Category: SDN Resources

Focus: a definition should exclude non-essentials. A separate discussion may be appropriate to describe implications, extensions, interpretations and other rationale, but the discussion must not a

This set of pages comprises a set of definitions intended to promote clarity in the ONF community, conform to commonly agreed views, and reduce the set of overlapping terms. The intention is to red

A definition is a way to partition the universe of discourse into two disjoint classes, one class containing all entities subsumed by the definition, the other class containing all entities exclude

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Executive Summary In a broad industry effort spearheaded by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is transforming outmoded WAN designs by decoupling the control an

Executive Summary The explosion of mobile services has arguably revolutionized communications just as much as mobile's predecessor: the telephone. With the phenomenal growth in mobile devices and r

Executive Summary Today's campus networks are facing major challenges. Mobile clients, BYOD, video, and the ever-growing number of connected devices and applications are rapidly changing the networ

Executive Summary Virtualizing and provisioning the network to provide per-tenant, on demand, intelligent security is challenging with today's networks. Numerous security solutions, protocols, and

Executive Summary Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) offers the potential for both enhancing service delivery and reducing overall costs. By enabling NFV with OpenFlow-enabled Software-Defined

Executive Summary Private Cloud is transforming Enterprise IT, enabling the infrastructure to more effectively respond to changing business needs and reduce overall costs. As IT departments migrate

Executive Summary Traditional network architectures are not easily adapted to today's fast-changing and demanding enterprise and carrier business requirements. While enterprise IT organizations fac

Executive Summary Traditional communication service provider networks are not well suited to supporting today's rapidly evolving cloud services and the emerging requirements of enterprise and whole