As the density of wireless networks continues to grow with more clients,
more base stations, and more traffic, designing cost-effective wireless
solutions with efficient resource usage and ease to manage is an increasing
challenging task due to the overall system complexity. A number of vendors
offer scalable and high-performance wireless networks but at a high cost
and commonly as a single-vendor solution, limiting the ability to innovate
after roll-out. Recent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) approaches propose
new means for network virtualization and programmability advancing the way
networks can be designed and operated, including user-defined features and
customized behaviour even at runtime. However, means for rapid prototyping
and experimental evaluation of SDN for wireless environments are not yet
available. This paper introduces Mininet-WiFi as a tool to emulate wireless
OpenFlow/SDN scenarios allowing high-fidelity experiments that replicate
real networking environments. Mininet-WiFi augments the well-known Mininet
emulator with virtual wireless stations and access points while keeping the
original SDN capabilities and the lightweight virtualization software
architecture. We elaborate on the potential applications of Mininet-Wifi
and discuss the benefits and current limitations. Two use cases based on
IEEE 802.11 demonstrate available functionality in our open source
developments.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 Font1511:Mininet
%A Fontes, Ramon
%A Afzal, Samira
%A Brito, Samuel
%A Santos, Mateus
%A Esteve Rothenberg, Christian
%B 2nd International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems, 2015(ManSDN/NFV 2015)
%C Barcelona, Spain
%D 2015
%K mininet openflow sdn wireless
%T Mininet-WiFi: Emulating Software-Defined Wireless Networks
%X As the density of wireless networks continues to grow with more clients,
more base stations, and more traffic, designing cost-effective wireless
solutions with efficient resource usage and ease to manage is an increasing
challenging task due to the overall system complexity. A number of vendors
offer scalable and high-performance wireless networks but at a high cost
and commonly as a single-vendor solution, limiting the ability to innovate
after roll-out. Recent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) approaches propose
new means for network virtualization and programmability advancing the way
networks can be designed and operated, including user-defined features and
customized behaviour even at runtime. However, means for rapid prototyping
and experimental evaluation of SDN for wireless environments are not yet
available. This paper introduces Mininet-WiFi as a tool to emulate wireless
OpenFlow/SDN scenarios allowing high-fidelity experiments that replicate
real networking environments. Mininet-WiFi augments the well-known Mininet
emulator with virtual wireless stations and access points while keeping the
original SDN capabilities and the lightweight virtualization software
architecture. We elaborate on the potential applications of Mininet-Wifi
and discuss the benefits and current limitations. Two use cases based on
IEEE 802.11 demonstrate available functionality in our open source
developments.
@inproceedings{Font1511:Mininet,
abstract = {As the density of wireless networks continues to grow with more clients,
more base stations, and more traffic, designing cost-effective wireless
solutions with efficient resource usage and ease to manage is an increasing
challenging task due to the overall system complexity. A number of vendors
offer scalable and high-performance wireless networks but at a high cost
and commonly as a single-vendor solution, limiting the ability to innovate
after roll-out. Recent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) approaches propose
new means for network virtualization and programmability advancing the way
networks can be designed and operated, including user-defined features and
customized behaviour even at runtime. However, means for rapid prototyping
and experimental evaluation of SDN for wireless environments are not yet
available. This paper introduces Mininet-WiFi as a tool to emulate wireless
OpenFlow/SDN scenarios allowing high-fidelity experiments that replicate
real networking environments. Mininet-WiFi augments the well-known Mininet
emulator with virtual wireless stations and access points while keeping the
original SDN capabilities and the lightweight virtualization software
architecture. We elaborate on the potential applications of Mininet-Wifi
and discuss the benefits and current limitations. Two use cases based on
IEEE 802.11 demonstrate available functionality in our open source
developments.},
added-at = {2015-09-20T17:01:56.000+0200},
address = {Barcelona, Spain},
author = {Fontes, Ramon and Afzal, Samira and Brito, Samuel and Santos, Mateus and {Esteve Rothenberg}, Christian},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b4f6ac6538a6228f2eb78e24db7cdc2c/chesteve},
booktitle = {2nd International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems, 2015(ManSDN/NFV 2015)},
days = {13},
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keywords = {mininet openflow sdn wireless},
month = nov,
timestamp = {2015-09-20T17:01:56.000+0200},
title = {{Mininet-WiFi:} Emulating {Software-Defined} Wireless Networks},
year = 2015
}