{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2808025094","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","title":"Controllers in SDN: A Review Report","display_name":"Controllers in SDN: A Review Report","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2808025094","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","mag":"2808025094"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2018.2846236","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"review","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032796407","display_name":"Manish Paliwal","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I167153416","display_name":"Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02zrtpp84","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Manish Paliwal","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5756-4881","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085001581","display_name":"Deepti D. Shrimankar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6212-0986"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I167153416","display_name":"Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02zrtpp84","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Deepti Shrimankar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059523083","display_name":"Omprakash Tembhurne","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-2077"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I167153416","display_name":"Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02zrtpp84","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Omprakash Tembhurne","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I167153416"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"apc_paid":{"value":1850,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1850},"fwci":7.5103,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":113,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97431349,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"6","issue":null,"first_page":"36256","last_page":"36270"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9929999709129333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9879999756813049,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8101402521133423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-defined-networking","display_name":"Software-defined networking","score":0.7185627818107605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.6787964105606079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/controller","display_name":"Controller (irrigation)","score":0.5641142129898071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing","display_name":"Routing (electronic design automation)","score":0.5583481788635254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/architecture","display_name":"Architecture","score":0.5051751732826233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.48500964045524597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-architecture","display_name":"Network architecture","score":0.43816858530044556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/throughput","display_name":"Throughput","score":0.4337786138057709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.43266844749450684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.4056968092918396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.1061086356639862}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8101402521133423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77270119","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655198","display_name":"Software-defined networking","level":2,"score":0.7185627818107605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.6787964105606079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203479927","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165939","display_name":"Controller (irrigation)","level":2,"score":0.5641142129898071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74172769","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1446839","display_name":"Routing (electronic design automation)","level":2,"score":0.5583481788635254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.5051751732826233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.48500964045524597},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C193415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639681","display_name":"Network architecture","level":2,"score":0.43816858530044556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157764524","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383412","display_name":"Throughput","level":3,"score":0.4337786138057709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.43266844749450684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4056968092918396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.1061086356639862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6557445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173113","display_name":"Agronomy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2018.2846236","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:e7a492854e7f472dbfcb99a29ae28141","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/e7a492854e7f472dbfcb99a29ae28141","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access, Vol 6, Pp 36256-36270 (2018)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/access.2018.2846236","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2846236","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2485537415","display_name":"IEEE Access","issn_l":"2169-3536","issn":["2169-3536"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Access","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.5199999809265137}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":46,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W19830081","https://openalex.org/W1531707100","https://openalex.org/W1698388015","https://openalex.org/W1769222792","https://openalex.org/W1829787244","https://openalex.org/W1982440947","https://openalex.org/W1984609181","https://openalex.org/W2022758041","https://openalex.org/W2027941036","https://openalex.org/W2040340473","https://openalex.org/W2040965507","https://openalex.org/W2041008854","https://openalex.org/W2062832101","https://openalex.org/W2063470101","https://openalex.org/W2071187149","https://openalex.org/W2074616737","https://openalex.org/W2089939717","https://openalex.org/W2091144151","https://openalex.org/W2120900812","https://openalex.org/W2122109510","https://openalex.org/W2123016589","https://openalex.org/W2132581831","https://openalex.org/W2144518192","https://openalex.org/W2147118406","https://openalex.org/W2168595508","https://openalex.org/W2186961980","https://openalex.org/W2239064595","https://openalex.org/W2395731689","https://openalex.org/W2402310305","https://openalex.org/W2494718994","https://openalex.org/W2586472645","https://openalex.org/W2753576349","https://openalex.org/W2756294556","https://openalex.org/W2791691532","https://openalex.org/W2798915702","https://openalex.org/W4247842874","https://openalex.org/W4253200893","https://openalex.org/W6600804862","https://openalex.org/W6631711565","https://openalex.org/W6637995443","https://openalex.org/W6638835209","https://openalex.org/W6686885839","https://openalex.org/W6711893318","https://openalex.org/W6713356821","https://openalex.org/W6744173004","https://openalex.org/W6750886310"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2136583354","https://openalex.org/W2111238207","https://openalex.org/W2760721665","https://openalex.org/W2107954672","https://openalex.org/W330130819","https://openalex.org/W2288610023","https://openalex.org/W2112044895","https://openalex.org/W4220837700","https://openalex.org/W2472522135","https://openalex.org/W2392326020"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Software-defined":[0],"networking":[1,5],"(SDN)":[2],"is":[3],"a":[4,19,57],"scenario":[6],"which":[7,33],"changes":[8,89],"the":[9,28,35,41,49,67,72,76,82,87,90,101,105,118,129,148],"traditional":[10],"network":[11,50,91,94],"architecture":[12,92],"by":[13,132],"bringing":[14],"all":[15],"control":[16,36],"functionalities":[17],"to":[18,147],"single":[20],"location":[21],"and":[22,96,123,141,155],"making":[23],"centralized":[24,83],"decisions.":[25],"Controllers":[26],"are":[27],"brain":[29],"of":[30,86,104],"SDN":[31,63,68,166],"architecture,":[32],"perform":[34],"decision":[37,44,84],"tasks":[38],"while":[39],"routing":[40,47],"packets.":[42],"Centralized":[43],"capability":[45,85],"for":[46],"enhances":[48],"performance.":[51],"Through":[52],"this":[53],"paper,":[54],"we":[55,70,116],"presented":[56],"review":[58,79,158],"report":[59],"on":[60],"various":[61,134],"available":[62,111],"controllers.":[64],"Along":[65],"with":[66,93,108],"introduction,":[69],"discuss":[71,100,117],"prior":[73],"work":[74,159],"in":[75,153,165],"field.":[77],"The":[78],"states":[80],"how":[81],"controller":[88,106],"flexibility":[95],"programmability.":[97],"We":[98,126],"also":[99,127],"two":[102],"categories":[103],"along":[107],"some":[109],"popular":[110,162],"controller.":[112],"For":[113],"each":[114],"controller,":[115],"architectural":[119],"overview,":[120],"design":[121],"aspects,":[122],"so":[124,142],"on.":[125,143],"evaluate":[128],"performance":[130],"characteristics":[131],"using":[133],"metrics,":[135],"such":[136],"as":[137],"throughput,":[138],"response":[139],"time,":[140],"This":[144],"paper":[145],"points":[146],"major":[149,161],"state-of-the-art":[150],"controllers":[151,163],"used":[152,164],"industry":[154],"academia.":[156],"Our":[157],"covers":[160],"paradigm.":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":28},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}