Due to the existence of multiple stakeholders with conflicting goals and policies, alterations
to the existing Internet architecture are now limited to simple incremental updates; …

The crucial role that networking plays in Cloud computing calls for a holistic vision that
allows combined control, management, and optimization of both networking and computing …

Network virtualization refers to a broad set of technologies. Commercial solutions have been
offered by the industry for years, while more recently the academic community has …

Intra-domain virtual network embedding is a well studied problem in the network
virtualization literature. For most practical purposes, however, virtual networks (VNs) must be …

Over the last two decades the importance of data networking for human beings and systems
has increased beyond any expectation in size, complexity, and impact on society. Today …

Current network operators are focused mainly on providing and selling network services on
top of the network infrastructures they own and manage. The end user has no control over …

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is considered a prominent model for IP based service
delivery. As grid and cloud computing have become a stringent demand for today's Internet …

This paper presents a novel service-oriented network architecture to bridge the informational
gap between user applications and optical networks providing technology-agnostic …

The Internet is currently facing many new chal-lenges that require fundamental changes in
network architecture and service models. However the current Internet lacks the flexibility to …

Grid computing aims at offering standardized access to heterogeneous and distributed
resources for scientific communities. In order to ensure certain quality of service …