Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviews Review Faculty Publications- Reviews Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Survey on P4 Challenges in Software Defined Networks: P4 Programming Subject The topic of the resource data plane programmability; Network programmability; P4 language; programmable switches; software-defined networks Description An account of the resource Software Defined Networking (SDN) has been a prominent technology in the last decade that increases networking programmability. The SDN philosophy decouples the application, control, and data plane to increase the network programmability. The data plane is an essential but unsolved component that receives less attention than control and application planes. Traditionally, the data plane uses fixed functions that forward packets using a limited number of protocols. The P4 (Programming Protocol-independent Packet Processors) language makes it possible to program SDN data plane, which push the SDN to the next level. In the research community and industry, programming the data plane has garnered significant attention. Surprisingly, there has been no comprehensive reviews of programmable data-plane switches, which have many advantages in today's networks. The authors reviewed the evolution of networks from legacy to programmable data planes, explained the fundamentals of programmable switches, and summarized the network generation from traditional to programmable networks. In this paper, SDN is described from a P4-centric standpoint and discusses over 75 related research papers. Several taxonomies for the field are provided, outline potential research areas, and provide greater details regarding the patterns that have led to the development of this technology. 2013 IEEE. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goswami B.; Kulkarni M.; Paulose J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived IEEE Access, Vol-11, pp. 54373-54387. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3275756" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3275756</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161023366&amp;doi=10.1109%2FACCESS.2023.3275756&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=307d09ef51e2da0a6862fa3c941b5b66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161023366&amp;doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2023.3275756&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=307d09ef51e2da0a6862fa3c941b5b66</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 21693536 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Goswami B., Queensland University of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Brisbane, 4000, QLD, Australia; Kulkarni M., Christ (Deemed to Be University), Department of Computer Science, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Paulose J., Christ (Deemed to Be University), Department of Computer Science, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India