Journal of Computer Applications ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 1772-1779.DOI: 10.11772/j.issn.1001-9081.2018122615

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Software defined network based fault tolerant routing mechanism for satellite networks

JIA Mengyao1, WANG Xingwei1, ZHANG Shuang2, YI Bo1, HUANG Min3   

  1. 1. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang Liaoning 110169, China;
    2. Software College, Northeastern University, Shenyang Liaoning 110169, China;
    3. College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang Liaoning 110819, China
  • Received:2018-12-20 Revised:2019-03-11 Online:2019-06-10 Published:2019-06-17
  • Supported by:
    This work is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61572123, 61872073), the Program for Liaoning Innovative Research Team in University (LT2016007), the Mobile Scientific Research Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (MCM20160201).

基于软件定义网络的卫星网络容错路由机制

贾梦瑶1, 王兴伟1, 张爽2, 易波1, 黄敏3   

  1. 1. 东北大学 计算机科学与工程学院, 沈阳 110169;
    2. 东北大学 软件学院, 沈阳 110169;
    3. 东北大学 信息科学与工程学院, 沈阳 110819
  • 通讯作者: 王兴伟
  • 作者简介:贾梦瑶(1996-),女,湖北荆门人,硕士研究生,主要研究方向:下一代互联网;王兴伟(1968-),男,辽宁盖州人,教授,博士,CCF高级会员,主要研究方向:下一代互联网、云计算、网络空间安全;张爽(1971-),女,辽宁铁岭人,副教授,博士,CCF会员,主要研究方向:社交云、移动云;易波(1988-),男,湖北天门人,博士研究生,主要研究方向:下一代互联网;黄敏(1968-),女,福建长乐人,教授,博士,主要研究方向:智能算法与优化、调度理论与方法。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(61572123,61872073);辽宁省高校创新团队支持计划资助项目(LT2016007);教育部-中国移动科研基金资助项目(MCM20160201)。

Abstract: Duing to the satellite network has high requirement for security and fault-dealing ability, with Software Defined Network (SDN) technology introduced, the central controller was set in the network to enhance the network's fault-dealing ability. Firstly, a satellite network model was designed based on the SDN idea, and the satellite's operating parameters on the three-layer orbit were calculated and the constellations were built. Then, the method of hierarchical routing was used to design a fault tolerant routing mechanism for satellite network. Finally, the simulation experiments were carried out on the Mininet platform, and the experimental results of Fault-Tolerant Routing algorithm (FTR) were compared with the results of inter-Satellite Routing algorithm based on Link Recognizing (LRSR) and Multi-Layered Satellite Routing algorithm (MLSR). The comparison results show that in the case without damaged nodes or links in the network, the total routing delay of FTR is reduced by 6.06% on average compared with that of LRSR, which shows the effectiveness of introducing SDN centralized control; the packet loss rate of FTR is reduced by 25.79% compared with that of MLSR which also targets the minimum delay, which shows the effectiveness of temporary storage routing mechanism design for the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. When the failure of nodes and links in the network is serious, FTR has the total routing delay 3.99% lower than LRSR and 19.19% lower than MLSR, and has the packet loss rate 16.94% lower than LRSR and 37.95% lower than MLSR, which shows the effectiveness of fault tolerance of FTR. The experimental results prove that the fault tolerant routing mechanism of satellite network based on SDN has better fault tolerant capability.

Key words: satellite network, network model, Software Defined Network (SDN), fault tolerance, routing

摘要: 鉴于卫星网络对安全性和应对故障的能力有很高的要求,引入了软件定义网络(SDN)技术,在网络中放置中央控制器来增强网络对故障的应对能力。首先,基于SDN的思想设计了一种卫星网络模型,计算了三层轨道上卫星运行的参数并构建星座;然后,采用分层路由的方法,设计了一种针对卫星网络的容错路由机制;最后,在Mininet平台上进行了仿真实验,将容错路由算法(FTR)的实验结果与基于链路感知的星间路由算法(LRSR)和多层卫星网络路由算法(MLSR)的实验结果进行了对比。对比结果表明,在网络中无损坏节点和链路的情况下,FTR的路由总延时比LRSR平均降低了6.06%,说明了引入SDN集中控制的有效性;FTR的丢包率比同样以最小延时为目标的MLSR降低了25.79%,说明了在网络模型中为中轨道(MEO)卫星设计临时存储路由机制的有效性。而当网络中节点和链路的失效情况比较严重时,FTR的路由总延时比LRSR降低了3.99%,比MLSR降低了19.19%;其丢包率比LRSR降低了16.94%,比MLSR降低了37.95%,说明了FTR的容错有效性。实验结果验证了基于SDN的卫星网络路由机制具有更好的容错能力。

关键词: 卫星网络, 网络模型, 软件定义网络, 容错, 路由

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