Network virtualization is recognized as an enabling technology for the future Internet. It aims
to overcome the resistance of the current Internet to architectural change. Application of this …

Software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a promising paradigm for making the
control of communication networks flexible. SDN separates the data packet forwarding …

Mobile edge computing (MEC) provides a promising approach to significantly reduce
network operational cost and improve quality of service (QoS) of mobile users by pushing …

Virtual network embedding arranges virtual network services onto substrate network
components. The performance of embedding algorithms determines the effectiveness and …

Fog computing aims at extending the Cloud by bringing computational power, storage, and
communication capabilities to the edge of the network, in support of the IoT. Segmentation …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a promising technology to decouple the network
functions from dedicated hardware elements, leading to the significant cost reduction in …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a promising network architecture concept, in which
virtualization technologies are employed to manage networking functions via software as …

Existing static grid resource scheduling algorithms, which are limited to minimizing the
makespan, cannot meet the needs of resource scheduling required by cloud computing …

Network function virtualization has received attention from both academia and industry as an
important shift in the deployment of telecommunication networks and services. It is being …

For fifth-generation wireless communication systems, network slicing has emerged as a key
concept to meet the diverse requirements of various use cases. By slicing an infrastructure …