ORAN: OpenFlow Routers for Academic Networks

Author

Rostami, A. ; Jungel, T. ; Koepsel, A. ; Woesner, H. ; Wolisz, A.

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Networks Group (TKN), Tech. Univ. of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

24-27 June 2012

Firstpage

216

Lastpage

222

Abstract

We present the design and prototyping of an OpenFlow-enabled Gigabit Ethernet switch based on an ATCA industrial standard platform. Our work consists of an architectural design for introducing OpenFlow switch functionalities to the ATCA switching platform, design and development of an enhanced library for OpenFlow protocol stack, and porting the data-path functionalities and protocol end-point to the selected platform. We also carry out several performance evaluation tests on the developed switching platform and present selected results. The results demonstrate the successful introduction of OpenFlow protocol to the ATCA platform and contribute, among other things, to the identification of performance bottlenecks and crucial design issues in OpenFlow switches.

Keywords

local area networks; protocols; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; ATCA industrial standard platform; ATCA switching platform; ORAN; OpenFlow protocol stack; OpenFlow router; OpenFlow switch functionalities; OpenFlow-enabled gigabit Ethernet switch; academic network; architectural design; data-path functionalities; protocol end-point; Embedded systems; Hardware; Optical switches; Protocols; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR), 2012 IEEE 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0831-2

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPSR.2012.6260853

Filename

6260853