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Abstract | ||
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We present Odin, an SDN framework to introduce programmability in enterprise wireless local area networks (WLANs). Enterprise WLANs need to support a wide range of services and functionalities. This includes authentication, authorization and accounting, policy, mobility and interference management, and load balancing. WLANs also exhibit unique challenges. In particular, access point (AP) association decisions are not made by the infrastructure, but by clients. In addition, the association state machine combined with the broadcast nature of the wireless medium requires keeping track of a large amount of state changes. To this end, Odin builds on a light virtual AP abstraction that greatly simplifies client management. Odin does not require any client side modifications and its design supports WPA2 Enterprise. With Odin, a network operator can implement enterprise WLAN services as network applications. A prototype implementation demonstrates Odin's feasibility. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1145/2342441.2342465 | HotSDN@SIGCOMM |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
interference management,enterprise wlan service,network application,association state machine,wpa2 enterprise,towards programmable enterprise wlans,client side modification,light virtual ap abstraction,association decision,enterprise wlans,local area network,sdn,load balance,virtualization,wireless local area network,openflow,state machine | Virtualization,Client-side,Broadcasting,Authentication,Wireless,Load balancing (computing),Computer science,Computer network,OpenFlow,Local area network,Distributed computing | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
122 | 5.53 | 12 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| P. Lalith Suresh | 1 | 218 | 14.95 |
| Julius Schulz-Zander | 2 | 244 | 15.34 |
| Ruben Merz | 3 | 295 | 23.65 |
| Anja Feldmann | 4 | 4935 | 596.02 |
| Teresa Vazao | 5 | 127 | 7.04 |