Data driven orchestrated network using a light weight distributed sdn controller

A network controller for a software defined network (SDN), the network controller comprising one or more modules operable to:

• provide one or more client portals which are configured for facilitating users controlling networked devices;
• generate configuration data based on input received from users via the client portals;
• provide a master SDN controller for managing data flow control on the SDN network;
• wherein the master SDN controller resides on a control layer and is operable to generate routing data for the networked devices and is configured to manage data flow control on the SDN network;
• generate by the master SDN controller a plurality of discrete distributed co-controllers each associated with a particular end user, wherein each discrete co-controller facilitates individual granularity of setting specific network configuration policies for each particular end user for each of the networked devices that are associated with each particular end user, each SDN co-controller including configuration data and routing data for an associated networked device;
• dispatch the SDN co-controller by the master SDN controller from the control layer to the networked devices associated with the respective end users for controlling thereof;
• install the SDN co-controller on the networked devices such that the SDN co-controllers reside on the networked devices in an infrastructure layer;
• and
• register the installed SDN co-controllers residing on the networked devices in the infrastructure layer with the master SDN controller residing on the control layer for controlling the routing of data from the networked devices and for controlling the configuration of the networked devices.

An article of manufacture comprising a processor-readable medium having embodied therein executable program code that when executed by the processing device causes the processing device to perform:

• providing one or more client portals which are configured for facilitating users controlling networked devices;
• generating configuration data based on input received from users via the client portals;
• providing a master SDN controller for managing data flow control on the SDN network;
• wherein the master SDN controller resides on a control layer and is operable to generate routing data for the networked devices and is configured to manage data flow control on the SDN network;
• generating by the master SDN controller a plurality of discrete co-controllers each associated with a particular end user, wherein each discrete co-controller facilitates individual granularity of setting specific network configuration policies for each particular end user for each of the networked devices that are associated with each particular end user, each SDN co-controller including configuration data and routing data for an associated networked device;
• dispatching the SDN co-controller by the master SDN controller from the control layer to the networked devices associated with the respective end users for controlling thereof;
• installing the SDN co-controllers on the networked devices such that the SDN co-controllers reside on the networked devices in an infrastructure layer;
• and
• registering the installed SDN co-controllers residing on the networked devices in the infrastructure layer with the master SDN controller residing on the control layer for controlling the routing of data from the networked devices and for controlling the configuration of the networked devices.