The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) and massive machine-type communications
has implied an increase in network size and complexity. In particular, there is already a huge …

The advent of network softwarization is enabling multiple innovative solutions through
software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). Specifically …

This is an introduction to multicast routing, which is the study of methods for routing from one
source to many destinations, or from many sources to many destinations. Multicast is …

Current advancements within the WiFi domain, such as network densification, traffic
offloading, and IoT support, pave the way for increased user and operator satisfaction with …

We propose a theoretical framework that highlights the most important consequences of
complexity for the form and evolution of projects and use it to develop a typology of project …

In this article, future communication environments have been derived from the analysis of
impacts of information communication technology and social service aspects. From the …

The industry consensus is that in the digital services ecosystem, networks evolve to so-
called “smart networks of the future”, which are characterized by the need to be operated …

As it capitalises on spatio-temporal processing, cooperative transmission aims to improve
the reliability of wireless communications through the exploitation of radio diversity provided …

SON technologies have been a promising approach for simplified and automated RAN
management. Currently, SON functions can be D-SON among the network elements or C …

This paper presents a nutshell view of a White Paper that is being compiled by the various
SDOs/Fora for use as an instrument for communicating the recently initiated SDOs/Fora …