Mobile networks are facing an unprecedented demand for high-speed connectivity
originating from novel mobile applications and services and, in general, from the adoption …

With the rapid development of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and mobile communication
technologies, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising paradigm …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) tsunami, public embracement, and the ubiquitous
adoption of smart devices are affecting virtually every industry, directly or indirectly. The …

Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are
acknowledged as the most promising technologies to effectively allocate resource for …

Due to the rapid development of the fifth-generation (5G) applications, and increased
demand for even faster communication networks, we expected to witness the birth of a new …

Many mobile and pervasive applications avail cloud services to reduce overheads in on-
device computation. The performance of these services depends on the available bandwidth …

Traffic over mobile cellular networks has significantly increased over the past decade, and
with the introduction of 5G there is a growing focus on throughput capacity, reliability, and …

The growing network density and unprecedented increase in network traffic, caused by the
massively expanding number of connected devices and online services, require intelligent …

The exponential growth of mobile applications and services during the last years has
challenged the existing network infrastructures. Consequently, the arrival of multiple …

The digital transformation is characterized by the convergence of technologies—from the
Internet of Things (IoT) to edge–fog–cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and …