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On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration

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This work presents a model to solve the switch migration problem in software-defined networking. This model is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming, and compared against the static mapping approach. Two scenarios of homogeneous and heterogeneous controllers are evaluated. The experimental results show that the dynamic mapping enabled by the proposed model can enhance the controllers’ utilization by \({\approx }63\%\) for homogeneous scenario and \({\approx }47\%\) for heterogeneous scenario, while maintaining a low control plane overhead.

This work was developed within the Centre for Electronic, Optoelectronic and Telecommunications (CEOT), and supported by the UID/MULTI/00631/2013 project of the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT).

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    Faroq AL-Tam, Mohammad Ashrafi & Noélia Correia

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AL-Tam, F., Ashrafi, M., Correia, N. (2019). On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration. In: Sucasas, V., Mantas, G., Althunibat, S. (eds) Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. BROADNETS 2018. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05195-2_6

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