Software defined networking: State of the art and research challenges

M Jammal, T Singh, A Shami, R Asal, Y Li - Computer Networks, 2014 - Elsevier
Network usage and demands are growing at a rapid pace, while the network administrators
are facing difficulties in tracking the frequent users' access of the network. Consequently …

Resource scheduling for infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in cloud computing: Challenges and opportunities

SHH Madni, MS Abd Latiff, Y Coulibaly - Journal of Network and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Resource scheduling assigns the precise and accurate task to CPU, network, and storage.
The aim behind this is the extreme usage of resources. However, well organized scheduling …

Resource provision algorithms in cloud computing: A survey

J Zhang, H Huang, X Wang - Journal of network and computer applications, 2016 - Elsevier
Efficient resource provision which can guarantee the satisfactory cloud computing services
to the end user, lays the foundation for the success of commercial competition. In the Iaas …

Resource allocation in a network-based cloud computing environment: design challenges

MA Sharkh, M Jammal, A Shami… - IEEE Communications …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud computing is a utility computing paradigm that has become a solid base for a wide
array of enterprise and end-user applications. Providers offer varying service portfolios that …

Enabling network innovation in data center networks with software defined networking: A survey

B Dai, G Xu, B Huang, P Qin, Y Xu - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth of cloud applications and users, Data Center Network (DCN) has
become a critical component in the cloud ecosystem to sustain remarkable computation …

Building a cloud on earth: A study of cloud computing data center simulators

MA Sharkh, A Kanso, A Shami, P Öhlén - Computer Networks, 2016 - Elsevier
As cloud computing technologies finalize their transformation into the standard technologies
for businesses of all sizes, they face more scrutiny than ever. Clients are expecting the …

Performance analysis of sdp for secure internal enterprises

P Kumar, A Moubayed, A Refaey… - 2019 IEEE wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security has become of paramount importance in recent times, especially due to the advent
of cloud computing and Internet of Things. With so many devices in the mix, users have the …

Discrete PSO-based workload optimization in virtual machine placement

J Yan, H Zhang, H Xu, Z Zhang - Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2018 - Springer
Virtual machine placement has great potential to significantly improve the efficiency of
resource utilization in a cloud center. Focusing on CPU and memory resource, this paper …

Optimal and suboptimal resource allocation techniques in cloud computing data centers

M Abu Sharkh, A Shami, A Ouda - Journal of Cloud Computing, 2017 - Springer
Cloud service providers are under constant pressure to improve performance, offer more
diverse resource deployment options, and enhance application portability. To achieve these …

An evergreen cloud: Optimizing energy efficiency in heterogeneous cloud computing architectures

MA Sharkh, A Shami - Vehicular Communications, 2017 - Elsevier
In a heterogeneous Cloud network scenario where a Cloud computing data center serves
mobile Cloud computing requests, Cloud providers are expected to implement more …