Jehad Ali, Byeong-hee Roh^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 849-875, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014576 - 12 January 2021

Abstract The controller is indispensable in software-defined networking (SDN). With several features, controllers monitor the network and respond promptly to dynamic changes. Their performance affects the quality-of-service (QoS) in SDN. Every controller supports a set of features. However, the support of the features may be more prominent in one controller. Moreover, a single controller leads to performance, single-point-of-failure (SPOF), and scalability problems. To overcome this, a controller with an optimum feature set must be available for SDN. Furthermore, a cluster of optimum feature set controllers will overcome an SPOF and improve the QoS in SDN. Herein,… More >

Fahd Alhaidari¹, Sultan H. Almotiri², Mohammed A.Al Ghamdi², Muhammad Adnan Khan^3,*, Abdur Rehman⁴, Sagheer Abbas⁴, Khalid Masood Khan³, Atta-ur-Rahman⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 1269-1285, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013303 - 12 January 2021

Abstract In recent years, the infrastructure, instruments, and resources of network systems are becoming more complex and heterogeneous, with the rapid development of current internet and mobile communication technologies. In order to efficaciously prepare, control, hold and optimize networking systems, greater intelligence needs to be deployed. However, due to the inherently dispensed characteristic of conventional networks, Machine Learning (ML) techniques are hard to implement and deployed to govern and operate networks. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) brings us new possibilities to offer intelligence in the networks. SDN’s characteristics (e.g., logically centralized control, global network view, software-based site visitor… More >

Haisheng Yu¹, Heng Qi¹, Keqiu Li¹, Jianhui Zhang¹,Peng Xiao², Xun Wang¹

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.33, No.4, pp. 251-258, 2018, DOI:10.32604/csse.2018.33.251

Abstract The routing mechanism in Data Center networks can affect network performance and latency significantly. Hash-based method, such as ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path), has been widely used in Data Center networks to fulfill the requirement of load balance. However, ECMP statically maps one flow to a path by a hash method, which results in some paths overloaded while others remain underutilized. Some dynamic flow scheduling schemes choose the most underutilized link as the next hop to better utilize the network bandwidth, while these schemes lacks of utilizing the global state of the network. To achieve high bandwidth… More >