| Internet-Draft | RSerPool Next Generation Ideas | September 2026 |
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This document collects ideas for a next generation of the Reliable Server Pooling framework.¶
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Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is defined in [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [16], [6], [7]. There is also a detailed introduction provided in [17] as well as further informational material at [24]. RSerPool is therefore not introduced in more detail here.¶
The scope of this document is to collect ideas on what to update/change for a next generation of the RSerPool framework. It is a result of lessons learned over roughly two decades of RSerPool deployment (see also [18], [19], [20]) as well as ongoing discussions on applying RSerPool for Virtual Network Function Resource Pooling (VNFPOOL; as introduced in more detail in [15]).¶
This document introduces no additional considerations for IANA.¶
The RSerPool reference implementation RSPLIB, including example applications, can be found at [24]. It supports the functionalities defined in [2], [3], [4], [5], and [16] as well as the options [12], [14], and [13]. An introduction to this implementation is provided in [17].¶
A large-scale and realistic Internet testbed platform with support for the multi-homing feature of the underlying SCTP protocol is NorNet. A description of NorNet is provided in [21] and [20]. Further information can be found on the project website [25].¶
The author would like to thank Randall R. Stewart, Michael Tüxen, and Ning Zong for their discussions and support.¶