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Corporate Presentations
Network virtualization, Software-defined networking, SDN, and OpenFlow corporate presentation library
Open Network Foundation
Open Networking Foundation Network virtualization, Software-defined networking, SDN, and OpenFlow presentations
Open Source
Research Papers
Network virtualization, Software-defined networking, SDN, and OpenFlow research paper library
- A Policy Framework for the Interface to the Routing System
- Architecture Discussion of I2RS
- Dynamic Route Recomputation Considered Harmful
- Efficient Data Transfer Protocols for Big Data
- I2RS Overlay Use Case
- Intelligent Design Enables Architectural Evolution
- Interface to the Routing System Framework
- Interface to the Routing System Problem Statement
- Logically Centralized? State Distribution Trade-offs in Software Defined Networks
- OpenFlow as a Service
- OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks
- Ripcord: A Modular Platform for Data Center Networking
- SDN for Science Networks
- Software Defined Networking for big-data science
- Stanford University: Nicira Networks: Disrupted Network Virtualization
- Topology API Requirements
- Topology API Use Cases
- Use Cases for an Interface to BGP Protocol
- Use Cases for an Interface to the Routing System
- Use Cases for Virtual Connections on Demand (VCoD) and Virtual Network on Demand using Interface to Routing System
- Virtual Switching in an Era of Advanced Edges
- Walk the Line: Consistent Network Updates with Bandwidth Guarantees
- YANG modifications for I2RS
SDN Standards
Proposed software-defined networking standards from IETF and Open Networking Foundation
- Edge multicast replication for BGP IP VPNs
- http://tools.ietf.org/pdf/draft-ietf-l3vpn-end-system-00.pdf BGP-signaled end-system IP/VPNs
- OpenFlow Switch Specification, Version 1.0.0
- OpenFlow Switch Specification, Version 1.1.0
- OpenFlow Switch Specification, Version 1.2.0
- OpenFlow Switch Specification, Version1.3.0
- The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol Draft by IETF
- Traffic classification in end-system IP VPNs
Success Stories
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White Papers
Network virtualization, Software-defined networking, SDN, and OpenFlow white paper library
- Big Switch White Paper: Building and Buying SDNs
- Cariden Technologies Infrastructure SDN White Paper
- Networks Function Virtualisation (NFV) Networks Function Virtualisation (NFV): Introduction, Benefits, Enablers and Call for Action
- Nicira Solution White Paper: Networking In The Era Of Virtualization
- Qosmos Whitepaper: The Role of DPI in an SDN World
- Wedge Networks Whitepaper: Transparent Service Insertion in SDNs Using OpenFlow
NFV and SDN: What's the Difference?
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