Research Article

Availability Improvement of Layer 2 Seamless Networks Using OpenFlow

Table 1

Comparison of the packet-loss robustness in different topologies.

Availability Global loss rate (%)
Simple LAN RED. SAN Simple PRP RED. DAN

0.94.2 × 10−12.2 × 10−11.7 × 10−14.6 × 10−2
0.994.9 × 10−21.3 × 10−22.5 × 10−33.4 × 10−4
0.9995.5 × 10−31.2 × 10−32.4 × 10−54.0 × 10−6
0.99994.6 × 10−47.1 × 10−62.4 × 10−74.0 × 10−8