The unprecedented growth of the global Internet traffic, coupled with the large spatio-
temporal fluctuations that create, to some extent, predictable tidal traffic conditions, are …

Sixth generation (6G) wireless technology, which is the next giant leap in the evolution of
wireless communication, has been gaining great interest from academia, industry, and the …

In optical networks, failure localization is essential to stable operation and service
restoration. Several approaches have been presented to achieve accurate failure …

The high spectrum efficiency of massive multiple input multiple output (mMIMO)-enabled
beamforming is attractive for solving the massive number of connections in next-generation …

Packet-switched xHaul networks based on Ethernet technology are considered a promising
solution for assuring convergent, cost-effective transport of diverse radio data traffic flows in …

This work concentrates on the problem of optimizing the cost of a passive wavelength
division multiplexing (WDM) optical network used as a transport network for carrying the …

With the rising traffic demand from the metaverse, holographic communications, and so on,
in beyond-5G (B5G)/6G cloud radio access networks (C-RANs), fronthaul (FH) networks that …

The optical transport network (OTN) encryption technology is attractive to solve the physical-
layer security in services for the light-path provision process. This paper mainly explores the …

To cope with the growing and diversifying 5G services, RAN slicing, an effective resource
allocation mechanism, has been proposed. Each RAN slice serves varied service …

Packet-switched Xhaul networks (PXNs) have been proposed as a cost-effective and
scalable solution for provisioning of connectivity between densely located radio antenna …