An intelligent load balancer for software defined networking (SDN) based cloud infrastructure

Kannan Govindarajan, Vivekanandan Suresh Kumar

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Cloud technology is an emerging distributed computing paradigm. It provides Cloud consumers with on-demand computing, storage, and networking resources. A Cloud Resource Broker (CSB) acts as a mediator between cloud consumers and cloud providers. It effectively handles application requests and efficiently allocates cloud resources. Generally, CSB encounters large volumes of application requests. It is essential to properly and evenly distribute these application requests between the available cloud resources. The proposed work introduces a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based load balancing technique, which distributes cloud consumer application requests in an optimal and balanced manner. In addition, the present study investigates the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) cloud infrastructure, which dynamically configures and provides network paths on-demand, based on the network load. The proposed system is simulated and tested on real-world application traces. The proposed PSO based load balancing mechanism is shown to minimize average application response time, while maximizing throughput, cloud consumer satisfaction value, and resource utilization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, ICECCT 2017
ISBN (Electronic)9781509032389
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov. 2017
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, ICECCT 2017 - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Duration: 22 Feb. 201724 Feb. 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, ICECCT 2017

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, ICECCT 2017
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityCoimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Period22/02/1724/02/17

Keywords

  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Load Balancer
  • NP-complete
  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
  • Swarm Intelligence

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