Traffic splitting technique using meter table in software-defined network
Nattapong Kitsuwan, Eiji Oki · 2016
This paper proposes a technique to split a traffic in a software-defined network using a meter table. In general case, a different differentiated services code point (DSCP) number in a packet header is used to classify network traffic and provide quality of service (QoS). The traffic splitting technique uses a DSCP number as a split parameter. Once a packet exceeds a predefined traffic rate, the DSCP value of the packet is changed. The packets with different DSCP number are sent out to the neighbor switches with different output ports.