Software-defined network function virtualization: A survey

Y Li, M Chen - IEEE Access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

A virtual cloud computing provider for mobile devices

G Huerta-Canepa, D Lee - proceedings of the 1st ACM workshop on …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
A mobile device like a smart phone is becoming one of main information processing devices
for users these days. Using it, a user not only receives and makes calls, but also performs …

Private multefire network with SDR-based massive MIMO, multefire and network slicing

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,334,446, 2019 - Google Patents
A private wireless network for providing connections between a public wireless network and
wireless devices includes a first interface to the public wireless network and at least one …

SDR-based massive MIMO with V-RAN cloud architecture and SDN-based network slicing

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,757,576, 2020 - Google Patents
A telecommunications network comprises at least one core network interface for providing
interconnection to a core network. At least one base station provides communications to at …

System and method providing network optimization for broadband networks

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,326,532, 2019 - Google Patents
A backhaul network comprises at least two of a distribution point, a splitter, an amplifier, a
coupler and an optical network for use within the backhaul network. Predetermined locations …

System and method for using dedicated PAL band for control pane and GAA band as well as parts of PAL band for data plan on a CBRS network

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,405,197, 2019 - Google Patents
A system for providing small cell backhaul communication includes a small cell backhaul
network including a plurality of small cell network nodes. A software defined network (SDN) …

Point-to-multipoint or multipoint-to-multipoint mesh self-organized network over WiGig standards with new MAC layer

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,932,142, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A communications system comprises a small cell mesh network including a
plurality of small cell network mesh nodes. At least one V-band transmitter at each of the …

SDN-based channel estimation for multiplexing between LOS mmWaves NLOS sub-6 GHz and FSO

S Ashrafi - US Patent 10,129,778, 2018 - Google Patents
A system for providing small cell backhaul communication includes a small cell backhaul
network including a plurality of small cell network nodes. At least one mmWave transceiver …

[PDF][PDF] A computation offloading framework to optimize energy utilisation in mobile cloud computing environment

N Kaushi, J Kumar - Int. J. Comput. Appl. Inf. Technol., 2014 - ijcait.com
Newly emerged computing concept Mobile cloud computing, is a combination of mobile
computing and cloud computing. Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) enables mobile …

Network virtualization in energy-efficient office environments

A Berl, N Race, J Ishmael, H De Meer - Computer Networks, 2010 - Elsevier
The rising costs of energy and world-wide desire to reduce CO2 emissions has led to an
increased concern over the energy efficiency of information and communication technology …