The aims of this survey article are to elaborate on cross-layer optimization, Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) and Software-Defined Radio (SDR) as separate domains of wireless …

Owing to the explosive growth of requirements of rapid emergency communication response
and accurate observation services, airborne communication networks (ACNs) have received …

While SDN has traditionally targeted fixed and wired environments with hundreds of nodes,
recently its main principles have also been followed in wireless ad hoc scenarios. However …

Vehicular Networks (VN) enable the collaboration among vehicles and infrastructure to
deliver network services, where usually value-added services are provided by cloud …

Antarctica is the land of science. Every year, many studies are carried out in diverse
disciplines. Some of these studies collect relevant data for their research with sensors …

A wide range of multimedia services is expected to be offered for mobile users via various
wireless access networks. Even the integration of Cloud Computing in such networks does …

Abstract Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have become the one of the most,
reassuring, encouraging and the quickest developing subsets of Mobile Ad-hoc Networks …

Modern tactical operations have complex communication and computing requirements that
cannot be supported by today's mobile ad hoc networks. The emerging Software Defined …

The maritime communication network is assembled by emergent network technologies.
However, the adverse maritime environment impedes the efficiency of resources allocation …

Current operational scenarios are raising new challenges for the deployment of armed
forces. New command and control (C2) approaches are emerging to address these …