Future Internet at Terabit Speeds: SCION in P4
This blog was previously published in the SIDN Labs blog on May 25, 2021. As part of the 2STiC programme, we’ve been evaluating and experimenting with future internet architectures at...
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Flightplan: Dataplane Disaggregation and Placement for P4 Programs
Introduction The Flightplan project envisages the next generation of dataplane programming tools. It introduces the Dataplane Disaggregation problem—splitting up dataplane programs into program pieces that are mapped to run on different, possibly heterogeneous, network-connected...
OpenFlow: Catalyst that Kickstarted the SDN Transformation
Thirteen years ago, in March of 2008, Nick McKeown and seven academic colleagues published a Call-to-Action for the network research community, proposing OpenFlow as an experimental open interface between the...
Community Member Profile: David Gengenbach
In this community member profile, we would like to introduce David Gengenbach, a PhD. student at the Università della Svizzera italiana and a researcher at SAP, based in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg,...
The Need for Standardization in a Thriving Network Ecosystem
Editor Note: This post was originally written by Mario Baldi and Vipin Jain for Pensando’s website. With permission, we are re-publishing it here, as they nicely articulate the need for SmartNIC...
How P4 Benefits the Router for Academia, Research, and Education (RARE) Project
Editor Note: In this interview, Frédéric Loui discusses how P4 is being used in the GÉANT RARE Project. Introduction The Router for Academia, Research and Education (RARE) project aims to...
Brebner Appointed as P4 Architecture Working Group Co-Chair
I’m delighted to announce that Gordon Brebner (Xilinx) has agreed to lead the P4 Architecture Working Group, joining Andy Fingerhut (Intel) as co-chair. Working group co-chairs are appointed by the...
P4 TST Elections
Please join me in congratulating the newly elected members of the P4 TST for 2020 – 2021: Andy Fingerhut, Stefan Heule and Robert Soule! All three have been involved with technical work on P4...
P4 Expert Roundtable Series Wrap-Up
The virtual P4 Expert Roundtable Series took place April 28-29th and was kicked off with four engaging live keynote presentations with vibrant Q&As from the audience. The recordings of the...
