• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.733-750
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• 2019

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new network paradigm, allowing administrators to manage networks through central controllers by separating control plane from data plane. So, one or more controllers must locate outside switches. However, this separation may cause delay problems between controllers and switches. In this paper, we therefore propose a Priority-based Scheduling policy for OpenFlow (PSO) to reduce the delay of some significant traffic. Our PSO is based on packet prioritization mechanisms in both OpenFlow switches and controllers. In addition, we have prototyped and experimented on PSO using a network simulator (ns-3). From the experimental results, PSO has demonstrated low delay for targeted traffic in the out-of-brand control network. The targeted traffic can acquire forwarding rules with lower delay under network congestion in control links (with normalized load > 0.8), comparing to traditional OpenFlow. Furthermore, PSO is helpful in the in-band control network to prioritize OpenFlow messages over data packets.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2015

To realize futuristic services with agility, the role of the experimental facility (i.e., testbed) based on integrated resources has become important, so that developers can flexibly utilize the dynamic provisioning power of software-defined networking and cloud computing. Following this trend, an OpenFlow-based SDN testbed environment, denoted as OF@TEIN, connects multiple sites with unique SmartX Racks (i.e., virtualization-enabled converged resources). In this paper, in order to automate the multi-point L2 (i.e., Ethernet) inter-connection of OpenFlow islands, we introduce an automated tool to configure the required Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) tunneling. With the proposed automation tool, the operators can efficiently and quickly manage network inter-connections among multiple OpenFlow sites, while letting developers to control their own traffic flows for service realization experiments.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 2012

OpenFlow 기술은 기존의 폐쇄적인 네트워킹 기술을 개방형 네트워킹 기술로 변화시켜서 새로운 네트워킹 기술 발전을 위한 기반을 제공하였다. OpenFlow 기술의 상용화 및 표준화를 촉진시키기 위해서 설립된 ONF(Open Networking Foundation)는 네트워킹 기술을 컴퓨팅 기술로 재해석하고 OpenFlow 기술을 기반으로 SDN(Software-Defined Networking) 기술을 정의하였다. SDN 기술은 네트워크 비용 및 복잡성을 근본적으로 해결하는 기술로, 기존 네트워킹 기술의 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 기술을 근본적으로 변화시키는 미래인터넷 기술로 떠오르고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.01a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2019

SDN(Software Defined Networking) 환경에서는 OpenFlow 프로토콜을 사용함으로써, 컨트롤러는 스위치가 패킷의 도착이나 Table의 상태에 따라 미리 Flow table의 Entry를 추가, 갱신, 삭제하도록 제어한다. 본 논문에서는 Flow entry의 사용량에 대한 확률을 정확하게 측정하기 위하여 Hidden Markov Mode (HMM)을 적용한 새로운 Flow entry 사전 제거 기법을 제안한다. 본 연구를 통해 HMM을 사용하여 기존 기술들보다 효과적이며 Flow table 관리에 있어 향상된 성능을 목표로 한다.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.727-732
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• 2015

These days, many researchers are working on Future Internet and a new networking paradigm called Software Defined Networking draws a great attention. In this paper, we redefine Software Defined Networking as Service Defined Networking which means that packets are categorized according to types of services. By using Service Defined Networking, we are not only dealing with the way to utilize the network resources efficiently but we also propose an algorithm to minimize the waiting time for packets to be delivered. This proposed algorithm can solve the delay problem, one of the most significant problems caused by network congestion. Also, since we are adopting Service Defined Networking, network resource utilization can be improved compared to the existing network.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.46-55
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• 2015

현재의 OpenFlow 기반의 SDN(Software-Defined Networking) 기술은 데이터 센터 네트워크를 대체하기 위한 기술로 간주되고 있으며 캐리어(통신 사업자)의 네트워크에 적용하기에는 아직 많은 기술 개발이 필요한 것으로 알려져 있다. 본고에서는 캐리어 네트워크에 적용 가능한 SDN을 SDN 2.0으로 정의하고 SDN 2.0의 실현에 필요한 주요 기술들의 연구동향과 적용방안에 대해 살펴본다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.511-524
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• 2016

The Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) has been used for a long time in campus and enterprise networks as the most popular network virtualization solution. Due to the benefits and advantages achieved by using VLAN, network operators and administrators have been using it for constructing their networks up until now and have even extended it to manage the networking in a cloud computing system. However, their configuration is a complex, tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone process. Since Software Defined Networking (SDN) features the centralized network management and network programmability, it is a promising solution for handling the aforementioned challenges in VLAN management. In this paper, we first introduce a new architecture for campus and enterprise networks by leveraging SDN and OpenFlow. Next, we have designed and implemented an application for easily managing and flexibly troubleshooting the VLANs in this architecture. This application supports both static VLAN and dynamic VLAN configurations. In addition, we discuss the hybrid-mode operation where the packet processing is involved by both the OpenFlow control plane and the traditional control plane. By deploying a real test-bed prototype, we illustrate how our system works and then evaluate the network latency in dynamic VLAN operation.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2016

The separated management and operation of commercial IP/optical multilayer networks makes network operators look for a unified control plane (UCP) to reduce their capital and operational expenditure. Software-defined networking (SDN) provides a central control plane with a programmable mechanism, regarded as a promising UCP for future optical networks. The general control and scheduling mechanism in SDN-based optical burst switching (OBS) networks is insufficient so the controller has to process a large number of messages per second, resulting in low network resource utilization. In view of this, this paper presents the burst-flow scheduling mechanism (BFSM) with a proposed scheduling algorithm considering channel usage. The simulation results show that, compared with the general control and scheduling mechanism, BFSM provides higher resource utilization and controller performance for the SDN-based OBS network in terms of burst loss rate, the number of messages to which the controller responds, and the average latency of the controller to process a message.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.11-17
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• 2021

Software-defined networking provides a programmable and flexible way to manage the network by separating the control plane from data plane. However, the limited switch memory restricts the number of flow entries in the flow table used to forward packets. This leads to flow table overflow and flow entry reinstallation, which severely degrade the network performance. Therefore, this paper proposes a comprehensive policy for timely eviction of inactive flow entries to optimally maintain flow tables usage. In particular, statistics of user datagram protocol flow entries are periodically sampled to enable the inactive entries to be evicted early. Through traffic-based experiments, we found that the proposed system reduces the number of overflow occurrences and flow entries reinstallation compared to the random and FIFO policies.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.51-57
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• 2017

A wireless sensor network is composed of many resource constrained sensor nodes. These networks are attacked by malicious attacks like DDoS and routing attacks. In this paper, we propose the intrusion detection and prevention system using convergence of software-defined networking and security technology in wireless sensor networks. Our proposed scheme detects various intrusions in a central server by accumulating log messages of OpenFlow switch through SDN controller and prevents the intrusions by configuring OpenFlow switch. In order to validate our proposed scheme, we show it can detect and prevent some malicious attacks in wireless sensor networks.