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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Analysis of SD-WAN Architectures and Techniques for Efficient Traffic Control Under Transmission Constraints-Overview of Solutions.

Janusz Dudczyk, Mateusz Sergiel, Jaroslaw Krygier

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Janusz DudczykFaculty of Electronics, Institute of Communications Systems, Military University of Technology, Gen. Sylwester Kaliski Str. No. 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7169-6824
Mateusz SergielDoctoral School, Military University of Technology, Gen. Sylwester Kaliski Str. No. 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0003-9569-362X
Jaroslaw KrygierFaculty of Electronics, Institute of Communications Systems, Military University of Technology, Gen. Sylwester Kaliski Str. No. 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4405-2078

Funding

Military University of Technology Grant No UGB 22-058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) have emerged as a rapidly evolving technology designed to meet the growing demand for flexible, secure, and scalable network infrastructures. This paper provides a review of SD-WAN techniques, focusing on their principles of operation, mechanisms, and evolution, with particular attention to applications in resource-constrained environments such as mobile, satellite, and radio networks. The analysis highlights key architectural elements, including security mechanisms, monitoring methods and metrics, and management protocols. A classification of both commercial (e.g., Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect) and research-based solutions is presented. The overview covers overlay protocols such as Overlay Management Protocol (OMP), Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO), App-ID, OpenFlow, and NETCONF, as well as tunneling mechanisms such as IPsec and WireGuard. The discussion further covers control plane architectures (centralized, distributed, and hybrid) and network monitoring methods, including latency, jitter, and packet loss measurement. The growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in optimizing path selection and improving threat detection in SD-WAN environments, especially in resource-constrained networks, is emphasized. Analysis of solutions indicates that SD-WAN improves performance, reduces latency, and lowers operating costs compared to traditional WAN architectures. The paper concludes with guidelines and recommendations for using SD-WAN in resource-constrained environments.

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network managementnetwork optimizationnetwork securitySD-WAN architecturesoftware-defined wide area network (SD-WAN)

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PMID41157378
PMCPMC12567460

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