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Software-defined networking (SDN) is a novel paradigm that out-sources the control of packet-forwarding switches to a set of software controllers. The most fundamental task of these controllers is the correct implementation of the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Marco Canini , Petr Kuznetsov , Dan Levin , Stefan Schmid

In this paper, a comprehensive software-defined networking (SDN) based transmission protocol (SDTP) is presented for fifth generation (5G) communication networks, where an SDN controller gathers network state information from the physical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Jiayin Chen , Si Yan , Qiang Ye , Wei Quan , Phu Thinh Do , Weihua Zhuang , Xuemin , Shen , Xu Li , Jaya Rao

Modern In-Vehicle Networks (IVNs) are composed of a large number of devices and services linked via an Ethernet-based time-sensitive network. Communication in future IVNs will become more dynamic as services can be updated, added, or…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-27 Timo Häckel , Philipp Meyer , Mehmet Mueller , Jan Schmitt-Solbrig , Franz Korf , Thomas C. Schmidt

Aiming at the local overload of multi-controller deployment in software-defined networks, a load balancing mechanism of SDN controller based on reinforcement learning is designed. The initial paired migrate-out domain and migrate-in domain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-12 Zhuo Li , Xu Zhou , Junruo Gao , Yifang Qin

Software Defined Networks has seen tremendous growth and deployment in different types of networks. Compared to traditional networks it decouples the control logic from network layer devices, and centralizes it for efficient traffic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-22 Zohaib Latif , Kashif Sharif , Fan Li , Md Monjurul Karim , Yu Wang

Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a promising paradigm for making the control of communication networks flexible. SDN separates the data packet forwarding plane, i.e., the data plane, from the control plane and employs a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Andreas Blenk , Arsany Basta , Martin Reisslein , Wolfgang Kellerer

Software defined networks offer global visibility, yet centralized control loops are too slow for transient congestion and bursty traffic dynamics. Existing learned traffic control schemes often rely on offline training, making them fragile…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Wenyang Jia , Jingjing Wang , Ziwei Yan , Tanren Liu , Yakun Ren , Kai Lei

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a promising approach for improving the performance and manageability of future network architectures. However, little work has gone into using SDN to improve the performance and manageability of existing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-05-26 Michael Alan Chang , Thomas Holterbach , Markus Happe , Laurent Vanbever

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) and Internet of Things (IoT) networks operate in decentralized and dynamic environments, making them ideal for scenarios lacking traditional infrastructure. However, these networks face challenges such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Andrea Piroddi , Riccardo Fonti

As one of the most popular south-bound protocol of software-defined networking(SDN), OpenFlow decouples the network control from forwarding devices. It offers flexible and scalable functionality for networks. These advantages may cause…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Zhihao Shang , Katinka Wolter

This paper explores the Quality of Service (QoS) performance of two widely used Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controllers, POX and Ryu, using Mininet for network simulation. SDN, a transformative approach to network architecture,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Chandimal Jayawardena , Jay Chen , Amay Bhalla , Lin Bu

Traditional communication networks consist of large sets of vendor-specific manually configurable devices which are hardwired with specific control logic or algorithms. The resulting networks comprise distributed control plane architectures…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-13 Ijaz Ahmad

Due to the increasing heterogeneity in network user requirements, dynamically varying day to day network traffic patterns and delay in-network service deployment, there is a huge demand for scalability and flexibility in modern networking…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Sasindu Wijeratne , Ashen Ekanayake , Sandaruwan Jayaweera , Danuka Ravishan , Ajith Pasqual

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) grows for VoIP applications, and faces challenges including security and overload. On the other hand, the new concept of Software-defined Networking (SDN) has made great changes in the networked world. SDN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Ahmadreza Montazerolghaem

Presence of a logically centralized controller in software-defined networks enables smart and fine-grained management of network traffic. Generally, traffic management includes measurement, analysis and control of traffic in order to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Hamidreza Almasi , Hossein Ajorloo

With the rise in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home network management and security are becoming complex. There is an urgent requirement to make smart home network management efficient. This work proposes an SDN-based architecture to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Holden Gordon , Conrad Park , Bhagyashri Tushir , Yuhong Liu , Behnam Dezfouli

In distributed software-defined networks (SDN), multiple physical SDN controllers, each managing a network domain, are implemented to balance centralized control, scalability and reliability requirements. In such networking paradigm,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Ziyao Zhang , Liang Ma , Konstantinos Poularakis , Kin K. Leung , Lingfei Wu

In this paper, we propose a destination-aware adaptive traffic flow rule aggregation (DATA) mechanism for facilitating traffic flow monitoring in SDN-based networks. This method adapts the number of flow table entries in SDN switches…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Trung V. Phan , Mehrdad Hajizadeh , Nguyen Tuan Khai , Thomas Bauschert

Software-defined networking (SDN) allows operators to control the behavior of a network by programatically managing the forwarding rules installed on switches. However, as is common in distributed systems, it can be difficult to ensure that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-19 Pavol Cerny , Nate Foster , Nilesh Jagnik , Jedidiah McClurg

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is based basically on three features: centralization of the control plane, programmability of network functions and traffic engineering. The network function migration poses interesting problems that we try…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-09 Hatem Ibn-Khedher , Emad Abd-Elrahman , Hossam Afifi , Jacky Forestier