Performance implications of packet filtering with linux ebpf

D Scholz, D Raumer, P Emmerich… - … Congress (ITC 30), 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Firewall capabilities of operating systems are traditionally provided by inflexible filter
routines or hooks in the kernel. These require privileged access to be configured and are not …

QoS-aware VNF placement optimization in edge-central carrier cloud architecture

FB Jemaa, G Pujolle, M Pariente - 2016 IEEE global …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud computing and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) represent together a promising
solution for wireless network operators to improve business agility and cope with the …

The pos framework: a methodology and toolchain for reproducible network experiments

S Gallenmüller, D Scholz, H Stubbe… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In scientific research, the independent reproduction of experimental results is the source of
trust. The release of experimental artifacts enables the reproduction of results; however …

SYN flood defense in programmable data planes

D Scholz, S Gallenmüller, H Stubbe… - … of the 3rd P4 Workshop in …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The SYN flood attack is a common attack strategy as part of Distributed Denial-of-Service,
which steadily becomes more frequent and of higher volume. To defend against SYN floods …

Evaluation of forwarding efficiency in NFV-nodes toward predictable service chain performance

R Kawashima, H Nakayama… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The concept of network functions virtualization (NFV) has been embodied in commercial
networks over the past years. Software-based virtual network functions have forwarding …

X-MAN: A non-intrusive power manager for energy-adaptive cloud-native network functions

Z Xiang, M Höweler, D You… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging microservices demand flexible low-latency processing of network functions in
virtualized environments, eg, as containerized network functions (CNFs). While ensuring …

Analytical models for QoS-driven VNF placement and provisioning in wireless carrier cloud

F Ben Jemaa, G Pujolle, M Pariente - Proceedings of the 19th ACM …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) represents a promising solution for wireless network
operators to improve business agility and cope with the continuing growth in data traffic …

Efficient serving of VPN endpoints on COTS server hardware

D Raumer, S Gallenmüller, P Emmerich… - 2016 5th IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Of late an increasing amount of functionality in computer networks is provided by commodity
x86 hardware wherein the CPU is the main bottleneck. Relieving the CPU from a portion of …

[HTML][HTML] QUIC on the Fast Lane: Extending Performance Evaluations on High-rate Links

M Kempf, B Jaeger, J Zirngibl, K Ploch… - Computer Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
QUIC is a new protocol standardized in 2021 designed to improve on the widely used
TCP/TLS stack. The main goal is to speed up web traffic via HTTP, but it is also used in other …

A host-based performance comparison of 40G NFV environments focusing on packet processing architectures and virtual switches

R Kawashima, S Muramatsu… - 2016 Fifth European …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is now accepted in large production networks for
agile introduction of various Network Functions (NFs). A service chaining technology that …