The Internet has led to the creation of a digital society, where (almost) everything is
connected and is accessible from anywhere. However, despite their widespread adoption …

Emerging mega-trends (eg, mobile, social, cloud, and big data) in information and
communication technologies (ICT) are commanding new challenges to future Internet, for …

Software-defined network (SDN) has become one of the most important architectures for the
management of largescale complex networks, which may require repolicing or …

We explain the notion of software-defined networking (SDN), whose southbound interface
may be implemented by the OpenFlow protocol. We describe the operation of OpenFlow …

Software-defined networking (SDN) is an emerging paradigm that has become increasingly
popular in recent years. The core idea is to separate the control and data planes, allowing …

Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are constructed and
managed. Conventional control and management platforms are facing considerable …

Existing surveys of research into software-defined networking (SDN) make only minimal
mention of multicasting. We present a survey of existing multicast routing protocols in …

Software defined networking (SDN) offers centralized network management and effective
resource utilization by offloading the intelligent control plane, responsible for routing and …

Software-defined network (SDN)/OpenFlow research and development have attracted the
attention of many researchers and companies. The key idea of an SDN is to split the network …

In the last decade, the differences in the information communication technology (ICT)
infrastructures between urban and rural areas have registered a tremendous increase. ICT …