Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) have entirely
changed the way internetwork backhaul should be utilized and behaved for virtualized …

As an important part of the real economy, manufacturing industry plays a major role in the
whole human society. Smart manufacturing has become a strategic issue for many …

NFV and SDN transform network management and operation into agile development tasks.
They involve software artefacts, which are managed and deployed as composite services …

The use of network applications to manage network operations by the controller in SDN
architecture introduces a threat that makes the controller to be susceptible to several …

Programmability, control and flexibility can be considered as some of the indirect enablers
for the success of 5G technologies. A key driver towards this are mechanisms or …

Cloud network slicing can be defined as the process that enables isolated end-to-end and
on-demand networking abstractions, which:(a) contain both cloud and network resources …

Efficient Service Level Agreements (SLA) management and anticipation of Service Level
Objectives (SLO) breaches become mandatory to guarantee the required service quality in …

To ensure 5G infrastructure security, standardized Security Assurance Specification (SCAS)
tests are being developed by 3GPP. However, executing these tests on complex 5G …

Fully-automated resource dimensioning is one of the key requirements for agile, DevOps-
enabled network function virtualization (NFV) scenarios in which new service versions are …

The advent of 5G, one of the most recent and promising technologies currently under
deployment, fulfills the emerging needs of mobile subscribers by introducing several new …