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Composition of SDN applications: Options/challenges for real implementations

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Arne Schwabe,

Pedro A. Aranda Gutiérrez,

Holger KarlAuthors Info & Claims

ANRW '16: Proceedings of the 2016 Applied Networking Research Workshop

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2959424.2959436

Published: 16 July 2016 Publication History

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In this paper we define the notion of composition for software-defined network applications and show the theoretical and practical approaches to composition in software-defined networks and explain the challenges associated with it. We explore the feasibility of OpenFlow as an Application Programming Interface (API) for a composition engine and argue that its design as Southbound controller interface makes it unsuitable for this task.

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Composition of SDN applications: Options/challenges for real implementations
1. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Network layer protocols
      1. Routing protocols
    2. Network protocol design

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ANRW '16: Proceedings of the 2016 Applied Networking Research Workshop

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DOI:10.1145/2959424

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Bauer RDittebrandt AZitterbart M(2019)GCMI: A Generic Approach for SDN Control Message Interception2019 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)10.1109/NETSOFT.2019.8806661(360-368)Online publication date: Jul-2019
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