In this paper, network function virtualization (NFV) is identified as a promising key
technology, which can contribute to energy-efficiency improvement in 5G networks. An …

Following a decade of radical advances in the areas of integrated photonics and computing
architectures, we discuss the use of optics in the current computing landscape attempting to …

Recent advances in mobile technologies and cloud computing services have inspired the
development of cloud-based real-time health monitoring systems. However, the transfer of …

The avalanche of environmental challenges, from local to global and back, has prompted
responses at all levels from personal to inter-governmental. The results of these responses …

Big data analytics is one of the state-of-the-art tools to optimize networks and transform them
from merely being a blind tube that conveys data, into a cognitive, conscious, and self …

Fog computing is an emerging paradigm that aims to improve the efficiency and QoS of
cloud computing by extending the cloud to the edge of the network. This paper develops a …

In this paper, we validate the energy efficiency improvements in core networks obtained
through mixed integer linear programming (MILP) optimization models as part of the …

To overcome the Internet ossification, network virtualization has been proposed as a
promising method because of its advantages (eg, on-demand and efficient resource …

The emergence of disaggregation in data center (DC) architectures as a way to increase
resource utilization introduces significant challenges to the DC switching infrastructure …

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is a promising technology that can provide high data
rates while supporting multiple users. The optical wireless (OW) physical layer has been …