Flow-level load balancing of HTTP traffic using open flow

Anees Al-Najjar, Siamak Layeghy, Marius Portmann, Jadwiga Indulska

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore the concept of flow-based load balancing of network traffic on multi-homed hosts. In contrast to existing approaches such as MultipathTCP, our approach is a client-side-only solution, and can therefore easily be deployed. We specifically explore flow-based load balancing for web and video traffic use cases. Experimental evaluations of our OpenFlow-based load balancer demonstrate the potential of flow-based load balancing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)75-95
Number of pages21
JournalAustralian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Load Balancing
  • Multi-homed Devices
  • Software Defined Networking
  • Video Streaming Traffic
  • Web Traffic Optimisation

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