SDN&NFV 2016 - 2nd workshop on Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization

The Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) provide the ability to decouple the network functions from the underlying physical infrastructure. Specifically, SDN allows the capability to manage network services through the abstraction of lower-level functionality. On the other hand, NFV can virtualize the entire classes of network node functions into a number of building blocks that could be connected for communication services. As a result, SDN & NFV enables rapid networks and services innovation for all participants. This is different than the traditional telecommunications industry that follows rigorous standards for stability, protocol adherence and quality, which leads to a long production cycles and slow pace of evolution.
There are a number of SDN & NFV research issues such as the architecture design, SDN or NFV elements, deployments, security, and services. SDN&NFV workshop 2016 solicits previously unpublished research papers in the relevant area. Authors are invited to submit original technical papers covering but not limited to the topics of interest listed below:
? SDN architectures, planning, and SDN-oriented elements such as Router, Switch, Gateway
? SDN & OpenFlow and open source
? NFV infrastructure and hardware acceleration
? Control plane architectures and network operating systems for SDN/NFV elements
? Forwarding plane abstractions and programmability paradigms
? Application programming interfaces, protocols, and programming languages
? New applications in the NFV and SDN networks.
? SDN/NFV data plane and control plane
? Performance evaluation such as scalability, reliability, and faulty resiliency.
? Security including security function virtualization, security as a service, dynamic service chaining
? SDN/NFV tools
? Big Data models and analytics for NFV and SDN
? Software-based Integration of computing, storage & networks
? Mobile Services, Cloud, and SDN & NFV
? Future Enterprise Network and SDN/NFV user cases