NDLI: Towards MEF services in a SDN environment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ferreira, Carlos Aparicio, Joao Sargento, Susana Farinha, Nuno Mirones, Vitor
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Ferreira, Carlos; Aparicio, Joao; Sargento, Susana) \|\| PT Inovação e Sistemas, S.A., Aveiro, Portugal (Farinha, Nuno; Mirones, Vitor)
Abstract	With the emergence of OpenFlow, the first Software Defined Network (SDN) communication protocol standard, it is important to understand how current centralized network management platforms can be adapted to support this new protocol. This paper demonstrates how legacy centralized management systems, and their respective network devices, can be upgraded to provide Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) services using the OpenFlow protocol. In a first step, this paper demonstrates how an OpenFlow controller can be implemented and interconnected with a proprietary centralized management system running in a Portuguese operator. In the second step, we will demonstrate how an OpenFlow agent application can be specifically designed and implemented for proprietary network equipments. The addition of the OpenFlow agent provides to the network equipment the capability to receive and translate OpenFlow configuration commands into native configuration commands, facilitating the control by generic OpenFlow controllers. The results of the tested scenarios, which comprise the establishment of MPLS tunnels with label switching, Ethernet virtual private lines and trees, show that the MEF services activation and deletion are performed in less than 10 msec.
Starting Page	489
Ending Page	495
File Size	707760
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781467371940
DOI	10.1109/ISCC.2015.7405562
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-07-06
Publisher Place	Cyprus
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Multiprotocol label switching Switches Ports (Computers) Computers Hardware Central Management System SDN OpenFlow MEF MPLS
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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