Software Defined Networking for IoT
A special issue of IoT (ISSN 2624-831X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 647
Special Issue Editors
Interests: software-defined networks; programmable networks; network automation; deterministic control of wireless mesh networks; ultra-reliable low-latency communication; network resource management
Interests: vehicular networks; smart city emergency services; cybersecurity; cryptography; contingency planning management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Software-defined networking (SDN) has revolutionised the control and management of enterprise and data centre networks. In Internet of Things (IoT), SDN is primarily manifested through centralised network control and network virtualisation. The former is used in critical applications such as industrial monitoring (e.g., WirelessHART) to allow the network to be optimised for reliability and end-to-end delays. Network virtualisation is explored as a means of improving utilisation of IoT network resources, improving accessibility, etc. The application of SDN in IoT is almost a decade old, and the field has reached maturity. There are many existing and functional solutions that have even been integrated with enterprise grade SDN controllers such as ONOS. However, the differences between IoT and enterprise networks are colossal, resulting in significant implementation challenges. The southbound network control protocols (e.g., OpenFlow) and the collection of state are challenged in IoT by the limited communication data rate and the need to have in-band control channels. The slicing and virtualisation of wireless links is complicated by interference and communication errors. Addressing these challenges is still an ongoing effort that is driven by the advantages of increased flexibility and determinism that SDN can provide in IoT networks.
We are inviting contributions in the following areas, as well as others that are related to software-defined communications (e.g., Software Defined Radios):
- IoT applications using Software Defined Network control and management
- Architectures for Software Defined IoT networks
- South-bound protocols for network control and state collection
- SDN controllers for IoT networks
- In-band collection of network state
- Centralised algorithms for network control and optimisation
- Virtualisation and slicing of IoT networks to implement multi-tenancy: resource management algorithms and network multiplexing techniques
- Low-cost Software Defined Radios for IoT devices.
- SD-WAN for IoT deployment
Dr. Victor Cionca
Dr. Saqib Rasool Chaudhry
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- software defined IoT networks
- centralised network control
- quality of service
- network virtualization
- multi-tenant IoT networks
- IoT network resource allocation
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