Abstract
We use the term clairvoyant to refer to networks which provide on-demand visibility for any flow at any time. Traditionally, network visibility is achieved by instrumenting and passively monitoring all flows in a network. SDN networks, by design endowed with full visibility, offer another alternative to network-wide flow monitoring. Both approaches incur significant capital and operational costs to make networks clairvoyant.In this paper, we argue that we can make any existing network clairvoyant by installing one or more SDN-enabled switches and a specialized controller to support on-demand visibility. We analyze the benefits and costs of such clairvoyant networks and provide a basic design by integrating two existing mechanisms for updating paths through legacy switches with SDN, telekinesis and magnet MACs. Our evaluation on a lab testbed and through extensive simulations show that, even with a single SDN-enabled switch, operators can make any flow visible for monitoring within milliseconds, albeit at 38% average increase in path length. With as many as 2% strategically chosen legacy switches replaced with SDN switches, clairvoyant networks achieve on-demand flow visibility with negligible overhead.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | TMA 2019 - Proceedings of the 3rd Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference |
Editors | Stefano Secci, Isabelle Chrisment, Marco Fiore, Lionel Tabourier, Keun-Woo Lim |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 89-96 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783903176171 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Event | 3rd IFIP/IEEE Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference, TMA 2019 - Paris, France Duration: Jun 19 2019 → Jun 21 2019 |
Publication series
Name | TMA 2019 - Proceedings of the 3rd Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference |
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Conference
Conference | 3rd IFIP/IEEE Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference, TMA 2019 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Paris |
Period | 6/19/19 → 6/21/19 |
Bibliographical note
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