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Although traditional IP networks have been widely adopted by societies and telecommunication services, there are still numerous concerns about them.
It is hard to implement predefined network policies and to reconfigure the network to adaptively and effectively respond to network failures, unforeseen network loads, and unexpected changes.
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a new networking paradigm designed to resolve traditional IP network shortcomings by breaking the vertical integration of control and data planes.
SDN separates the network control logic from underlying routers and switches and introduces the ability to program the network. This offers better Quality of Service (QoS) for different types of media, especially for multimedia traffic.
In this paper, we provide an overview of what has been proposed to improve the multimedia QoS in SDN-enabled networks. Additionally, we nominate two approaches that can be deployed by SDN controllers to offer better QoS for various types of media services.
Auckland Institute of Studies
Mike Watts is the head of the IT programme at Auckland Institute of Studies.
Previously, Mike was a research fellow in ecological modeling at the University of Adelaide, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sydney and Lincoln University, and a senior teaching fellow at the University of Otago.
Mikes primary research interests are artificial intelligence, ecological modelling and how to improve the teaching of IT.