# Practical Implementation of a Blockchain-Enabled SDN for Large-Scale Infrastructure Networks
## 7 Conclusions
The convergence of AI, SDN and blockchain could optimize network resources and adapt to changing traffic patterns in SDN environments or enable autonomous decision-making processes. [PERSON] proposed the system design, implemented the technical solution, performed the experimental work and contributed to writing the manuscript. [PERSON] contributed to the implementation and writing of the manuscript. [PERSON] contributed to the system design, writing and proofreading of the manuscript and with guidance during all stages of the research. [PERSON] offered ongoing guidance during all stages of the research and proofread the manuscript. [PERSON] tested the implementation and contributed to writing the manuscript. [PERSON] validated the proposal in the early research stages and contributed to writing the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research received no external funding. The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors on request. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. +++ ==WARNING: Truncated because of repetitions==  
++  
* [PERSON] et al. (2017) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] DistBlockNet: A Distributed Blockchains-Based Secure SDN Architecture for IoT Networks. _IEEE Commun. Mag._**2017**, _55_, 78-85. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2020) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] A Promising Integration of SDN and Blockchain for IoT Networks: A Survey. _IEEE Access_**2020**, _11_, 29800-29822. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2021) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] Blockchain-based Secure Coordination for Distributed SDN Control Plane. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE 7 th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), Tokyo, Japan, 28 June-2 July 2021; pp. 253-257. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2020) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] EDISON: A Blockchain-based Secure and Auditable Orchestration Framework for Multi-domain Software Defined Networks. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), Rhodes, Greece, 2-6 November 2020; pp. 144-153. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2019) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] Blockchain-Based Distributed Energy Trading in Energy Internet: An SDN Approach. _IEEE Access_**2019**, \(7\), 173817-173826. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2019) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] ISP Network Bandwidth Management: Using Blockchain and SDN. In Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, Republic of Korea, 16-18 October 2019; pp. 1330-1335. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2022) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] Blockchain-Powered Bandwidth Trading on SDN-Enabled Edge Network. _IEEE Access_**2022**, _10_, 114024-114039. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2023) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] Smartcontractchain (SC): Cross-ISP QoS Traffic Management Framework with SDN and Blockchain. _Peer-to-Peer Netw. Appl._**2023**, _16_, 3003-3020. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] and [PERSON] (2021) [PERSON]; [PERSON] [PERSON] A Comparative Performance Analysis of Stellar SDN Controllers using Emulators. In Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT), Bhilai, India, 19-20 February 2021; pp. 1-9. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2021) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON], U.S. Evaluating the Performance of POX and RYU SDN Controllers Using Mininet. In _Communications in Computer and Information Science Book Series (CCIS, Volume 1483); [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON], [PERSON]; Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 2021; Volume 1483, pp. 181-191. [CrossRef]
* [PERSON] et al. (2019) [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON]; [PERSON] Enhancing Quality of Service in SDN based on Multi-path Routing Optimization with DFS.