Análisis comparativo de protocolos de comunicación para redes definidas por software

Abstract

Software-defined networks (hereinafter SDN) are considered as an innovation in the management of communication networks based on network programming or also known as programmable networks. The main characteristic is the decoupling of the control and data planes. The concept of SDN has been gaining strength, however, there is no evidence of studies that analyze the protocols to the south (southbound) that are located as a communication channel between the control and data planes. Due to their acceptance, it is necessary to carry out studies that allow these protocols to be identified and to analyze the optimization factor in communication between the aforementioned planes. The objective of this study is to analyze communication protocols to the south, identify them and test two of these protocols: OVSDB and OpenFlow.