Technological evolution of mobile user equipment (TIEs), such as smartphones or laptops,
goes hand-in-hand with evolution of new mobile applications. However, running …

The Internet has led to the creation of a digital society, where (almost) everything is
connected and is accessible from anywhere. However, despite their widespread adoption …

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is an emerging ecosystem, which aims at converging
telecommunication and IT services, providing a cloud computing platform at the edge of the …

Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture which can
address a number of challenges the operators face while trying to support growing end …

Network function virtualization was recently proposed to improve the flexibility of network
service provisioning and reduce the time to market of new services. By leveraging …

In order to overcome the scalability problem of the traditional Internet of Things architecture
(ie, data streams generated from distributed IoT devices are transmitted to the remote cloud …

The demand for rich multimedia services over mobile networks has been soaring at a
tremendous pace over recent years. However, due to the centralized architecture of current …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

The fifth generation (5G) mobile communication networks will require a major paradigm shift
to satisfy the increasing demand for higher data rates, lower network latencies, better energy …

The proposition of increased innovation in network applications and reduced cost for
network operators has won over the networking world to the vision of software-defined …