The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2021, 3(1); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2021.030118.
Zhipeng Hui1, Sijie Zhang2, Yichen Shao3, Tongyu Chen4
1Department of Computer Science & Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York 12180, USA
2Department of Digital Media Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
3Department of Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
4Hangzhou Foreign Language School, Hangzhou 310023, China
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis on Software Defined Network (SDN) based on these following main aspects: i) an overview of the SDN architecture, ii) the introduction of a practical SDN application, iii) characteristics and drawbacks of SDN, and iv) methods for improving the performance of SDN. By reviewing and researching the rise and development of SDN, it is proposed that SDN solves many issues of traditional distributed networks, including configuration and management difficulties due to network node diversity. However, it still has some limitations, such as decentralize tendency and code opacity caused by competition among vendors. The goal of SDN development is to put SDN in the details of real issues, to improve it from different aspects, and thus make it as a better network.
Software Defined Network, SDN OpenFlow, Traffic Engineering Algorithm, Centralized Traffic Engineering, Limitations
Zhipeng Hui, Sijie Zhang, Yichen Shao, Tongyu Chen. The Overview of SDN Architecture and its Practical Application with Improving Methods. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2021) Vol. 3, Issue 1: 113-124. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2021.030118.
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