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Proposed 2022 Work Under LF Mentorship Program

Anuket Project

Proposed 2022 Work Under LF Mentorship Program

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:

Title            Paper        Comments
Building Hybrid Virtual Network Functions with
eXpress Data Path

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