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DISCO: Distributed Multi-domain SDN Controllers
Modern multi-domain networks now span over datacenter networks, enterprise
networks, customer sites and mobile entities. Such networks are critical and,
thus, must be resilient, scalable and easily extensible. The emergence of
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) protocols, which enables to decouple the data
plane from the control plane and dynamically program the network, opens up new
ways to architect such networks. In this paper, we propose DISCO, an open and
extensible DIstributed SDN COntrol plane able to cope with the distributed and
heterogeneous nature of modern overlay networks and wide area networks. DISCO
controllers manage their own network domain and communicate with each others to
provide end-to-end network services. This communication is based on a unique
lightweight and highly manageable control channel used by agents to
self-adaptively share aggregated network-wide information. We implemented DISCO
on top of the Floodlight OpenFlow controller and the AMQP protocol. We
demonstrated how DISCO's control plane dynamically adapts to heterogeneous
network topologies while being resilient enough to survive to disruptions and
attacks and providing classic functionalities such as end-point migration and
network-wide traffic engineering. The experimentation results we present are
organized around three use cases: inter-domain topology disruption, end-to-end
priority service request and virtual machine migration
Scalable and Cost Efficient Algorithms for Virtual CDN Migration
Virtual Content Delivery Network (vCDN) migration is necessary to optimize
the use of resources and improve the performance of the overall SDN/NFV-based
CDN function in terms of network operator cost reduction and high streaming
quality. It requires intelligent and enticed joint SDN/NFV migration algorithms
due to the evident huge amount of traffic to be delivered to end customers of
the network. In this paper, two approaches for finding the optimal and near
optimal path placement(s) and vCDN migration(s) are proposed (OPAC and HPAC).
Moreover, several scenarios are considered to quantify the OPAC and HPAC
behaviors and to compare their efficiency in terms of migration cost, migration
time, vCDN replication number, and other cost factors. Then, they are
implemented and evaluated under different network scales. Finally, the proposed
algorithms are integrated in an SDN/NFV framework. Index Terms: vCDN; SDN/NFV
Optimization; Migration Algorithms; Scalability Algorithms.Comment: 9 pages, 11 figures, 4 tableaux, conference Local Computer Networks
(LCN), class
On load balancing via switch migration in software-defined networking
Switch-controller assignment is an essential task in multi-controller software-defined networking. Static assignments are not practical because network dynamics are complex and difficult to predetermine. Since network load varies both in space and time, the mapping of switches to controllers should be adaptive to sudden changes in the network. To that end, switch migration plays an important role in maintaining dynamic switch-controller mapping. Migrating switches from overloaded to underloaded controllers brings flexibility and adaptability to the network but, at the same time, deciding which switches should be migrated to which controllers, while maintaining a balanced load in the network, is a challenging task. This work presents a heuristic approach with solution shaking to solve the switch migration problem. Shift and swap moves are incorporated within a search scheme. Every move is evaluated by how much benefititwillgivetoboththeimmigrationandoutmigrationcontrollers.Theexperimentalresultsshowthat theproposedapproachisabletooutweighthestate-of-artapproaches,andimprovetheloadbalancingresults up to≈ 14% in some scenarios when compared to the most recent approach. In addition, the results show that the proposed work is more robust to controller failure than the state-of-art methods.Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) - UID/MULTI/00631/2019;info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
OSHI - Open Source Hybrid IP/SDN networking (and its emulation on Mininet and on distributed SDN testbeds)
The introduction of SDN in IP backbones requires the coexistence of regular
IP forwarding and SDN based forwarding. The former is typically applied to best
effort Internet traffic, the latter can be used for different types of advanced
services (VPNs, Virtual Leased Lines, Traffic Engineering...). In this paper we
first introduce the architecture and the services of an "hybrid" IP/SDN
networking scenario. Then we describe the design and implementation of an Open
Source Hybrid IP/SDN (OSHI) node. It combines Quagga for OSPF routing and Open
vSwitch for OpenFlow based switching on Linux. The availability of tools for
experimental validation and performance evaluation of SDN solutions is
fundamental for the evolution of SDN. We provide a set of open source tools
that allow to facilitate the design of hybrid IP/SDN experimental networks,
their deployment on Mininet or on distributed SDN research testbeds and their
test. Finally, using the provided tools, we evaluate key performance aspects of
the proposed solutions. The OSHI development and test environment is available
in a VirtualBox VM image that can be downloaded.Comment: Final version (Last updated August, 2014
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