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OpenFlow Northbound API - A New Olympic Sport July 06, 2012 By Roy Chua Comment. Archived Content The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly.
OpenFlow, in particular, is becoming popular and starts being deployed. While the definition of the "northbound" API that can be used by the new services to interact with an OpenFlow controller is ...
The possibilities of SDN, in particular OpenFlow, are exciting. But to see the possible become reality will depend on how quickly a capable and usable Northbound API is developed.
OpenFlow, or any API that provides a layer of abstraction from the physical network to the control element, allows that network to be configured or manipulated through software, ...
OpenFlow 1.3.0 was developed by the Extensibility Working Group of ONF, which is tasked with moving technical work forward and making OpenFlow more flexible. The new version includes support for: ...
Mininet's API is built at three primary levels[4]: Low-level API: The low-level API consists of the base node and link classes (such as Host, Switch, and Link and their subclasses) which can actually ...