Measuring robustness of SDN control layers

Yury Jimenez; Juan Antonio Cordero; Cristina Cervello-Pastor

doi:10.1109/INM.2015.7140373

Measuring robustness of SDN control layers

Yury Jimenez, Juan Antonio Cordero, Cristina Cervello-Pastor

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Abstract

The controller placement problem remains a key aspect of Software Defined Networking (SDN). The selection of a suboptimal controller may impact severely the performance of the control layer and, in consequence, cause a substantial degradation in the data layer. Different approaches for controller placement have been proposed with various objectives in mind, but most of them do not consider the characteristics of the resulting control layer in terms of robustness. In this paper we propose and formalize a complete metric for estimating robustness of a SDN control layer, and we evaluate two heuristics for controller selection and control layer construction: Fast Failover and a simplified version of k-Critical. The results of the performed evaluation indicate that the control layer topology induced by k-Critical is less prone to failures, more robust and more homogenous than those computed by Fast Failover.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015
Editors	Remi Badonnel, Jin Xiao, Shingo Ata, Filip De Turck, Voicu Groza, Carlos Raniery P. dos Santos
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	774-777
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783901882760
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2015.7140373
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 11 May 2015 → 15 May 2015

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Name	Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015

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Conference	14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	11/05/15 → 15/05/15

Keywords

Software Defined Networking (SDN)
control layer
controller placement
data layer
robustness

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Jimenez, Y., Cordero, J. A., & Cervello-Pastor, C. (2015). Measuring robustness of SDN control layers. In R. Badonnel, J. Xiao, S. Ata, F. De Turck, V. Groza, & C. R. P. dos Santos (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015 (pp. 774-777). Article 7140373 (Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2015.7140373

Jimenez, Yury ; Cordero, Juan Antonio ; Cervello-Pastor, Cristina. / Measuring robustness of SDN control layers. Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015. editor / Remi Badonnel ; Jin Xiao ; Shingo Ata ; Filip De Turck ; Voicu Groza ; Carlos Raniery P. dos Santos. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 774-777 (Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015).

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Jimenez, Y, Cordero, JA & Cervello-Pastor, C 2015, Measuring robustness of SDN control layers. in R Badonnel, J Xiao, S Ata, F De Turck, V Groza & CRP dos Santos (eds), Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015., 7140373, Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 774-777, 14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015, Ottawa, Canada, 11/05/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/INM.2015.7140373

Measuring robustness of SDN control layers. / Jimenez, Yury; Cordero, Juan Antonio; Cervello-Pastor, Cristina.
Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015. ed. / Remi Badonnel; Jin Xiao; Shingo Ata; Filip De Turck; Voicu Groza; Carlos Raniery P. dos Santos. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 774-777 7140373 (Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Jimenez Y, Cordero JA, Cervello-Pastor C. Measuring robustness of SDN control layers. In Badonnel R, Xiao J, Ata S, De Turck F, Groza V, dos Santos CRP, editors, Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 774-777. 7140373. (Proceedings of the 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015). doi: 10.1109/INM.2015.7140373

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