Latency-aware reliable controller placements in SDNs

Yuqi Fan*, Yongfeng Xia, Weifa Liang, Xiaomin Zhang

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    Abstract

    Most existing research on controller placement in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) investigated controller placements without jointly taking into account both the communication reliability and the communication latency between controllers and switches if any link in the network fails. In this paper, we first introduce a new latency metric that considers the communication delay between the switches and the controllers with and without the single-link-failure. We then formulate a novel SDN controller placement problem with the aim to minimize the communication delay, for which we propose an efficient algorithm. We also show that there is a non-trivial trade-off between a primary path and its backup path in terms of communication delay. We finally conduct experiments through simulations. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is very promising.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCommunications and Networking - 11th EAI International Conference, ChinaCom 2016, Proceedings
    EditorsQianbin Chen, Weixiao Meng, Liqiang Zhao
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages152-162
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)9783319666273
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event11th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2016 - Chongqing, China
    Duration: 24 Sept 201626 Sept 2016

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
    Volume210
    ISSN (Print)1867-8211

    Conference

    Conference11th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2016
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityChongqing
    Period24/09/1626/09/16

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