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@InBook{Basta2014a,\n pages = {63-76},\n title = {{SDN and NFV Dynamic Operation of LTE EPC Gateways for Time-varying Traffic Patterns}},\n publisher = {Springer International Publishing},\n year = {2015},\n author = {Basta, Arsany and Blenk, Andreas and Hoffmann, Marco and Morper, Hans Jochen and Hoffmann, Klaus and Kellerer, Wolfgang},\n address = {Cham},\n isbn = {978-3-319-16292-8},\n month = feb,\n abstract = {The introduction of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) to mobile networks enables operators to control and dimension their network resources with higher granularity and on a more fine-grained time scale. This dynamic operation allows operators to cope with the rapid growth of traffic and user demands, in addition to reducing costs. In this paper, we model and analyze a realization of the mobile core network as virtualized software instances running in datacenters (DC) and SDN transport network elements (NE), with respect to time-varying traffic demands. It is our objective to determine the datacenters placement that achieves the minimum transport network load considering time-varying traffic and under a data-plane delay budget. A second objective is to achieve power savings, considering the variation of traffic over time, by using the available datacenter resources or by acquiring additional resources.},\n booktitle = {Mobile Networks and Management: 6th International Conference, MONAMI 2014, W\\"urzburg, Germany, September 22-26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers},\n doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-16292-8_5},\n keywords = {ownConference},\n url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16292-8_5},\n}\n\n
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\n The introduction of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) to mobile networks enables operators to control and dimension their network resources with higher granularity and on a more fine-grained time scale. This dynamic operation allows operators to cope with the rapid growth of traffic and user demands, in addition to reducing costs. In this paper, we model and analyze a realization of the mobile core network as virtualized software instances running in datacenters (DC) and SDN transport network elements (NE), with respect to time-varying traffic demands. It is our objective to determine the datacenters placement that achieves the minimum transport network load considering time-varying traffic and under a data-plane delay budget. A second objective is to achieve power savings, considering the variation of traffic over time, by using the available datacenter resources or by acquiring additional resources.\n
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Proc. IFIP/IEEE CNSM, pages 354-359, November 2015. IEEE\n
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@InProceedings{Basta2015,\n author = {Basta, Arsany and Blenk, Andreas and {Belhaj Hassine}, Hassib and Kellerer, Wolfgang},\n title = {{Towards a dynamic SDN virtualization layer: Control path migration protocol}},\n booktitle = {Proc. IFIP/IEEE CNSM},\n year = {2015},\n pages = {354-359},\n month = nov,\n publisher = {IEEE},\n abstract = {Virtualization of software defined networks enables tenants to bring their own controller and manage their virtual resources with the full programmability provided by Software Defined Networking (SDN). Distributed SDN hypervisors are proposed to provide an efficient platform for the virtualization of physical SDN networks. They address the issue of scalability that a centralized hypervisor could suffer from. As virtualization provides the possibility to change virtual SDN networks on run time, a hypervisor layer needs efficient mechanisms to dynamically adapt to the changing requirements. Existing proposals provide only a static configuration setup for their distribution of the hypervisor instances. However, in order to satisfy the dynamics of virtual SDN networks, management protocols are needed to support dynamic changes. In this paper, we propose a control path migration protocol for distributed hypervisors. Such protocol is needed to support the dynamic adaptation of the virtualization layer. Our protocol is providing the missing procedure that allows a dynamic change of control connections between virtual SDN networks and the tenants' controllers, respectively. We provide a proof of concept implementation for our proposal. Through measurements in a real testbed setup, we show that our protocol is efficient in terms of control latency overhead and provides transparency to the controllers of the virtual SDN networks.},\n doi = {10.1109/CNSM.2015.7367382},\n file = {/home/andi/Documents/Mendeley Desktop/2015/Basta et al/2015 11th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)/2015 - Basta et al. - Towards a dynamic SDN virtualization layer Control path migration protocol.pdf},\n isbn = {978-3-9018-8277-7},\n keywords = {ownConference},\n location = {Barcelona, Spain},\n owner = {andi},\n timestamp = {2016.11.16},\n url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7367382/},\n}\n\n
