Service Function Chaining on Programmable Data Plane

Gyuyeong Kim; Wonjun Lee

doi:10.1109/ICCE-Asia49877.2020.9277296

Service Function Chaining on Programmable Data Plane

Gyuyeong Kim, Wonjun Lee

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Abstract

Service Function Chaining (SFC) enables advanced in-network packet processing by passing through an ordered set of service functions. However, it is challenging to achieve high performance because chaining functions like service function forwarders generally run on commodity servers, which offer limited throughput and require additional round-trip times. In this paper, we present P4-SFC, a novel SFC architecture that leverages the flexibility of emerging programmable switches for high performance SFC packet processing. P4-SFC achieves low latency and high throughput by migrating the chaining functions to programmable switches. Our benchmark results show that P4-SFC outperforms existing the server-based solution in chain latency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728161648
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Asia49877.2020.9277296
Publication status	Published - 2020 Nov 1
Event	2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2020 Nov 1 → 2020 Nov 3

Publication series

Name	2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020

Conference

Conference	2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	20/11/1 → 20/11/3

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was partly supported by Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2017-0-00195, Development of Core Technologies for Programmable Switch in Multi-Service Networks), and Next-Generation Information Computing Development Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (No. 2017M3C4A7083676). Wonjun Lee is the corresponding author.

Keywords

P4
Programmable data plane
Service function chaining

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Media Technology
Instrumentation

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Kim, G., & Lee, W. (2020). Service Function Chaining on Programmable Data Plane. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020 Article 9277296 (2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Asia49877.2020.9277296

Service Function Chaining on Programmable Data Plane. / Kim, Gyuyeong; Lee, Wonjun.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9277296 (2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kim, G & Lee, W 2020, Service Function Chaining on Programmable Data Plane. in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020., 9277296, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Asia, ICCE-Asia 2020, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 20/11/1. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Asia49877.2020.9277296

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