Flexible Connection Hand-off: A Software-Defined Networks Load Balancing Algorithm

Abstract

This paper proposes a new load-balancing algorithm for Software Defined Networking (SDN) framework. The algorithm emphasizes the Flexible Connection Hand-off (FCH) that considers the maximum load and the difference of loads between the Access Points. The load represents the number of connected stations to a particular Access Point. The proposed algorithm optimizes the load between Access Points by considering the fairness index.