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Software-defined networking (SDN) is an architecture that aims to make networks fast and flexible. SDN's goal is to improve network control by enabling service providers as well as enterprises to respond quickly to changing business needs.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Shreya Rajkumar

The importance of cloud computing has grown over the last years, which resulted in a significant increase of Data Center (DC) network requirements. Virtualisation is one of the key drivers of that transformation and enables a massive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-13 Igor Ivkić , Dominik Thiede , Nicholas Race , Matthew Broadbent , Antonios Gouglidis

In distributed Software-Defined Networking (SDN), distributed SDN controllers require synchronization to maintain a global network state. Despite the availability of synchronization policies for distributed SDN architectures, most policies…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Ioannis Panitsas , Akrit Mudvari , Leandros Tassiulas

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a widely deployed technology enabling the agile and flexible management of networks and services. This paradigm represents an appropriate candidate to address the dynamic and secure management of large…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Rafael Marin-Lopez , Oscar Canovas , Gabriel Lopez-Millan , Fernando Pereniguez-Garcia

Software-Defined Network (SDN) radically changes the network architecture by decoupling the network logic from the underlying forwarding devices. This architectural change rejuvenates the network-layer granting centralized management and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Arash Shaghaghi , Mohamed Ali Kaafar , Rajkumar Buyya , Sanjay Jha

Software Defined Networks (SDNs) have dramatically simplified network management. However, enabling pure SDNs to respond in real-time while handling massive amounts of data still remains a challenging task. In contrast, fog computing has…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Adnan Akhunzada , Sherali Zeadally , Saif ul Islam

An important challenge for smart grid security is designing a secure and robust smart grid communications architecture to protect against cyber-threats, such as Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, that can adversely impact the operation of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Dennis Agnew , Sharon Boamah , Reynold Mathieu , Austin Cooper , Janise McNair , Arturo Bretas

Message transmission and message synchronization for multicontroller interdomain routing in software-defined networking (SDN) have long adaptation times and slow convergence speeds, coupled with the shortcomings of traditional interdomain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Miao Ye , Linqiang Huang , Xiaofang Deng , Yong Wang , Qiuxiang Jiang , Hongbing Qiu , Peng Wen

As networks expand in size and complexity, they pose greater administrative and management challenges. Software Defined Networks (SDN) offer a promising approach to meeting some of these challenges. In this paper, we propose a policy driven…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-07 Vijay Varadharajan , Kallol Karmakar , Uday Tupakula , Michael Hitchens

Recently, edge computing has emerged as a promising paradigm to support mobile access in IoT multinetworks. However, coexistence of heterogeneous wireless communication schemes brings about new challenges to the mobility management and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Di Wu , Xiang Nie , Hanhui Deng , Zhijin Qin

Software Defined Networks (SDN) decouple the forwarding and control planes from each other. The control plane is assumed to have a global knowledge of the underlying physical and/or logical network topology so that it can monitor, abstract…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-08-22 Ulas C. Kozat , Guanfeng Liang , Koray Kokten

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 implements the network control plane in an external entity, rather than in each individual device as in conventional networks. This architectural difference implies a different design for control functions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-07 AbdelRahman Abdou , Paul C. van Oorschot , Tao Wan

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is one of the most prevalent attacks that an organizational network infrastructure comes across nowadays. We propose a deep learning based multi-vector DDoS detection system in a software-defined network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Quamar Niyaz , Weiqing Sun , Ahmad Y Javaid

While SDNs enable more flexible and adaptive network operations, (logically) centralized reconfigurations introduce overheads and delays, which can limit network reactivity. This paper initiates the study of a more distributed approach, in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Klaus-Tycho Foerster , Stefan Schmid

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

Software-defined networking (SDN) represents a revolutionary shift in network technology by decoupling the data plane from the control plane.}In this architecture, all network decision-making processes are centralized in a controller,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Ahmadreza Montazerolghaem , Somaye Imanpour

Software Defined Networking (SDN) promises greater flexibility for directing packet flows, and Network Function Virtualization promises to enable dynamic management of software-based network functions. However, the current divide between an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-09 Wei Zhang , Guyue Liu , Timothy Wood , K. K. Ramakrishnan , Jinho Hwang

Software Defined Networking (SDN) brings numbers of advantages along with many challenges. One particular concern is on the control-plane resilience, while the existing protection approaches proposed for SDN networks mainly focus on…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Huawei Huang , Song Guo , Weifa Liang , Keqiu Li , Baoliu Ye

Computer networks have become a critical infrastructure. In fact, networks should not only meet strict requirements in terms of correctness, availability, and performance, but they should also be very flexible and support fast updates,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Klaus-Tycho Foerster , Stefan Schmid , Stefano Vissicchio