The increasing consumption of multimedia services and the demand of high-quality services
from customers has triggered a fundamental change in how we administer networks in terms …

Future wireless networks will provide high-bandwidth, low-latency, and ultra-reliable Internet
connectivity to meet the requirements of different applications, ranging from virtual reality to …

Until now, every evolution of communication standard was driven by the need for providing
high-speed connectivity to the end-user. However, 5G marks a radical shift from this focus as …

The rapid development and spread of communication technologies is now becoming a
global information revolution. Customers have a need for communication services, which …

Various video streaming platforms are responsible for continuously generating a majority of
Internet traffic. The promising solution for the smooth video streaming services is to use the …

An increase of Video on Demand (VoD) consumption has occurred in recent years.
Delivering high Quality of Experience (QoE) for users consuming VoD is crucial. Many …

In this paper, we present an open source Software-Defined Networking (SDN) based
emulation platform called Timber. We aim to provide the research community with an …

5G networks are set to empower new user experiences for multimedia streaming services by
offering high data rates and low latency. The rapid growth of multimedia services, such as …

For 5G network softwarization, Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) have emerged as key technologies to enable efficient network …

5G systems are fundamentally transforming a radio network from wireless connectivity to the
network for services. This chapter reviews the research and development of latest 5G mobile …