Overview of programmable data plane technology

Xinxin TANG; Xuewen ZENG; Zhiyuan LING; Lei SONG

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Overview of programmable data plane technology

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- Overview of programmable data plane technology
- Telecommunications Science Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages: 1-16(2023)
- 作者机构：
  
  1. 中国科学院声学研究所国家网络新媒体工程技术研究中心，北京 100190
  2. 中国科学院大学，北京 100049
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- DOI：10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2023093
  CLC： TP393
- Published Online：2023-04，
  
  Published：20 April 2023
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Xinxin TANG, Xuewen ZENG, Zhiyuan LING, et al. Overview of programmable data plane technology[J]. Telecommunications science, 2023, 39(4): 1-16.
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Xinxin TANG, Xuewen ZENG, Zhiyuan LING, et al. Overview of programmable data plane technology[J]. Telecommunications science, 2023, 39(4): 1-16. DOI： 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2023093.

摘要

在软件定义网络中，可编程数据平面提供的编程能力是网络功能虚拟化的基石。可编程数据平面技术的核心是可编程能力与数据包处理性能。首先从数据平面的可编程性出发，探讨现有数据平面的数据包处理抽象。然后，分别对数据平面实施的目标平台与对应平台上的主要流表算法进行介绍，详细论述现有数据平面技术。最后，探讨了高性能数据平面技术存在的关键挑战。

Abstract

In software defined network

the programmability provided by the programmable data plane is the cornerstone of network function virtualization.The core of programmable data plane technology is programmability and packet processing performance.Firstly

the packet processing abstraction of existing data planes from the programmability of data planes was explored.Then

the existing data plane related technologies were discussed in detail in terms of the target platforms and related algorithms for data plane implementation

respectively.Finally

the key challenges of high-performance data plane technologies were discussed.

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