Bridging the architectural gap between NOS design principles in software-defined networks

Abstract

We design Barista, as a new framework that seeks to enable flexible and customizable instantiations of network operating systems (NOSs) supporting diverse design choices, using two key features that harmonize architectural differences across design choices: component synthesis and dynamic event control. With these capabilities, Barista operators to easily enable functionalities and dynamically adjust the control flows among those functionalities.