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In cloud computing, software-defined network (SDN) gaining more attention due to its advantages in network configuration to improve network performance and network monitoring. SDN addresses an issue of static architecture in traditional…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Jnanamurthy H K , Vijay Varadharajan

Software Defined Networks offer flexible and intelligent network operations by splitting a traditional network into a centralized control plane and a programmable data plane. The intelligent control plane is responsible for providing flow…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Liehuang Zhu , Md Monjurul Karim , Kashif Sharif , Fan Li , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani

Programmable data planes enable users to design data plane algorithms for network devices, providing extensive flexibility for network customization. Programming Protocol-Independent Packet Processors (P4) has become the most widely adopted…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Mingyu Ma , Giang T. Nguyen

In this work, we present P4-IPsec, a concept for IPsec in software-defined networks (SDN) using P4 programmable data planes. The prototype implementation features ESP in tunnel mode and supports different cipher suites. P4-capable switches…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-25 Frederik Hauser , Marco Häberle , Mark Schmidt , Michael Menth

The Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm decouples control and data planes, offering high programmability and a global view of the network. However, it is a challenge not only provide security in these next generation networks as well…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-18 Maxli Campos , Joberto Martins

Software-defined networking (SDN) attracts the attention of the research community in recent years, as evidenced by a large number of survey and review papers. The architecture of SDN clearly recognizes three planes: application, control,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Enio Kaljic , Almir Maric , Pamela Njemcevic , Mesud Hadzialic

Ethernet has become the next standard for automotive and industrial automation networks. Standard extensions such as IEEE 802.1Q Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) have been proven to meet the real-time and robustness requirements of these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Timo Häckel , Philipp Meyer , Franz Korf , Thomas C. Schmidt

Being a state-of-the-art network, Software Defined Networking (SDN) decouples control and management planes from data plane of the forwarding devices by implementing both the control and management planes at logically centralized entity,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Syed Mohsan Raza

The emergence of programmable data planes, and particularly switches supporting the P4 language, has transformed network security by enabling customized, line-rate packet processing. These switches, originally intended for flexible…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Gursimran Singh , H. B. Acharya , Minseok Kwon

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been recently introduced as a new communication paradigm in computer networks. By separating the control plane from the data plane and entrusting packet forwarding to straightforward switches, SDN makes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-16 Marco Tiloca , Alexandra Stagkopoulou , Gianluca Dini

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 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…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Robert Krösche , Kashyap Thimmaraju , Liron Schiff , Stefan Schmid

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

With the wide deployment of network facilities and the increasing requirement of network reliability, the disruptive event like natural disaster, power outage or malicious attack has become a non-negligible threat to the current…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-24 An Xie , Xiaoliang Wang , Guido Maier , Sanglu Lu

The adoption of Software Defined Networking (SDN) within traditional networks has provided operators the ability to manage diverse resources and easily reconfigure networks as requirements change. Recent research has extended this concept…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Michael Baddeley , Usman Raza , Aleksandar Stanoev , George Oikonomou , Reza Nejabati , Mahesh Sooriyabandara , Dimitra Simeonidou

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) 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

Software defined networking (SDN) has been adopted to enforce the security of large-scale and complex networks because of its programmable, abstract, centralized intelligent control and global and real-time traffic view. However, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-01 Yunfei Meng , Zhiqiu Huang , Guohua Shen , Changbo Ke

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging paradigm that promises to change this state of affairs, by breaking vertical integration, separating the network's control logic from the underlying routers and switches, promoting (logical)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-10-09 Diego Kreutz , Fernando M. V. Ramos , Paulo Verissimo , Christian Esteve Rothenberg , Siamak Azodolmolky , Steve Uhlig

When dealing with node or link failures in Software Defined Networking (SDN), the network capability to establish an alternative path depends on controller reachability and on the round trip times (RTTs) between controller and involved…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-12-04 Carmelo Cascone , Luca Pollini , Davide Sanvito , Antonio Capone , Brunilde Sansò