Context-aware traffic forwarding service for applications in SDN

Shibo Luo, Jun Wu, Jianhua Li, Longhua Guo, Bei Pei

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Abstract

Traffic forwarding is a fundamental function in network operations. And forwarding traffic dynamically according to the current situation is attractive to network providers. With its programmability, Software-Defined Networks (SDN) provide network providers dynamic traffic forwarding ability. But SDN only provides trivial flow table to control traffic forwarding that is not an effective way for applications above SDN architecture. Also, SDN does not percept the situation itself. A more abstract and context-aware traffic forwarding scheme for applications in SDN is needed. In this paper, we propose a context-aware traffic forwarding service for applications in SDN. We firstly propose a traffic forwarding service composition framework special for SDN that utilize the advantages of SDN. We conclude that traffic forwarding service composition problem in SDN is essentially a multi-constrained optimization path problem. And based on this conclusion, a graph-based model and service composition algorithm are applied to the service composition scheme. To take the dynamic context factors in SDN into consideration, a regression analysis method is adopted. Finally, we offer an evaluation to validate the methodology. The results of the evaluation demonstrate that our approach is context-aware.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015
EditorsXingang Liu, Peicheng Wang, Yufeng Wang, Mianxiong Dong, Robert C. H. Hsu, Feng Xia, Yuhui Deng
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages557-561
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509018932
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 2015 Dec 192015 Dec 21

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015

Other

OtherIEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period15/12/1915/12/21

Keywords

  • Multi-Constrained Optimization Path Problem
  • Next Generation Service Overlay Network
  • Regression Analysis
  • Service Composition
  • Software-Defined Networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Media Technology
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Urban Studies

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