CODAT - Control Dataplane Testbed

Abstract

Testbeds are fundamental platforms for the creation and validation of new technologies and future Internet architectures. They enable a more precise, scalable and close control of the real characteristics of a network like the Internet environment. In this way, these testbeds allow the validation of architectures elaborated from scratch with new concepts based on new technologies and focused mainly to solve all the security and performance implications that clutter this current model of Internet. To fill this gap, this work aims to propose an environment where the experiment has the possibility to control the data plan in networks, using an API that reduces the time of creation and instantiation of the experiment, without functional restrictions to the user, aiming to provide a flexible environment for experimenting with significant parts operating on the Internet.