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TY - GEN
T1 - Improving Intent Correctness with Automated Testing
AU - Alcock, Paul
AU - Simms, Ben
AU - Fantom, Will
AU - Rotsos, Charalampos
AU - Race, Nicholas
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PY - 2022/8/3
Y1 - 2022/8/3
N2 - Intent-based networking (IBN) systems have become the de-facto control abstraction to drive self-service, self-healing, and self-optimized capabilities in service delivery processes. Nonetheless, the operation complexity of modern network infrastructures make network practitioners apprehensive towards adoption in production, requiring further evidence for correctness. In this paper, we argue that testing, verification and monitoring should become first-class citizens in reference IBN architecture, in order to improve the detection errors during operations. Towards this goal, we present an extension for an intent architecture that allows IBN system to validate the correctness of network configuration using realistic network emulation. Furthermore, we present an intent use-case that ensure correct operation in hybrid networks.
AB - Intent-based networking (IBN) systems have become the de-facto control abstraction to drive self-service, self-healing, and self-optimized capabilities in service delivery processes. Nonetheless, the operation complexity of modern network infrastructures make network practitioners apprehensive towards adoption in production, requiring further evidence for correctness. In this paper, we argue that testing, verification and monitoring should become first-class citizens in reference IBN architecture, in order to improve the detection errors during operations. Towards this goal, we present an extension for an intent architecture that allows IBN system to validate the correctness of network configuration using realistic network emulation. Furthermore, we present an intent use-case that ensure correct operation in hybrid networks.
U2 - 10.1109/netsoft54395.2022.9844054
DO - 10.1109/netsoft54395.2022.9844054
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)
SP - 61
EP - 66
BT - 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)
A2 - Clemm, Alexander
A2 - Maier, Guido
A2 - Machuca, Carmen Mas
A2 - Ramakrishnan, K.K.
A2 - Risso, Fulvio
A2 - Chemouil, Prosper
A2 - Limam, Noura
PB - IEEE
ER -