Software Defined Networks

Software defined networking suggests an alternative worldview, one that comes with a new software stack to which this book is organized, with the goal of presenting a top-to-bottom tour of SDN without leaving any significant gaps that the reader might suspect can only be filled with magic or proprietary code.

Software defined networking (SDN) is an architecture designed to make a network more flexible and easier to manage. SDN has been widely adopted across data centers, WANs, and access networks and serves as a foundational element of a comprehensive intent-based networking (IBN) architecture. Although SDN has so far been limited to automated provisioning and configuration, IBN now adds “translation” and “assurance” so that the complete network cycle can be automated, continuously aligning the network to business needs.

In 14 chapters, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of an SDN-based network as a scalable distributed system running on commodity hardware. The reader will have a one-stop reference looking into the applications, architectures, functionalities, virtualization, security, and privacy challenges connected to SDN.

Audience
Researchers in software, IT, and electronic engineering as well as industry engineers and technologists working in areas such as network virtualization, Python network programming, CISCO ACI, software defined network, and cloud computing.

Anand Nayyar, PhD, received his PhD in Computer Science from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 and is currently an assistant professor, Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director (IoT and Intelligent Systems Lab) in the School of Computer Science, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. A Certified Professional with 100+ Professional certificates from CISCO, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Beingcert, EXIN, GAQM, Cyberoam, and many more, he has published more than 150 research articles and ISI journals, edited 30+ books, and has 60 patents to his credit.

Bhawna Singla, PhD, received her PhD from Thapar University, Patiala, India and is currently a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, PIET College of Engineering and Technology, Samalkha, Panipat, India. She has more than 18 years of academic experience and has published more than 35 research papers in international journals/conferences and edited books.

Preeti Nagrath, PhD, is an associate professor in Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering. She has more than 16 years of academic experience and has published more than 60 research papers in SCI-indexed journals.