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Software defined networking flow table management of openflow switches performance and security challenges: a survey

Isyaku, Babangida and Mohd. Zahid, Mohd. Soperi and Kamat, Maznah and Abu Bakar, Kamalrulnizam and Ghaleb, Fuad A. (2020) Software defined networking flow table management of openflow switches performance and security challenges: a survey. Future Internet, 12 (9). pp. 1-30. ISSN 1999-5903

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi12090147

Abstract

Software defined networking (SDN) is an emerging network paradigm that decouples the control plane from the data plane. The data plane is composed of forwarding elements called switches and the control plane is composed of controllers. SDN is gaining popularity from industry and academics due to its advantages such as centralized, flexible, and programmable network management. The increasing number of traffics due to the proliferation of the Internet of Thing (IoT) devices may result in two problems: (1) increased processing load of the controller, and (2) insufficient space in the switches’ flow table to accommodate the flow entries. These problems may cause undesired network behavior and unstable network performance, especially in large-scale networks. Many solutions have been proposed to improve the management of the flow table, reducing controller processing load, and mitigating security threats and vulnerabilities on the controllers and switches. This paper provides comprehensive surveys of existing schemes to ensure SDN meets the quality of service (QoS) demands of various applications and cloud services. Finally, potential future research directions are identified and discussed such as management of flow table using machine learning.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:SDN, OpenFlow, rule management, update operation, security threat
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:Computing
ID Code:91484
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:30 Jun 2021 12:17
Last Modified:30 Jun 2021 12:17

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