Abstract:International audienceSoftware Defined Networking (SDN) is supposed to bring flexibility, dynamicity and automation to today's network through a logically centralized network controller. We argue that reaching SDN's full capacities requires however the development of standardized programming capabilities on its top. In this paper we introduce "Bring Your Own Control" (BYOC) as a new concept providing a convenient framework structuring the openness of the SDN on its northbound side. We derive from the lifecycle… Show more
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