Research Article

NSAF: An Approach for Ensuring Application-Aware Routing Based on Network QoS of Applications in SDN

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Comparison with the related studies.

CriteriaInteractive monitoring [28]MonSamp [29]PayLess [30]NSAF

Monitored targetsSDN controller and deviceTraffic patternApplication QoSApplication QoS and network path that satisfy application QoS

Application QoS monitoring aspectsHow to monitor QoSRegistration of the user traffic profile (configuration parameter setting)Flow sampling application (switch flow rule)Monitoring request object creation (specification)NSLA based on the ontology (binding value at the ontology)
Route control with QoSNot supportedFeedback from the flow sampling applicationNot supported (only monitoring)Route control using NSAF
How to ensure QoSNot supported (visualization support about the monitoring result)Not presentedNot presented (statistical result about monitoring)(i) QoS violation detection using the ontology
(ii) Network routing with Dijkstra’s algorithm and GA considering QoS