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Software-defined networking (SDN), which decouples the control and data planes of the network, is one of the most promising paradigms in the recent networking architectures. The SDN concept relies on a centralized controller. However, a centralized architecture faces the challenges of scalability, availability and fault-tolerance. OpenFlow (OF), the most commonly used southbound interface for SDN, makes the provision of using multiple controllers. In this paper, we propose FOIL, a new Fault-tolerant OpenFlow multi-controller model with ICMP-based lightweight inter-controller communication for achieving fault-tolerance and reliability in the SDN control plane.
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Medhi, N., Saikia, D.K. (2020). OpenFlow-Based Multi-controller Model for Fault-Tolerant and Reliable Control Plane. In: Elçi, A., Sa, P., Modi, C., Olague, G., Sahoo, M., Bakshi, S. (eds) Smart Computing Paradigms: New Progresses and Challenges. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 767. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9680-9_4
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