The advancing applications based on machine learning and deep learning in
communication networks have been exponentially increasing in the system architectures of …

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) promises to provide mobile users with delay-sensitive
services at the edge of network, and each user service request usually is associated with a …

Mobile edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising computing paradigm that
provides flexible and responsive local services for mobile user equipment at the network …

Future network architectures supporting 5G, 6G, Internet of Things (IoT), and fixed line
networks face diverse service requirements in various scenarios, particularly by growing …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a novel network architecture yielding many
optimization choices to Internet service providers due to its flexibility. Based on this …

Network availability and service continuity are major concerns for network operators to
provide reliable communication services for Internet of Things (IoT), which are particularly …

Network softwarization is a paradigm shift for the next generation of network. Network
Function Virtualization (NFV) softwarizes network functions as virtual network function (VNF) …

In the edge cloud network, service providers place virtual network functions (VNFs) in edge
clouds to serve users' requests. Thus, it is essential to consider VNF placement and request …

This paper proposes a multiple backup resource allocation model with a workload-
dependent failure probability to minimize the maximum expected unavailable time (MEUT) …

In the 5G and beyond 5G networks, achieving security-aware data transmission needs to
convert clients' requests into a service function chain (SFC), each service function (SF) …