Software‐defined networking (SDN) is one of the most prevailing networking paradigms in
current and next‐generation networks. Basically, the highly featured separation of control …

Nowadays, many applications need varying levels of Quality of Service (QoS). The network
that provides the communication service connects the servers and clients. The network traffic …

Abstract In Software Defined Networks (SDNs), the global view of the underlying network
topology is created and maintained at the logically centralized controller. SDN achieves it by …

OpenFlow discovery protocol (OFDP) is the standard protocol for discovering network
topologies for OpenFlow. Each controller generates and receives OFDP messages for each …

Discovering network elements in a dynamic and optimized manner and being able to
contend with ever-growing traffic is a key requirement for current networking environments …

Achieving high programmability has become an essential aim of network research due to
the ever-increasing internet traffic. Software-Defined Network (SDN) is an emerging …

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), have a potential offering relatively stable Internet
broadband access. The rapid development and growth of WMNs attract ISPs to support …

This letter presents the design of a self-healing protocol for automatic discovery and
maintenance of the network topology in software-defined networks. The proposed protocol …

Network topology is one of the major factors in defining the behavior of a network. In the
present scenario, the demand for network security has increased due to an increase in the …

Software‐defined networking simplifies network management by decoupling the control
plane from the data plane and centralizing it to the controller. As the brain of the network, the …