DecOp: Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain

Ephraim Moges; Tao Han

doi:10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162978

DecOp: Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain

Ephraim Moges, Tao Han

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Abstract

With the increase of IOT devices worldwide, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a critical tool to optimize and manage congested IP networks. The challenges faced with such networks are achieving optimal resource allocation and traceability. Network operators face network security attacks (eg. MITM) causing a breach in Service-Level Agreements (SLA). Traditional solutions have aimed to improve this using algorithms and additional hardware. This paper presents DecOp, a new methodology in operating a network based on peers instead of a centralized algorithm using Blockchain (BC). BC is a growing technology that is used primarily in the financial industry (eg. BITCON and ETHEREUM) because of its ability to bring dependable consensus amongst several users using distributed ledgers. DecOp makes use of the existing platforms infrastructure to process and store network configurations. This allows for a modular solution that can be implemented and verified with varying platforms. We designed a new method to allocate resources by integrating SDN and BC using the designed Secure Service Contract (SSC) chaincode, Secure Network Operator (SNO) chaincode, and modular communication middleware. This provides a dependable traceability by storing changes to the network state in an immutable ledger. A prototype is developed and tested with Hyperledger Fabric as the BC platform and OpenDaylight as the SDN Controller. Evaluation results focus on system performance versus the BC Network size, from 12 to 40 peers.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	225-230
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728186955
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162978
State	Published - Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2020 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020 - Toronto, Canada Duration: Jul 6 2020 → Jul 9 2020

Publication series

Name	IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020

Conference

Conference	2020 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	7/6/20 → 7/9/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Keywords

Blockchain
Hyperledger Fabric
OpenDaylight
Queue scheduling
Security
Software-defined networking

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Moges, E., & Han, T. (2020). DecOp: Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain. In IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020 (pp. 225-230). Article 9162978 (IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162978

Moges, Ephraim ; Han, Tao. / DecOp : Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain. IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 225-230 (IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020).

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Moges, E & Han, T 2020, DecOp: Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain. in IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020., 9162978, IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 225-230, 2020 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020, Toronto, Canada, 7/6/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162978

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IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 225-230 9162978 (IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020).

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Moges E, Han T. DecOp: Decentralized network operations in software defined networking using blockchain. In IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 225-230. 9162978. (IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2020). doi: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162978

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