METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING CONTROLLER (aSDNC)

摘要

A method and system for the design, implementation, and operation of an adaptive software-defined networking controller (aSDNC) is described. Traditional SDN controllers support stateless control of forwarding/data-path elements (logical or physical) in order to provide quasi-seamless control/management of information flows. The proposed SDN controller can not only adapt to peripheral (both lower and upper) requirements of elements/devices, it can also help maintain the states of the flows and can scale well above any sets of management/operations requirements. Distributed management of states is achieved in an application/services specific fashion, and hence the complexity of the controller does not grow exponentially with the number of flows that are being managed by the controller. The details of the requirements and exemplary operations of the aSDNC are presented.

主权项

1. An adaptive software-defined networking controller (aSDNC) comprising:
an SDN controller configured to adapt to peripheral requirements of one or more elements/devices, manage states of flows at upper layer elements, and scale above management/operation requirements.