LiONv2: An Experimental Network Construction Tool Considering Disaggregation of Network Configuration and Device Configuration

Yuki Nagai, Hiroki Watanabe, Takao Kondo, Fumio Teraoka

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Abstract

An experimental network environment plays an important role to examine new systems and protocols. We have developed an experimental network construction tool called LiONv1 (Lightweight On-Demand Networking, ver.1). LiONv1 satisfies the following four requirements: programmer-friendly configuration file based on Infrastructure as Code, multiple virtualization technologies for virtual nodes, physical topology conscious virtual node placement, and L3 protocol agnostic virtual networks. None of existing experimental network environments satisfy all the four requirements. In this paper, we develop LiONv2 which satisfies three more requirements: diversity of available network devices, Internet-scale deployment, and disaggregation of network configuration and device configuration. LiONv2 employs NETCONF and YANG to achieve diversity of available network devices and Internet-scale deployment. LiONv2 also defines two YANG models which disaggregate network configuration and device configuration. LiONv2 is implemented in Go and C languages with public libraries for Go. Measurement results show that construction time of a virtual network is irrelevant to the number of virtual nodes if a single virtual node is created per physical node.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization
Subtitle of host publicationAccelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age, NetSoft 2021
EditorsKohei Shiomoto, Young-Tak Kim, Christian Esteve Rothenberg, Barbara Martini, Eiji Oki, Baek-Young Choi, Noriaki Kamiyama, Stefano Secci
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages171-175
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665405225
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jun 28
Event7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 2021 Jun 282021 Jul 2

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization: Accelerating Network Softwarization in the Cognitive Age, NetSoft 2021

Conference

Conference7th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period21/6/2821/7/2

Keywords

  • Experimental network
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • L3 protocol agnostic
  • NETCONF
  • YANG

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software
  • Control and Optimization
  • Artificial Intelligence

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