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