WAN-INT: Cost-Effective In-Band Network Telemetry in WAN With A Performance-aware Path Planner

With the development of cross-datacenter services, accurate and low-cost network performance measurement enables better traffic scheduling. However, the existing network measurement suffers from a lack of telemetry granularities and excessive costs. Besides, the implementation of INT in the WAN remains undefined. In this work, We propose WAN-INT, a two-phase path orchestration algorithm designed to address the challenges posed by limited communication resources and varying link states in WAN scenarios. By generating a telemetry policy based on this algorithm, it can effectively adapt to the requirements of various applications and network states, achieving a balance between telemetry quality and cost limitations. We conduct experiments in a commercial WAN environment. Results show that WAN-INT outperforms existing schemes and reaches a good compromise between the telemetry quality and cost constraints. Compared with the state-of-the-art telemetry system, WAN-INT effectively reduces by at least 43% of telemetry cost while ensuring telemetry quality.