Software-Defined Data Plane Enhancing SDN and NFV

• DOI: 10.1587/transcom.e98.b.12
• Publication Date: 2015-01-05T07:21:08Z
• Authors: Akihiro NAKAO
• Keywords: Forwarding plane; Isolation; Network Functions Virtualization

In this paper, we posit that extension of SDN to support deeply and flexibly programmable, software-defined data plane significantly enhance NFV their interaction in terms (1) enhanced between applications networks, (2) optimization network functions, (3) rapid development new protocols. All these benefits are expected contribute improving the quality diversifying communication networks services. We identify three major technical challenges for enabling as ease programming, reasonable predictable performance isolation among multiple concurrent logics. also promote application-driving thinking towards defining software defined data-plane. briefly introduce our project FLARE its related technologies review four use cases flexible programmable plane.