Cache-Based Reliable Multicast in Industrial SDN

doi:10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2025.20230250

Abstract

Abstract:

To solve the reliability problem of multicast transmission in industrial Internet of things （IIoT） based on SDN （software defined network），the data retransmission mechanism based on cache is studied，and a cache-based reliable multicast scheme is proposed. A cache-based reliable multicast （CBRM） framework and the corresponding reliable multicast algorithm are designed. Cache nodes for temporarily storing multicast data are deployed in selected locations in SDN. If receiving or forwarding node detects packet loss，it will require its upstream nodes to retransmit the lost packet. To support data retransmission of cache nodes，a UDP （user datagram protocol）-based reliable transmission protocol （URTP） is designed. The results of Mininet simulation show that the CBRM framework and the corresponding reliable multicast algorithm can guarantee the reliability of multicast transmission at a much lower cost than traditional methods.

Key words: SDN, multicast tree, reliable multicast, cache nodes, cache management

CLC Number:

TP 20

Jiu-qiang XU, Jiu-long ZOU, Chong XU. Cache-Based Reliable Multicast in Industrial SDN[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science), 2025, 46(2): 1-8.

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字段属性	位数/b	字段描述
服务标识	16	判别URTP数据包是否需要提供可靠通信服务
类型	8	URTP数据的类型，包括:初始、重传、丢失等
上游缓存节点ID	8	上游缓存节点的datapath ID信息
数据包ID	32	记录数据包发送的序号
丢失包ID	32	记录丢失数据包的序号
丢失包位图	16	记录丢失包ID后续16个数据包的丢失情况

字段属性	位数/b	字段描述
服务标识	16	判别URTP数据包是否需要提供可靠通信服务
类型	8	URTP数据的类型，包括:初始、重传、丢失等
上游缓存节点ID	8	上游缓存节点的datapath ID信息
数据包ID	32	记录数据包发送的序号
丢失包ID	32	记录丢失数据包的序号
丢失包位图	16	记录丢失包ID后续16个数据包的丢失情况

N	最小重传成本	缓存节点集合
0	166	{}
1	139	{S7}
2	121	{S2，S7}
3	110	{S2，S7，S13}
4	103	{S2，S7，S8，S13}
5	98	{S2，S7，S8，S11，S13}
6	98	{S2，S6，S7，S8，S11，S13}
7	98	{S2，S6，S7，S8，S11，S12，S13}
8	98	{S1，S6，S7，S8，S11，S12，S13，S14}

N	最小重传成本	缓存节点集合
0	166	{}
1	139	{S7}
2	121	{S2，S7}
3	110	{S2，S7，S13}
4	103	{S2，S7，S8，S13}
5	98	{S2，S7，S8，S11，S13}
6	98	{S2，S6，S7，S8，S11，S13}
7	98	{S2，S6，S7，S8，S11，S12，S13}
8	98	{S1，S6，S7，S8，S11，S12，S13，S14}

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