Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) are new
paradigms in the move towards open software and network hardware. While NFV aims to …

Software-defined networking (SDN) has generated tremendous interest from both academia
and industry. SDN aims at simplifying network management while enabling researchers to …

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 …

New architectural and design approaches for radio access networks have appeared with the
introduction of network virtualization in the wireless domain. One of these approaches splits …

The imminent arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT), which consists of a vast number of
devices with heterogeneous characteristics, means that future networks need a new …

Apart from mobile cellular networks, IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area networks
(WLANs) represent the most widely deployed wireless networking technology. With the …

Cellular network technologies have evolved to support the ever-increasing wireless data
traffic, which results from the rapidly-evolving Internet and widely-adopted cloud applications …

The requirements and key areas for 5G are gradually becoming more apparent, and it is
becoming clear that 5G will need to be able to deal with increased levels of diversity in both …

Current implementations of Internet systems are very hard to be upgraded. The ossification
of existing standards restricts the development of more advanced communication systems …

Future wireless networks are expected to provide augmented and data-intensive services in
a multi-vendor multi-proprietor scenario. This scenario introduces relevant challenges to the …