Software defined networking (SDN) decouples the control plane from the data plane of
forwarding devices. This separation provides several benefits, including the simplification of …

The Internet has led to the creation of a digital society, where (almost) everything is
connected and is accessible from anywhere. However, despite their widespread adoption …

New architectural and design approaches for radio access networks have appeared with the
introduction of network virtualization in the wireless domain. One of these approaches splits …

One of the primary architectural principles behind the Internet is the use of distributed
protocols, which facilitates fault tolerance and distributed management. Unfortunately …

Abstract Software Defined Networking (SDN) has emerged as a new network architecture for
dealing with network dynamics through software-enabled control. While SDN is promoting …

The quickly growing demand for wireless networks and the numerous application-specific
requirements stand in stark contrast to today's inflexible management and operation of WiFi …

The significant growth in the number of WiFi-enabled devices as well as the increase in the
traffic conveyed through wireless local area networks (WLANs) necessitate the adoption of …

Wireless Internet access has brought legions of heterogeneous applications all sharing the
same resources. However, current wireless edge networks that cater to worst or average …

Recent years have seen the proliferation in versatile mobile devices and application
services that demand different data rates and latencies. Fixed channelization configuration …

Wireless local area networks (WLANs) being the most common access technology, the use
of software-defined networks (SDN) in WLANs is inevitable as SDN paradigm has been …