{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2889727604","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","title":"Segment Routing in Software Defined Networks: A Survey","display_name":"Segment Routing in Software Defined Networks: A Survey","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-09-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2889727604","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","mag":"2889727604"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S23688054","display_name":"IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials","issn_l":"1553-877X","issn":["1553-877X","2373-745X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"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 Communications Surveys &amp; Tutorials","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079084615","display_name":"Zahraa N. Abdullah","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36721946","display_name":"Kuwait University","ror":"https://ror.org/021e5j056","country_code":"KW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}],"countries":["KW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zahraa N. Abdullah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077897203","display_name":"Imtiaz Ahmad","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-7324"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36721946","display_name":"Kuwait University","ror":"https://ror.org/021e5j056","country_code":"KW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}],"countries":["KW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Imtiaz Ahmad","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019704063","display_name":"Md. Iftekhar Hussain","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4514-9402"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1324360087","display_name":"Infinera (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/02ty5cy83","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1324360087"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Iftekhar Hussain","raw_affiliation_strings":["System Architecture Group, Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"System Architecture Group, Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1324360087"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5079084615"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.6729,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":86,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98028116,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"1","first_page":"464","last_page":"486"},"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/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.9901000261306763,"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/T10847","display_name":"Advanced Optical Network Technologies","score":0.987500011920929,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8457813262939453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-routing","display_name":"Source routing","score":0.7793559432029724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.6891331672668457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5046530961990356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing-domain","display_name":"Routing domain","score":0.47466328740119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.4559134244918823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.433126837015152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-based-routing","display_name":"Policy-based routing","score":0.42216891050338745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-architecture","display_name":"Network architecture","score":0.416523814201355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing-protocol","display_name":"Routing protocol","score":0.3958754539489746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing-table","display_name":"Routing table","score":0.38179925084114075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/static-routing","display_name":"Static routing","score":0.3545546531677246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.08885517716407776}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8457813262939453},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44010500","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422567","display_name":"Source routing","level":5,"score":0.7793559432029724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.6891331672668457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5046530961990356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94600068","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7371621","display_name":"Routing domain","level":5,"score":0.47466328740119934},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.4559134244918823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.433126837015152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196423136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7209671","display_name":"Policy-based routing","level":5,"score":0.42216891050338745},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C193415008","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639681","display_name":"Network architecture","level":2,"score":0.416523814201355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104954878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1648707","display_name":"Routing protocol","level":3,"score":0.3958754539489746},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184896649","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290066","display_name":"Routing table","level":4,"score":0.38179925084114075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204948658","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1119410","display_name":"Static routing","level":4,"score":0.3545546531677246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.08885517716407776}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2018.2869754","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S23688054","display_name":"IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials","issn_l":"1553-877X","issn":["1553-877X","2373-745X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"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 Communications Surveys &amp; Tutorials","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6299999952316284,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":100,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1218724503","https://openalex.org/W1495785276","https://openalex.org/W1545430305","https://openalex.org/W1595457770","https://openalex.org/W1728954886","https://openalex.org/W1938452546","https://openalex.org/W1970219613","https://openalex.org/W1978351771","https://openalex.org/W1990940642","https://openalex.org/W2036247514","https://openalex.org/W2040340473","https://openalex.org/W2047714188","https://openalex.org/W2055241939","https://openalex.org/W2067453331","https://openalex.org/W2094882772","https://openalex.org/W2102090846","https://openalex.org/W2126822952","https://openalex.org/W2130531694","https://openalex.org/W2143482684","https://openalex.org/W2154416792","https://openalex.org/W2194248218","https://openalex.org/W2232720325","https://openalex.org/W2274217508","https://openalex.org/W2288595689","https://openalex.org/W2289096564","https://openalex.org/W2292669715","https://openalex.org/W2296326289","https://openalex.org/W2298376471","https://openalex.org/W2298531096","https://openalex.org/W2299931587","https://openalex.org/W2310979919","https://openalex.org/W2314709727","https://openalex.org/W2321669339","https://openalex.org/W2323534318","https://openalex.org/W2338941390","https://openalex.org/W2402829766","https://openalex.org/W2464507434","https://openalex.org/W2467997261","https://openalex.org/W2476427124","https://openalex.org/W2493944851","https://openalex.org/W2494561778","https://openalex.org/W2497982034","https://openalex.org/W2501979047","https://openalex.org/W2503890083","https://openalex.org/W2508964100","https://openalex.org/W2509972140","https://openalex.org/W2510848235","https://openalex.org/W2511708743","https://openalex.org/W2512546533","https://openalex.org/W2512567073","https://openalex.org/W2514718641","https://openalex.org/W2516338343","https://openalex.org/W2517113274","https://openalex.org/W2522502360","https://openalex.org/W2528674767","https://openalex.org/W2531435878","https://openalex.org/W2538668779","https://openalex.org/W2542652413","https://openalex.org/W2550010869","https://openalex.org/W2557772052","https://openalex.org/W2562535115","https://openalex.org/W2564941776","https://openalex.org/W2565309398","https://openalex.org/W2566381278","https://openalex.org/W2572410885","https://openalex.org/W2573003430","https://openalex.org/W2578978964","https://openalex.org/W2582100233","https://openalex.org/W2584263584","https://openalex.org/W2592563034","https://openalex.org/W2592913290","https://openalex.org/W2594633745","https://openalex.org/W2596944053","https://openalex.org/W2600887239","https://openalex.org/W2604307698","https://openalex.org/W2606591051","https://openalex.org/W2740262528","https://openalex.org/W2762773307","https://openalex.org/W2778800374","https://openalex.org/W2796809175","https://openalex.org/W2889676893","https://openalex.org/W2951657295","https://openalex.org/W2952175544","https://openalex.org/W2998113761","https://openalex.org/W3012605227","https://openalex.org/W3099417019","https://openalex.org/W3164471343","https://openalex.org/W4236202168","https://openalex.org/W4247540870","https://openalex.org/W4249731117","https://openalex.org/W4253729210","https://openalex.org/W4298228563","https://openalex.org/W4301954064","https://openalex.org/W6629748333","https://openalex.org/W6637455129","https://openalex.org/W6681072280","https://openalex.org/W6732757072","https://openalex.org/W6734648622","https://openalex.org/W6753970308","https://openalex.org/W6785778904"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2352609928","https://openalex.org/W106527558","https://openalex.org/W2141748222","https://openalex.org/W2033141454","https://openalex.org/W3036425038","https://openalex.org/W141139555","https://openalex.org/W4387219217","https://openalex.org/W2138861014","https://openalex.org/W2185682898","https://openalex.org/W2326763448"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Segment":[0],"routing":[1,17,82],"(SR)":[2],"has":[3,20],"emerged":[4],"as":[5,51,101,113,164],"a":[6,77,87,96,114,132,157],"promising":[7],"source-routing":[8],"methodology":[9],"to":[10,30,70,90,148,156,175],"overcome":[11],"the":[12,15,65,126,136,198,202],"challenges":[13],"in":[14,25,37,125],"current":[16],"schemes.":[18],"It":[19],"received":[21],"noticeable":[22],"attention":[23],"both":[24],"industry":[26],"and":[27,34,55,68,80,145,171,191],"academia,":[28],"due":[29],"its":[31,142],"flexibility,":[32],"scalability,":[33],"applicability,":[35],"especially":[36],"software":[38],"defined":[39],"networks.":[40],"The":[41],"emerging":[42],"cloud":[43],"services":[44],"require":[45],"strict":[46],"service":[47,172],"level":[48],"agreements":[49],"such":[50,163],"packet":[52,94,127],"loss,":[53],"delay,":[54],"jitter.":[56],"Studies":[57],"have":[58],"shown":[59],"that":[60,194],"traditional":[61],"network":[62,161,167,169,178],"architectures":[63],"lack":[64],"essential":[66],"flexibility":[67],"scalability":[69],"offer":[71],"these":[72],"services.":[73],"To":[74],"combat":[75],"this,":[76],"more":[78],"flexible":[79],"agile":[81],"paradigm":[83,151],"of":[84,105,135,160,187,201],"SR":[85,138,150,204],"enables":[86],"source":[88],"node":[89],"steer":[91],"an":[92,102,121,184],"incoming":[93],"along":[95],"performance":[97],"engineered":[98],"path":[99],"represented":[100],"ordered":[103],"list":[104,124],"instructions":[106],"called":[107],"segment":[108],"list.":[109],"This":[110,129],"is":[111],"encoded":[112],"multiprotocol":[115],"label":[116,118],"switching":[117],"stack":[119],"or":[120],"IPv6":[122],"address":[123],"header.":[128],"paper":[130,182],"provides":[131],"comprehensive":[133],"review":[134],"novel":[137],"technology":[139],"by":[140],"describing":[141],"architecture,":[143],"operations,":[144],"key":[146],"applications":[147],"date.":[149],"can":[152,195],"be":[153],"effectively":[154],"applied":[155],"wide":[158],"range":[159],"applications,":[162],"traffic":[165],"engineering,":[166],"resiliency,":[168],"monitoring,":[170],"function":[173],"chaining,":[174],"achieve":[176],"efficient":[177],"solutions.":[179],"Furthermore,":[180],"this":[181],"identifies":[183],"interesting":[185],"set":[186],"future":[188],"research":[189],"directions":[190],"open":[192],"issues":[193],"help":[196],"realize":[197],"full":[199],"potential":[200],"emergent":[203],"paradigm.":[205]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
