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Part of the router architecture that maintains the routing table
In network routing, the control plane is the part of the router architecture that is concerned with establishing the network topology, or the information in a routing table that defines what to do with incoming packets. Control plane functions, such as participating in routing protocols, run in the architectural control element. In most cases, the routing table contains a list of destination addresses and the outgoing interface or interfaces associated with each. Control plane logic can also identify certain packets to be discarded, as well as preferential treatment of certain packets for which a high quality of service is defined by such mechanisms as differentiated services. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Control planeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Discrete-Time Optimal Control of Miniature Helical Swimmers in Horizontal PlaneInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Proceedings of the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire and Supercritical Wing First Flight's 20th Anniversary CelebrationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Achieving control of in-plane elastic wavesCited 304 times
- Go sideways: Routing tableA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Data planeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The part of a network that handling network topology and signalling, as opposed to the parts carying user traffic.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Achieving control of in-plane elastic waves
Control of Minimally Persistent Formations in the Plane
Control plane of software defined networks: A survey
Passive mixing control of plane parallel jets
Control plane design in multidomain/multilayer optical networks
Dynamic Control Plane for SDN at Scale
Control plane design for reliable optical networks
A Database Approach to SDN Control Plane Design
🆕 Influential since 2022
Discrete-Time Optimal Control of Miniature Helical Swimmers in Horizontal Plane
Implicit electric field conjugation: Data-driven focal plane control
Depth and Heading Control of a Manta Robot Based on S-Plane Control
5G core network control plane: Network security challenges and solution requirements
Modular Control Plane Verification via Temporal Invariants
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Proceedings of the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire and Supercritical Wing First Flight's 20th Anniversary CelebrationF-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire and Supercritical Wing First Flight's 20th Anniversary Celebration (1992 Edwards, Calif.) · 1996
- 📕Final report of phase-II research on applications of active adaptive noise control to jet enginesR. Shoureshi · 1993
- 📕Flight test of the slide-slope track and flare-control laws for an automatic landing system for a powered-lift STOL airplaneDeLamar M. Watson · 1983
- 📕Application of variable-gain output feedback for high-alpha controlAaron J. Ostroff · 1990
- 📕Active control of multi-dimensional random sound in ductsRichard J. Silcox · 1990
- 📕Robust intelligent flight control for hypersonic vehiclesGregory Errol Chamitoff · 1992
- 📕Providing for the consideration of H.R. 661, Conditionally prohibiting the operation of supersonic aircraftUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. · 1999
- 📕Flight testing and simulation of an F-15 airplane using throttles for flight controlFrank W. Burcham · 1992
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