CastFlow: Clean-slate multicast approach using in-advance path processing in programmable networks

Marcondes, Cesar Augusto Cavalheiro; Santos, Tiago P. C.; Godoy, Arthur Pedro; Viel, Caio César; Teixeira, Carla

doi:10.1109/iscc.2012.6249274

Cited by 39 publications

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“…Having knowledge of the topology, centralized management allows for more careful selection of multicast trees and improved utilization via rate-control and bandwidth reservation. CastFlow [38] precalculates multicast trees which can then be used at request arrival time for rule installation. ODPA [39] presents algorithms for dynamic adjustment of multicast spanning trees according to specific metrics.…”

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confidence: 99%

QuickCast: Fast and Efficient Inter-Datacenter Transfers using Forwarding Tree Cohorts

Noormohammadpour¹,

Raghavendra²,

Kandula³

et al. 2018

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Large inter-datacenter transfers are crucial for cloud service efficiency and are increasingly used by organizations that have dedicated wide area networks between datacenters. A recent work uses multicast forwarding trees to reduce the bandwidth needs and improve completion times of point-tomultipoint transfers. Using a single forwarding tree per transfer, however, leads to poor performance because the slowest receiver dictates the completion time for all receivers. Using multiple forwarding trees per transfer alleviates this concern-the average receiver could finish early; however, if done naively, bandwidth usage would also increase and it is apriori unclear how best to partition receivers, how to construct the multiple trees and how to determine the rate and schedule of flows on these trees. This paper presents QuickCast, a first solution to these problems. Using simulations on real-world network topologies, we see that QuickCast can speed up the average receiver's completion time by as much as 10× while only using 1.04× more bandwidth; further, the completion time for all receivers also improves by as much as 1.6× faster at high loads.

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QuickCast: Fast and Efficient Inter-Datacenter Transfers using Forwarding Tree Cohorts

Noormohammadpour¹,

Raghavendra²,

Kandula³

et al. 2018

Preprint

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“…Management policies of the VDTs are in charge of the NFVO block residing in the orchestrator. This is a challenging and very broad topic widely discussed in past and current literature [52,53]. Although the whole management problem is out of the scope of this paper, the computational load model described in the following section is a fundamental piece of it.…”

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confidence: 99%

Designing a Softwarized Network Deployed on a Fleet of Drones for Rural Zone Monitoring

Rametta

Schembra

2017

Future Internet

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Abstract:In the last decade, the differences in the information communication technology (ICT) infrastructures between urban and rural areas have registered a tremendous increase. ICT infrastructures could strongly help rural communities where many operations are time consuming, labor-intensive and expensive due to limited access and large distances to cover. One of the most attractive solutions, which is widely recognized as promising for filling this gap, is the use of drone fleets. In this context, this paper proposes a video monitoring platform as a service (VMPaaS) for wide rural areas not covered by Internet access. The platform is realized with a Software-Defined Network (SDN)/Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)-based flying ad-hoc network (FANET), whose target is providing a flexible and dynamic connectivity backbone, and a set of drones equipped with high-resolution cameras, each transmitting a video stream of a portion of the considered area. After describing the architecture of the proposed platform, service chains to realize the video delivery service are described, and an analytical model is defined to evaluate the computational load of the platform nodes in such a way so as to allow the network orchestrator to decide the backbone drones where running the virtual functions, and the relative resources to be allocated. Numerical analysis is carried out in a case study.

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“…In Cast-Flow [3] the authors propose a clean slate approach to SDN multicast, and evaluate an implemented controller prototype. The evaluation of Castflow focuses primarily on the processing requirements and delays incurred by the controller, and the authors propose a complete replacement of the IGMP [4] protocol for group management as a means to improve these metrics.…”

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Load balancing for multicast traffic in SDN using real-time link cost modification

Craig

Nandy

Lambadaris

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

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In this paper we propose an approach for applying traffic load balancing to multicast traffic through real-time link cost modification in a software defined network (SDN) controller. We present an SDN controller architecture supporting traffic monitoring, group management, and multicast traffic routing. An implemented prototype is described, and this prototype is used to implement shortest path multicast routing techniques which make use of the real-time state of traffic flows in the network. This prototype is evaluated through experimentation in Mininet emulated wide area networks. Evaluation is presented in terms of resulting network performance metrics focusing on the distribution of traffic flows. Our results demonstrate that realtime modification of links costs produces statistically significant improvements in traffic distribution metrics, with an average improvement of up to 52.8% in traffic concentration relative to shortest-path routing. This indicates that SDN enables the use of real-time modification of link cost functions as an effective technique for implementing traffic load balancing for multicast traffic.

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CastFlow: Clean-slate multicast approach using in-advance path processing in programmable networks

Cited by 39 publications

References 11 publications

QuickCast: Fast and Efficient Inter-Datacenter Transfers using Forwarding Tree Cohorts

QuickCast: Fast and Efficient Inter-Datacenter Transfers using Forwarding Tree Cohorts

Designing a Softwarized Network Deployed on a Fleet of Drones for Rural Zone Monitoring

Load balancing for multicast traffic in SDN using real-time link cost modification

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