STEER: SDN-based Intent-Driven IoT Networks

• Bruna M. O. S. Cordeiro UFG
• Roberto Rodrigues Filho UFG
• Iwens G. S. Júnior UFG
• Fábio M. Costa UFG

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcup.2022.222943

Abstract

IoT infrastructures are becoming increasingly more difficult to manage. One of the main issues is the high volatility present in the infrastruture, which increasingly demands self-adaptive solutions. As a response, this work presents STEER (Sdn-based inTEnt drivEn iot netwoRks), a new approach for the dynamic adaptation of IoT networks, based on the unification of Intent-Driven Networks (IDN) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN). Particularly, we explore the ability of IDNs to interpret an application's intent, using an IDN-based mediator attached to SDN-controllers to autonomously change the IoT network behavior at runtime, thus realizing the intent according to the current operating context of the network.

Keywords: Internet of Things, Software Defined Network, Intent-Driven Networks, Dynamic adaptation

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