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  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
21,387 Views
37 Pages

Software-defined network (SDNs) have fundamentally changed network infrastructure by decoupling the data plane and the control plane. This architectural shift rejuvenates the network layer by granting the re-programmability and centralized management...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques in Computing and Security)
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
16,030 Views
26 Pages

28 September 2019

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a widely used protocol that provides a mapping of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to Media Access Control (MAC) addresses in local area networks. This protocol suffers from many spoofing attacks because of its st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art of Cyber Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,689 Views
26 Pages

Data security on the Internet of Things (IoT) is usually implemented through encryption. This paper presents a solution based on routing, in which data are forwarded only to entities that are intended to receive them according to security requirement...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
29 Citations
11,441 Views
3 Pages

The role of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) have been instrumental in realizing the transition and vision “from black boxes to a white box towards facilitating 5G network architectures”. Though...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV))
  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
19,327 Views
14 Pages

Improving Internet of Things (IoT) Security with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

  • Abdullah Al Hayajneh,
  • Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan and
  • Ian McAndrew

There has been an increase in the usage of Internet of Things (IoT), which has recently become a rising area of interest as it is being extensively used for numerous applications and devices such as wireless sensors, medical devices, sensitive home s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue IoT: Security, Privacy and Best Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,448 Views
34 Pages

22 November 2023

In the modern era, with the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), big data applications, cloud computing, and the ever-increasing demand for high-speed internet with the aid of upgraded telecom network resources, users now require virtualization...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Trends and Advances in Telecommunications and Sensing)
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,564 Views
27 Pages

In recent years, architectures, devices, and components in telecommunication networks have been challenged by evolutionary and revolutionary factors which are drastically changing the traffic features. Most of these changes imply the need for major r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Networks for Communications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,673 Views
39 Pages

A Systematic Literature Review on Military Software Defined Networks

  • Vasileios Gkioulos,
  • Håkon Gunleifsen and
  • Goitom Kahsay Weldehawaryat

12 September 2018

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an evolving network architecture paradigm that focuses on the separation of control and data planes. SDN receives increasing attention both from academia and industry, across a multitude of application domains. In...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV))
  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
12,516 Views
18 Pages

27 February 2018

Software Defined Networking (SDN) has proved itself to be a backbone in the new network design and is quickly becoming an industry standard. The idea of separation of control plane and data plane is the key concept behind SDN. SDN not only allows us...

(This article belongs to the Collection Information Systems Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,281 Views
20 Pages

Performance Evaluation of Stateful Firewall-Enabled SDN with Flow-Based Scheduling for Distributed Controllers

  • Senthil P.,
  • Balasubramanian Prabhu Kavin,
  • S. R. Srividhya,
  • Ramachandran V. and ,
  • Kavitha C. and
  • Wen-Cheng Lai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 September 2022

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a network approach achieved by decoupling of the control and data planes. The control plane is logically centralized and the data plane is distributed across the network elements. The real-time network is in need...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,980 Views
19 Pages

Control Plane Optimisation for an SDN-Based WBAN Framework to Support Healthcare Applications

  • Khalid Hasan,
  • Khandakar Ahmed,
  • Kamanashis Biswas,
  • Md. Saiful Islam and ,
  • A. S. M. Kayes and
  • S. M. Riazul Islam
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 July 2020

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) offers an abstract view of the network and assists network operators to control the network traffic and the associated network resources more effectively. For the past few years, SDN has shown a lot of merits in dive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Communications and Computing in Sensor Network)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,028 Views
12 Pages

12 December 2019

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has opened a promising and potential approach for future networks, which mostly requires the low-level configuration to implement different controls. With the high advantages of SDN by decomposing the network control...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,200 Views
28 Pages

A Performance Evaluation for Software Defined Networks with P4

  • Omesh A. Fernando,
  • Hannan Xiao,
  • Joseph Spring and
  • Xianhui Che

11 June 2025

The exponential growth in the number of devices connected via the internet has led to the need to achieve granular programmability for increased performance, resilience, reduced latency, and jitter. Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Programming P...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,373 Views
24 Pages

Currently, network applications, such as audio, video, and augmented reality, have different stringent service requirements. They require service provision through end-to-end connections via other networks with different operating environments or ser...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,094 Views
36 Pages

Leveraging ICN and SDN for Future Internet Architecture: A Survey

  • Manar Aldaoud,
  • Dawood Al-Abri,
  • Medhat Awadalla and
  • Firdous Kausar

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are both new evolving network architectures that are receiving a lot of attention from researchers. ICN is a Future Internet architecture which tries to transform the current...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,276 Views
28 Pages

21 June 2018

In today’s internet-of-things (IoT) environment, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have many advantages, with broad applications in different areas including environmental monitoring, maintaining security, etc. However, high energy depletion may...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,644 Views
19 Pages

