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Software-defined networking (SDN) is the concept of decoupling the control and data planes to create a flexible and agile network, assisted by a central controller. However, the performance of SDN highly depends on the limitations in the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-06 Chen-Feng Liu , Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis

Centralized Software-Defined Networking (cSDN) offers flexible and programmable control of networks but suffers from scalability and reliability issues due to its reliance on centralized controllers. Decentralized SDN (dSDN) alleviates…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Mohammed N. Swileh , Shengli Zhang

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

This paper presents a unified framework for codifying and automating optimization strategies to efficiently deploy deep neural networks (DNNs) on resource-constrained hardware, such as FPGAs, while maintaining high performance, accuracy,…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Zhiqiang Que , Jose G. F. Coutinho , Ce Guo , Hongxiang Fan , Wayne Luk

Next generation of wireless local area networks (WLANs) will operate in dense, chaotic and highly dynamic scenarios that in a significant number of cases may result in a low user experience due to uncontrolled high interference levels.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-13 Álvaro López-Raventós , Francesc Wilhelmi , Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz , Boris Bellalta

Software-defined systems revolutionized the management of hardware devices but introduced quality assurance challenges that remain to be tackled. For example, software defined networks (SDNs) became a key technology for the prompt…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Jahanzaib Malik , Fabrizio Pastore

Power distribution networks are evolving due to the integration of DERs and increased customer participation. To maintain optimal operation, minimize losses, and meet varying load demands, frequent network reconfiguration is necessary.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Panayiotis Christou , Md. Zahidul Islam , Yuzhang Lin , Jingwei Xiong

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

Deep neural network (DNN) inference is increasingly being executed on mobile and embedded platforms due to low latency and better privacy. However, efficient deployment on these platforms is challenging due to the intensive computation and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Lei Xun , Bashir M. Al-Hashimi , Jonathon Hare , Geoff V. Merrett

Automating configuration is the key path to achieving zero-touch network management in ever-complicating mobile networks. Deep learning techniques show great potential to automatically learn and tackle high-dimensional networking problems.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Yuru Zhang , Yongjie Xue , Qiang Liu , Nakjung Choi , Tao Han

Distribution network reconfiguration (DNR) has proved to be an economical and effective way to improve the reliability of distribution systems. As optimal network configuration depends on system operating states (e.g., loads at each node),…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-03 Mukesh Gautam , Narayan Bhusal , Mohammed Benidris

This paper presents an algorithm to automatically design two-level fat-tree networks, such as ones widely used in large-scale data centres and cluster supercomputers. The two levels may each use a different type of switches from design…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-01-29 Konstantin S. Solnushkin

The security and privacy concerns along with the amount of data that is required to be processed on regular basis has pushed processing to the edge of the computing systems. Deploying advanced Neural Networks (NN), such as deep neural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Muhammad Shafique , Alberto Marchisio , Rachmad Vidya Wicaksana Putra , Muhammad Abdullah Hanif

In recent years, many techniques have been developed to improve the performance and efficiency of data center networks. While these techniques provide high accuracy, they are often designed using heuristics that leverage domain-specific…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-13 Christopher Streiffer , Huan Chen , Theophilus Benson , Asim Kadav

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

With the recent trend of "network softwarisation", enabled by emerging technologies such as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV), system administrators of data centres and enterprise networks have…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-08 Roberto Doriguzzi-Corin

There is a wide range of topologies to use in simulation that can make research divergency; therefore, we propose a topology set that can be used in research of network behaviour in Software Defined Network (SDN). This paper can unite the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-08 Alireza Shirmarz

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

The emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm separates the data plane from the control plane and centralizes network control in an SDN controller. Applications interact with controllers to implement network services, such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Akhilesh Thyagaturu , Anu Mercian , Michael P. McGarry , Martin Reisslein , Wolfgang Kellerer

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