Delay Study in Multi-controller Software Defined Vehicular Network Using OpenDaylight for Emergency Applications

SDN is a promising solution for vehicular networks challenges. Distributing the SDN control plane achieved more scalability and performance. However, synchronization between different controllers of network state generates extra-delay that is not suitable with delay-sensitive applications in vehicular networks like emergency services. In this paper, we investigate the e2e (end-to-end) delay in variable density vehicular scenarios with variable number of controllers. Our experiments prove the benefits of using multi-controllers in terms of delay but also the need of the deployment of the effective number according to the vehicular network density.