, and features separately from different vendors and manually combining them in a slow and expensive process, without end-to-end guarantees. Tellus's open-source software not only automates these processes but also ensures specific connectivity requirements. During the final phase, the project team implemented a service controller and registry that function as core elements of a supernode architecture. The controller coordinates and provides service bids and requests through application programming interfaces (APIs). The service registry stores and lists all services that the controller can search, route, and combine. The search process is executed by the controller against the registry and its associated graph database, which then offers appropriate solutions. Finally, the controller commissions the interconnection infrastructure to provide network and cloud services to meet the requirements of the respective application, including guaranteed performance and Gaia-X compliance.
Implementable prototype: Reliable and dynamic connectivity for data exchange.
In the implemented proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstration, virtual networks and services can be provided through a user-friendly interface to meet the requirements of industrial applications, such as transmitting hand movements to a robot in real time via a smart glove. The same applies to delivering connectivity for an IONOS digital twin in the manner required by production plants to simulate, monitor in real time, and optimize manufacturing steps. Similarly, for TRUMPF's fully automated laser cutting tools, reliable and dynamic networks ensure system availability and enable productive pay-per-piece business models.
“Because Tellus registers the products of all participants in a standardized way and stores network nodes in a structured, graphical database, interconnection services can be composed end-to-end using weighted path finding,” says Christoph Dietzel, Director of Product and Research at DE-CIX. “With the successful completion of the implementation phase and proof-of-concept demonstration, we have not only demonstrated the technical feasibility of our Gaia-X-compatible interconnection infrastructure, but have also marked an important milestone for the future of secure, sovereign, and collaborative data processing,” Dietzel adds.
