Name
Title | ||
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HyperFlex: An SDN virtualization architecture with flexible hypervisor function allocation |
Abstract | ||
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Network Virtualization (NV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are both expected to increase the flexibility and programmability of today's communication networks. Combining both approaches may even be a further step towards increasing the efficiency of network resource utilization. Multiple solutions for virtualizing SDN networks have already been proposed, however, they are either implemented in software or they require special network hardware. We propose HyperFlex, an SDN hypervisor architecture that relies on the decomposition of the hypervisor into functions that are essential for virtualizing SDN networks. The hypervisor functions can be flexibly executed in software or hosted on SDN network elements. Furthermore, existing hypervisor solutions focus on data-plane virtualization mechanisms and neglect the virtualization of the control-plane of SDN networks. HyperFlex provides control-plane virtualization by adding a control-plane isolation function, either in software or on network elements. The isolation function ensures that the resources of the control-plane are shared correctly between each virtual SDN network while it also protects the hypervisor resources from resource exhaustion. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1109/INM.2015.7140316 | 2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM) |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
HyperFlex,SDN virtualization architecture,flexible hypervisor function allocation,network virtualization,software-defined networking,programmability,communication network,network resource utilization,special network hardware,SDN hypervisor architecture,SDN network element,hypervisor solution,data-plane virtualization mechanism,control-plane virtualization,control-plane isolation function,virtual SDN network,hypervisor resource,resource exhaustion | Virtualization,Hardware virtualization,Virtual machine,Storage hypervisor,Computer science,Networking hardware,Computer network,Hypervisor,Full virtualization,Network virtualization,Operating system | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
1573-0077 | 17 | 0.78 |
References | Authors | |
12 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Blenk | 1 | 215 | 23.28 |
| Arsany Basta | 2 | 241 | 16.20 |
| W. Kellerer | 3 | 243 | 16.42 |