Software defined networking(SDN) has emerged as an efficient network technology for lowering operating cost through simplified hardware, software and management. Specific research focus has been placed to achieve a ...Software defined networking(SDN) has emerged as an efficient network technology for lowering operating cost through simplified hardware, software and management. Specific research focus has been placed to achieve a successful carrier grade network with SDN, in terms of scalability, reliability, Qo S and service management. In this paper, graph theory and traffic engineering are used to model the network state transitions and path assignment problem at first. Next, we present a quantitative assessment model on path assignment for a centralized controller to assess different kinds of path assignments, considering optimal path utilization, network load balance, network load volatility, and resource utilization simultaneously. In the end, an example forquantitatively assessing existing different path assignments is detailed to illustrate our proposed model.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61373040,61173137)the Ph.D.Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(20120141110002)the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2010CDA004)
文摘Software defined networking(SDN) has emerged as an efficient network technology for lowering operating cost through simplified hardware, software and management. Specific research focus has been placed to achieve a successful carrier grade network with SDN, in terms of scalability, reliability, Qo S and service management. In this paper, graph theory and traffic engineering are used to model the network state transitions and path assignment problem at first. Next, we present a quantitative assessment model on path assignment for a centralized controller to assess different kinds of path assignments, considering optimal path utilization, network load balance, network load volatility, and resource utilization simultaneously. In the end, an example forquantitatively assessing existing different path assignments is detailed to illustrate our proposed model.