| publication name | Performance analysis of applying load balancing strategies on different SDN environments |
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| Authors | Mohamed I. Hamed; Basem M. ElHalawany; Mostafa M. Fouda; and Adly S. Tag Eldien. |
| year | 2017 |
| keywords | Software defined-network; Ryu controller; Load balancing; OpenFlow; Raspberry Pi. |
| journal | Benha Journal of Applied Sciences |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | BJAS |
| Local/International | Local |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Software-Defined Network (SDN) is considered a breakthrough to the global network. It plays an important role in performance improvement and network optimization. SDN is a new mechanism for managing and designing networks rather than the current traditional network system which does not afford more services and higher data rates; therefore, we analyze the effect of applying load balancing techniques and its importance in different SDN environments. In this paper, we propose a dynamic server load balancing technique in SDN architecture. Hence, we implement a server Connection-based load balancing technique and evaluate its performance with a static Round-robin and Random-based in both mininet emulation environment and Raspberry Pi OpenFlow-enabled switch using Ryu OpenFlow controller. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with Round-robin and random distribution of clients' requests. The results show that the proposed technique achieves more reliability and higher resource utilization than the Round-robin and Random-based load balancing strategies. In addition, the proposed scheme exhibits more scalability and low-cost characteristics.