(1) A communications network that uses dedicated servers. In this context, the term is used to contrast it with a peer-to-peer network, which allows any client to also be a server. (2) A network that ...

The phrase software-defined networking (SDN) was coined when it was necessary to distinguish the concept from the hardware-based variety. Since that time, "SDN" has come to mean the type of dynamic ...

Network functions virtualization (NFV), along with software-defined networks (SDNs), is part of an ambitious attempt to deeply reimagine and reinvent the network. The end goal is to allow networking ...