Improving the performance of load balancing in software-defined networks through load variance-based synchronization

Computer Networks

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-109

  Guo, Zehua ^a   Su, Mu ^b   Xu, Yang ^b   Duan, Zhemin ^a   Wang, Luo ^b   Hui, Shufeng ^b   Jonathan Chao, H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controller state synchronization; Load balancing; Multiple controllers; Software Defined Networking

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CONTROL; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS; CONTROLLER STATE; DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER; MULTIPLE CONTROLLERS; PROGRAMMABLE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKINGS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS; STATE SYNCHRONIZATION;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84902547080     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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