The growth of the number of connected devices in Internet of Things (IoT) systems causes a
huge increase in network traffic. Thus, there is a significant demand for systems that can …

This paper presents a comprehensive review on the security aspect of the smart grid
communication network. The paper focus on the Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) …

Large-scale data centers are composed of thousands of servers organized in interconnected
racks to offer services to users. These data centers continuously generate large amounts of …

In a distributed environment, replication is the most investigated phenomenon. Replication is
a way of storing numerous copies of the same data at different locations. Whenever data is …

In smart grid networks, the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) enables sensors and
communication networks to measure electricity consumed or generated by users. However …

Data replication-based cloud data access control mechanism plays a major role in real-time
cloud computing environment due to high computational cost and memory. Hybrid data …

Climate change is an undeniable fact. Considering that two-thirds of greenhouse gas
emissions originate from the energy sector, it is expected that the world's energy system will …

Buffer management and data reduction in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are critical
wherever buffer overflow and number of transmissions cause power waste and data loss. To …

Sensor node communications are usually the most energy consuming among its activities.
Therefore, reducing those communications necessarily preserves the node limited energy …

Nowadays, Cloud Computing is widely used to host and deliver services over the Internet.
The architecture of clouds is complex due to its heterogeneous nature of hardware and is …