Multi-controller Deployment Algorithm Based on Load Balance in Software Defined Network
Jiugen Shi, Zhu Wei, Jia Kunying, Ying Xu · 2018
With the expansion of Software Defined Network (SDN), the decoupling of control layer and data layer brings new problems such as controller deployment. In this paper, a Multi-Controller Deployment Algorithm Based on Load Balance (MCDALB) in SDN is proposed. Firstly, the number, K, of controllers is determined based on network topology and its load. Secondly, according to the limitation of controller capacity, a multi-controller load balance algorithm with approximate ratio of 2 is proposed, which divides the network into K control regions. Lastly, the position of the controller in each region is selected, according to the minimum sum of all switch-to-controller distances in the region. In order to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, the actual network topologies are applied. As to compare with the AL and WL algorithms, simulation results show that the proposed algorithm not only balances the controllers load, with an approximation ratio of 2, but also meets the maximum gap of network delay not more than 0.65 ms.