Today's networks are filled with a massive and ever-growing variety of network functions that
coupled with proprietary devices, which leads to network ossification and difficulty in network …

The emergence of two new technologies, namely, software defined networking (SDN) and
network function virtualization (NFV), have radically changed the development of network …

In the Internet of Things (IoT), various devices operate collaboratively in collecting data,
relaying information to one another, and processing information intelligently. Due to …

Distributed computing has become a common approach for large-scale computation tasks
due to benefits such as high reliability, scalability, computation speed, and cost …

Recently, a variety of solutions have been proposed to tackle the controller placement
problem in SDN. The objectives include minimizing the latency between controllers and their …

In order to simplify the management of the traditional network, software-defined networking
(SDN) has been proposed as a promising paradigm shift that decouples control plane and …

Generally, a service request must specify its required virtual network functions (VNFs) and
their specific order, which is known as the service function chain (SFC). When mapping …

Given the highly dynamic traffic loads of mobile Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their
stringent quality-ofservice requirements, ie, access delay particularly, as well as the …

The explosion in the variety and volume of video services makes bandwidth and latency
performance of networks more critical to the user experience. The media industry's …

Next generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to support massive data and
accommodate a wide range of services/use cases with distinct requirements in a cost …