Packet Injection Exploiting Attack and Mitigation in Software-Defined Networks

  • Jishuai Li,
  • Sujuan Qin,
  • Tengfei Tu,
  • Hua Zhang and
  • Yongsheng Li

21 January 2022

Software-defined networking (SDN) decouples the control plane and data plane through OpenFlow technology and allows flexible network control. It has been widely applied in different areas and has become a focus of attention in the future network. Wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,166 Views
21 Pages

SDN-Based Routing Framework for Elephant and Mice Flows Using Unsupervised Machine Learning

  • Muna Al-Saadi,
  • Asiya Khan,
  • Vasilios Kelefouras,
  • David J. Walker and
  • Bushra Al-Saadi

2 March 2023

Software-defined networks (SDNs) have the capabilities of controlling the efficient movement of data flows through a network to fulfill sufficient flow management and effective usage of network resources. Currently, most data center networks (DCNs) s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,692 Views
17 Pages

An Experimental OpenFlow Proposal over Legacy GPONs to Allow Real-Time Service Reconfiguration Policies

  • Noemí Merayo,
  • David de Pintos,
  • Juan C. Aguado,
  • Ignacio de Miguel and ,
  • Ramón J. Durán,
  • Patricia Fernández,
  • Rubén M. Lorenzo and
  • Evaristo J. Abril
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 January 2021

The integration of Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies in Passive Optical Networks (PONs) would provide great advantages to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Network Operators, since they can optimize the network operation and reduce i...

(This article belongs to the Collection New Trends in Optical Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
7,601 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Controller Deployment in SDN-Enabled 6G Space–Air–Ground Integrated Network

  • Zhan Liao,
  • Chen Chen,
  • Ying Ju,
  • Ci He and ,
  • Jiange Jiang and
  • Qingqi Pei
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 February 2022

The space–air–ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) is considered to be a significant framework for realizing the vision of “6G intelligent connection of all things”. The birth of 6G SAGIN also brings many problems, such as ultra-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiple Access Edge Computing in Non-Terrestial and Terrestrial Internet of Things Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
112 Citations
9,927 Views
18 Pages

DeepIDS: Deep Learning Approach for Intrusion Detection in Software Defined Networking

  • Tuan Anh Tang,
  • Lotfi Mhamdi,
  • Des McLernon,
  • Syed Ali Raza Zaidi and ,
  • Mounir Ghogho and
  • Fadi El Moussa
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 September 2020

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is developing as a new solution for the development and innovation of the Internet. SDN is expected to be the ideal future for the Internet, since it can provide a controllable, dynamic, and cost-effective network. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Enabling Technologies for Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,645 Views
26 Pages

Multi-Controllers Placement Optimization in SDN by the Hybrid HSA-PSO Algorithm

  • Neamah S. Radam,
  • Sufyan T. Faraj Al-Janabi and
  • Khalid Sh. Jasim

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a developing architecture that provides scalability, flexibility, and efficient network management. However, optimal controller placement faces many problems, which affect the performance of the overall network. T...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,062 Views
18 Pages

MonLink: Piggyback Status Monitoring over LLDP in Software-Defined Energy Internet

  • Xi Chen,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Arun Kumar Sangaiah,
  • Shouxi Luo and
  • Hongfang Yu

25 March 2019

While software-defined networking (SDN) has been widely applied in various networking domains including datacenters, WANs (Wide Area Networks), QoS (Quality of Service) provisioning, service function chaining, etc., it also has foreseeable applicatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptive Fuzzy Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
9,650 Views
20 Pages

1 October 2021

The use of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in the communications of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) demands more comprehensive solutions than those developed to date. The lack of an SDN solution applicable in diverse IIoT scenarios is the...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,050 Views
23 Pages

Seamless Inter-Domain Mobility with Hybrid SDN-LISP

  • Kuljaree Tantayakul,
  • Adisak Intana,
  • Aung Aung and
  • Riadh Dhaou

22 April 2026

One of the challenges in managing mobility in a heterogeneous network domain remains a significant challenge in Software-Defined Networking (SDN). While SDN has effectively facilitated intra-domain mobility, inter-domain mobility has been a major iss...

