SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING BASED ON CENTRALIZED CONTROL FOR SMART GRID COMMUNICATION

Communication networks are growing, and there is a need for improved planning and evolution of networks. Customers require services to be implemented in a shorter time frame. Engineers are obligated to manage several nodes and upskill themselves with various vendors’ Operating System. Vendors currently dictate to the Service Provider regarding their devices' abilities, limiting the Service Provider’s capability and their company’s technology strategy. The same applies to the electrical distribution companies; scalability, reliability, and intelligence become requirements. Customers and Clients assess a network on availability, reliability, control, and security. The four factors stated can be assessed on a Software Defined Network (SDN), which can be applied to an SDN Smart home, SDN Automation plant, and SDN Electrical distribution system. . This capability will allow companies to perform the following services: Gain control of the network in managing and executing, increase security on each layer, collect data to understand the network and customer’s experience, troubleshoot faults effectively, and, creation of services from a centralized controlle