Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK, December 11–13, 2017, Proceedings

Research Article

Minimum Cost Load Migration in Distributed Software Defined Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-00916-8_19,
        author={Kuangyu Qin and Chuanhe Huang and N. Ganesan and Kewei Liu},
        title={Minimum Cost Load Migration in Distributed Software Defined Networks},
        proceedings={Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Edinburgh, UK, December 11--13, 2017, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2018},
        month={10},
        keywords={SDN Load migration Isolation nodes},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-00916-8_19}
    }
    
  • Kuangyu Qin
    Chuanhe Huang
    N. Ganesan
    Kewei Liu
    Year: 2018
    Minimum Cost Load Migration in Distributed Software Defined Networks
    COLLABORATECOM
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00916-8_19
Kuangyu Qin, Chuanhe Huang,*, N. Ganesan1, Kewei Liu
  • 1: Regional Institute of Co-operative Management
*Contact email: huangch@whu.edu.cn

Abstract

Software defined networking is a network paradigm which separates the control plane and the data plane. In a large SDN network, multiple controllers are used for handling switches’ requests. Because of the unbalanced requests, sometimes some controllers get overloaded. If switch’s management can be shifted from the overloaded controller to idle controllers, network performance can be improved. But shifting the switches will bring cost to the system. In this paper, the isolation nodes problem is studied. A minimum cost load migration approach and a heuristic migration algorithm are proposed. The proposed load migration approach can avoid the isolation nodes. The simulation results show that the proposed approach enhances the system performance.