Software defined networking for internet of things

Internet is growing rapidly in the last decades and continues to develop in terms of dimension and complexity. Recent advances in computer networking have introduced a new technology paradigm for future communication, the Software Defined Networks (SDN). The flexibility and general programmability offered by the SDN technology has supposed a disruption in the evolution of the network. SDN can be applied to the Internet of Things (IoT) and thus resolve some of the main challenges it exposes. In this article we will introduce SDN and IOT technologies. We will then outline the challenges ahead of the IOT, and introduce SDN as a solution to these problems.