Blockchain technology offers solutions to numerous network problems by leveraging
distributed record-keeping and collaborative decision-making features. However …

Abstract The management of Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in Edge-to-Cloud computing
is a complex task due to the great heterogeneity of computing infrastructures and networks …

Network slicing is one of the emerging technologies allowing resource sharing among
different network entities in 5G networks. It enables delivering smart, critical, and multi …

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a disruptive networking architecture
whose galloping evolution is prompting enterprises to outsource network functions to the …

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is transforming the way in which network operators
acquire and manage network services. By using virtualization technologies to move packet …

Recently, blockchain trustless properties started to be investigated to design cooperation
enforcement mechanisms in many systems. This paper presents a comprehensive and …

While 5G networks are driving a growing number of use cases in the fields of iot and
industrial applications, the vision of the next generation of mobile communications systems …

Cloud computing is an important technology for businesses and individual users to obtain
computing resources over the Internet on-demand and flexibly. Although cloud computing …

Although the first Blockchain (BC) was proposed about a decade ago, BC achievements
from a technical and functional perspective are measurable, but still face open issues. Since …

Blockchain Technology (BCT) is the backbone of the next generation of the internet and thus
affects how electronic business (e-business) is conducted. While the usage of BCT for the …