Network functions virtualization intertwined with software-defined networking opens up great
opportunities for flexible provisioning and composition of network functions, known as …

Modeling a cloud computing center is crucial to evaluate and predict its inner connectivity
reliability and availability. Many previous studies on system availability/reliability …

Smart technologies are everywhere and the creation of a smart world, from smart devices to
smart cities is rapidly growing to potentially improve quality of life. Businesses, governments …

Abstract The number of Data Centers and the servers present in them has been on the rise
over the last decade with the advent of cloud computing, social networking, Big data …

Deploying network security functions in the cloud to protect the application, dynamically and
with different goals, has been one of the most important topics. An example of these …

Sensitivity assessment of availability for data center networks (DCNs) is of paramount
importance in design and management of cloud computing based businesses. Previous …

Cloud computing is increasingly changing the landscape of computing, however, one of the
main issues that is refraining potential customers from adopting the cloud is the security …

Monitoring components are implanted in clouds to evaluate performance, detect the failures,
and assess component interactions by message analysis. In this paper, we propose …

Data Center Network (DCN) availability is defined as the ability of the DCN to handle all
demands at a particular time. DCN availability depends on the type and the availability of its …

With the rise of 5G/6G and cloud computing, cluster management has become increasingly
popular. Elastic cluster resources allow cloud clients to dynamically scale their resource …