Software-Defined Networking 2 by Fetia Bannour, Sami Souihi, ... - 9781786308498

Software-Defined Networking 2Extending SDN Control to Large-Scale Networks\nAuthor(s): Fetia Bannour, Sami Souihi, Abdelhamid Mellouk\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, United Kingdom\nImprint: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9781786308498, 978-1786308498\nSynopsis\nThis book reviews the concept of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) by studying the SDN architecture. It provides a detailed analysis of state-of-the-art distributed SDN controller platforms by assessing their advantages and drawbacks and classifying them in novel ways according to various criteria. Additionally, a thorough examination of the major challenges of existing distributed SDN controllers is provided along with insights into emerging and future trends in that area. Decentralization challenges in large-scale networks are tackled using three novel approaches, applied to the SDN control plane presented in the book. The first approach addresses the SDN controller p.