Sdn:Roadblocks In The Education Sector

During the past few years the term Software defined network has been resonating frequently in the networking world. SDN, with its three layered architecture claims to simplify network management. This claim is supported by the fact that a significant amount of SDN implementation has happened in the data center sector. While the simplification of architecture is a welcome development for the network administrators, the purported benefits of SDN is yet to be seen or felt in the services sector. Whether this technology can benefit the developing and under developed countries is still questionable. Through this paper the authors try to understand if the so called benefits of SDN are valid and if it would be of any significance to service sectors like education, healthcare and small scale enterprises. Special attention has been paid to the current technology scenario in the education sector. This paper finds that setting up an SDN network is not cheaper when compared to normal network as claimed by the supporters of the new paradigm.