Designing a centralized software defined networking (SDN) protocol for optimal and efficient handling of optical networks

软件定义网络(SDN)是一种通过抽象网络的低层功能来管理服务的方法。SDN提供开放接口以开发能够控制一组网络实体之间的连接的软件，并提供监视和修改网络中的业务流的规定。该项目的范围是开发一种协议，该协议使用SDN的分层体系结构在应用程序和数据平面网络设备之间进行接口。它提供了一种可扩展且高效的方式来控制多个网络。该协议将在工业强度试验台上实现，并在一系列场景中进行测试。我们将测量该协议的性能和开销，并将其与各种不符合标准的现有替代方案进行比较。

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an approach that manages services by abstracting the lower level functionality of a network. SDN provides open interfaces to develop software that are capable of controlling the connection between a set of network entities and a provision to monitor and modify the traffic flow in the network. The scope of the project is to develop a protocol that interfaces between the application and the data plane networking devices using SDN's layered architecture. It provides a scalable and efficient manner of controlling multiple networks. The protocol will be implemented in an industrial-strength testbed and tested with a range of scenarios. We will measure the performance and overhead incurred by the protocol, comparing it to various non-standard-compliant existing alternatives.