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Enabling Heterogeneous Network Function Chaining | |
Cui L.3; Tso F.P.5; Guo S.4; Jia W.2; Wei K.3; Zhao W.1 | |
2019-04-01 | |
Source Publication | IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems |
ISSN | 15582183 10459219 |
Volume | 30Issue:4Pages:842-854 |
Abstract | Today's data center operators deploy network policies in both physical (e.g., middleboxes, switches) and virtualized (e.g., virtual machines on general purpose servers) network function boxes (NFBs), which reside in different points of the network, to exploit their efficiency and agility respectively. Nevertheless, such heterogeneity has resulted in a great number of independent network nodes that can dynamically generate and implement inconsistent and conflicting network policies, making correct policy implementation a difficult problem to solve. Since these nodes have varying capabilities, services running atop are also faced with profound performance unpredictability. In this paper, we propose a Heterogeneous netwOrk Policy Enforcement (HOPE) scheme to overcome these challenges. HOPE guarantees that network functions (NFs) that implement a policy chain are optimally placed onto heterogeneous NFBs such that the network cost of the policy is minimized. We first experimentally demonstrate that the processing capacity of NFBs is the dominant performance factor. This observation is then used to formulate the Heterogeneous Network Policy Placement problem, which is shown to be NP-Hard. To solve the problem efficiently, an online algorithm is proposed. Our experimental results demonstrate that HOPE achieves the same optimality as Branch-and-bound optimization but is 3 orders of magnitude more efficient. |
Keyword | Datacenters Heterogeneous Middleboxes Network Functions Network Policy Service Chain |
DOI | 10.1109/TPDS.2018.2871845 |
URL | View the original |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Computer Science ; Engineering |
WOS Subject | Computer Science, Theory & Methods ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
WOS ID | WOS:000461343700010 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85054255002 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | University of Macau |
Affiliation | 1.American University of Sharjah 2.Universidade de Macau 3.Jinan University 4.Hong Kong Polytechnic University 5.Loughborough University |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cui L.,Tso F.P.,Guo S.,et al. Enabling Heterogeneous Network Function Chaining[J]. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2019, 30(4), 842-854. |
APA | Cui L.., Tso F.P.., Guo S.., Jia W.., Wei K.., & Zhao W. (2019). Enabling Heterogeneous Network Function Chaining. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 30(4), 842-854. |
MLA | Cui L.,et al."Enabling Heterogeneous Network Function Chaining".IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 30.4(2019):842-854. |
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