In recent years, Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a pivotal element not
only in data-centers and wide-area networks, but also in next generation networking …

Compared with traditional network, Software Defined Networking (SDN) decouples control
plane and data plane, providing programmability to configure the network. In spite of such …

Abstract Software Defined Networking simplifies design, monitoring and management of
next generation networks by segregating a legacy network into a centralized control plane …

In order to simplify the management of the traditional network, software-defined networking
(SDN) has been proposed as a promising paradigm shift that decouples control plane and …

Software-defined networking (SDN) makes network management easier by using a
controller to govern all switches, but the controller may become a performance bottleneck …

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

Controller placement is a critical issue in Software-Defined Networking, which has been
identified as a potential approach to achieve more flexible network control and …

Software‐defined network (SDN) is a programmable networking paradigm that enables
logically centralized network management. In order to overcome the shortcomings of …

Mapping switches to controllers in multi-controller software-defined networking (SDN) is still
a hot research topic. Many factors have to be considered when establishing this mapping …

The number of controllers required to manage the network and locations of these controllers
affect various aspects of the separated controller plane including the performance metrics …