Abstract The emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm is being adopted by
the telecom industry since it enables flexible network resource allocation, configuration and …

In traditional networks, the multicast tree packing solutions usually aim to minimize the
overall multicast tree cost, which can effectively improve network accommodation capacity …

Usually, a data flow needs to traverse a series of network functions, which is called a service
function chain (SFC), before reaching its destination. The emergence of network function …

Modern datacenter applications widely exhibit multicast communication patterns.
Meanwhile, RDMA is emerging as the de-facto networking architecture to meet the stringent …

Recent advances in software-defined mobile networks (SDMNs), in-network caching, and
mobile edge computing (MEC) can have significant effects on video services in next …

The emerging large-scale low earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellite networks manifest great
potentials in distributing videos across the globe via efficient multicast techniques. However …

Live video streaming traffic and related applications have experienced significant growth in
recent years. However, this has been accompanied by some challenging issues, especially …

The exponential growth in user numbers has resulted in an overwhelming surge in data that
the smart grid must process. To tackle this challenge, edge computing emerges as a vital …

Several organizations have built multiple datacenters connected via dedicated wide area
networks over which large inter-datacenter transfers take place. Since many such transfers …

Routing algorithms play a vital role in network communication for information technology.
Classic networks usually exploit distributed routing algorithms which pave the way to issues …