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\n Virtualization of software defined networks enables tenants to bring their own controller and manage their virtual resources with the full programmability provided by Software Defined Networking (SDN). Distributed SDN hypervisors are proposed to provide an efficient platform for the virtualization of physical SDN networks. They address the issue of scalability that a centralized hypervisor could suffer from. As virtualization provides the possibility to change virtual SDN networks on run time, a hypervisor layer needs efficient mechanisms to dynamically adapt to the changing requirements. Existing proposals provide only a static configuration setup for their distribution of the hypervisor instances. However, in order to satisfy the dynamics of virtual SDN networks, management protocols are needed to support dynamic changes. In this paper, we propose a control path migration protocol for distributed hypervisors. Such protocol is needed to support the dynamic adaptation of the virtualization layer. Our protocol is providing the missing procedure that allows a dynamic change of control connections between virtual SDN networks and the tenants' controllers, respectively. We provide a proof of concept implementation for our proposal. Through measurements in a real testbed setup, we show that our protocol is efficient in terms of control latency overhead and provides transparency to the controllers of the virtual SDN networks.\n
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Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw., pages 1163-1164, May 2015. IEEE\n
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Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw., pages 397-405, May 2015. IEEE\n
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@InProceedings{Blenk2015b,\n author = {Blenk, Andreas and Basta, Arsany and Kellerer, Wolfgang},\n title = {{HyperFlex: An SDN virtualization architecture with flexible hypervisor function allocation}},\n booktitle = {Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw.},\n year = {2015},\n pages = {397-405},\n month = may,\n publisher = {IEEE},\n 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.},\n doi = {10.1109/INM.2015.7140316},\n file = {/home/andi/Documents/Mendeley Desktop/2015/Blenk, Basta, Kellerer/2015 IFIPIEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM)/2015 - Blenk, Basta, Kellerer - HyperFlex An SDN virtualization architecture with flexible hypervisor function allocation.pdf},\n isbn = {978-1-4799-8241-7},\n issn = {1573-0077},\n keywords = {ownConference},\n location = {Ottawa, ON, Canada},\n owner = {andi},\n timestamp = {2016.11.16},\n url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7140316/},\n}\n\n
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\n 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.\n
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Proc. IEEE NFV-SDN, pages 198-204, November 2015. \n
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@InProceedings{Blenk2016a,\n author = {Blenk, Andreas and Basta, Arsany and Zerwas, Johannes and Kellerer, Wolfgang},\n booktitle = {Proc. IEEE NFV-SDN},\n title = {{Pairing SDN with network virtualization: The network hypervisor placement problem}},\n year = {2015},\n month = nov,\n pages = {198-204},\n doi = {10.1109/NFV-SDN.2015.7387427},\n keywords = {ownConference, software defined networking, telecommunication network topology, virtual machines, virtualisation, HPP, general SDN controller placement problem, latency metrics, network hypervisor placement problem, network virtualization hypervisor, physical network topology, virtual SDN networks, Mathematical model, Measurement, Resilience, Virtual machine monitors, Virtualization},\n location = {San Francisco, CA, USA},\n}\n\n
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Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw., pages 1261-1267, May 2015. IEEE\n
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@InProceedings{Sieber2015a,\n author = {Sieber, Christian and Blenk, Andreas and Hinteregger, Max and Kellerer, Wolfgang},\n title = {{The cost of aggressive HTTP adaptive streaming: Quantifying YouTube's redundant traffic}},\n booktitle = {Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw.},\n year = {2015},\n pages = {1261-1267},\n month = may,\n publisher = {IEEE},\n doi = {10.1109/INM.2015.7140478},\n file = {/home/andi/Documents/Mendeley Desktop/2015/Sieber et al/2015 IFIPIEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM)/2015 - Sieber et al. - The cost of aggressive HTTP adaptive streaming Quantifying YouTube's redundant traffic.pdf},\n isbn = {978-1-4799-8241-7},\n keywords = {ownConference},\n location = {Ottawa, ON, Canada},\n owner = {andi},\n timestamp = {2016.11.16},\n url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=7140478 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7140478/},\n}\n\n
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Proc. IFIP/IEEE Int. Symp. IM Netw., pages 1135-1136, May 2015. IEEE\n
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