Benjamin Lewis
Using P4 to enable scalable intents in software defined networks
Lewis, Benjamin; Fawcett, Lyndon; Broadbent, Matthew; Race, Nicholas
Authors
Abstract
When designing Software Defined Networks (SDNs), there is a risk that the additional abstractions available can result in reduced scalability and performance. One such abstraction, intents, are a way in which network administrators can express policies rather than having to define specific forwarding rules. This provides a benefit to administrators in allowing automatic network reconfiguration and fault tolerance. In this paper, we highlight the performance overheads associated with the intents framework from a popular SDN controller, ONOS. We propose a novel prototype that leverages source-based routing and programmable data planes using P4 in order to reduce the overheads of intent-based forwarding.
Citation
Lewis, B., Fawcett, L., Broadbent, M., & Race, N. (2018). Using P4 to enable scalable intents in software defined networks. In 2018 IEEE 26th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) (442-443). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNP.2018.00064
Conference Name | 2018 IEEE 26th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) |
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Conference Location | Cambridge, UK |
Start Date | Sep 25, 2018 |
End Date | Sep 27, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 8, 2018 |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 9, 2022 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 442-443 |
Series ISSN | 1092-1648 |
Book Title | 2018 IEEE 26th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNP.2018.00064 |
Keywords | ONOS, OpenFlow, Intents, SDN, p4lang |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2844035 |
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