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Deploying Scalable and Stable XDP-Based Network Slices Through NASOR Framework for Low-Latency Applications

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Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2021)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 226))

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The spreading and popularization of applications such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Virtual Reality (VR) have relentlessly changed the way we live and communicate. Besides, these applications, having specific requirements that transcend connectivity, have changed the way they have reserved the underlying resources. In this sense, to satisfy these applications agreeably, network slicing mechanisms are needed to make it possible to customize connectivity for applications that run on generic network hardware through a separate data and control plane. Besides, connectivity needs to be responsive to vertical business requirements, such as low-latency and high-reliability. This paper proposes the XCP Controller, a scalable and stable method of configuring data planes for network slices between multiple Internet domains for applications with low-latency requirements. Empirical results suggest that the combination of NASOR and XCP Controller enables to deploy network slices over early packet processing technologies to experience lower latencies than other baseline technologies.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.

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  1. Faculty of Computing (FACOM), Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, 38400-902, Brazil

    Rodrigo Moreira, Pedro Frosi Rosa & Flávio de Oliveira Silva

  2. Institute of Exact and Technological Sciences (IEP), Federal University of Viçosa, Rio Paranaíba, 38810-000, Brazil

    Rodrigo Moreira

  3. Telecommunications Institute (IT), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Luis Andrade Aguiar

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Moreira, R., Rosa, P.F., Aguiar, R.L.A., de Oliveira Silva, F. (2021). Deploying Scalable and Stable XDP-Based Network Slices Through NASOR Framework for Low-Latency Applications. In: Barolli, L., Woungang, I., Enokido, T. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 226. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75075-6_59

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