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It is difficult to build a real network to test novel experiments. OpenFlow makes it easier for researchers to run their own experiments by providing a virtual slice and configuration on real networks. Multiple users can share the same network by assigning a different slice for each one. Users are given the responsibility to maintain and use their own slice by writing rules in a FlowTable. Misconfiguration problems can arise when a user writes conflicting rules for single FlowTable or even within a path of multiple OpenFlow switches that need multiple FlowTables to be maintained at the same time.
Al‐Shaer et al. (Mon,) studied this question.