The increasing consumption of multimedia services and the demand of high-quality services
from customers has triggered a fundamental change in how we administer networks in terms …

In recent years, with the rapid development of current Internet and mobile communication
technologies, the infrastructure, devices and resources in networking systems are becoming …

Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

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 …

The proposition of increased innovation in network applications and reduced cost for
network operators has won over the networking world to the vision of software-defined …

A software-defined network (SDN) separates the network control plane from the data
forwarding plane. SDN has shown significant benefits in many ways compared to …

The emergence of two new technologies, namely, software defined networking (SDN) and
network function virtualization (NFV), have radically changed the development of network …

Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a promising paradigm for making the
control of communication networks flexible. SDN separates the data packet forwarding …

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

Abstract Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an evolutionary networking paradigm which
has been adopted by large network and cloud providers, among which are Tech Giants …