Enhancing the performance of future wireless networks with Software-Defined networking

Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 606-619

  Feng, Mingjie ^a   Mao, Shiwen ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

OpenFlow; Performance enhancement; Software defined networking (SDN); Software defined wireless networks (SDWN)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CENTRALIZED CONTROLLERS; FUTURE WIRELESS NETWORKS; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; OPENFLOW; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN); SOFTWARE-DEFINED WIRELESS NETWORKS; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85007061929     PISSN: 20959184     EISSN: 20959230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/FITEE.1500336     Document Type: Review

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