On the performance of SDN controllers: A reality check

2015 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Network, NFV-SDN 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 79-85

  Zhao, Yimeng ^a   Iannone, Luigi ^a   Riguidel, Michel ^a  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Controller; Measurement; Software Defined Network

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; MEASUREMENTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLER DEVELOPMENT; CURRENT PERFORMANCE; OPEN SOURCES; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; PEAK PERFORMANCE;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84963527094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN.2015.7387410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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