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In software-defined networks (SDN), a controller program is in charge of deploying diverse network functionality across a large number of switches, but this comes at a great risk: deploying buggy controller code could result in network and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Vasileios Klimis , George Parisis , Bernhard Reus

In critical infrastructures, communication networks are used to exchange vital data among elements of Industrial Control Systems (ICSes). Due to the criticality of such systems and the increase of the cybersecurity risks in these contexts,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-17 Roberto di Lallo , Federico Griscioli , Gabriele Lospoto , Habib Mostafaei , Maurizio Pizzonia , Massimo Rimondini

Software-Defined Network (SDN) is a new arising terminology of network architecture with outstanding features of orchestration by decoupling the control plane and the data plane in each network element. Even though it brings several…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Phan The Duy , Hien Do Hoang , Do Thi Thu Hien , Anh Gia-Tuan Nguyen , Van-Hau Pham

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

In this work, we propose online traffic engineering as a novel approach to detect and mitigate an emerging class of stealthy Denial of Service (DoS) link-flooding attacks. Our approach exploits the Software Defined Networking (SDN)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-12-08 Dimitrios Gkounis , Vasileios Kotronis , Xenofontas Dimitropoulos

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is another technology that has been developing in the last few years as a relevant technique to improve network programmability and administration. Nonetheless, its centralized design presents a major…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Ashikuzzaman , Md. Saifuzzaman Abhi , Mahabubur Rahman , Md. Manjur Ahmed , Md. Mehedi Hasan , Md. Ahsan Arif

Software-defined networking (SDN) enables advanced operation and management of network deployments through (virtually) centralised, programmable controllers, which deploy network functionality by installing rules in the flow tables of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Vasileios Klimis , George Parisis , Bernhard Reus

Distributed SDN (Software-Defined Networking) controllers have rapidly become an integral element of Wide Area Networks (WAN), particularly within SD-WAN, providing scalability and fault-tolerance for expansive network infrastructures.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Jinwoo Kim , Minjae Seo , Eduard Marin , Seungsoo Lee , Jaehyun Nam , Seungwon Shin

Software Defined Networking (SDN) not only enables agility through the realization of part of the network functionality in software but also facilitates offering advanced features at the network layer. Hence, SDN can support a wide range of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Mona Elsaadawy , Bettina Kemme , Mohamed Younis

Software defined networking (SDN) represents a transformative shift in network architecture by decoupling the control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized and flexible management of network resources. However, this architectural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Mohammed N. Swileh , Shengli Zhang

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

Recent years witnessed a surge in network traffic due to the emergence of new online services, causing periodic saturation and complexity problems. Additionally, the growing number of IoT devices further compounds the problem. Software…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Jaime Tamayo , Lorena Isabel Barona López , Ángel Leonardo Valdivieso Caraguay

To effectively tackle the security threats towards the Internet of things, we propose a SOM-based DDoS defense mechanism using software-defined networking (SDN) in this paper. The main idea of the mechanism is to deploy a SDN-based gateway…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-19 Yunfei Meng , Zhiqiu Huang , Senzhang Wang , Guohua Shen , Changbo Ke

The software defined networking paradigm relies on the programmability of the network to automatically perform management and reconfiguration tasks. The result of adopting this programmability feature is twofold: first by designing new…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Tiago V. Ortiz , Bruno Kimura , Jó Ueyama , Valério Rosset

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) separates the network control plane and data plane, which provides a network-wide view with centralized control (in the control plane) and programmable network configuration for data plane injected by SDN…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Weng Jiasi , Weng Jian , Liu Jia-Nan , Zhang Yue

Protecting the networks of tomorrow is set to be a challenging domain due to increasing cyber security threats and widening attack surfaces created by the Internet of Things (IoT), increased network heterogeneity, increased use of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Jordan Lam , Robert Abbas

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

An approach to using the concept of Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization (SDN/NFV) for the implementation of an information security monitoring and management system in 5G and 6G networks is proposed. SDN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-24 Igor Buzhin , Veronica Antonova , Yury Mironov , Vladislav Gnezdilov , Eldar Gaifutdinov , Mikhail Gorodnichev

The use cases of the upcoming 5G mobile networks introduce new and complex user demands that will require support for fast reconfiguration of network resources. Software Defined Network (SDN) is a key technology that can address these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-06 R. A. Addad , D. L. C. Dutra , M. Bagaa , T. Taleb , H. Flinck , M. Namane

Software-defined networking is considered a promising new paradigm, enabling more reliable and formally verifiable communication networks. However, this paper shows that the separation of the control plane from the data plane, which lies at…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Kashyap Thimmaraju , Liron Schiff , Stefan Schmid