Emerging mega-trends (eg, mobile, social, cloud, and big data) in information and
communication technologies (ICT) are commanding new challenges to future Internet, for …

Currently many aspects of the classical architecture of the Internet are etched in stone–a so
called ossification of the Internet–which has led to major obstacles in IPv6 deployment and …

Since the appearance of OpenFlow back in 2008, software-defined networking (SDN) has
gained momentum. Although there are some discrepancies between the standards …

The exponential growth of devices connected to the network has resulted in the
development of new IoT applications and on-line services. However, these advances are …

Software defined networking (SDN) offers centralized network management and effective
resource utilization by offloading the intelligent control plane, responsible for routing and …

New advances in technologies for high-speed and seamless migration of VMs turns VM
migration into a promising and efficient means for load balancing, configuration, power …

Live virtual machine (VM) migration can move applications from one location to another
without a disruption in service. However, applications often consist of multiple VMs and rely …

Data centers rely on virtualization to provide different services over a shared infrastructure.
The placement of the different services and tasks in the physical machines is crucial for the …

Managing computer networks is challenging because of the numerous monitoring variables
and the difficulty to autonomously configure network parameters. This paper presents the …

Cloud computing is a scalable and efficient technology for providing different services. For
better reconfigurability and other purposes, users build virtual networks in cloud …