Research Article
Flexible Building Blocks for Software Defined Network Function Virtualization
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256308, author={Aryan TaheriMonfared and Chunming Rong}, title={Flexible Building Blocks for Software Defined Network Function Virtualization}, proceedings={10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={QSHINE}, year={2014}, month={9}, keywords={software defined networking network function virtualization openflow ovsdb open vswitch iaas}, doi={10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256308} }- Aryan TaheriMonfared
Chunming Rong
Year: 2014
Flexible Building Blocks for Software Defined Network Function Virtualization
QSHINE
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256308
Abstract
Current virtual networks offered by IaaS cloud providers are not under complete control of their tenants. The virtual network configuration is carried out by the service provider, and the functionality is limited by the provider's offerings.
This paper presents a new approach for building and maintaining tenant-programmable virtual networks. This type of virtual networks are the basic building blocks for network function virtualization, and significantly facilitates the implementation of network functions in software. Our approach gives tenants complete control over provisioned virtual network components, and simplifies the integration with on-premises resources. The implementation confirmed the practicality and scalability of the solution, at the cost of a small overhead.
