In multihop wireless networks (MWNs), wireless nodes can communicate with each other
through intermediate nodes without the help of any infrastructure. Therefore, wireless nodes …

To provide ubiquitous Internet access under the explosive increase of applications and data
traffic, the current network architecture has become highly heterogeneous and complex …

Abstract Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has been applied to many different areas of
wireless networking, bringing them greater flexibility, fine-grained control, and unparalleled …

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a new paradigm that highly increase
the network management flexibility through simple but powerful abstractions. The key idea is …

One of the primary architectural principles behind the Internet is the use of distributed
protocols, which facilitates fault tolerance and distributed management. Unfortunately …

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been seen as a revolutionary and exciting network
technology that aims to enable control and network management of various network types …

While SDN has traditionally targeted fixed and wired environments with hundreds of nodes,
recently its main principles have also been followed in wireless ad hoc scenarios. However …

Wireless networks such as mobile networks, with their inflexible and expensive network
infrastructure, are facing various challenges in efficiently handling the exponentially growing …

One main feature of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is the basic principle of decoupling
a device's control plane from its data plane. This simplifies network management and gives …

Software-defined networking (SDN) has generated tremendous interest from both academia
and industry. SDN aims at simplifying network management while enabling researchers to …