Deployment of OpenFlow/SDN Technologies to Carrier Services
Yoichi Sato, Ichiro Fukuda, Tomonori Fujita · IEICE Transactions on Communications · 2013
The use of computing resources on network is becoming active in the Internet and private networks. OpenFlow/Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is drawing attention as a method to control network virtualization for the cloud computing services and other carrier services. This paper introduces examples of OpenFlow/SDN technologies applied to commercial cloud services. Various activities to expand coverage over commercial carrier networks are also mentioned.