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 term “SDN” represents a significant evolution in networking technology and draws
attention and support from network operators, vendors, researchers and industry regulators …

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an exciting technology that enables innovation in
how we design and manage networks. Although this technology seems to have appeared …

Abstract Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is considered promising to simplify network
management and enable research innovations based on the decomposition of the control …

As the field of communications networks continues to evolve, the challenging area of
wireless sensor networks is rapidly coming of age. Recent advances have made it possible …

Current data networking technology limits a network's ability to adapt, often resulting in sub-
optimal performance. Limited in state, scope, and response mechanisms, the network …

The evolution of software defined networking (SDN) has played a significant role in the
development of next-generation networks (NGN). SDN as a programmable network having …

This paper presents a practical approach to rapidly introducing new dataplane functionality
into networks: End-hosts embed tiny programs into packets to actively query and manipulate …

In this paper we present a programmable networking model that provides a common
framework for understanding the state-of-the-art in programmable networks. A number of …

Although active networks have generated much debate in the research community, on the
whole there has been little hard evidence to inform this debate. This paper aims to redress …