Using deep programmability to put network owners in control
| Autor: | Larry L. Peterson, Oguz Sunay, Jennifer Rexford, Guru Parulkar, Nick McKeown, Nate Foster |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Access network
Computer Networks and Communications Network packet business.industry Computer science Scale (chemistry) Control (management) 020206 networking & telecommunications 02 engineering and technology Computer security computer.software_genre Software End-to-end principle 020204 information systems 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Forwarding plane Verifiable secret sharing business computer |
| Zdroj: | ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 50:82-88 |
| ISSN: | 0146-4833 |
| Popis: | Controlling an opaque system by reading some "dials" and setting some "knobs," without really knowing what they do, is a hazardous and fruitless endeavor, particularly at scale. What we need are transparent networks, that start at the top with a high-level intent and map all the way down, through the control plane to the data plane. If we can specify the behavior we want in software, then we can check that the system behaves as we expect. This is impossible if the implementation is opaque. We therefore need to use open-source software or write it ourselves (or both), and have mechanisms for checking actual behavior against the specified intent. With fine-grain checking (e.g., every packet, every state variable), we can build networks that are more reliable, secure, and performant. In the limit, we can build networks that run autonomously under verifiable, closed-loop control. We believe this vision, while ambitious, is finally within our reach, due to deep programmability across the stack, both vertically (control and data plane) and horizontally (end to end). It will emerge naturally in some networks, as network owners take control of their software and engage in open-source efforts; whereas in enterprise networks it may take longer. In 5G access networks, there is a pressing need for our community to engage, so these networks, too, can operate autonomously under verifiable, closed-loop control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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