Topic · Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Most cited papers in Software-Defined Networks and 5G
What are the most cited papers in Software-Defined Networks and 5G?
The most cited paper in Software-Defined Networks and 5G is "OpenFlow" (Nick McKeown, Tom Anderson, Hari Balakrishnan et al., 2008), with 8,532 citations. Next come "Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance" (6,305) and "Software-Defined Networking: A Comprehensive Survey" (5,013).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 770 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenFlow Nick McKeown, Tom Anderson, Hari Balakrishnan et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 31 Mar 2008 | 8,532 |
| 2 | Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance Sally Floyd, Van L. Jacobson · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 1993 | 6,305 |
| 3 | Software-Defined Networking: A Comprehensive Survey Diego Kreutz, Fernando M. V. Ramos, Paulo Esteves Veríssimo et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE | 19 Dec 2014 | 5,013 |
| 4 | A generalized processor sharing approach to flow control in integrated services networks: the single-node case Abhay K. Parekh, Robert G. Gallager · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | Jun 1993 | 3,732 |
| 5 | A scalable, commodity data center network architecture Mohammad Al-Fares, Alexander Loukissas, Amin M. Vahdat · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 17 Aug 2008 | 3,201 |
| 6 | P4 Pat Bosshart, Dan Daly, Glen Gibb et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 28 Jul 2014 | 2,889 |
| 7 | The click modular router Eddie Kohler, Robert Morris, Benjie Chen et al. · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems | Aug 2000 | 2,426 |
| 8 | Bro: a system for detecting network intruders in real-time Vern Paxson · Computer Networks | Dec 1999 | 2,419 |
| 9 | Network traffic characteristics of data centers in the wild Theophilus Benson, Aditya Akella, David A. Maltz | Nov 2010 | 2,222 |
| 10 | A Survey of Software-Defined Networking: Past, Present, and Future of Programmable Networks Bruno A. A. Nunes, Marc S. Mendonca, Xuan-Nam Nguyen et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2014 | 2,203 |
| 11 | Fair end-to-end window-based congestion control Jeonghoon Mo, Jean C. Walrand · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 2000 | 2,135 |
| 12 | VL2 Albert G. Greenberg, James Russell Hamilton, Navendu Jain et al. | 16 Aug 2009 | 2,121 |
| 13 | Applications of Deep Reinforcement Learning in Communications and Networking: A Survey Nguyen Cong Luong, Dinh Thai Hoang, Shimin Gong et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2019 | 2,118 |
| 14 | Network Function Virtualization: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges Rashid Mijumbi, Joan Serrat, Juan‐Luis Gorricho et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 4 Sep 2015 | 1,940 |
| 15 | Analysis of the increase and decrease algorithms for congestion avoidance in computer networks Dah Ming Chiu, Raj Kumar Jain · Computer Networks and ISDN Systems | Jun 1989 | 1,907 |
| 16 | A network in a laptop Bob Lantz, Brandon Heller, Nick McKeown | 20 Oct 2010 | 1,820 |
| 17 | B4 Sushant Jain, Alok Kumar, Subhasree Mandal et al. | 13 Aug 2013 | 1,795 |
| 18 | On Multi-Access Edge Computing: A Survey of the Emerging 5G Network Edge Cloud Architecture and Orchestration Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis, Badr Eddine Mada et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2017 | 1,794 |
| 19 | TCP Vegas: end to end congestion avoidance on a global Internet Lawrence S. Brakmo, Larry Peterson · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 1995 | 1,708 |
| 20 | How to model an internetwork Ellen Witte Zegura, Kenneth L. Calvert, S. Bhattacharjee | 23 Dec 2002 | 1,680 |
| 21 | Promoting the use of end-to-end congestion control in the Internet Sally Floyd, Kevin Fall · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 1999 | 1,652 |
| 22 | Cloud RAN for Mobile Networks—A Technology Overview Aleksandra Checko, Henrik Lehrmann Christiansen, Ying Zhan Yan et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 12 Sep 2014 | 1,589 |
| 23 | The macroscopic behavior of the TCP congestion avoidance algorithm Matthew Mathis, Jeffrey Semke, Jamshid Mahdavi et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Jul 1997 | 1,504 |
