Traditional networking is hardware-based, having the control plane coupled with the data
plane. Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which has a logically centralized control plane …

Knowledge-Defined Networking (KDN) necessarily consists of a knowledge plane for the
generation of knowledge, typically using machine learning techniques, and the …

The functionality of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) is improved by the Software-
Defined Vehicular Network (SDVN) paradigm. Routing is challenging in vehicular networks …

Access Control (AC) in networking attempts to make sure that only authorized devices
perform actions formed upon privileges defined for them with a view to prevent malicious …

Load Balancing (LB) in networking attempts to minimize the under-utilization and over-
utilization of network resources by distributing the network flows evenly in the …

In wireless mobile networks, Mobility Management (MM) is a critical aspect that involves
different tasks such as handover management, location management, offloading, resource …

Energy Administration (EA) in networking involves improving energy efficiency by managing
energy. The blockchain framework involves a chain of associated blocks that obviously …

The knowledge that is acquired through a learning process has ethical concerns when
shared, as there can be restrictions on the parties who can use the piece of knowledge …

Abstract Big Data (BD) Analytics (BDA) in networking involves acquisition, sharing, pre-
processing, storage, analysis, interpretation, and decision-making. Blockchain (BC) …

Network Virtualization (NV) techniques enable high scalability and isolation by abstracting
physical resources to provide a logical network representation that can coexist with a …