so, I reached the point where I should start searching for my thesis for my master’s degree in networking,
am currently an intern at a major company in my country and am learning and searching for a thesis idea.
so far am interested in SDN and SD-Wan or probably something regarding 5G cores, I’ve looked into VOIP and implementing it with an open-source solution, but they told me it’s a repeated subject.
am all over the place to be honest, I think SDN alongside some NVF’s with a sparkle of containers would be an interesting topic, what do you think?
I would appreciate all suggestions since I have plenty of time to learn new things,
Thank you.
This, and their other CC books, is a great starting place. Especially because it has a hands-on section you can build upon:
https://5g.systemsapproach.org/README.html
Maybe take a larger forest view of convergence & orchestration of a provides core… from access to fabric.
Other than that, lots is being said about the true meaning of network source of truth. Check some NANOG talks for free on their YouTube channel. Check out Jeremy Stretch’s fairly recent blog post on Netbox (packetlife.net).
If you’re looking for more greybeard Inspiration, check out some great analysis from Geoff Huston on potaroo.net and think of interesting software defined ways to demonstrate his analysis (maybe become the next Kentik etc.)
Russ White & Ivan Pepnelnjak are also great grey beard thinkers.
Best of luck with your thesis.
I honestly never heard of most of these good people you mentioned so am going to start digging for information
thank you very much for your input, I really appreciate it.
Some ideas SDN integration with other SD enterprise tech. NSX, Illumio, sdwan, wireless Pick a sdwan or SDN tech and expound on how it can be automated to support deployment and day2 ops
that’s an interesting topic, but I have no idea what an enterprise could automate with the help of SDN/SD-WAN, can you give me an example to start with and advance through it? thank you!
Well look at a SD data center fabric like Cisco aci or cumulus supported by Ansible. The following could be automated.
- switch backup and restoral in event of rma
- new switch deployment
- front end webpage for data center or server techs to input their new server port requirements can programmatically push interface programming down to the switch with little or no network engineer oversight
Day 2 operations user stories
- endpoint discovery
- endpoint to endpoint path discovery
- fault auto healing. Example, monitoring detects errors on interface or protocol flap, script can detect redundant links, confirm health, then shutdown the problem link for repair.
