Title :
Software defined networking for telecom operators: Architecture and applications
Author :
Jian-Quan Wang ; Haijing Fu ; Chang Cao
Author_Institution :
China Unicom Res. Inst., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Software defined network (SDN) is an emerging network architecture where control plane is decoupled from forwarding and is directly programmable. SDN has been studied by academic for several years and some prototype have been developed and tested by industry. Here we firstly analyze SDN´s architecture in an operator´s view. Then we discuss SDN applications for telecom networks and its influence for the future.
Keywords :
computer communications software; computer networks; telecommunication computing; network architecture; operator view; software defined networking; telecommunication network; telecommunication operator; Computer architecture; Protocols; Software; Switches; Telecommunications; Wireless communication; openflow protocol; software defined network; telecom network;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), 2013 8th International ICST Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guilin
DOI :
10.1109/ChinaCom.2013.6694710
