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Network Innovation through OpenFlow and SDN
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Network Innovation through OpenFlow and SDN

by Fei Hu
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
13h 14m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Network Innovation through OpenFlow and SDN
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COLBY DICKERSON ET AL.
© 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
With our current Internet architecture, it is difficult to perform
network routing on a per-flow basis, and the OpenFlow protocol pro-
vides a new hope in solving this problem. OpenFlow offers a new
way to solve Internet architecture deficiencies by allowing users to
define the routing rules associated with data flow. is would enable
one to configure the network layout and modify the traffic control as
in an SDN. e controller in an OpenFlow network is essential for
determining routing changes. Controller algorithms associated with
different data flows could lead to alternate routing choices. e ...
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ISBN: 9781466572096