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Proposed 2022 Work Under LF Mentorship Program

Anuket Project

Proposed 2022 Work Under LF Mentorship Program

May 04, 2022

Title: XDP performance studies for cloud-native NFV Usecases.

Questions to Answer:

  1. Can this be an alternative to DPDK based solutions?

  2. What are the parameters that affect the performance - Golden Configuration

  3. What are the right test methodologies?

  4. What are the right test-tools - Traffic Generators with test traffic measurements, Packet Forwarders, etc.

Duration: 3 to 6 months. 3 if full-time, 6 if part-time.

Expected Skillset: Linux and Linux Kernel. Some experience with data plane performance testing is desirable.

Number of Students: 1 or 2.

Related Works:

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Paper        

Comments

Building Hybrid Virtual Network Functions with
eXpress Data Path

SR

Performance Evaluation of eXpress
Data Path for Container-Based
Network Functions - Thesis

 

An In-Kernel Solution Based on XDP for 5G UPF:
Design, Prototype and Performance Evaluation

acm

Demystifying the Performance of XDP BPF

FP

A Framework for eBPF-Based Network Functions
in an Era of Microservices

 

Maryam Tahhan joins the (Net LOL) crew to talk XDP, AF_XDP, and fast networkinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZXbQIdUwkI

 

 

Intel plug-in for k8s

https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes