A survey on software-defined network and OpenFlow: From concept to implementation

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2181-2206

  Hu, Fei ^a   Hao, Qi ^b   Bao, Ke ^a  

^a The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

network virtualization; OpenFlow; QoS; security; Software defined network (SDN)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DESIGN SPECIFICATION; FORWARD PACKETS; NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION; OPENFLOW; SECURITY; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS; VIRTUALIZATIONS; WIRELESS AND OPTICAL NETWORKS;

ROUTERS;

EID: 84913593468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2326417     Document Type: Review

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