P4

Open source language for “Programming Protocol-independent Packet Processor”

http://p4.org

• Barefoot network - Tofino - PISA(Protocol Independent Switch Architecture) switch
• Netronome - smart NIC

• 5G: flexibility or high performance? Both - Ericsson Research Blog

POF/PIF and P4 initiatives all point in a direction where programmable packet processing will not depend on standardized OpenFlow action sets anymore

POF : Protocol Oblivious Forwarding PIF : Protocol Independent Forwarding

• OF-PI
• P4 in wikipedia
• p4 in ONRC
• Revolutionising networking technology from newelectronics
• P4: driving innovation in server-based networking (Jan 4 2017)
• Extern objects in P4:an ROHC Compression Case study