Diagnosing SDN Network Problems by Using Spectrum-Based Fault Localization Techniques

Hsia Hsiang Chen, Han Lin Lu, Shih-Kun Huang, Ruizhi Gao, W. Eric Wong

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Abstract

Software-defined network (SDN) is the recent advances of mitigation on improving network management flexibility and dynamic configurability. It is due to the separation of control plane and data plane and the controller software for arbitrary network configurations. However, such a flexible architecture still suffers from the inherent traits of software quality issues. Software testing and software related fault localization methods should be applied. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to apply spectrum-based fault localization (SFL) techniques for SDN problems and propose the SFL system framework to find the illogic rules and related procedure faults in SDN. We conduct evaluations on the standard SDN environment in OpenFlow and compare the related SFL techniques. The results show that the fault locations can be found precisely. In addition, we also develop a debugging tool that can search the error causes and feedback the information to the SDN controller for fixing the faulty conditions in time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security-Companion, QRS-C 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages121-127
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781467395984
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Nov 2015
EventIEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security-Companion, QRS-C 2015 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 3 Aug 20155 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security-Companion, QRS-C 2015

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security-Companion, QRS-C 2015
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period3/08/155/08/15

Keywords

  • OpenFlow
  • SDN controller
  • Software-defined network
  • Spectrum-based fault localization

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