Re: Software Defined Networks

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

I tell everyone we had SDNs in the 90s.

But we called it “expect scripts”.

:-)

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TTFN,
patrick


> On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:41 PM, Jennifer Rexford <jrex () cs princeton edu> wrote:
>
> SDN is definitely an overloaded and confusing term that is used inconsistently.  Here are a few attempts to explain:
>
> - “The Road to SDN: An Intellectual History of Programmable Networks” (ACM Queue, December 2013)
>   https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2560327 <https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2560327>
>
> - “Abstractions for Software-Defined Networks” (CACM, October 2014)
>    http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jnfoster/papers/sdn-abstractions.pdf 
> <http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jnfoster/papers/sdn-abstractions.pdf>
>
> - “From Ethane to SDN and Beyond” (ACM SIGCOMM CCR, October 2019)
>    https://ccronline.sigcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/acmdl19-347.pdf 
> <https://ccronline.sigcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/acmdl19-347.pdf>
>
> — Jen
>
>
> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 12:56 PM, Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com <mailto:rod.beck () unitedcablecompany 
> > com>> wrote:
> >
> > Can someone explain what is all the fuss? SDN is like the latest telecom craze but the articles do a poor job of 
> > explaining the advantages. I seek concrete examples. 
> >
> > Regards, 
> >
> > Roderick. 
> >
> >
> > Roderick Beck
> > VP of Business Development
> > United Cable Company
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