As someone who works in this area but is not aware of academic developments or terminology, this looks like a great paper. Thanks for sharing. My direction: <a href="http://stani.sh/walter/pfcts/" rel="nofollow">http://stani.sh/walter/pfcts/</a>
Here's some more info on SDN:
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2159545/software/what-is-software-defined-networking--sdn--.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.networkworld.com/article/2159545/software/what-is...</a>