NFV-Prime: A Platform for Prototyping and Visualization of Virtualized Network Functions
Abstract
O paradigma NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) vem se popularizando nas redes modernas. Este trabalho apresenta a ferramenta NFV-Prime que permite a prototipação de VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) de forma simples e intuitiva. A ferramenta integra quatro componentes em um pipeline: Editor, Gerenciador de Interfaces Virtuais de Rede, Gerador de Tráfego e Visualização de Resultados. A NFV-Prime permite a implementação de VNFs em Python 3, além de oferecer uma ampla variedade de parametrizações e configurações das interfaces de rede e dos tráfegos gerados durante a execução da VNF. Para demonstrar a ferramenta, é apresentada a criação de um balanceador de tráfego stateful.
Keywords:
NFV, Virtualization, Platform, Prototyping
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Tavares, T. N., da Cruz Marcuzzo, L., Garcia, V. F., de Souza, G. V., Franco, M. F., Bondan, L., De Turck, F., Granville, L. Z., Junior, E. P. D., dos Santos, C. R. P., et al. (2018). Niep: Nfv infrastructure emulation platform. In The 32nd IEEE AINA, pages 173–180. IEEE.
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Published
2025-05-19
How to Cite
QUILES, Felipe Ribeiro; FULBER-GARCIA, Vinicius; DUARTE JR., Elias P..
NFV-Prime: A Platform for Prototyping and Visualization of Virtualized Network Functions. In: DEMO SESSION - BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (SBRC), 43. , 2025, Natal/RN.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2025
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p. 90-99.
ISSN 2177-9384.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc_estendido.2025.7121.
