Due to the explosive growth of data demand from mobile devices, cellular operators have
been exploring the use of WiFi to offload traffic from the LTE network. Such an integration …

Ever growing mobile users, devices and applications lead to tremendous volume of mobile
network traffic nowadays. Current cellular network infrastructure is facing the problem of …

WiFi-based Long Distance (WiLD) networks are expected to run real-time applications such
as Video-conferencing, Telemedicine, E-learning, VoIP (Voice over IP), etc. Providing …

The current local area networks (LANs) are occupied by a large variety of heterogeneous
consumer devices, equipped with the ability to connect to the Internet using a variety of …

Proliferation of the number of smart devices and user applications has generated a
tremendous volume of data traffic from/to a cellular network. With a traditional cellular …

Software defined WiFi networks (SD-WiFi) lead to a promising evolution path, by supporting
changes in network traffic, providing centralized network provisioning and allowing flexible …

Most Smart city initiatives embrace WiFi as the candidate technology for its ubiquitous
coverage and cost-effectiveness. Nevertheless, the quality-of-service (QoS) requirements of …

Software Defined WiFi network (SD-WiFi) is a new paradigm that brings programmability into
WiFi networks by introducing a centralized network control. SD-WiFi provides access to …

Software Defined Networking provides a promising evolution path by decoupling data plane
and control plane to achieve more controllable and manageable networks. In this paper, we …

In this paper, a novel quality of service (QoS) class mapping and scheduling scheme for the
LTE-WiFi converged network is proposed to ensure that end-to-end QoS support is …