Performance analysis of OpenFlow based software defined wired and wireless network

Software Defined Networking (SDN) brings reliability, flexibility, scalability, security and advance features in the present era of networking and communication. As the demand for Wired and wireless network grow rapidly, the consistency of the network shrinks quickly and becomes harder to continue. Moreover, the smart devices are getting popular from users and thus more reliable, scalable and flexible wired and wireless network is required. In such consequences, SDN emerges as a new network paradigm for the future Internet and Next Generation Network (NGN). This paper analyzes different performance metrics of an OpenFlow based Software Defined Wired and Wireless Network using a single OpenFlow controller. The OpenFlow technology is convenient to the SDN application that enables OpenFlow controller to control multiple hardware or softwares. The proposed OpenFlow based Software Defined Wired and Wireless Network is executed in a single controller in Mininet-WiFi programmed Python script for real life experience. The QoS performance metrics such as throughput, Round Trip Time (RTT), delay and jitter is analyzed. The results ensure the consistency of the proposed OpenFlow based Software Defined Wired and Wireless Network and paves the way to implement integrated network.