Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been emerging as an appealing solution that
transforms complex network functions from dedicated hardware implementations to software …

The advancements in smart power grid and the advocation of “green communications” have
inspired the wireless communication networks to harness energy from ambient …

Internet of Things (IoT) envisions an intelligent infrastructure of networked smart devices
offering task-specific monitoring and control services. The unique features of IoT include …

Network softwarization is one of the major paradigm shifts in the next generation of
networks. It enables programmable and flexible management and deployment of the …

With the rapid growth of data traffic in cellular networks, edge caching has become an
emerging technology for traffic offloading. We investigate the caching placement and content …

In this paper, we study a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based framework for an
online end-user service provisioning in a Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-enabled …

Mobile edge computing (MEC) offers an opportunity for devices relying on wireless power
transfer (WPT), to accomplish computationally demanding tasks. Such WPT-powered MEC …

Edge infrastructures, including edge computing servers, are increasingly powered by
renewable energy and smart grid combined. Two-way energy trading allows the surplus or …

Edge computing allows an edge server to adaptively place virtual instances to serve
different types of data. This article presents a new algorithm which jointly optimizes virtual …

With the emergence of small cell networks and fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the
backhaul becomes increasingly complex. This study addresses the problem of how a central …