Rethinking IXPs' Architecture in the Age of SDN
The work
| Authors | Marc Bruyere; Gianni Antichi; Eder L. Fernandes; Remy Lapeyrade; Steve Uhlig; Philippe Owezarski; Andrew W. Moore; Ignacio Castro |
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| Type | article |
| Year | 2018 |
| Citekey | bruyere2018rethinking |
Where it appeared
| Published in | IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 2667--2674 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1109/jsac.2018.2871294 |
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Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1109/jsac.2018.2871294 |
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| Free full text | https://laas.hal.science/hal-01862776v1/file/1570438021.pdf |
Abstract
Software Defined Internet eXchange Points (SDXs) are a promising solution to the long-standing limitations and problems of interdomain routing. While proposed SDX architectures have improved the scalability of the control plane, these solutions have ignored the underlying fabric upon which they should be deployed. In this paper, we present Umbrella, a software defined interconnection fabric that complements and enhances those architectures. Umbrella is a switching fabric architecture and management approach that improves the overall robustness, limiting control plane dependency and suitable for the topology of any existing Internet eXchange Point (IXP). We validate Umbrella through a real-world deployment on two production IXPs, TouSIX and NSPIXP-3, and demonstrate its use in practice, sharing our experience of the challenges faced.
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Cite it as
@article{bruyere2018rethinking,
title = {Rethinking IXPs' Architecture in the Age of SDN},
author = {Marc Bruyere and Gianni Antichi and Eder L. Fernandes and Remy Lapeyrade and Steve Uhlig and Philippe Owezarski and Andrew W. Moore and Ignacio Castro},
year = {2018},
journal = {IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications},
volume = {36},
number = {12},
pages = {2667--2674},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
doi = {10.1109/jsac.2018.2871294},
}
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