Distributed software defined networking

Pouya Taaghol; Vivek Ramanna

USPTO: us-11695823 · published 2026-06-16 · patents

Distributed software defined networking

Pouya Taaghol , Vivek Ramanna This is my paper

Pith reviewed 2026-06-19 18:01 UTC · model grok-4.3

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keywords software defined networkingdistributed systemsnetwork architectureSDNpatent

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The pith

Patent describes a distributed architecture for software defined networking.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This patent document addresses distributed software defined networking by proposing a system that spreads control functions beyond a single central point. The approach targets scalability and resilience issues that arise in large networks managed by traditional centralized SDN controllers. A sympathetic reader would care because centralized control can create bottlenecks and single points of failure as network size grows. The core idea is to enable network control logic to operate across multiple distributed components while maintaining the benefits of SDN.

Core claim

The patent claims a system and method for implementing software defined networking in a distributed fashion, where the control plane is spread across multiple nodes rather than concentrated in one controller.

What carries the argument

Distributed control plane that shares SDN decision-making across multiple elements.

Load-bearing premise

That the patent contains verifiable technical content or novel methods, which cannot be checked from the abstract alone.

What would settle it

Examination of the full patent text, including the detailed description and numbered claims, to check whether a concrete novel mechanism for distributing the SDN control plane is actually specified.

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Distributed software defined networking

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This is a patent filing with no technical claims or content provided, so it cannot be evaluated under research paper criteria.

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Colleague,

This document is a US patent rather than an arXiv preprint or research paper. The title is 'Distributed software defined networking' by Pouya Taaghol and Vivek Ramanna. The abstract is the title itself, and the full text is not provided beyond that placeholder. So the first thing to know is that we have no technical claims, equations, data, or methods to look at.

The reader's take matches what I see. With no central claim or result, we can't judge significance, novelty, or soundness. The circularity burden and other metrics are zero because there's no reasoning chain.

What is new here is nothing that can be assessed from the given information. The paper, or rather the patent, does not do anything well in terms of scientific contribution because no contribution is described.

The soft spots are obvious: lack of any content. This is not a minor issue; it's fundamental. The assumption that it contains verifiable technical content can't be checked.

This is not for a reading group. It's not aimed at advancing research through open discussion. A reader who wants to see patent claims in SDN might get value from the actual patent document, but this summary doesn't provide it.

I would not cite it because there's no finding to reference. It does not deserve serious referee time in a journal because it's not that type of work. If an editor received this as a submission, desk reject would be appropriate.

The stress-test headline is fair. No significant objection because there's no material to object to. If the full patent has interesting distributed SDN ideas, that would be a different story, but we don't have that here.

Referee Report

0 major / 0 minor

Summary. The manuscript is a patent document titled 'Distributed software defined networking'. The provided full text consists solely of this title, with no abstract, methods, claims, data, derivations, or technical description.

Significance. No technical result or claim is presented in the manuscript, so significance cannot be assessed. The document does not contain verifiable technical content or novel methods that could be evaluated under standard review criteria.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their review. We acknowledge that the text provided in the current submission consists only of the title, which prevents any technical evaluation. As this is a patent document, we will address the incompleteness in revision by including the full patent text.

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Referee: The manuscript is a patent document titled 'Distributed software defined networking'. The provided full text consists solely of this title, with no abstract, methods, claims, data, derivations, or technical description.

Authors: The submission appears to have been truncated during upload or formatting, resulting in only the title being visible. The full US patent 11695823 contains the detailed claims, methods, and technical description of the distributed software defined networking system. We will revise the manuscript to include the complete patent text. revision: yes
Referee: No technical result or claim is presented in the manuscript, so significance cannot be assessed. The document does not contain verifiable technical content or novel methods that could be evaluated under standard review criteria.

Authors: We agree that no evaluation is possible from the title alone. Once the full patent text is included, the specific claims regarding distributed SDN architecture, control plane distribution, and related methods will be available for assessment against the review criteria. revision: yes

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged

No derivation chain present; score 0

full rationale

The provided document consists solely of the patent title 'Distributed software defined networking' with no abstract, equations, methods, claims, data, or technical description. No derivation, prediction, or reasoning chain exists that could be evaluated for circularity. This matches the reader's assessment of 0.0 and is the expected outcome for a non-technical placeholder entry.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

No content available to identify any free parameters, axioms, or invented entities.

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Distributed software defined networking

Core claim

What carries the argument

Load-bearing premise

What would settle it

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