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Published September 8, 2025 | Version v1
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DEMO: SmartNet: Bridging Performance and Realism in Network Emulation with SmartNICs

Description

Network emulators are essential for testing and validating new networking solutions before deployment. In this work, we present SmartNet, a new hardware-based emulation framework that brings SmartNIC awareness to network experimentation. SmartNet enables realistic and scalable evaluation of offloading, host interaction, and in-network processing. Using a simple API interface, researchers can define and deploy topologies with multiple switches, hosts, and diverse link characteristics (e.g., bandwidth, latency, loss) to evaluate SmartNIC-driven architectures.

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Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
SMART NEtworks and ServiceS for 2030 (SMARTNESS) 2021/00199-8
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
2024/16207-8
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
2020/05183-0
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
2023/00794- 9
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
404027/2021-0
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
24/2551-0001394-6

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2025-09-08