A RESTful Northbound Interface for Applications in Software Defined Networks

Abdullah Alghamdi, David Paul, Edmund Sadgrove

2021

Abstract

Software Defined Networking (SDN) aims to help overcome the complexities inherent in traditional networks. The main concept in SDN is the decoupling of the data layer from the control layer, the latter of which is centralised in a controller. OpenFlow has been adopted as the standard protocol for the southbound interface, where the controller communicates with forwarding devices. However, the northbound interface (NBI), connecting the controller with end-user business applications, does not have an open standard. NBIs have accelerated application development because developers can implement required functionality without the need to consider matters related to the data layer, but there is an issue of compatibility because each SDN has its own NBI. In this position paper we present a plan to design a RESTful NBI for SDN applications to improve compatibility across SDN technologies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Alghamdi A., Paul D. and Sadgrove E. (2021). A RESTful Northbound Interface for Applications in Software Defined Networks. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-536-4, pages 453-459. DOI: 10.5220/0010713300003058

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist21,
author={Abdullah Alghamdi and David Paul and Edmund Sadgrove},
title={A RESTful Northbound Interface for Applications in Software Defined Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2021},
pages={453-459},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010713300003058},
isbn={978-989-758-536-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - A RESTful Northbound Interface for Applications in Software Defined Networks
SN - 978-989-758-536-4
AU - Alghamdi A.
AU - Paul D.
AU - Sadgrove E.
PY - 2021
SP - 453
EP - 459
DO - 10.5220/0010713300003058