Energy efficiency in industry 4.0 using SDN

Industry 4.0 is a new concept that has emerged from the use of new technologies, which brings great improvements to industries. Consequently, several challenges have been launched for this new concept to become consolidated and will become an industry standard. Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a technology that comes with a proposal of flexibility and agility for the communication networks, which fits with the challenges of Industry 4.0, it searches for these requirements throughout the manufacturing process of its products. While industrial evolution is a worldwide trend, Energy Efficiency in industry plays a key role in environmental sustainability and economic performance of the industry. This article presents the APIs using the SDN paradigm to achieve Energy Efficiency applied to Industry 4.0. Simulation results validate and show the benefits of using SDN APIs in Industry 4.0.