OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks

OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks

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by Nick Mckeown , Scott Shenker , Tom Anderson , Larry Peterson , Jonathan Turner , Hari Balakrishnan , Jennifer Rexford

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TITLE	OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Nick Mckeown	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Stanford University; Guru Parulkar; Stanford University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Scott Shenker	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	University of California,	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	Berkeley	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Tom Anderson	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	University of Washington	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Larry Peterson	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Princeton University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Jonathan Turner	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Washington University in; St. Louis	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Hari Balakrishnan	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	MIT	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Jennifer Rexford	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Princeton University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	This article is an editorial note submitted to CCR. It has NOT been peer reviewed. Authors take full responsibility for this article’s technical content. Comments can be posted through CCR Online. This whitepaper proposes OpenFlow: a way for researchers to run experimental protocols in the networks they use every day. OpenFlow is based on an Ethernet switch, with an internal flow-table, and a standardized interface to add and remove flow entries. Our goal is to encourage networking vendors to add OpenFlow to their switch products for deployment in college campus backbones and wiring closets. We believe that OpenFlow is a pragmatic compromise: on one hand, it allows researchers to run experiments on heterogeneous switches in a uniform way at line-rate and with high port-density; while on the other hand, vendors do not need to expose the internal workings of their switches. In addition to allowing researchers to evaluate their ideas in real-world traffic settings, OpenFlow could serve as a useful campus component in proposed large-scale testbeds like GENI. Two buildings at Stanford University will soon run OpenFlow networks, using commercial Ethernet switches and routers. We will work to encourage deployment at other schools; and We encourage you to consider deploying OpenFlow in your university network too.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
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