NetVM: High performance and flexible networking using virtualization on commodity platforms

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-47

  Hwang, Jinho ^a   Ramakrishnan, K K ^b   Wood, Timothy ^c  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Network function virtualization; Software defined network

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; DATA HANDLING; PACKET NETWORKS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; ROUTERS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DATA-PLANE PROCESSING; HIGH-BANDWIDTH NETWORKS; INTER-CORE COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY; NETWORK FUNCTIONS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKINGS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84926028205     PISSN: 19324537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2015.2401568     Document Type: Article

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