In the last decade, a number of frameworks started to appear that implement, directly in
userspace with kernel-bypass mode, high-speed software data plane functionalities on …

The SYN flood attack is a common attack strategy as part of Distributed Denial-of-Service,
which steadily becomes more frequent and of higher volume. To defend against SYN floods …

Software switches are increasingly used in network function virtualization (NFV) to route
traffic between virtualized network functions (VNFs) and physical network interface cards …

With the ultimate goal of replacing proprietary hardware appliances with Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs) implemented in software, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has …

Networks and network architectures are constantly evolving, manifesting in new
developments such as SDN, P4, and 400G Ethernet. These novel paradigms and …

Recently, 10 Gbps or higher speed links are being widely deployed in data centers. Novel
high-speed packet I/O frameworks have emerged to keep pace with such high-speed links …

Many compute-intensive network applications such as application-layer traffic generator,
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and web servers are widely deployed on commodity PC for …

A smart community utilizes information technology to interconnect and manage community
infrastructures. Smart community networks should support a large number of Internet of …

Fog services have been gaining momentum due to the demand generated by IoT-based
services that require data and services to be provided at the edge of the network. This …

Recently, high performance packet I/O frameworks continue to flourish for their ability to
process packets from high-speed links. To achieve high throughput and low latency, high …