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ZTE Communications ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 61-68.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2016.01.009

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A Software-Defined Approach to IoT Networking

Christian Jacquenet, Mohamed Boucadair   

  1. France Telecom 0range, Cesson-Sévigné 35512, France
  • Online:2016-02-01 Published:2019-11-27
  • About author:Christian Jacquenet (christian.jacquenet@orange.com) graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Marseille, a French school of engineers. He joined Orange in 1989, and he is currently the director of the Strategic Program Office For Advanced IP Networking, Orange Labs. He is responsible for Orange’s IPv6 program, which aims to define and drive the the Group’s IPv6 strategy. He also conducts development activities in the areas of software-defined networking and service function chaining. He has authored and co-authored several Internet drafts and IETF RFC standards on dynamic routing protocols and resource allocation techniques. He has also authored papers and books on IP multicasting, traffic engineering, and automated IP service delivery techniques. Mohamed Boucadair (mohamed.boucadair@orange.com) is an IP networking strategist at France Telecom. He previously worked as a senior IP architect at FT and worked in the corporate division of FT, which made recommendations on the evolution of IP/MPLS core networks. He has worked for FT R&D and has been part of the team working on VoIP services. He has been involved in IST research projects, working on dynamic provisioning and inter-domain traffic engineering. He has also worked as an R&D engineer in charge of dynamic provisioning, QoS, multicast and intra/inter-domain traffic engineering. He has authored many journal articles and has written extensively on these subjects. He holds several patents on VoIP, IPv4 service continuity, and IPv6.

A Software-Defined Approach to IoT Networking

Christian Jacquenet, Mohamed Boucadair   

  1. France Telecom 0range, Cesson-Sévigné 35512, France
  • 作者简介:Christian Jacquenet (christian.jacquenet@orange.com) graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Marseille, a French school of engineers. He joined Orange in 1989, and he is currently the director of the Strategic Program Office For Advanced IP Networking, Orange Labs. He is responsible for Orange’s IPv6 program, which aims to define and drive the the Group’s IPv6 strategy. He also conducts development activities in the areas of software-defined networking and service function chaining. He has authored and co-authored several Internet drafts and IETF RFC standards on dynamic routing protocols and resource allocation techniques. He has also authored papers and books on IP multicasting, traffic engineering, and automated IP service delivery techniques. Mohamed Boucadair (mohamed.boucadair@orange.com) is an IP networking strategist at France Telecom. He previously worked as a senior IP architect at FT and worked in the corporate division of FT, which made recommendations on the evolution of IP/MPLS core networks. He has worked for FT R&D and has been part of the team working on VoIP services. He has been involved in IST research projects, working on dynamic provisioning and inter-domain traffic engineering. He has also worked as an R&D engineer in charge of dynamic provisioning, QoS, multicast and intra/inter-domain traffic engineering. He has authored many journal articles and has written extensively on these subjects. He holds several patents on VoIP, IPv4 service continuity, and IPv6.

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Abstract: It is foreseen that the Internet of Things (IoT) will comprise billions of connected devices, and this will make the provisioning and operation of some IoT connectivity services more challenging. Indeed, IoT services are very different from legacy Internet services because of their dimensioning figures and also because IoT services differ dramatically in terms of nature and constraints. For example, IoT services often rely on energy and CPU-constrained sensor technologies, regardless of whether the service is for home automation, smart building, e-health, or power or water metering on a regional or national scale. Also, some IoT services, such as dynamic monitoring of biometric data, manipulation of sensitive information, and privacy needs to be safeguarded whenever this information is forwarded over the underlying IoT network infrastructure. This paper discusses how software?defined networking (SDN) can facilitate the deployment and operation of some advanced IoT services regardless of their nature or scope. SDN introduces a high degree of automation in service delivery and operation—from dynamic IoT service parameter exposure and negotiation to resource allocation, service fulfillment, and assurance. This paper does not argue that all IoT services must adopt SDN. Rather, it is left to the discretion of operators to decide which IoT services can best leverage SDN capabilities. This paper only discusses managed IoT services, i.e., services that are operated by a service provider.

Key words: automation, dynamic service provisioning, Internet of Things, service function chaining, software-defined networking

摘要： It is foreseen that the Internet of Things (IoT) will comprise billions of connected devices, and this will make the provisioning and operation of some IoT connectivity services more challenging. Indeed, IoT services are very different from legacy Internet services because of their dimensioning figures and also because IoT services differ dramatically in terms of nature and constraints. For example, IoT services often rely on energy and CPU-constrained sensor technologies, regardless of whether the service is for home automation, smart building, e-health, or power or water metering on a regional or national scale. Also, some IoT services, such as dynamic monitoring of biometric data, manipulation of sensitive information, and privacy needs to be safeguarded whenever this information is forwarded over the underlying IoT network infrastructure. This paper discusses how software?defined networking (SDN) can facilitate the deployment and operation of some advanced IoT services regardless of their nature or scope. SDN introduces a high degree of automation in service delivery and operation—from dynamic IoT service parameter exposure and negotiation to resource allocation, service fulfillment, and assurance. This paper does not argue that all IoT services must adopt SDN. Rather, it is left to the discretion of operators to decide which IoT services can best leverage SDN capabilities. This paper only discusses managed IoT services, i.e., services that are operated by a service provider.

关键词: automation, dynamic service provisioning, Internet of Things, service function chaining, software-defined networking