Software-defined networking: A comprehensive survey

D Kreutz, FMV Ramos, PE Verissimo… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet has led to the creation of a digital society, where (almost) everything is
connected and is accessible from anywhere. However, despite their widespread adoption …

The application of software defined networking on securing computer networks: A survey

R Sahay, W Meng, CD Jensen - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a new networking paradigm
for managing different kinds of networks ranging from enterprise to home network through …

[HTML][HTML] NFStream: A flexible network data analysis framework

Z Aouini, A Pekar - Computer Networks, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Network traffic analytics have increased in relevance as researchers promoted machine
learning techniques to tackle several traffic management challenges. Over the past decade …

Network function virtualization-aware orchestrator for service function chaining placement in the cloud

H Hawilo, M Jammal, A Shami - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has been introduced by network service providers to
overcome various challenges that hinder them from satisfying the growing demand for …

Hyper4: Using p4 to virtualize the programmable data plane

D Hancock, J Van der Merwe - Proceedings of the 12th International on …, 2016‏ - dl.acm.org
Through virtualization, single physical data planes can logically support multiple networking
contexts. We propose HyPer4 as a portable virtualization solution. HyPer4 provides a …

Virtual network function placement for resilient service chain provisioning

A Hmaity, M Savi, F Musumeci… - 2016 8th …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtualization technologies are changing the way network operators deploy and manage
Internet services. In particular in this study we focus on the new Network Function …

Performance characteristics of the bluefield-2 smartnic

J Liu, C Maltzahn, C Ulmer, ML Curry - arxiv preprint arxiv:2105.06619, 2021‏ - arxiv.org
High-performance computing (HPC) researchers have long envisioned scenarios where
application workflows could be improved through the use of programmable processing …

Generative, high-fidelity network traces

X Jiang, S Liu, A Gember-Jacobson, P Schmitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Recently, much attention has been devoted to the development of generative network traces
and their potential use in supplementing real-world data for a variety of data-driven …

Impact of processing costs on service chain placement in network functions virtualization

M Savi, M Tornatore, G Verticale - 2015 IEEE conference on …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is the most promising technique to
help network providers in the reduction of capital and energy costs. The deployment of …

Operating systems and hypervisors for network functions: A survey of enabling technologies and research studies

AS Thyagaturu, P Shantharama, A Nasrallah… - IEEE …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scalable and flexible communication networks increasingly conduct the packet processing
for Network Functions (NFs) in General Purpose Computing (GPC) platforms. The …