Title :
Driving Software Defined Networks with XSP
Author :
Kissel, Ezra ; Fernandes, Guilherme ; Jaffee, M. ; Swany, Martin ; Zhang, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the eXtensible Session Protocol (XSP), which provides a control plane for driving Software Defined Networks (SDNs). The XSP model supports proactive, application-driven configuration of dynamic network resources with support for authentication and authorization, within an extensible protocol framework. We describe XSP application use cases in SDNs using OpenFlow enabled network devices as well as dynamic forwarding rule management that can be implemented on existing router platforms.
Keywords :
authorisation; protocols; software radio; telecommunication network routing; OpenFlow enabled network devices; SDN; XSP application; XSP model; application-driven configuration; dynamic forwarding rule management; extensible session protocol; protocol framework; router platforms; software defined networks; Authentication; Authorization; Computer architecture; Protocols; Software; Switches; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364805
