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NAGARAJ HEGDE AND FEI HU
Introduction
Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new approach to network-
ing. It was invented by Nicira Networks based on their earlier work
at Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Princeton
University, and CMU. e goal of SDN is to provide an open, user-
controlled management of the forwarding hardware in a network.
SDN exploits the ability to split the data plane from the control plane
in routers and switches. e control plane is open and controlled cen-
trally with SDN while having the commands and logic sent back down
to the data planes of the hardware (routers or switches). is paradigm
provides a view of the entire net