A composition language for programmable traffic flow monitoring in multi-service self-managing networks

Abstract

Programmable traffic flow monitoring plays a very significant role in multi-service self-managing networks. The art of engineering programmable traffic flow monitoring in such networks is a question requiring some research in order to come up with frameworks that include languages for programmable monitoring across multi-vendor environments. Inspired by the emerging monitoring paradigm dubbed on-demand monitoring (ODM) for multi-service self-managing networks, we developed a composition language for programmable traffic flow monitoring in such networks. This paper presents the language, which is still evolving. It also provides an insight into the art of engineering programmable traffic flow monitoring in multi-service self-managing networks.