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Software-defined networking

Software-defined networking (SDN) is an approach to network management that uses abstraction to enable dynamic and programmatically efficient network configuration to create grouping and segmentation while improving network performance and monitoring in a manner more akin to cloud computing than to traditional network management. SDN is meant to improve…

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New network architecture

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SDN control plane

SDN data plane

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Software-defined networking

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples32
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Software-defined networking

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related to SD-LAN · 6
Software-defined networking → An SD-LAN, LAN, LANs, Local, SD-LAN, SD-LANs
related to SD-WAN · 6
Software-defined networking → An SD-WAN, Control, MPLS, SD-WAN, The, WAN

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sdn network data control plane using openflow controller architecture networks applications may forwarding switches use security software nfv networking one

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vSDNEmulinstance ofwas created.SDN research included emulators0.80text
EstiNetinstance ofwas created.SDN research included emulators0.80text
and Mininet.Work on OpenFlow continued at Stanfordinstance ofwas created.SDN research included emulators0.80text
including with the creation of testbeds to evaluate the use of the protocol in a single campus networkinstance ofwas created.SDN research included emulators0.80text
as well as across the WAN as a backbone for connecting multiple campusesinstance ofwas created.SDN research included emulators0.80text
smartphonesinstance ofThe consumerization of IT Users are increasingly employing mobile personal devices0.80text
tabletsinstance ofThe consumerization of IT Users are increasingly employing mobile personal devices0.80text
and notebooks to access the corporate networkinstance ofThe consumerization of IT Users are increasingly employing mobile personal devices0.80text
the federation of multiple controllersinstance ofThe controller's definition as a logically centralized entity neither prescribes nor precludes implementation architectures0.80text
the hierarchical connection of controllersinstance ofThe controller's definition as a logically centralized entity neither prescribes nor precludes implementation architectures0.80text
communication interfaces between controllersinstance ofThe controller's definition as a logically centralized entity neither prescribes nor precludes implementation architectures0.80text
nor virtualization or slicing of network resourcesinstance ofThe controller's definition as a logically centralized entity neither prescribes nor precludes implementation architectures0.80text

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