An openflow architecture for energy-aware traffic engineering in mobile networks

To cope with the growing traffic demand, future mobile networks will be denser and integrate heterogeneous technologies. However, if not properly engineered, such networks may incur huge energy waste when there is little traffic, and may suffer from an unbearable management burden caused by the vari...

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Published inIEEE network Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 54 - 60
Main Authors Donato, Carlos, Serrano, Pablo, de la Oliva, Antonio, Banchs, Albert, Bernardos, Carlos J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.07.2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Architecture (computers)
Computer architecture
Controllers
Feasibility
IEEE 802.11 Standard
Mobile communication
Mobile computing
Network architecture
Networks
Provisioning
Resource management
Software defined networking
Software radio
Traffic engineering
Traffic flow
Wastes
Wireless communication
Wireless networks
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Summary:To cope with the growing traffic demand, future mobile networks will be denser and integrate heterogeneous technologies. However, if not properly engineered, such networks may incur huge energy waste when there is little traffic, and may suffer from an unbearable management burden caused by the variety of technologies integrated. In this article, we propose and implement a novel management architecture for mobile networks based on OpenFlow, which supports resource-on-demand provisioning in a centralized control plane, and hides the technology specifics from the controller through the use of abstractions. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated by a real-life prototype based on commercial off-the-shelf devices.
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ISSN:0890-8044
1558-156X
DOI:10.1109/MNET.2015.7166191