Name: RENAN FREIRE TAVARES
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 25/09/2019
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| MAXWELL EDUARDO MONTEIRO | Advisor * |
| RODOLFO DA SILVA VILLACA | Co-advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| GILMAR LUIZ VASSOLER | External Examiner * |
| MAXWELL EDUARDO MONTEIRO | Advisor * |
| RODOLFO DA SILVA VILLACA | Co advisor * |
| VINICIUS FERNANDES SOARES MOTA | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: Service Function Chaining (SFC) is responsible for steering network traffic in order to meet
the most varied SLAs before data is delivered to the nd client. With the increasing demand
for computational resources, new paradigms were created to adapt to this new reality. Once
implemented on hardware devices, the Network Function Vitualization (NFV) approach
has allowed network functions to be implemented virtually with the support of Cloud
Computing. An example of a tool that simply delivers such functions is Fastclick. This one
is a derivation of the Click language with important performance improvements. SFC goes
hand in hand with NFV to meet new computing requirements. Thus, the ossified earlier
model that has low modifiability and is largely dependent on hardware manufacturers has
been replaced by the more flexible and scalable one. The SFC has been constantly studied
by the academy and treated in a special way by the industry. However, currently there
is still a lack of tools that fulfill the task of implementing and making these functions
simple. This paper aims to deliver SFC in cloud environments by taking advantage of
the simplicity of building Fastclick Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). The result was
the development of sfcFC, a platform-independent approach. The sfcFC is based on the
protocol that supports SFC, Network Service Header (NSH), and delivers SFC in virtual
network environments in a programmable and open source manner.
