Nkosi, Mpho CLysko, Albert ADlamini, Sabelo V2019-02-272019-02-272018-12Nkosi, M.C., Lysko, A.A. and Dlamini, S.V. 2018. Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane. 2018 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications (ICONIC 2018), Holiday Inn Mauritius, Mon Trésor, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius, 6-7 December 2018978-1-5386-6477-3978-1-5386-6478-0https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8601241DOI: 10.1109/ICONIC.2018.8601241http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10731Copyright: 2018 IEEE. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the accepted version of the published item. For access to the published version, please consult the publisher's website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8601241Networks have become an important feature of our day-to-day to life and therefore, user experience is an imperative goal to be achieved by network operators. Load balancing is a method of improving network performance, availability, minimizing delays and avoiding network congestion. In this paper, we study dynamic load balancing to improve network performance and reduce network response time. The load balancer is applied to OpenFlow SDN network’s data plane with Opendaylight as the controller. The flexibility of the load balancer is tested by using it on two different network topologies. Results show that the load balancer can improve the overall performance of the network and reduce delay. The main contribution of this work is a load balancing mechanism for SDN centralized controller environments which can be employed at any point in time in a network, for example, before network failure or after link failure, to avoid data plane congestion and link overloading.enSDNOpenFlowData PlaneControllerLoad balancingConference PresentationNkosi, M. C., Lysko, A. A., & Dlamini, S. V. (2018). Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10731Nkosi, Mpho C, Albert A Lysko, and Sabelo V Dlamini. "Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10731Nkosi MC, Lysko AA, Dlamini SV, Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane; IEEE; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10731 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Nkosi, Mpho C AU - Lysko, Albert A AU - Dlamini, Sabelo V AB - Networks have become an important feature of our day-to-day to life and therefore, user experience is an imperative goal to be achieved by network operators. Load balancing is a method of improving network performance, availability, minimizing delays and avoiding network congestion. In this paper, we study dynamic load balancing to improve network performance and reduce network response time. The load balancer is applied to OpenFlow SDN network’s data plane with Opendaylight as the controller. The flexibility of the load balancer is tested by using it on two different network topologies. Results show that the load balancer can improve the overall performance of the network and reduce delay. The main contribution of this work is a load balancing mechanism for SDN centralized controller environments which can be employed at any point in time in a network, for example, before network failure or after link failure, to avoid data plane congestion and link overloading. DA - 2018-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - SDN KW - OpenFlow KW - Data Plane KW - Controller KW - Load balancing LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 978-1-5386-6477-3 SM - 978-1-5386-6478-0 T1 - Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane TI - Multi-path load balancing for SDN data plane UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10731 ER -