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Prospects of Software-Defined Networking in Industrial Operations

Authors:
György Kálmán

Keywords: automation; infrastructure; manageability; configuration; life-cycle; DCS; SDN; engineering; path computation.

Abstract:
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is appealing not only for carrier applications, but also in industrial control systems. Network engineering with SDN will result in both lower engineering cost, configuration errors and also enhance the manageability of control systems. This paper analyzes the different aspects of SDN in an industrial scenario, including configuration management, security, and path computation. It also shows the possible enhancements to mitigate the challenges related to network segmentation and shared infrastructure situations. The utilization of SDN in traffic-segregation and security measures is identified as one of the possible solutions for the challenges of an internet-connected automation world.

Pages: 101 to 110

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2016. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 31, 2016

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2636