Is Software Defined Networking (SDN) becoming vital to Internet-of-Things (IoT)?

Abstract: The ‘Internet of Things’ is a broad framework for connecting billions of smart devices and leveraging select set of them for provisioning a service. Typically, IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications. In this talk, we will first address three key foundation layers towards garnering business benefits of IoT: (i) productize smart systems, (ii) interconnect these uniquely identifiable system nodes and (iii) leverage data analytics through device and cloud. In subsequent part of the talk, we will discuss how SDN will help drive the expansion of IoT-enabled devices, enable more efficient network resource sharing and improve IoT service-level agreements. We will conclude the talk with some emerging concepts as Software Defined Things (SDT), SD-IoT and a typical Software Defined approach for End-to-End Networking.

Bio: Dr. Aloknath De is Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Samsung R&D Institute India-Bangalore. Dr. De has over thirty years of industrial and research experiences including BEL, Nortel (Montreal), Hughes and with ST-Ericsson where he was R&D Director and Country Manager. During 2005-11, he has served as Visiting/Adjunct Professorship with IIT-Roorkee and IIT-Delhi. He holds B.Tech. from IIT, Kharagpur; M.E. from IISc, Bangalore; and Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal. He is a recipient of ‘Alexander Graham Bell Prize’ in Canada. He has received ‘IETE Memorial Awards’ in 2003 and 2008 for distinguished contributions in Electronics and Communications. In 2015, he also received Zinnov Tech Role model (Sr Technologist), IDC Insights Award for Innovation in Telecom and has been considered as one of ‘Most Influential CIO/CTOs of India’. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of IE, IETE and Indian National Academy of Engg (INAE). He is also cited in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World (2016).