Title :
Service Function Chaining: Creating a Service Plane via Network Service Headers
Author :
Quinn, Paul ; Guichard, Jim
Abstract :
As service chaining matures, interoperability is a must. Network service headers provide the required data-plane information needed to construct topologically independent service paths as well as to pass opaque metadata between classification and service functions.
Keywords :
meta data; network servers; open systems; pattern classification; classification functions; interoperability; network service data-plane information; opaque metadata; service function chaining; service functions; topologically independent service paths; Cloud computing; Interoperability; Network architecture; Network topology; Protocols; Software defined networking; IETF; NFV; NSH; SDN; SFC; network function virtualization; network overlay; network service header; service chaining; service function chaining; service overlay; service plane; software-defined networking;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2014.328
