Abstract:

With the rapid development of cloud computing, more and more users begin to utilize services provided by cloud service providers. As a new research field of cloud computing, cloud networking can provide services across cloud service providers. When an individual cloud service provider cannot meet users’ service requirements, cloud service providers can cooperate to provide better services for users. We propose a cloud-networking-oriented cloud service negotiation mechanism to achieve interaction and negotiation among cloud service providers by using cloud networking and the improved classical contract net model jointly. To effectively select cooperators, we set up an acquaintance set for each cloud service provider. Experimental results show that the mechanism can effectively improve cooperation efficiency among cloud service providers and meet users' requirements better.

Key words: cloud networking, contract net model, cloud service negotiation, acquaintance set