On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration

Faroq AL-Tam; Mohammad Ashrafi; Noélia Correia

Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. 9th International EAI Conference, Broadnets 2018, Faro, Portugal, September 19–20, 2018, Proceedings

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On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-05195-2_6,
    author={Faroq AL-Tam and Mohammad Ashrafi and No\^{e}lia Correia},
    title={On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration},
    proceedings={Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. 9th International EAI Conference, Broadnets 2018, Faro, Portugal, September 19--20, 2018, Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2019},
    month={1},
    keywords={Software-defined networking Multi-controller SDN Switch migration Load balancing},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-030-05195-2_6}
}

Faroq AL-Tam
Mohammad Ashrafi
Noélia Correia
Year: 2019
On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration
BROADNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05195-2_6

Faroq AL-Tam¹^,*, Mohammad Ashrafi¹^,*, Noélia Correia¹^,*

1: Faculty of Science and Technology - University of Algarve

*Contact email: ftam@ualg.pt, a41301@ualg.pt, ncorreia@ualg.pt

Abstract

This work presents a model to solve the switch migration problem in software-defined networking. This model is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming, and compared against the static mapping approach. Two scenarios of homogeneous and heterogeneous controllers are evaluated. The experimental results show that the dynamic mapping enabled by the proposed model can enhance the controllers’ utilization by for homogeneous scenario and for heterogeneous scenario, while maintaining a low control plane overhead.

Keywords: Software-defined networking Multi-controller SDN Switch migration Load balancing

Published: 2019-01-04
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05195-2_6