Combined software-defined network (SDN) and Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an impending technology that captured the industries and research interests in a brief period. Presently, the number of Internet-connected devices are estimated at billions and by 2020 many studies expect to have around 50 billion devices that are connected to the Internet. The IoT devices have produced a significant amount of data that could be threatening to the security and directing the flow of data in the network. One of the alternative solutions for problems caused by IoT is to have some kind of solutions that are based on programming and primary control. Software Define Network (SDN) offers a programmable and primary control for the basic network without variability of the current architecture of the network. This paper discusses some solutions for various domains for the combined SDN based on IoT and current directions in studies. The relative analysis of these solutions prepares a simple and brief view of those directions.