Open AccessNetwork traffic control for multi‐homed end‐hosts via SDN
Author(s) -
AlNajjar Anees,
Khan Furqan Hameed,
Portmann Marius
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iet communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1751-8636
pISSN - 1751-8628
DOI - 10.1049/iet-com.2020.0335
Subject(s) - openflow , computer science , computer network , software defined networking , multipath tcp , throughput , load balancing (electrical power) , transmission (telecommunications) , distributed computing , multipath propagation , wireless , channel (broadcasting) , operating system , telecommunications , geometry , mathematics , grid
Software‐defined networking (SDN) is an emerging technology of efficiently controlling and managing computer networks, such as in data centres, wide‐area networks, as well as in ubiquitous communication. In this study, the authors explore the idea of embedding the SDN components, represented by SDN controller and virtual switch, in end‐hosts to improve network performance. In particular, the authors consider load balancing across multiple network interfaces on end‐hosts with different link capacity scenarios. The authors have explored and implemented different SDN‐based load‐balancing approaches based on OpenFlow software switches, and have demonstrated the feasibility and the potential of this approach. The proposed system has been evaluated with MultiPath transmission control protocol (MPTCP). The proposed results demonstrated the potential of applying the SDN concepts on multi‐homed devices resulting in an increase in achieved throughput of 55% compared to the legacy single network approach and 10% compared to the MPTCP.