Abstract
Network virtualization is a fundamental technology for datacenters and upcoming wireless communications (e.g., 5G). It takes advantage of software-defined networking (SDN) that provides efficient network management by converting networking fabrics into SDN-capable devices. Moreover, white-box switches, which provide flexible and fast packet processing, are broadly deployed in commercial datacenters. A white-box switch requires a specific and restricted packet processing pipeline; however, to date, there has been no SDN-based network hypervisor that can support the pipeline of white-box switches. Therefore, in this paper, we propose WhiteVisor: A network hypervisor which can support the physical network composed of white-box switches. WhiteVisor converts a flow rule from the virtual network into a packet processing pipeline compatible with the white-box switch. We implement the prototype herein and show its feasibility and effectiveness with pipeline conversion and overhead.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019 |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| Pages | 242-247 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538683507 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 May 17 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 2019 Jan 9 → 2019 Jan 11 |
Publication series
| Name | International Conference on Information Networking |
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| Volume | 2019-January |
| ISSN (Print) | 1976-7684 |
Conference
| Conference | 33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019 |
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| Country | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 19/1/9 → 19/1/11 |
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Keywords
- Network virtualization
- Software-defined networking
- White-box switch
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems
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White Visor : Support of White-Box Switch in SDN-Based Network Hypervisor. / Yu, Bong Yeol; Yang, Gyeongsik; Jin, Heesang; Yoo, Chuck.
33rd International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2019. IEEE Computer Society, 2019. p. 242-247 8718167 (International Conference on Information Networking; Vol. 2019-January).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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