Table 1 OpenFlow messages for a complete path from source to destination
From: Reducing the effects of DoS attacks in software defined networks using parallel flow installation
No. of switch(es) in path | Linear flow installation | Proposed parallel flow installation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Packet-In | Flow-Add | Total | Packet-In | Flow-Add | Total | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 |