Suheib Alhiyari, Siti Hafizah AB Hamid^*, Nur Nasuha Daud

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.1, pp. 103-137, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.059050 - 03 January 2025

Abstract Software-defined networking (SDN) is an innovative paradigm that separates the control and data planes, introducing centralized network control. SDN is increasingly being adopted by Carrier Grade networks, offering enhanced network management capabilities than those of traditional networks. However, because SDN is designed to ensure high-level service availability, it faces additional challenges. One of the most critical challenges is ensuring efficient detection and recovery from link failures in the data plane. Such failures can significantly impact network performance and lead to service outages, making resiliency a key concern for the effective adoption of SDN. Since the More >

Babangida Isyaku^1,2, Kamalrulnizam Bin Abu Bakar^2,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 1839-1879, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.040456 - 28 July 2023

Abstract Smart environments offer various services, including smart cities, e-healthcare, transportation, and wearable devices, generating multiple traffic flows with different Quality of Service (QoS) demands. Achieving the desired QoS with security in this heterogeneous environment can be challenging due to traffic flows and device management, unoptimized routing with resource awareness, and security threats. Software Defined Networks (SDN) can help manage these devices through centralized SDN controllers and address these challenges. Various schemes have been proposed to integrate SDN with emerging technologies for better resource utilization and security. Software Defined Wireless Body Area Networks (SDWBAN) and Software More >

Muhammad Waqas Nadeem^1,*, Hock Guan Goh¹, Yichiet Aun¹, Vasaki Ponnusamy²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 2201-2217, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.039893 - 28 July 2023

Abstract Over the past few years, rapid advancements in the internet and communication technologies have led to increasingly intricate and diverse networking systems. As a result, greater intelligence is necessary to effectively manage, optimize, and maintain these systems. Due to their distributed nature, machine learning models are challenging to deploy in traditional networks. However, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) presents an opportunity to integrate intelligence into networks by offering a programmable architecture that separates data and control planes. SDN provides a centralized network view and allows for dynamic updates of flow rules and software-based traffic analysis. While the… More >

Tarcízio Ferrão^1,*, Franklin Manene², Adeyemi Abel Ajibesin³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 4985-5007, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.038276 - 29 April 2023

Abstract Currently, the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing communication technology by facilitating the sharing of information between different physical devices connected to a network. To improve control, customization, flexibility, and reduce network maintenance costs, a new Software-Defined Network (SDN) technology must be used in this infrastructure. Despite the various advantages of combining SDN and IoT, this environment is more vulnerable to various attacks due to the centralization of control. Most methods to ensure IoT security are designed to detect Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, but they often lack mechanisms to mitigate their severity. This paper proposes… More >

Sultan Alkhliwi^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 4735-4752, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.037141 - 29 April 2023

Abstract Software-defined networking (SDN) algorithms are gaining increasing interest and are making networks flexible and agile. The basic idea of SDN is to move the control planes to more than one server’s named controllers and limit the data planes to numerous sending network components, enabling flexible and dynamic network management. A distinctive characteristic of SDN is that it can logically centralize the control plane by utilizing many physical controllers. The deployment of the controller—that is, the controller placement problem (CPP)—becomes a vital model challenge. Through the advancements of blockchain technology, data integrity between nodes can be… More >

Hamza Safwan¹, Zeshan Iqbal¹, Rashid Amin¹, Muhammad Attique Khan², Majed Alhaisoni³, Abdullah Alqahtani⁴, Ye Jin Kim⁵, Byoungchol Chang^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.2, pp. 2365-2381, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033896 - 31 March 2023

Abstract Software-defined networking (SDN) represents a paradigm shift in network traffic management. It distinguishes between the data and control planes. APIs are then used to communicate between these planes. The controller is central to the management of an SDN network and is subject to security concerns. This research shows how a deep learning algorithm can detect intrusions in SDN-based IoT networks. Overfitting, low accuracy, and efficient feature selection is all discussed. We propose a hybrid machine learning-based approach based on Random Forest and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). In this study, a new dataset based specifically on More >

Salem Alkhalaf^*, Fahad Alturise

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6393-6405, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.031698 - 28 July 2022

Abstract Software-defined network (SDN) is a new form of network architecture that has programmability, ease of use, centralized control, and protocol independence. It has received high attention since its birth. With SDN network architecture, network management becomes more efficient, and programmable interfaces make network operations more flexible and can meet the different needs of various users. The mainstream communication protocol of SDN is OpenFlow, which contains a Match Field in the flow table structure of the protocol, which matches the content of the packet header of the data received by the switch, and completes the corresponding… More >

Aashish Kumar¹, Darpan Anand¹, Sudan Jha², Gyanendra Prasad Joshi³, Woong Cho^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1409-1426, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024970 - 24 February 2022

Abstract Software-defined networking is one of the progressive and prominent innovations in Information and Communications Technology. It mitigates the issues that our conventional network was experiencing. However, traffic data generated by various applications is increasing day by day. In addition, as an organization's digital transformation is accelerated, the amount of information to be processed inside the organization has increased explosively. It might be possible that a Software-Defined Network becomes a bottleneck and unavailable. Various models have been proposed in the literature to balance the load. However, most of the works consider only limited parameters and do More >

Mohammad Riyaz Belgaum¹, Fuead Ali¹, Zainab Alansari², Shahrulniza Musa^1,*, Muhammad Mansoor Alam^1,3, M. S. Mazliham⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 251-266, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018211 - 07 September 2021

Abstract Software-defined networking (SDN) plays a critical role in transforming networking from traditional to intelligent networking. The increasing demand for services from cloud users has increased the load on the network. An efficient system must handle various loads and increasing needs representing the relationships and dependence of businesses on automated measurement systems and guarantee the quality of service (QoS). The multiple paths from source to destination give a scope to select an optimal path by maintaining an equilibrium of load using some best algorithms. Moreover, the requests need to be transferred to reliable network elements. To… More >

Faisal Mehmood¹, Shabir Ahmad^2,3, Israr Ullah¹, Faisal Jamil¹, DoHyeun Kim^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2231-2244, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017528 - 21 July 2021

Abstract The data being generated by the Internet of Things needs to be stored, monitored, and analyzed for maximum IoT resource utilization. Software Defined Networking has been extensively utilized to address issues such as heterogeneity and scalability. However, for small-scale IoT application, sometimes it is considered an inefficient approach. This paper proposes an alternate lightweight mechanism to the design and implementation of a dynamic virtual network based on user requirements. The key idea is to provide users a virtual interface that enables them to reconfigure the communication flow between the sensors and actuators at runtime. The More >