An Architecture for SLA Negotiation and Management of Virtual Software Defined Networks based on QoS Classes

• Grant number: 12/04945-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: October 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science
• Principal Investigator: Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira
• Grantee: Rafael Lopes Gomes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Computação (IC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Over the years the Internet has become the main means of communication, where many companies and organizations use Internet as basis for its services, and in most cases, these companies have multiple Internet service providers (Multi-Provider Model). However, the current Internet does not provide guarantees of Quality of Service (QoS). To overcome this problem, companies define a Service Level Agreement (SLA), which must be applied between all the providers that are part of the end-to-end path. Within this context, this PHD project aims to develop an architecture for end-to-end SLA negotiation and management of virtualized network based on QoS classes. The negotiation process would deploy the virtual network with the desired characteristics for all the domains until you reach the desired target area. Besides the process of negotiating the architecture aims to enable the renegotiation of the SLA parameters on the fly. The validation of the proposal will be made through the emulator Mininet, which creates networks based on OpenFlow protocol. It is expected satisfy the QoS requirements of each traffic class defined, while reducing costs for companies.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GOMES, RAFAEL L.; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.; MADEIRA, EDMUNDO R. M.; CERQUEIRA, EDUARDO; GERLA, MARIO. A combined energy-bandwidth approach to allocate resilient virtual software defined networks. JOURNAL OF NETWORK AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, v. 69, p. 98-106, JUL 2016. (12/04945-7)

GOMES, RAFAEL L.; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.; MADEIRA, EDMUND R. M.; CERQUEIRA, EDUARDO; GERLA, MARIO. Bandwidth-aware allocation of resilient Virtual Software Defined Networks. Computer Networks, v. 100, p. 179-194, MAY 8 2016. (12/04945-7)

KU, IAN; LU, YOU; GERLA, MARIO; ONGARO, FRANCESCO; GOMES, RAFAEL L.; CERQUEIRA, EDUARDO; IEEE. Towards Software-Defined VANET: Architecture and Services. 2014 13TH ANNUAL MEDITERRANEAN AD HOC NETWORKING WORKSHOP (MED-HOC-NET), v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2014-01-01. (12/04945-7)

GOMES, RAFAEL L.; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.; MADEIRA, EDMUNDO R. M.; IEEE. A Generic SLA Negotiation Protocol For Virtualized Environments. 2012 18th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2012-01-01. (12/04945-7)

GOMES, R. L.; BITTENCOURT, L.; MADEIRA, E.; CERQUEIRA, E.; GERLA, M.. Management of virtual network resources for multimedia applications. MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS, v. 23, n. 4, p. 405-419, JUL 2017. (12/04945-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GOMES, Rafael Lopes. Mechanisms for management of SLA in virtual software defined networks based on QoS classes. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Computação Campinas, SP.