The increasing capabilities of mobile communication devices are changing the way people
interconnect today. Similar trends in the communication technology domain are leading to …

Network management has steadily evolved over recent years. Along with the growing need
for advanced features in network management solutions, several distribution models were …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) represent a significant area of network research due to the
many opportunities derived from the problematics and applications. The most recurring …

The mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) represent a broad area of study and market interest.
They provide a wide set of applications in multiple domains. In that context, the functional …

A methodology for optimization of simulation models is presented. The methodology is
based on a genetic algorithm in conjunction with an indifference-zone ranking and selection …

Our modern society strongly depends on critical infrastructures, such as the central power
grid or information and communication technology. When these infrastructures fail during …

Communication demands increased significantly in recent years, as evidenced in studies by
Cisco and Ericsson. Users demand connectivity anytime and anywhere, while new …

Existing measurement frameworks typically assume that the communication protocols and
mechanisms running on the devices do not change during network operation. However …

There has been an immense popularity increase of mobile communication devices, such as
smartphones and tablet PCs, due to the technical progress in equipment manufacturing and …

We introduce a novel decentralized monitoring algorithm for mobile ad-hoc networks. This
algorithm is a combination of gossip-based and tree-based approaches. Its main feature is …