Paper Info
Title
Design and implementation of an OpenFlow hardware abstraction layer
Abstract
OpenFlow is a leading standard for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and has already played a significant role in reshaping network infrastructures. However, a wide range of existing provider domains is still not equipped with a framework that supports wider deployment of an OpenFlow-based control plane beyond Ethernet-dominated networks. We address this gap by introducing a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) which can transform legacy network elements into OpenFlow capable devices. This paper details the functional architecture of HAL, discusses the key design aspects and explains how HAL can support a number of network device classes. In addition, this paper presents the implementation details of HAL for hardware platforms such as DOCSIS (Data over Cable Service Interface Specification) and DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) which have so far received little attention by the OpenFlow research community despite their wide real-world deployment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2627566.2627577
DCC@SIGCOMM
Keywords
Field
DocType
hardware abstraction,sdn,control plane,dwdm,network operations,docsis,openflow,network virtualization,network architecture and design
Software deployment,Computer science,Networking hardware,Computer network,DOCSIS,Hardware abstraction,OpenFlow,Network element,Software-defined networking,Network virtualization
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
10
Authors
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Damian Parniewicz1616.33
Roberto Doriguzzi Corin211614.39
Lukasz Ogrodowczyk392.36
Mehdi Rashidi-Fard420.41
Jon Matias514913.53
Matteo Gerola652330.32
Victor Fuentes7102.16
Umar Toseef8549.89
Adel Zaalouk930.77
Bartosz Belter1010413.13
Eduardo Jacob1129331.95
Kostas Pentikousis1290084.24