Extending Software Defined Networking to End User Devices

Abstract

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging technology which can be now be deployed on mobile devices to benefit end users, mobile service providers, and business enterprises. This paper presents a generalized architecture for mobile SDN switching, where controllers and switches may be located in the mobile device operating system (OS), service provider networks, and/or enterprise data centers. Mobile device SDN offers many beneficial use cases, but also exposes security vulnerabilities which must be addressed.