TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents a new OpenFlow controller: the Distributed Active Information Model (DAIM). The DAIM controller was developed to explore the viability of a logically distributed control plane. It is implemented in a distributed way throughout a software-defined network, at the level of the switches. The method enables local process flows, by way of local packet switching, to be controlled by the distributed DAIM controller (as opposed to a centralised OpenFlow controller). The DAIM ecosystem is discussed with some sample code, together with flowcharts of the implemented algorithms. We present implementation details, a testing methodology, and an experimental evaluation. A performance analysis was conducted using the Cbench open benchmarking tool. Comparisons were drawn with respect to throughput and latency. It is concluded that the DAIM controller can handle a high throughput, while keeping the latency relatively low. We believe the results to date are potentially very interesting, especially in light of the fact that a key feature of the DAIM controller is that it is designed to enable the future development of autonomous local flow process and management strategies. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103853/PDF/31_857-4318-1-PB.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103853 PY - 2018 IS - No 2 DO - 10.24425/119372 KW - Distributed Networks KW - OpenFlow KW - DAIM Model KW - Software Defined Networking KW - Next Generation Networks A1 - Pupatwibul Pakawat A1 - Banjar Ameen A1 - Hossain Md. Imam A1 - Braun, Robin A1 - Moulton, Bruce PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Electronics and Telecommunications VL - vol. 64 DA - 2018.05.15 T1 - A Novel Software-Defined Networking Controller: the Distributed Active Information Model (DAIM) UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/103853 T2 - International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications ER -