%0 Journal Article %1 Bredel:2014:FLB:2620728.2620770 %A Bredel, Michael %A Bozakov, Zdravko %A Barczyk, Artur %A Newman, Harvey %B Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking %C New York, NY, USA %D 2014 %I ACM %K WAN balancing load myown poster %P 213--214 %R 10.1145/2620728.2620770 %T Flow-based Load Balancing in Multipathed Layer-2 Networks Using OpenFlow and multipath-TCP %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2620728.2620770 %X In this paper we address the challenge of traffic optimization for big data flows in layer-2 networks. We present an OpenFlow controller implementation that removes the necessity of a Spanning Tree Protocol, allows for the usage of multiple paths, and enables in-network per-flow load balancing. Moreover, we demonstrate how systems deploying Multipath-TCP can benefit from our solution. %@ 978-1-4503-2989-7

@article{Bredel:2014:FLB:2620728.2620770, abstract = {In this paper we address the challenge of traffic optimization for big data flows in layer-2 networks. We present an OpenFlow controller implementation that removes the necessity of a Spanning Tree Protocol, allows for the usage of multiple paths, and enables in-network per-flow load balancing. Moreover, we demonstrate how systems deploying Multipath-TCP can benefit from our solution.}, acmid = {2620770}, added-at = {2014-11-07T12:25:17.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Bredel, Michael and Bozakov, Zdravko and Barczyk, Artur and Newman, Harvey}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ac8d1eb374d01b71469f51825fccd17d/bozakov}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking}, description = {Flow-based load balancing in multipathed layer-2 networks using OpenFlow and multipath-TCP}, doi = {10.1145/2620728.2620770}, interhash = {a67b2e999e4d68ceca274c733d2f14e7}, intrahash = {ac8d1eb374d01b71469f51825fccd17d}, isbn = {978-1-4503-2989-7}, keywords = {WAN balancing load myown poster}, location = {Chicago, Illinois, USA}, numpages = {2}, pages = {213--214}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {HotSDN '14}, timestamp = {2014-11-07T14:23:56.000+0100}, title = {Flow-based Load Balancing in Multipathed Layer-2 Networks Using OpenFlow and multipath-TCP}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2620728.2620770}, year = 2014 }