Forwarding path discovery with software defined networking

Chih Chieh Chen*, Yi Ren Chen, Shi-Chun Tsai, Ming Chuan Yang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Without STP and LLDP, we propose a new approach to find faster paths between the source and the destination and fully utilize the links between switches under the Software Defined Network paradigm. To find round-Trip path with lighter load, we design a mechanism to compose special ARP packets for exploring the routing path and avoid broadcast storm by dropping late or duplicate packets. Meanwhile, the controller can carefully regulate other packets without affecting the behavior of the special packets. The evaluation results with the Clos-like network topology show that our approach can be used to improve the performance of transmission throughput. We believe our method is very suitable, especially, for a dynamic network environment, where links are up and down frequently. Our implementation can be seen as an instance showing the flexibility of SDN.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication19th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium
Subtitle of host publicationManaging a World of Things, APNOMS 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages299-302
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538611012
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2017
Event19th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, APNOMS 2017 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 27 Sep 201729 Sep 2017

Publication series

Name19th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium: Managing a World of Things, APNOMS 2017

Conference

Conference19th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium, APNOMS 2017
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period27/09/1729/09/17

Keywords

  • LLDP
  • STP
  • Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  • forwarding algorithm
  • link utilization

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