(This article belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,772 Views
17 Pages

Integration of Interdomain Flow-Rule in Software-Defined Networks for Embedded Internet of Things Devices

  • Sabih Khan Afridi,
  • Saleem Iqbal,
  • Kashif Naseer Qureshi,
  • Saqib Majeed and
  • Gwanggil Jeon

28 February 2023

Software-defined networking (SDN) is an evolving technology providing proper segregation between the control part and data-forwarding domain of network devices. The expansion of the Internet of Things (IoTs) and embedded mobile devices increases the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Performance Embedded Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,952 Views
14 Pages

Detection and Mitigation of SYN Flooding Attacks through SYN/ACK Packets and Black/White Lists

  • Chun-Hao Yang,
  • Jhen-Ping Wu,
  • Fang-Yi Lee,
  • Ting-Yu Lin and
  • Meng-Hsun Tsai

7 April 2023

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new network architecture that provides programmable networks, more efficient network management, and centralized control than traditional networks. The TCP SYN flooding attack is one of the most aggressive netwo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cybersecurity and Reliability for 5G and Beyond and IoT Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
191 Citations
20,872 Views
32 Pages

4 May 2017

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are becoming increasingly popular with the advent of the Internet of things (IoT). Various real-world applications of WSNs such as in smart grids, smart farming and smart health would require a potential deployment of...

(This article belongs to the Collection Smart Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
281 Citations
18,147 Views
18 Pages

28 April 2021

Software-defined Networking (SDN) has recently developed and been put forward as a promising and encouraging solution for future internet architecture. Managed, the centralized and controlled network has become more flexible and visible using SDN. On...

(This article belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
9,557 Views
22 Pages

16 March 2023

This paper proposes a hybrid deep learning algorithm for detecting and defending against DoS/DDoS attacks in software-defined networks (SDNs). SDNs are becoming increasingly popular due to their centralized control and flexibility, but this also make...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,906 Views
20 Pages

Enhancing the Internet of Things with Knowledge-Driven Software-Defined Networking Technology: Future Perspectives

  • Yuhong Li,
  • Xiang Su,
  • Aaron Yi Ding,
  • Anders Lindgren and ,
  • Xiaoli Liu,
  • Christian Prehofer,
  • Jukka Riekki,
  • Rahim Rahmani,
  • Sasu Tarkoma and
  • Pan Hui
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

19 June 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects smart devices to enable various intelligent services. The deployment of IoT encounters several challenges, such as difficulties in controlling and managing IoT applications and networks, problems in programming e...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
8,403 Views
21 Pages

28 October 2022

With the development of Software Defined Networking (SDN), its security is becoming increasingly important. Since SDN has the characteristics of centralized management and programmable, attackers can easily take advantage of the security vulnerabilit...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,884 Views
31 Pages

11 July 2025

Software-defined networking (SDN) represents a transformative shift in network architecture by decoupling the control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized and flexible management of network resources. However, this architectural shift intr...

(This article belongs to the Section AI Systems: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
789 Views
35 Pages

10 August 2026

Fast Reroute (FRR) after link failures is essential for carrier-grade Software-Defined Networking (SDN), yet hybrid deployments remain dominated by slow legacy routing convergence. This paper presents two port-state-driven FRR mechanisms for homogene...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Software-Defined Networking (SDN))
  • Review
  • Open Access
53 Citations
11,657 Views
30 Pages

Machine-Learning-Based Traffic Classification in Software-Defined Networks

  • Rehab H. Serag,
  • Mohamed S. Abdalzaher,
  • Hussein Abd El Atty Elsayed,
  • M. Sobh and ,
  • Moez Krichen and
  • Mahmoud M. Salim
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Many research efforts have gone into upgrading antiquated communication network infrastructures with better ones to support contemporary services and applications. Smart networks can adapt to new technologies and traffic trends on their own. Software...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Artificial Intelligence in the New Era of Communication Networks)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,126 Views
24 Pages

Evolution towards Smart and Software-Defined Internet of Things

  • Muhammad Aneeq Abid,
  • Naokhaiz Afaqui,
  • Muazzam A. Khan,
  • Muhammad Waseem Akhtar and ,
  • Asad Waqar Malik,
  • Arslan Munir,
  • Jawad Ahmad and
  • Balawal Shabir
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

21 February 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a mesh network of interconnected objects with unique identifiers that can transmit data and communicate with one another without the need for human intervention. The IoT has brought the future closer to us. It has open...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers for AI)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
6,197 Views
19 Pages

Distributed Blockchain-SDN Secure IoT System Based on ANN to Mitigate DDoS Attacks

  • Rihab Jmal,
  • Walid Ghabri,
  • Ramzi Guesmi,
  • Badr M. Alshammari and ,
  • Ahmed S. Alshammari and
  • Haitham Alsaif
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 April 2023

By bringing smart and advanced solutions, the Internet of Things (IoT) has opened up new dimensions of innovative services and processing power for contemporary living standards. IoT has a wide range of devices and communication entities as a result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,710 Views
10 Pages

16 September 2022

The purpose of this paper is to improve the effectiveness of the Moving Target Defense (MTD)-based protection method, which reduces the problem of using traditional network protection tools due to the static nature of network services and configurati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microgrids: Protection, Cyber Physical Issues, and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,514 Views
23 Pages

6 February 2024

The reliability of the communication link is quite common and challenging to handle as the topology changes frequently in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Another problem with VANETs is that the vehicles are from different manufacturers. Hence, th...

