Session Type:
Presentation - 45 Minutes
Abstract:
OpenFlow or more broadly Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new network architecture/approach that enables innovations by researchers, operators, application/service providers, and third parties as well as by network equipment vendors. OpenFlow is away for researchers to run experimental protocols in the networks they use everyday. It is based on Ethernet switch, which assumes an internal flow table and a standard interface to manipulate the table entries. This opens up the networking gear wide open for everybody allowing researchers and open source community to evaluate their ideas on real world hardware. OpenFlow is an API that provides a layer of abstraction from the physical network to the control element, allows that network to be configured or manipulated through software, which then opens it up to further innovation. It is currently being deployed in universities . GENI is an example testbed in Stanford. SDN allows the network operator to simplify networks by exploiting fundamental standardized abstractions of switching hardware. The openFlow protocol allows to add features reduce costs and fuels innovation. The growing ecosystem now includes routers, switches , virtual switches and access points from range of vendors.
