Software defined networking: State of the art and research challenges

Computer Networks

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-98

  Jammal, Manar ^a   Singh, Taranpreet ^a   Shami, Abdallah ^a   Asal, Rasool ^b   Li, Yiming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ETISALAT BT Innovation Center   (United Kingdom)

^c StarTechcom   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data centers; Network as a service; Network function virtualization; Network virtualization; OpenFlow; Software defined networking

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONTROL OVER NETWORKS; DATA CENTER NETWORKS; DATA CENTERS; INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORKS; NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR; NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION; OPENFLOW; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN);

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 84905841244     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2014.07.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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