Software Defined Networking: Overview, Applications, Challenges, and Future Research

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Abstract
This report discusses about the Software Defined Networking technology. A brief overview is
provided as well in this report. Applications of the technology are also provided in the report.
Disadvantages of this technology is also stated in the report. Literature gap is also present in the
report. Future researches that are to be performed is also provided in the report.

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Overview of the technology SDN........................................................................................3
Relevant technology and their application..........................................................................4
Challenges faced..................................................................................................................6
Gap in literature...................................................................................................................6
Future research.....................................................................................................................7
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................7
References............................................................................................................................9

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SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING
Introduction
Software Defined Networking has been getting popular for providing centralized and
simply control the functionality of the networking system. With high flexibility operational
processes are benefitted as well. This report provides a brief overview of the technology.
Advantages and disadvantages of the technologies are also stated in the report. Literature gap
and future research is also provided in the report.
Overview of the technology SDN
Software defined Networking has been an evolving technology that deals with the
computer network services. The main aspect that is to be considered for SDN is that it enhances
the separation in between the data plane and the control plane which are present in the switches
and the routers. Decoupling of the hardware and incorporating the control to the software is the
main job role of SDN (Baktir, Ozgovde & Ersoy 2017). This technology considers the
functioning of the control plane as a software implementation. This software processing of the
control plane is differentiated from the network services. Again it is seen that the data plane is
considered in the section of hardware and is implemented in the hardware section of the network
equipment. In the traditional networking architecture the main aspect that is considered is that in
the time of the arrival of the data packs in the router, it is the firmware who guides the hardware
to the location where the packets are to be sent. The path that is used in this process of sending
the packets to their destination is considered to be the same. All the packets that are received and
sent are treated in a similar manner (Cui et al, 2016). Again in few of the advanced switches, the
switches have been equipped with the Application Specific Integrated Circuits. This technology
help in proper differentiating in between the packets that are received and are to be sent to the