Resource management in a cloud environment is a hard problem, due to: the scale of
modern data centers; the heterogeneity of resource types and their interdependencies; the …

There are two actors in cloud computing environment cloud providers and cloud users. On
one hand cloud providers hold enormous computing resources in the cloud large data …

Cloud data centers provide services for an increasing number of applications. The virtual
machines (VMs) that perform the corresponding application tasks need to be allocated to …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is an upcoming paradigm where network
functionality is virtualized and split up into multiple building blocks that can be chained …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) embodies a vision of merging heterogeneous objects to
establish seamless interaction among physical and virtual entities. IoT has given the Internet …

Cloud computing heavily relies on virtualization, as with cloud computing virtual resources
are typically leased to the consumer, for example as virtual machines. Efficient management …

Wide-ranging edge cloud data centers are a vital part of the solution for the problems
caused by enormous growth in the IT industry for high computational power by advanced …

By allowing network functions to be virtualized and run on commodity hardware, NFV
enables new properties (eg, elastic scaling), and new service models for Service Providers …

In the last years, traffic over wireless networks has been increasing exponentially, due to the
impact of Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities. Current networks must adapt to and cope …

Using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), network functions are virtualized and chained
together to provide a network service. Often, a service chain can be allocated in multiple …