The role of the inter-controller consensus in the placement of distributed SDN controllers

T Zhang, P Giaccone, A Bianco… - Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
We consider a distributed Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture adopting a
cluster of controllers to improve network scalability and reliability. Different from previous …

A comprehensive approach for optimizing controller placement in software-defined networks

G Schütz, JA Martins - Computer Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) are characterized by dividing a network
architecture in a data plane (ie, any packet-relaying nodes like switches or routers) and a …

The controller placement problem in software defined networking: A survey

G Wang, Y Zhao, J Huang, W Wang - IEEE network, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, a variety of solutions have been proposed to tackle the controller placement
problem in SDN. The objectives include minimizing the latency between controllers and their …

On the placement of controllers for designing a wide area software defined networks

KS Sahoo, S Sahoo, A Sarkar… - TENCON 2017-2017 …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The newly emerged Software Defined Networks (SDN) can apply to Wide Area Network
(WAN) for network control and management. To achieve this, a logically centralized but a …

The role of inter-controller traffic in SDN controllers placement

T Zhang, A Bianco, P Giaccone - 2016 IEEE conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a distributed Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture adopting a
cluster of multiple controllers to improve network performance and reliability. Differently from …

On using bargaining game for optimal placement of SDN controllers

A Ksentini, M Bagaa, T Taleb… - 2016 IEEE International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we address the problem of Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller
placement in large networks. Indeed, to solve the scalability issue raised by the centralized …

A cross entropy based approach to minimum propagation latency for controller placement in software defined network

J Chen, YJ Xiong, X Qiu, D He, H Yin, C Xiao - Computer Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the Software Defined Network (SDN) has emerged as a pivotal element not
only in data-centers and wide-area networks, but also in next generation networking …

A new optimization technique to solve the latency aware controller placement problem in software defined networks

M Dhar, BK Bhattacharyya… - Transactions on …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Software defined networking (SDN) is a modern and upcoming standard in today's network
as it centralizes the network intelligence by separating the control plane from the forwarding …

Fault tolerant controller placement in distributed SDN environments

A Alshamrani, S Guha, S Pisharody… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software Defined Network (SDN) facilitates a centralized networking system where a
controller manages the global view of the network. The introduction of Software-Defined …

Density cluster based approach for controller placement problem in large-scale software defined networkings

J Liao, H Sun, J Wang, Q Qi, K Li, T Li - Computer Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Software Defined Networking (SDN) decouples control and data planes. The
separation arises a problem known as the controller placement, ie, how many and where …