The computing demand for massive applications has led to the ubiquitous deployment of
computing power. This trend results in the urgent need for higher-level computing resource …

Robotic systems are more connected, networked, and distributed than ever. New
architectures that comply with the de facto robotics middleware standard, ROS 2, have …

With the development of next-generation wireless networks, the Internet of Things (IoT) is
evolving towards the intelligent IoT (iIoT), where intelligent applications usually have …

Applications in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) are usually accompanied by ultralow network
response latency requirement. A promising approach to meet this demand is combining the …

Grant-Free (GF) access has been recognized as a promising candidate for Ultra-Reliable
and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC). However, even with GF access, URLLC still …

The continuous evolution of cellular networks has resulted in the rapid increase in both
mobile applications and devices in the Internet of Vehicles. The introduction of the multi …

Many emerging communication applications transmit packets with small payloads, yet
require rich metadata context for the proper functioning of the various involved protocol …

The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and advances in their computing
capabilities give an impetus to the Edge Computing (EC) paradigm that can facilitate …

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) offers prospective opportunities for robots that have
various computational tasks to execute in Industry 4.0, smart cities and many other fields …

The emergence of on-demand service provisioning by Federated Cloud Providers (FCPs) to
Cloud Users (CU) has fuelled significant innovations in cloud provisioning models. Owing to …