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Management System Scalability Evaluation in Multi-domain Content Aware Networks

Authors:
Eugen Borcoci
Mihai Constantinescu
Marius-Constantin Vochin

Keywords: Content-Aware Networking; Software Defined Networking, Multi-domain; Management; Resource provisioning; Future Internet

Abstract:
This paper studies and evaluates the scalability properties of a resource management subsystem as a component of a networked media eco-system. The overall system aims to offer multimedia delivery with configurable guarantees of Quality of Services, over multi-domain networks, to large communities of users. The transport infrastructure is based on creation of data plane logical slices named Virtual Content Aware Networks. These slices are realized under control of a management plane, comprising centralized per-network domain “controllers”, cooperating to construct parallel data planes, which span multiple IP network domains independently managed. In this multi-domain context, the management system scalability properties are important, while the problem is similar to the multi-controller inter-communication in emerging multi-controller Software Defined Networking technologies. The management system architecture considered in this paper has been previously defined. This work additionally provides a simulation model and results, concerning the scalability of the multi-controller communications subsystem. It is shown that the proposed control approach is conveniently feasible in a multi-domain network environment.

Pages: 216 to 227

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2014. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2014

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644