Publication Details
Title: Fabric: A Retrospective on Evolving SDN
Author: M. Casado, T. Koponen, S. Shenker, and A. Tootoonchian
Group: Networking
Date: August 2012
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/fabricsdn12.pdf
Overview:
MPLS was an attempt to simplify network hardware while improving the flexibility of network control. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) was designed to make further progress along both of these dimensions. While a significant step forward in some respects, it was a step backwards in others. In this paper we discuss SDN’s shortcomings and propose how they can be overcome by adopting the insight underlying MPLS. We believe this hybrid approach will enable an era of simple hardware and flexible control.
Bibliographic Information:
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking (HotSDN), Helsinki, Finland
Bibliographic Reference:
M. Casado, T. Koponen, S. Shenker, and A. Tootoonchian. Fabric: A Retrospective on Evolving SDN. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking (HotSDN), Helsinki, Finland, August 2012
Author: M. Casado, T. Koponen, S. Shenker, and A. Tootoonchian
Group: Networking
Date: August 2012
PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/fabricsdn12.pdf
Overview:
MPLS was an attempt to simplify network hardware while improving the flexibility of network control. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) was designed to make further progress along both of these dimensions. While a significant step forward in some respects, it was a step backwards in others. In this paper we discuss SDN’s shortcomings and propose how they can be overcome by adopting the insight underlying MPLS. We believe this hybrid approach will enable an era of simple hardware and flexible control.
Bibliographic Information:
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking (HotSDN), Helsinki, Finland
Bibliographic Reference:
M. Casado, T. Koponen, S. Shenker, and A. Tootoonchian. Fabric: A Retrospective on Evolving SDN. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking (HotSDN), Helsinki, Finland, August 2012