TITLE:
Optimising Energy Consumption in SD-DCN Networks (Software Defined-Data Center Network)
AUTHORS:
Narcisse Tahi, Etienne Soro, Pacôme Brou, Olivier Asseu
KEYWORDS:
DCN, Optimisation, Energy Consumption, QoS, SDN
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.14 No.8,
August
23,
2024
ABSTRACT: Over the last decade, the rapid growth in traffic and the number of network devices has implicitly led to an increase in network energy consumption. In this context, a new paradigm has emerged, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which is an emerging technique that separates the control plane and the data plane of the deployed network, enabling centralized control of the network, while offering flexibility in data center network management. Some research work is moving in the direction of optimizing the energy consumption of SD-DCN, but still does not guarantee good performance and quality of service for SDN networks. To solve this problem, we propose a new mathematical model based on the principle of combinatorial optimization to dynamically solve the problem of activating and deactivating switches and unused links that consume energy in SDN networks while guaranteeing quality of service (QoS) and ensuring load balancing in the network.