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SDN Solution- or Problem-Based Research?

SDN Solution- or Problem-Based Research?. Bob Briscoe, BT IETF-84 SDN-RG Jul 2012. IRTF is generally problem-focused. Routing Congestion Control Network Complexity Delay-Tolerant Networking Network Management …. one recent exception HIP (host identity protocol) SDN another exception?

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SDN Solution- or Problem-Based Research?

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  1. SDNSolution- or Problem-Based Research? Bob Briscoe, BT IETF-84 SDN-RG Jul 2012

  2. IRTF is generally problem-focused Routing Congestion Control Network Complexity Delay-Tolerant Networking Network Management … one recent exception HIP (host identity protocol) SDN another exception? aimed at sufficiently many different problems solution-based r-g could make sense, but...

  3. solution-focused or problem-focused? solution-focused? assume SDN, then solve outstanding potential problems with it? e.g. policy complexity modelling scalability inter-domain validation of evolvability claims ... see mailing list & other presentations (esp. Dave Ward’s IAB plenary) for dozens more suggestions problem-focused? pre-standards convergence on best approach to solve a problem? how does centralised FIB distribution compare vs decentralised vs hybrid? is it best for forwarding isolation to be independent of performance isolation for virtual networks? is it best to use the same architecture for FIB distribution and for config? how best to do multipath & traffic engineering

  4. boiling a small lake solution-focused makes the work concrete but answers will either be SDN OK or SDN not OK not a good model of the real choices facing us problem-focused preferred but leads to ocean-boiling some thoughts on narrowing scope for discussion…

  5. 3 Strategic Networking Paradigmsfor Network Operators Creates operational flexibility Reduces ReducesCapEx, OpEx, space & power consumption Network FunctionVirtualisation Open Innovation Software Defined Networks Createscompetitivesupply of innovative applications by third parties Creates abstractions to enable faster innovation.

  6. mapping of technologies to problems we could focus on solving a particular problem (column) we could also ask is an integrated solution (multi-column) good? or “do one thing and do it well” so operators can pick & choose rather than lock-in to an über-solution? SDNocean OpenFlow OFconfig Yang ALTO ForCES NETCONF CDNI SID MPLS SNMP XMPP MPLS-TE IPsec RESTful Diffserv TRILL Web UI ConEx SPB CLI

  7. position solution-focused – too narrow problem-focused – too broad solution-prompted – just right prefer to use SDN as a prompt to re-evaluate provokes questioning of traditional approaches doesn’t require us to assume SDN is the answer

  8. SDNSolution- or Problem-Based Research? Q&A

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