(This article belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,176 Views
35 Pages

15 August 2025

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network architecture that decouples the control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized, programmable management of network traffic. SDN introduces centralized control and programmability to modern netwo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,411 Views
25 Pages

3 December 2019

Despite the immense benefits offered by the utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civilian and military applications, significant work needs to be done to ensure that these systems are able to securely communicate and resiliently operate...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,874 Views
30 Pages

Industrial Networks Driven by SDN Technology for Dynamic Fast Resilience

  • Nteziriza Nkerabahizi Josbert,
  • Wang Ping,
  • Min Wei and
  • Yong Li

15 October 2021

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) provides the prospect of logically centralized management in industrial networks and simplified programming among devices. It also facilitates the reconfiguration of connectivity when there is a network element failu...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,749 Views
28 Pages

Counteracting UDP Flooding Attacks in SDN

  • Yung-Hao Tung,
  • Hung-Chuan Wei,
  • Yen-Wu Ti,
  • Yao-Tung Tsou and ,
  • Neetesh Saxena and
  • Chia-Mu Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new networking architecture with a centralized control mechanism. SDN has proven to be successful in improving not only the network performance, but also security. However, centralized control in the SDN archite...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,883 Views
17 Pages

DoSGuard: Mitigating Denial-of-Service Attacks in Software-Defined Networks

  • Jishuai Li,
  • Tengfei Tu,
  • Yongsheng Li,
  • Sujuan Qin and ,
  • Yijie Shi and
  • Qiaoyan Wen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 January 2022

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new networking paradigm that realizes the fast management and optimal configuration of network resources by decoupling control logic and forwarding functions. However, centralized network architecture brings new...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,871 Views
29 Pages

SDN-Based Integrated Satellite Terrestrial Cyber–Physical Networks with 5G Resilience Infrastructure: Future Trends and Challenges

  • Oluwatobiloba Alade Ayofe,
  • Kennedy Chinedu Okafor,
  • Omowunmi Mary Longe,
  • Christopher Akinyemi Alabi and ,
  • Abdoulie Momodu Sunkary Tekanyi,
  • Aliyu Danjuma Usman,
  • Mu’azu Jibrin Musa,
  • Zanna Mohammed Abdullahi,
  • Ezekiel Ehime Agbon and
  • Hajara Idris
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

This paper reviews the state-of-the art technologies and techniques for integrating satellite and terrestrial networks within a 5G and Beyond Networks (5GBYNs). It highlights key limitations in existing architectures, particularly in addressing inter...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communication Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
929 Views
15 Pages

Edge Caching Strategies for Seamless Handover in SDN-Enabled Connected Cars

  • Kuljaree Tantayakul,
  • Wasimon Panichpattanakul,
  • Adisak Intana and
  • Parin Sornlertlamvanich

18 November 2025

This paper presents an analytical evaluation of three strategies designed to minimize service disruption during handovers in Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-based connected car networks: SDN Mobility with a Caching Policy, cache-miss Content Delive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,967 Views
19 Pages

SDN Anomalous Traffic Detection Based on Temporal Convolutional Network

  • Ziyi Wang,
  • Zhenyu Guan,
  • Xu Liu,
  • Caixia Li and ,
  • Xuan Sun and
  • Jun Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 April 2025

The wide application of software-defined network (SDN) architecture, combined with its centralized control characteristics, have exacerbated the potential risk of network attacks, and the traditional anomaly traffic detection methods are facing the c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
11,270 Views
18 Pages

For telecom operators, it is of great significance to employ artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technology in a software-defined network (SDN) in order to achieve intelligent network control, traffic management and optimization. This paper pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
14,817 Views
24 Pages

Intelligent Load Balancing Techniques in Software Defined Networks: A Survey

  • Thabo Semong,
  • Thabiso Maupong,
  • Stephen Anokye,
  • Kefalotse Kehulakae and ,
  • Setso Dimakatso,
  • Gabanthone Boipelo and
  • Seth Sarefo
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

In the current technology driven era, the use of devices that connect to the internet has increased significantly. Consequently, there has been a significant increase in internet traffic. Some of the challenges that arise from the increased traffic i...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,262 Views
20 Pages

17 December 2017

There are two different types of primary users (natural acoustic and artificial acoustic), and there is a long propagation delay for acoustic links in underwater cognitive acoustic networks (UCANs). Thus, the selection of a stable route is one of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Underwater Acoustics, Communications and Information Processing)

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