A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : SDN Layers and Architecture Terminology Authors : Evangelos Haleplidis Kostas Pentikousis Spyros Denazis Jamal Hadi Salim David Meyer Odysseas Koufopavlou Filename : draft-haleplidis-sdnrg-layer-terminology-06.txt Pages : 31 Date : 2014-07-22 Abstract: Software-Defined Networking (SDN) can be defined as a new approach for network programmability. Network programmability in this context refers to the capacity to initialize, control, change, and manage network behavior dynamically via open interfaces as opposed to relying on closed-box solutions and proprietary interfaces. SDN emphasizes the role of software in running networks through the introduction of an abstraction for the data forwarding plane and, by doing so, separates it from the control plane. This separation allows faster innovation cycles at both planes as experience has already shown. However, there is increasing confusion as to what exactly SDN is, what is the layer structure in an SDN architecture and how do layers interface with each other. This document aims to answer these questions and provide a concise reference document for SDNRG, in particular, and the SDN community, in general, based on relevant peer-reviewed literature and documents in the RFC series. The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-haleplidis-sdnrg-layer-terminology/ There's also a htmlized version available at: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-haleplidis-sdnrg-layer-terminology-06 A diff from the previous version is available at: http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-haleplidis-sdnrg-layer-terminology-06 Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org. Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt