OpenFunction: An Extensible Data Plane Abstraction Protocol for Platform-Independent Software-Defined Middleboxes - 2018 PROJECT TITLE :OpenFunction: An Extensible Data Plane Abstraction Protocol for Platform-Independent Software-Defined Middleboxes - 2018ABSTRACT:The information plane abstraction is central to software-outlined NetWorking (SDN). Currently, SDN information plane abstraction has only been realized for switches however not for middleboxes. A knowledge plane abstraction for middleboxes is required to comprehend the vision of software-outlined middleboxes (SDMs). Such a knowledge plane abstraction should be both platform independent and totally extensible. The match-action abstractions in OpenFlow/P4 have limited expression power to be applicable to middleboxes. Modular abstraction approaches have been proposed to implement middlebox data plane but aren't fully extensible in a platform-independent manner. During this Project, we have a tendency to propose OpenFunction, an extensible knowledge plane abstraction protocol for platform-independent software-defined middleboxes. The main challenge is how to abstract packet operations, flow states, and event generations with components. The key decision of OpenFunction is: actions/states/events operations should be defined during a uniform pattern and independent from every alternative. We tend to implemented a working SDM system as well as one OpenFunction controller and 3 OpenFunction boxes primarily based on Netmap, DPDK, and FPGA, respectively, to verify OpenFunction abstraction. Did you like this research project? To get this research project Guidelines, Training and Code... Click Here facebook twitter google+ linkedin stumble pinterest Online Scaling of NFV Service Chains Across Geo-Distributed Datacenters - 2018 Optimal Control for Generalized Network-Flow Problems - 2018