| 24 | The ns-3 Network Simulator George F. Riley, Thomas R. Henderson | 2010 | 1,504 |
| 25 | RSVP: a new resource ReSerVation Protocol Li Zhang, S. Deering, Deborah L. Estrin et al. · IEEE Network | Sep 1993 | 1,503 |
| 26 | Internet of Things in the 5G Era: Enablers, Architecture, and Business Models Maria Rita Palattella, Mischa Döhler, Alfredo Grieco et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 3 Feb 2016 | 1,502 |
| 27 | Hedera: dynamic flow scheduling for data center networks Mohammad Al-Fares, Sivasankar Radhakrishnan, Barath Raghavan et al. | 28 Apr 2010 | 1,462 |
| 28 | NOX Natasha Gude, Teemu Koponen, Justin Pettit et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Jul 2008 | 1,446 |
| 29 | A survey of wormhole routing techniques in direct networks Lionel Ming-shuan Ni, Philip K. McKinley · Computer | Feb 1993 | 1,355 |
| 30 | An integrated experimental environment for distributed systems and networks Brian S. White, Jay Lepreau, Leigh B. Stoller et al. · ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review | 31 Dec 2002 | 1,307 |
| 31 | Improving network management with software defined networking Hyojoon Kim, Nick Feamster · IEEE Communications Magazine | Feb 2013 | 1,267 |
| 32 | Virtual Network Embedding: A Survey Andreas Fischer, Juan Felipe Botero, Michael Till Beck et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2013 | 1,250 |
| 33 | Rethinking virtual network embedding Minlan Yu, Yung Yi, Jennifer Rexford et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 31 Mar 2008 | 1,245 |
| 34 | Cyber–Physical System Security for the Electric Power Grid Siddharth Sridhar, Adam Hahn, Manimaran Govindarasu · Proceedings of the IEEE | 5 Oct 2011 | 1,226 |
| 35 | Onix: a distributed control platform for large-scale production networks Teemu Koponen, Martín Casado, Natasha Gude et al. | 4 Oct 2010 | 1,220 |
| 36 | TCP Vegas Lawrence S. Brakmo, Sean W. O'Malley, Larry Peterson · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Oct 1994 | 1,206 |
| 37 | A survey of network virtualization N. M. Mosharaf Kabir Chowdhury, Raouf Boutaba · Computer Networks | 6 Nov 2009 | 1,194 |
| 38 | Multicast routing in datagram internetworks and extended LANs S. Deering, David R. Cheriton · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems | May 1990 | 1,179 |
| 39 | Network Slicing in 5G: Survey and Challenges Xenofon Foukas, Georgios Patounas, Ahmed Mustafa Elmokashfi et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine | May 2017 | 1,175 |
| 40 | Network function virtualization: Challenges and opportunities for innovations Bo Han, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Lusheng Ji et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine | Feb 2015 | 1,175 |
| 41 | A survey on Internet of Things architectures Partha Pratim Ray · Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences | 11 Oct 2016 | 1,174 |
| 42 | A reliable multicast framework for light-weight sessions and application level framing Sally Floyd, Van L. Jacobson, Cheng Liu et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking | 1997 | 1,169 |
| 43 | Simulation-based comparisons of Tahoe, Reno and SACK TCP Kevin Fall, Sally Floyd · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | Jul 1996 | 1,151 |
| 44 | ONOS Pankaj Berde, Matteo Gerola, Jonathan Hart et al. | 12 Aug 2014 | 1,126 |
| 45 | Service disciplines for guaranteed performance service in packet-switching networks Hui Zhang · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1995 | 1,114 |
| 46 | Internet traffic engineering by optimizing OSPF weights Bernard Fortz, Mikkel Thorup | 7 Nov 2002 | 1,107 |
| 47 | A Survey on Software-Defined Networking Wenfeng Xia, Yonggang Wen, Chuan Heng Foh et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 19 Jun 2014 | 1,102 |
| 48 | Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions Ibrahim Afolabi, Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2018 | 1,094 |
| 49 | Achieving high utilization with software-driven WAN Chi-Yao Hong, Srikanth Kandula, Ratul Mahajan et al. | 13 Aug 2013 | 1,070 |
| 50 | Finding your Way in the Fog Luis M. Vaquero, Luis Rodero‐Merino · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review | 10 Oct 2014 | 1,063 |
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