S. Narayanan
The Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an methodology for computer network management that improves the performance of the network by dynamic and efficient network configuration. The network control plane and forwarding plane are physically separated and where the control plane regulates the connecting devices. The rapid growth of mobile devices affects the network traffic management. Network Traffic Engineering plays a very vital role in managing the network traffic. The traffic is managed by several load balancing algorithms. The load balancing algorithms aimed to maximize the network utilization and minimize the response time. In order to achieve it, an absolute knowhow of up to date network traffic level is required. The control plane of the SDN maintains the link of the network nodes unlike the traditional network. So it is necessary to deliberate about the customary load balancing algorithms which are suitable for SDN.
Software Defined Network, OpenFlow, Load Balancing Algorithms, Throughput, Round Robin, Load Balancer Metrics.