Next generation telecommunication core networks are typically based on the Third
Generation Partnership Project Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS). Their …

This paper presents an analysis of communication systems in presence of random failures
causing performance degradation, especially suitable for next generation core networks …

In order to evaluate performance of mobile networks, it is necessary to consider the
occurrence of random failures causing performance degradation and the consequent repair …

Various methods and models have recently been proposed and applied for evaluating IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) in terms of reliability, availability and performance. End-to-end …

Reliability evaluation of systems has been widely researched for improving system
resilience especially in designing processes of a complex system. The convergence of …

The failure of a single network element composing a Service Function Chain (SFC)
unavoidably leads to some degradation in terms of availability (ability of guaranteeing …

End-to-end system reliability and availability of different IMS-based network communication
scenarios have been simulated and analyzed by using the combination of effective …

A significant fraction of current research in telecommunications is investigating new
paradigms to guarantee high flexibility in deploying network infrastructures. Network …

This paper is concerned with analytical models and methods for reliability planning,
optimization, and operation of the control and monitoring system of SMS-network platforms …

This paper aims to review some reliability and availability methodologies suitable to
characterize telecommunication networks behavior, in particular, in the presence random …