HyperFlex: An SDN virtualization architecture with flexible hypervisor function allocation. Blenk, A., Basta, A., & Kellerer, W. In Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw., pages 397-405, May, 2015. IEEE.
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Network Virtualization (NV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are both expected to increase the flexibility and programmability of today's communication networks. Combining both approaches may even be a further step towards increasing the efficiency of network resource utilization. Multiple solutions for virtualizing SDN networks have already been proposed, however, they are either implemented in software or they require special network hardware. We propose HyperFlex, an SDN hypervisor architecture that relies on the decomposition of the hypervisor into functions that are essential for virtualizing SDN networks. The hypervisor functions can be flexibly executed in software or hosted on SDN network elements. Furthermore, existing hypervisor solutions focus on data-plane virtualization mechanisms and neglect the virtualization of the control-plane of SDN networks. HyperFlex provides control-plane virtualization by adding a control-plane isolation function, either in software or on network elements. The isolation function ensures that the resources of the control-plane are shared correctly between each virtual SDN network while it also protects the hypervisor resources from resource exhaustion. I.
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  author    = {Blenk, Andreas and Basta, Arsany and Kellerer, Wolfgang},
  title     = {{HyperFlex: An SDN virtualization architecture with flexible hypervisor function allocation}},
  booktitle = {Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw.},
  year      = {2015},
  pages     = {397-405},
  month     = may,
  publisher = {IEEE},
  abstract  = {Network Virtualization (NV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are both expected to increase the flexibility and programmability of today's communication networks. Combining both approaches may even be a further step towards increasing the efficiency of network resource utilization. Multiple solutions for virtualizing SDN networks have already been proposed, however, they are either implemented in software or they require special network hardware. We propose HyperFlex, an SDN hypervisor architecture that relies on the decomposition of the hypervisor into functions that are essential for virtualizing SDN networks. The hypervisor functions can be flexibly executed in software or hosted on SDN network elements. Furthermore, existing hypervisor solutions focus on data-plane virtualization mechanisms and neglect the virtualization of the control-plane of SDN networks. HyperFlex provides control-plane virtualization by adding a control-plane isolation function, either in software or on network elements. The isolation function ensures that the resources of the control-plane are shared correctly between each virtual SDN network while it also protects the hypervisor resources from resource exhaustion. I.},
  doi       = {10.1109/INM.2015.7140316},
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  isbn      = {978-1-4799-8241-7},
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  location  = {Ottawa, ON, Canada},
  owner     = {andi},
  timestamp = {2016.11.16},
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