SDN Controller Mechanisms for Flexible and Customized Networking

Authors

  • Jacek Wytrębowicz Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw
  • Thorsten Ries Post Technologies, 2, rue Emile Bian, L-2999 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Khoa Truong Dinh Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw
  • Sławomir Kukliński Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw

Abstract

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is seen as the most promising networking technology today. The spread of a new technology depends on the acceptance of the engineers implementing the networks. Typically, when engineers start the conceptualization of new network devices that work with a new paradigm, and that should provide expected business values, they must identify and utilize technical enablers for the defined business use cases. This paper tries to summarize essential SDN applications and defines the technical enablers for advanced and efficient SDN networking. To this end, we identify the core technical mechanisms, expecting to provide a useful analysis for the design of new SDN networks.

Author Biographies

Jacek Wytrębowicz, Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw

Jacek Wytrębowicz was born in Warsaw, in 1957. He received the MSc in computer science from the Warsaw University of Technology, in 1982, and the Ph.D. in computer and network science from l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, in 1995. He is an assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he gives lectures on computer networks. His research interests are: formal methods applied to communication protocols, new applications of wireless networks, and new concepts related to Software Defined Networking. He is co-author of 7 books and author or co-author of 35 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings.

Thorsten Ries, Post Technologies, 2, rue Emile Bian, L-2999 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Thorsten Ries received the degree of Dipl. Inf. (FH) in computer science from the Trier University of Applied Sciences in 2000 and the MSc Science from the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK in 2006. In 2012, he received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Luxembourg. Being active in research for more than a decade, he was involved in European projects, including EFIPSANS and Gen6. Since 2014, he is Security Architect at Post Technologies in Luxembourg, focusing on novel end-to-end security concepts. Besides this, his research interests include SDN, data analysis, privacy and autonomic network management.

Khoa Truong Dinh, Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw

Khoa Truong Dinh was born in Hue city, Viet Nam in 1987. He received the BSc and MSc degree in Telecommunications at Warsaw University of Technology in 2011 and 2013. Since 2013, he has been a Research Assistant working for CoSDN project. Currently he is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Information Technology Faculty at WUT. His interests include 3G, 4G mobile technologies, wireless network, Software Defined Networks and autonomic networking.

Sławomir Kukliński, Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warsaw

Sławomir Kukliński received the MSc in 1985, and the Ph.D. in 1994 from Warsaw University of Technology,   Institute of Telecommunications, where he works as assistant professor. From 2003 he also works for Orange Labs Polska S.A. as research expert. For about decade he focuses on Future Internet, mobile systems, wireless mesh networks and VANETs. At present he is active in autonomic network management and SDN. He was involved in several European projects, including MIDAS, 4WARD and EFIPSANS. He published many conference papers, was a TPC member of many conferences, and served as a reviewer to many conferences and journals.

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2014-12-07

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Vol. 60 No. 4 (2014)

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Telecommunications

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