Early flow table eviction impact on delay and throughput in software-defined networks

• Main Authors: Humayun, Usman, Hamdan, Mosab, Marsono, M. N.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95945/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCSCE52189.2021.9530933

In a software-defined network (SDN), the forwarding rules are installed at switch's flow tables that are built using Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM). TCAM has a limited storage capacity which causes flow tables to overflow which degrades the performance of SDN. Early eviction can redu...