Performance Implication and Analysis of the OpenFlow SDN Protocol

Bull, Peter and Abdallah, Ali E. and Aliyu, Aliyu Lawal (2017) Performance Implication and Analysis of the OpenFlow SDN Protocol. In: Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2017 31st International Conference on. IEEE. ISBN 978-1-5090-6231-7

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Abstract

Software Defined Networks provide the ability to manage networks from a centralised point through separating control plane from the data plane. This brings opportunities in terms of manageability, flexibility and cost savings in network operations. This centralisation, however, also brings about a potentially serious performance bottleneck and poses a scalability issue in high performance networks. This paper investigates performance of Software Defined Networks in general, and the OpenFlow protocol, to provide insight into the components of control path delay incurred by packets and ways to optimise flow forwarding. Two Openflow controllers (Floodlight and Pox) were used to validate performance measurements in relation to their theoretical composition. Secondly, the packet processing dynamics of switches, in particular OpenVSwitch are examined, looking at the control packet forwarding behaviour in the kernel module to meet high performance network and traffic engineering demand.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number:	10.1109/WAINA.2017.101
Dates:	Date Event 2017 Published
Uncontrolled Keywords:	SDN, OpenFlow, Delay, Performance and Scalability
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Oana-Andreea Dumitrascu
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2017 13:21
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 12:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4608