Software-defined networking: Challenges and research opportunities for future internet

Computer Networks

Volumn 75, Issue PartA, 2014, Pages 453-471

  Hakiri, Akram ^a,b   Gokhale, Aniruddha ^c   Berthou, Pascal ^a,b   Schmidt, Douglas C ^c   Gayraud, Thierry ^a,b  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control plane; Forwarding plane; Future Internet; Network function virtualization; OpenFlow; Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; SWITCHES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONTROL PLANES; FORWARDING PLANES; FUTURE INTERNET; OPENFLOW; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN);

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 84918828099     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2014.10.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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