Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks

Vasilka Chergarova; Inkyoung Hur; Ling Wang; Junping Sun

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_46

Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks

Vasilka Chergarova
, Inkyoung Hur
, Ling Wang
, Junping Sun

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a new paradigm that has shown significant advantages and increased profit for the private network industry. Research and Educational Networks (RENs) started adopting SDN, but there is a lack of understanding of the factors persuading RENs to adopt SDN. The goal of this study is to examine how the SDN technology factors (e.g., advantage, compatibility, testability, observability, complexity, and IT security risk) facilitate RENs’ adoption of SDN. A research model was developed based on the Diffusion of Innovation theory. The study used a positivist approach and collected 216 survey data. The Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) was used to analyze the data and the results showed that relative advantage, compatibility, and observability had significant positive effects on the adoption of SDN by RENs. The complexity and testability of the SDN technology did not show significant effects. IT security risk had a positive effect on complexity and a negative effect on SDN adoption. This study provides insights on SDN adoption decision making when it comes to implementing SDN or not in newly formed RENs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC
Editors	Kohei Arai
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	656-674
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9783030980146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_46
State	Published - 2022
Event	Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: Mar 3 2022 → Mar 4 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	439 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	3/3/22 → 3/4/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

Adoption
Partial Least Squares (PLS)
Research and Educational Networks (RENs)
Security
Software Defined Networking (SDN)

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Chergarova, V., Hur, I., Wang, L., & Sun, J. (2022). Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks. In K. Arai (Ed.), Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC (pp. 656-674). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 439 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_46

Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks. / Chergarova, Vasilka; Hur, Inkyoung; Wang, Ling et al.
Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC. ed. / Kohei Arai. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 656-674 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 439 LNNS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Chergarova, V, Hur, I, Wang, L & Sun, J 2022, Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks. in K Arai (ed.), Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 439 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 656-674, Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC 2022, Virtual, Online, 3/3/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_46

Chergarova V, Hur I, Wang L, Sun J. Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks. In Arai K, editor, Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 656-674. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98015-3_46

Chergarova, Vasilka ; Hur, Inkyoung ; Wang, Ling et al. / Examining Software Defined Networking Adoption by Research and Educational Networks. Advances in Information and Communication - Proceedings of the 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference, FICC. editor / Kohei Arai. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 656-674 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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