LinkLab 2.0 - A Multi-tenant Programmable IoT Testbed for Experimentation with Edge-Cloud Integration

Explore a 15-minute conference talk from USENIX NSDI '23 that introduces LinkLab 2.0, an advanced multi-tenant programmable IoT testbed designed for edge-cloud integration experiments. Discover how this innovative platform leverages a tiered architecture for scalability, provides one-site programming support, and utilizes customizable offloading with serverless functions. Learn about the device-involved multi-tenancy approach that ensures responsiveness for concurrent requests and the proactive and reactive anomaly detection methods employed to maintain 24/7 availability. Gain insights into the testbed's extensive usage, supporting over 2,100 users and accumulating more than 17,300 hours of device usage time. Understand the potential applications of LinkLab 2.0 in various research experiments and its impact on external users, along with valuable lessons learned from four years of operation.