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An Adaptable Failover Mechanism in Controller Cluster for Software-Defined Networking

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  • YI-WEI MA

    (China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain, Shanghai Maritime University, China)

  • YAO-HONG TSA

    (Department of Information Management, Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan)

  • JIANN-LIANG CHEN

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

  • DA-WEI JIANG

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

  • JAI-YI JHOU

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

Abstract

This work proposes an adaptable failover mechanism for use in the control plane that combines various controllers to deal with controller failure to ensure that controller failure is tolerable. Each controller in the cluster of controllers has one of two roles: leader and member. The failover system is composed of four components, which are state monitor, failure detector, event actor and schedule handler. The failover mechanism reduces the overall network failover time, improves network stability and optimizes the processing performance in the data plane. This work analyzes the failover mechanism that is based on a controller cluster in software-defined networking. The results thus obtained reveal that the proposed mechanism effectively detects a failed controller, and the failover mechanism reduces the failover time by 22.46%.

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  • Yi-Wei Ma & Yao-Hong Tsa & Jiann-Liang Chen & Da-Wei Jiang & Jai-Yi Jhou, 2016. "An Adaptable Failover Mechanism in Controller Cluster for Software-Defined Networking," International Journal of Technology and Engineering Studies, PROF.IR.DR.Mohid Jailani Mohd Nor, vol. 2(6), pages 185-188.
    • Handle: RePEc:apa:ijtess:2016:p:185-188
    DOI: 10.20469/ijtes.2.40004-6
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