SDN software switch lagopus and NFV service orchestrator vConductor for developing SDN/NFV

Abstract

In anticipation of the wide deployment of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), we at NTT Network Innovation Laboratories have been carrying out research and development (R&D) of SDN and related network virtualization. This article presents two of the R&D topics in this field, the software switch Lagopus that corresponds to OpenFlow 1.3, and the NFV service orchestrator vConductor, which is based on global standard techniques.