2020/05/14 by Pradeeban Kathiravelu, Kathiravelu, Pradeeban, Peter Van Roy +5
Computer Science · #Caching and Content Delivery #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #IoT and Edge/Fog Computing #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Parallel #Software-Defined Networks and 5G #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2005.07136
openalex publication_date 2020/05/14 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Internet, at large, remains under the control of service providers and\nautonomous systems. The Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing provide an\nincreasing demand and potential for more user control for their web service\nworkflows. Network Softwarization revolutionizes the network landscape in\nvarious stages, from building, incrementally deploying, and maintaining the\nenvironment. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions\nVirtualization (NFV) are two core tenets of network softwarization. SDN offers\na logically centralized control plane by abstracting away the control of the\nnetwork devices in the data plane. NFV virtualizes dedicated hardware\nmiddleboxes and deploys them on top of servers and data centers as network\nfunctions. Thus, network softwarization enables efficient management of the\nsystem by enhancing its control and improving the reusability of the network\nservices. In this work, we propose our vision for a Software-Defined Internet\n(SDI) for latency-sensitive web service workflows. SDI extends network\nsoftwarization to the Internet-scale, to enable a latency-aware user workflow\nexecution on the Internet.\n