?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Software-Defined+Networks+for+Future+Networks+and+Services%3A+Main+Technical+Challenges+and+Business+Implications&rft.creator=Manzalini%2C+A&rft.creator=Saracco%2C+R&rft.creator=Buyukkoc%2C+C&rft.creator=Chemouil%2C+P&rft.creator=Kukli%C5%84ski%2C+S&rft.creator=Gladisch%2C+A&rft.creator=Fukui%2C+M&rft.creator=Shen%2C+W&rft.creator=Dekel%2C+E&rft.creator=Soldani%2C+D&rft.creator=Ulema%2C+M&rft.creator=Cerroni%2C+W&rft.creator=Callegati%2C+F&rft.creator=Schembra%2C+G&rft.creator=Riccobene%2C+V&rft.creator=Mas+Machuca%2C+C&rft.creator=Galis%2C+A&rft.creator=Mueller%2C+J&rft.description=In+2013%2C+the+IEEE+Future+Directions+Committee+(FDC)+formed+an+SDN+work+group+to+explore+the+amount+of+interest+in+forming+an+IEEE+Software-Defined+Network+(SDN)+Community.+To+this+end%2C+a+Workshop+on+%22SDN+for+Future+Networks+and+Services%22+(SDN4FNS'13)+was+organized+in+Trento%2C+Italy+(Nov.+11th-13th+2013).+Following+the+results+of+the+workshop%2C+in+this+paper%2C+we+have+further+analyzed+scenarios%2C+prior-art%2C+state+of+standardization%2C+and+further+discussed+the+main+technical+challenges+and+socio-economic+aspects+of+SDN+and+virtualization+in+future+networks+and+services.+A+number+of+research+and+development+directions+have+been+identified+in+this+white+paper%2C+along+with+a+comprehensive+analysis+of+the+technical+feasibility+and+business+availability+of+those+fundamental+technologies.+A+radical+industry+transition+towards+the+%22economy+of+information+through+softwarization%22+is+expected+in+the+near+future.&rft.subject=Software-Defined+Networks%2C+Network+Softwarization&rft.publisher=IEEE&rft.date=2014-01-29&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(IEEE+SDN+Initiative+White+Paper+).+IEEE%3A+New+York%2C+NY%2C+USA.+(2014)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10043677%2F1%2FWhite%2520Paper%2520IEEE%2520SDN4FNS-FinalVersion.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10043677%2F&rft.rights=open