Title :
OpenFlow: The Next Generation of the Network?
Author :
Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.
Abstract :
Software-defined-network technologies like OpenFlow could change how datacenters, cloud systems, and perhaps even the Internet handle tomorrow´s heavy network loads.
Keywords :
cloud computing; computer centres; computer network management; protocols; telecommunication computing; Internet; OpenFlow; cloud systems; datacenters; network loads; software defined network technologies; Distributing computing; Software architecture; Software design; Software radio; OpenFlow; SDNs; Software-defined networks;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2011.250